Lauren Bacall was born Betty Joan Perske on September 16, 1924, in the Bronx, New York, and have died after a massive stroke, on August 12, 2014. Almost 90, the poor gal. She was fine, she was famous, she was married with two famous Hollywood actors, and she was beautiful. Her mother, Natalie Weinstein-Bacal was a secretary and her father, William Perske, was a salesman. They were both Jewish, her mother of Romanian origins (actually she was born in Romania) and her father of Polish origins, … [Read more...]
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Robin Williams Is Gone
Incredible news! Another great actor dies young and unexpected. Robin Williams wasn't as young as Heath Ledger, but 63 can be still on the peak of his life. It is stated on NBC Blog that he battled demons decades before his death. Born in Chicago, on July 21, 1951, he was one of the most talented actors on screen. [source] Talented are plenty and the tastes are plenty too. Like Ledger, he won an Oscar for supporting role, but he received it in person. I read (and unfortunately it is … [Read more...]
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Is Now, the New Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the "Man of the People". I have featured Turkish Prime Minister many times in my blogs. I had a grudge against him from long ago, when he played the dissident and became the most freely advertised politician in Turkish history, maybe just a little bit less than Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. [source] I have been wrong all along, because after years of bad mouthing him, as a two faced painted Taliban, I now admire him without restraint. I am a little bit ("just a little … [Read more...]
Spain Is in Pain
The World Football Champion en titre, meaning Spain, is not going to qualify after the groups stage. In the meantime, King Juan Carlos, abdicated in favor of his son, Felipe IV. They have one more match in Group B, with Australia, ant it won't be a surprise if they will manage a nil match. Group B is the group which will give the two contenders against Group A, in the "eighths". I have heard some football specialists that this year the final can't have any European team here. I beg to … [Read more...]
Cannes 2014 – The Awards
Jane Campion, the Jury President, said she was afraid she'll need to go to the toilet during Winter Sleep screening, being a film so long, three hours sixteen minutes, but watching it, she said that she'll stay two hours more. Along with the other members, she has been impressed by the poetry, the political complex situation and the female characters. I haven't watched the movie, but I can't wait. It'll be launched in August. [source] I know, I've started this post with the middle, or … [Read more...]
Cannes 2014 – Short Presentation
The 2014 Cannes Film Festival just started on May 14 'th, and will end on May 25 'th. This year's Feature Films jury's president is Jane Campion, the New Zealand director, screenwriter and producer who was nominated for Best Directing and Best Screenplay at the Academy Awards held in 1994, and won the Best Screenplay for The Piano, the sensitive drama with Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin (who won an Oscar herself for Best Supporting Actress being only eleven years … [Read more...]
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