By TOM WILMER • MAY 3, 2017 • KCBX If Hollywood icon, John Wayne were still alive he’d be 110 years old this month–but the revered yacht the Wild Goose a converted WWII minesweeper lives on, home ported in Newport Beach, California. Join Tom Wilmer for a journey of discovery aboard the yacht Wild Goose. In […]
Read MoreChristmas With The Duke on AMC
AMC will be having Christmas with the Duke again this year starting Wednesday, December 24 beginning at 7pm and continuing through Christmas Day (Thursday, December 25).
Read MoreSeasons Greetings from JWayne.com
The staff at JWayne.com would like to wish you and yours a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Have a Great and Blessed Holiday Season!
Read MoreSands of IWO JIMA remastered on DVD/Blu-Ray
Olive Films has remastered SANDS OF IWO JIMA and are releasing it on DVD/Blu-ray. In the run up they are running a special giveaway of John Wayne Collectables at http://bit.ly/1AYgyxi SANDS OF IWO JIMA will also play at select B&B Theatres this Veterans Day (Nov 11) at 4:00PM and 7:00PM as part of the B&B “Retro […]
Read MoreDirector Andrew V. McLaglen Dies at 94
Andrew V. McLaglen, a specialist with the sagebrush who directed John Wayne in five films and helmed scores of episodes of the classic CBS Western series Gunsmoke, Have Gun — Will Travel and Rawhide, has died. He was 94. McLaglen, whose father was the Oscar-winning British actor Victor McLaglen, died Saturday at his Friday Harbor […]
Read MoreJOHN WAYNE’S LEGACY SHOWS NO SIGNS OF AGE
In May 2012, I interviewed writer-producer A.J. Fenady (1), known for The Rebel, Branded, Hondo and Chisum (1970) et alia, about his friend “Duke.” We met at his offices in Hollywood near Paramount Pictures. Fenady, while developing Chisum (1970), accompanied Duke during and between the filming of Hellfighters (1968),True Grit (1969) and The Undefeated (1969). He was with him the night he won his Oscar and the day he celebrated with […]
Read MoreDirector-Stuntman Hal Needham Dies at 82
After doubling for Burt Reynolds for years, he turned to directing the actor in such fun-loving films as “Smokey and the Bandit,” “Cannonball Run” and “Stroker Ace.” Hal Needham, a stuntman who dazzled Hollywood for years before directing his pal Burt Reynolds in such films asSmokey and the Bandit andThe Cannonball Run, has died. He was 82. Needham, who […]
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