John Wayne remains a favorite

Each year Harris polls Americans about their favorite actors. The answers aren’t all that surprising – Tom Hanks, Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, George Clooney. Yet there at No. 7 – between Clint Eastwood and Denzel Washington – sits John Wayne, who was born in Winterset, Ia. Even though he’s been dead for 25 years, he […]

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Rare Wayne Classics to Make Way to DVD!

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Paramount Home Entertainment and Paramount’s television distribution entities have entered into an agreement with Batjac Productions, the production company founded by John Wayne, for worldwide DVD and television distribution. The agreement was announced today by Thomas Lesinski, President, Paramount Pictures, Worldwide Home Entertainment, Joel Berman, President, Paramount Worldwide Television […]

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Stamp to Honor Movie Hero John Wayne

WASHINGTON – He crossed “Rio Bravo” and “Red River.” He fought at “Fort Apache” and on “The Sands of Iwo Jima.” He was “The Quiet Man” and won an Oscar as Rooster Cogburn in “True Grit,” but everyone knew him as the Duke. Next month, movie hero John Wayne will get his own postage stamp. […]

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U.S. Postal Service honors the “Duke” in Commemorative Stamps Series

JOHN WAYNE SADDLES UP U.S. Postal Service honors the “Duke” in Legends of Hollywood Commemorative Stamps Series WASHINGTON The U.S. Postal Service has chosen Marion Michael Morrison, better-known to millions of adoring fans as John Wayne (or “Duke”), to be honored in the Legends of Hollywood commemorative stamp series this year. The full pane of […]

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