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...]
Cannes Film Festival 2013
Today, The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's adaptation based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, will open the sixty sixth film festival of Cannes. In an interview, Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in the movie, said: "Every time I go to Cannes, it feels like I'm entering the helicopter scene in La Dolce Vita. It's an insane experience. The entire town is turned into a red carpet. Every hotel is a premiere. But at the same time, it is the mecca for the world to celebrate film-making and bold … [Read more...]