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Charles Durning: 5 Facts About the Consummate Character Actor

Posted on 12/26/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | LegacyYou might remember Charles Durning as the crooked Lt. Snyder in the classic 1973 film The Sting, or as the World War II Medal of Honor winner who confesses to killing his best friend in a 2004 episode of the hit TV series NCIS. Or you might recall him as the U.S. President that a renegade Air Force General (portrayed by Burt Lancaster) tries to force to release a scandalous secret document in the 1977 movie thriller Twilight’s Last Gleaming. Or …

Jack Klugman: 5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Him

Posted on 12/25/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyJack Klugman wasn’t the handsomest actor in Hollywood, nor the most dashing. But as producer Garry Marshall once noted: “He had what you need more than anything else in television — likability. Audiences would want Jack Klugman to walk into their living rooms once a week.” That ability to connect with audiences on the most basic human level made Klugman, who died on Dec. 24 at age 90 in Los Angeles, into one of TV’s biggest stars of the 1970s …

‘Amour’ Takes Top Prize from L.A. Film Critics

Posted on 12/10/2012 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | EntertainmentBy David Germain, Movie Writer, The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The French-language drama “Amour” was chosen as the year’s best film Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, whose prizes are among a flurry of year-end honors that help sort out the Academy Awards race. Among the group’s other honors, the 1950s cult drama “The Master” earned four awards: best director for Paul Thomas Anderson, best actor for Joaquin Phoenix, supporting actress for Amy Adams and production …

Graham Parker Is Back With His Band — After 3 Decades

Posted on 12/6/2012 by | General News | Comments

Beauty & Fashion | EntertainmentBy David Bauder, Entertainment Writer, The Associated Press STONE RIDGE, N.Y. (AP) — The bass player is a librarian. One guitarist fixes guitars, the other teaches people how to play. The drummer and keyboard player have scattered to other gigs. Yet when Graham Parker decided to reassemble the Rumour, the backup band that played on his first four albums before their breakup more than 30 years ago, no one hesitated to say yes. The reunion includes an album, “Three Chords …

Eileen Moran: A Special Effects Wizard’s Highlights Reel

Posted on 12/6/2012 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyEileen Moran started out with ambitions of becoming an actor, like her college classmate John Turturro. But instead, she ended up creating a different sort of magic on the screen. As a visual effects producer, Moran helped conjure up the magic that made scores of Hollywood films into spectacular viewing experiences, from the Lord of the Rings trilogy and the upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, to Avatar,  Prometheus and the 2005 remake of King Kong. The New York native, who died …