Cyd Charisse dancer and actress passed away Tuesday, June 17 at age 86 from a heart attack. Cyd Charisse was said to have changed dancing in Hollywood with her sensual looks and moves. She was to dance what Marilyn Monroe was to movies so to speak. I loved her most in “Singin in the Rain,” opposite gorgeous Gene Kelly. How can we ever forget the “steamy” ballet scene in the film with her and Kelly? All the good ones...

“Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.” Gene Tierney Gene Tierney was by far one of the most beautiful classic movie stars. Did you know she suffered greatly from mental illness? It is said that it was Humphrey Bogart who discovered how really bad Gene was doing mentally on the set of “The Left Hand of God,” (1953). It was Bogart who encouraged her...

I was wondering when Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood) was going to contest Spike Lee’s accusation of, well, racism. In an article at guardian.co.uk , Eastwood said, in a Dirty Harryesque way, about Spike Lee’s comments, “A guy like him should shut his face.” I second that. In this article Eastwood speaks of his controversial (for Liberals anyway), Dirty Harry movies. The comments from the left went as far as calling the...

I have always loved Sophia Loren. I found her to be not only beautiful, but funny, witty, and a talented actress. The one movie I will never forget with her in the starring and Oscar winning role, is “Two Women.” The movie tells the story of a widow and her 14-year-old daughter during WW II in Italy. The movie showed the world the horrors of war 3-D. I read this interview with her in the LA Times, and her answers to the questions...