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Turning 103 today, Kirk Douglas is one of the very few last living actors and witnesses to Hollywood Golden era. The actor who had a successful career that earned him several awards, starred in countless film classics that elevated him to the legend status he has today, check five of his very best movies
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Born into a family of actors, Jeff Bridges has played some of the most famous movie roles over the last 40 years. Today the actor that played The Big Lebowski turns 70
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From Broadway to Hollywood the famous singer and actress Bette Midler has done it all, the awarded actress has one of the longest and most successful careers on showbiz, from stage plays to musicals to movie dramas, the iconic actress turns 74 today
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River Phoenix was one of the most talented actors of his generation, on Halloween night 1993 he shocked movie fans around the world when he died from a drug overdose aged only 23
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She’ll always be the No.1 red hair beauty bombshell, a timeless sex symbol and a beauty icon. We look back at the life and career of Rita Hayworth, on her 101st Birthday
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He was the first Hollywood “moody, sensitive young man”, and indeed, without Clift, there would not be a James Dean, not as we know it. We look back at his life and career
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“All About Eve” was released on this day on October 13th, 1950.This is perhaps the first film with an attitude we today would call modern. Check our review for it
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He’s considered one of the worst movie directors ever but his movies are authentic masterpieces of Cinema such as 1959 “Plan 9 From Outer Space”. Ed Wood was born on this day in 1924
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She has played several iconic roles throughout her career, including the memorable Louise on the 1991 movie “Thelma and Louise”, today Susan Sarandon turns 73
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Today marks the 64th anniversary of James Dean’s death. We look back at his short life and career and find what still makes him relevant to this day
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Paul Newman rose to fame during the 1950’s as one of Hollywood’s most talented actors, that together with his good looks earned him worldwide fame, he passed away on this day in 2008
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It’s been almost twenty years since Heather Locklear played hottie Amanda Woodward in “Melrose Place” but she’s still pin-up-worthy as ever!
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The son of Hollywood royalty, Michael Douglas built a solid career and name for himself without having to live in the shadow of his parent’s success and over the last 40 years he has done some of the Cinema’s history most memorable movies and iconic characters
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Over the years several actors have played “The Man Of Steel”, but the Superman built by Christopher Reeve still sticks to this day in most people memories as “the real one”
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One of the most sensual and glamorous actresses from Hollywood’s golden age, the Italian Diva Sophia Loren turns 85 today
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Greta Garbo was the very definition of the word, “Star”, the Diva was born on this day in 1905
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“A Streetcar Named Desire” was released on September 18th in 1951 and it is still a fascinating, wrenching character study
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Remembering the eternal Hollywood Diva Lauren Bacall
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The German composer is a well known name from movie lovers across the world, he has produced, performed and composed countless film scores since the 1980’s
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27 years ago today, the actor Anthony Perkins, passed away due to AIDS-related pneumonia
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Happy Birthday to one of Hollywood’s most celebrated actors, read a brief look back at his fantastic career
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During the 1980’s the actor born Carlos Estévez rose to prominence as one of the most promising young actors of his generation starring in movies as “Platoon” and “Wall Street”
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Gene Kelly is ranked by the American Film Institute as the 15th greatest male screen legend of Classic Hollywood, and remembered as one of the earliest multi-faceted stars, remaining popular to this day due to memorable roles such as the one he played in “Singin’ in the Rain”
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River Phoenix was one of the most promising and talented actors of his generation, the young Hollywood star who prematurely left us aged only 23 was born on August 23, 1970. We look back and remember his talent
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Robert Redford remains one of the most popular actors in the world and a part of Hollywood Royalty. The popular movie star turns 83
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Sean Penn owns two academy awards and one of the 1980’s most infamous marriages, when in 1985 he and Madonna started a controversial relationship that even led him to jail. Today he turns 59 and we look back at his life and career
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Mae West was one of the first cinematic sex symbols, blonde bombshells and vamps, with an image she cultivated during over 7 decades and endures to this day, iconic as ever
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As Gloria Swanson famously said in “Sunset Boulevard”, “I am ready for my close up, Mr. DeMille.” The legendary director and producer was born in 1881 and was the top man in Hollywood from the dawn of cinema until his death in 1959
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“All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up.” was heard by audiences for the first time on August 10, 1950. Starring Gloria Swanson in her signature role, “Sunset Boulevard”, this Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett “Film Noir” masterpiece, it’s an essential movie to watch
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The actor that from an early age seemed to be doomed to a troubled life and suddenly found his place in life as an actor, becoming a Hollywood legend
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During his 60 years career span, Saxon has specialized in roles where he often plays law enforcement officials, police officers or detectives, in action and horror movies including “A Nightmare On Elm Street” and “Enter the Dragon”
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The Spanish-Irish actor Martin Sheen got worldwide famous for his role as Captain Benjamin L. Willard in Coppola’s 1979 “Apocalypse Now”, but he started his career during the early 1960’s in several hit TV shows
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Emil Jannings, who played memorable roles in “Faust” and “The Blue Angel” was the first to ever receive an Academy Award for Best Actor, but his political ties and ideology put an end to his popularity
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John Leguizamo is one of the most familiar faces on the big screen since the 1990’s, starring in several hit movies since his role as Luigi in the 1993 “Super Mario Bros”, but before that the Colombian actor had some appearances in memorable 1980’s TV series and music videos
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William Dafoe, the highly prolific and awarded actor was born on July 22, 1955. He is one of the most recognized faces in the big screen and one of our favorite actors and today that he turns 64 we take a look at his Top 5 Movies
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She remains one of the most memorable Hollywood actresses of all time, a symbol from one of the most appreciated movie history eras with several timeless classics, and her untimely death, a mystery
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Frank Whaley’s character Brett on the 1994 Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction”, remains one of the most memorable in the movie, the actor has appeared on several serious hit movies during the late 1980’s and 1990’s including “Field of Dreams”, “The Doors”, “Born On The Fourth Of July” and “JFK”
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Charles Laughton’s early discreet film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood where since the 1930’s he starred in several of Hollywood’s Golden Age classics
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Olivia de Havilland first came to prominence in 1935 as a screen couple with Errol Flynn in adventure films including “The Adventures of Robin Hood” and also starred on the 1939 cult classic “Gone with the Wind”. Today she turns 103
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Her Hollywood breakthrough only happened in 1990 when she played Annie Wilkes in the horror thriller “Misery”, but Kathy Bates career is filled with memorable roles
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Regarded as the creator of the modern broad film farces and comedic parodies, the legendary Mel Brooks turns 93
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Robert Zemeckis is one of the movie directors that had the most impact during the 1980’s and 1990’s, directing movies that defined those decades
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One of Hollywood’s first rebels, Orson Welles turned his back on the movie industry during the late 1940’s, disappointed by the lack of artistic freedom given to directors and actors
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Like a lot of celebrities of his time, James Dean always carried around a certain aura of mystery that endures to this day. This might be also because of the fact he died young and as we all now know, that is a certain morbid formula to eternity that allows people like Dean to be remembered forever. Explore some facts of Dean’s short life on this article.
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One of the most iconic actresses of all time, Diane Keaton starred in several hit and acclaimed movies such as “The Godfather” and “Annie Hall”. She was born on this day in 1946
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The veteran and charismatic actor Robert Duvall turns 88 today
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The famous actor, director, producer and former American football player, starred in several hit movies throughout a a career that spanned for over 60 years
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The German movie star Marlene Dietrich, one of the most influential and stylish women of all time was born on this day in 1901
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She’s one of the biggest and most legendary cinema divas from Hollywood’s golden period, Ava Gardner was the star of many movies that she graced with her beauty and glamour, we look back briefly at her life and career
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Brad Pitt is one of the most famous and talented contemporary actors, he has starred in several hit movies in a career that started back in the 1980’s. To celebrate his birthday we picked the Top 5 Brad Pitt movies
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Don Johnson came to prominence during the 1980’s when he starred on the hit TV series “Miami Vice”, he had a very mediatic marriage with actress Melanie Griffith and tried a career as a Pop singer during the 1980’s
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