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CHICAGO–(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)–Nov. 26, 2001 Disc Arrives in Stores November 27 Perhaps no other person in the last 100 years embodies the strong values and the American way of life more so than screen legend John Wayne. Now, with the approval of the John Wayne family, Chicago-based MPI Media will release “JOHN WAYNE: AMERICA, WHY I […]

“I was going to be the most famous actress in the whole world,” once proclaimed a young Irish girl named Maureen FitzSimons. While not quite fulfilling that bold statement, she grew up to be glamorous Hollywood leading lady Maureen O’Hara, who reigned as the so-called Queen of Technicolor in a series of costume epics. The […]

1973 “McQ,” a John Wayne movie, with a 75-member crew of Batjac Productions which was stationed in Ocean Shores motels for 28 days, beginning July 2 with producer Michael Wayne. The leading lady was Coleen Dewherst, and other stars – Diana Muldaur and Eddie Albert. While casting on the north beaches, many Ocean Shores residents […]

By Patricia Reaney LONDON (Reuters) – George Harrison’s death may let others live: experts say the cancer that killed the “Quiet Beatle” could give the anti-smoking lobby a big boost. They expect Harrison’s death from cancer to raise awareness of the disease and send a powerful message about the dangers of smoking. The youngest member […]

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) – Budd Boetticher, director of a series of celebrated ’50s Westerns starring Randolph Scott, died Nov. 29 at his home in Ramona, Calif., after a battle with cancer. He was 85. An expansive, ebullient personality whose adventures as a young matador in Mexico and as a horseman throughout his life were as significant […]

That Julia Roberts–boy, is she hot. Won the Oscar. Helped Ocean’s Eleven open number 1 a couple weeks ago. Now, if she’d only stop making movies–boy, then she’d be really hot. Say what? Well, we’re just trying to digest the latest Harris Poll that tracks our nation’s favorite movie stars as determined by our nation’s […]

“The Spirit of America” is the first fruit of the post-Sept. 11 collaboration between Washington and Hollywood to appear in American theaters. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 19 Chuck Workman buzzed from room to room in his second floor office suite in the flats south of Beverly Hills, putting the finishing touches on his latest film, “The […]

Excerpt from an article found in the New York Times: “As General Motors is painfully aware, no car seems to have lost so much of its cool as the Cadillac sedan, which once held popular culture in its thrall. Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, John Wayne and Roy Rogers drove Cadillacs. For Elvis, buying them seemed […]

One afternoon while playing cards at the Lakeside Golf Club of Hollywood, actors Forrest Tucker and John Mitchum, the brother of Robert Mitchum, persuaded John Wayne to ride into a recording studio and narrate John Mitchum’s patriotic poetry over musical accompaniment. Mitchum, who died last week at 82, was a cowboy poet who appeared in […]