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  1. Thomas T

    French actress Micheline Presle dies at 101.

    She co-starred opposite John Garfield, Tyrone Power, Errol Flynn, Paul Newman and played Sandra Dee's mother but it's her European films that she's remembered for including Devil In The Flesh (1947) with Gerard Philipe, Loves Of A Woman (1953) with Massimo Girotti, Five Day Lover (1961) with...
  2. Thomas T

    Don Murray, Oscar nominated star of Bus Stop dies at 94

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/don-murray-dead-bus-stop-1235813848/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3
  3. Thomas T

    Oscar nominee and Tony winner Glynis Johns dies at 100.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/glynis-johns-dead-mary-poppins-1235779586/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&...
  4. Thomas T

    Ryan O'Neal, Love Story and Paper Moon star, dies at age 82.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ryan-oneal-dead-love-story-paper-moon-1235730468/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3
  5. Thomas T

    Oscar nominated actress Marisa Pavan dies at age 91.

    An Oscar nominee for best supporting actress for The Rose Tattoo (1955), she also starred in Drum Beat (1954) with Alan Ladd, Diane (1956) with Lana Turner, Man In The Gray Flannel Suit (1956) with Gregory Peck and Solomon And Sheba (1959) with Yul Brynner among many others. She was the sister...
  6. Thomas T

    Hollywood Reporter on the possible resurrection of blu ray and DVD

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/dying-dvd-bluray-business-resurrection-cds-vinyl-1235639108/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3
  7. Thomas T

    A Fan's Journey To Watch A Favorite Childhood DVD In 2023

    From the New York Times, worth reading and another reason I'm not sold on streaming. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/business/best-buy-dvds-britney-spears-crossroads.html
  8. Thomas T

    Richard Roundtree, the original Shaft, dies at 81.

    He was in my acting class for a little while. A nice guy. R.I.P...
  9. Thomas T

    Three time Oscar nominated actress Piper Laurie dies at 91.

    One of my personal favorites. Heartbreaking in The Hustler (1961) and unforgettable in Carrie (1976). https://www.indiewire.com/news/obituary/piper-laurie-dead-1234916783/
  10. Thomas T

    Sharon Farrell, actress in It's Alive, The Reivers, The Stunt Man dies at 82.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sharon-farrell-dead-its-alive-marlowe-reivers-1235551740/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3
  11. Thomas T

    Actress Jane Birkin dies at 76!

    Fans of French cinema should know her well. For everybody else, she's probably best known for the Agatha Christie films Death On The Nile (1978) and Evil Under The Sun (1982)...
  12. Thomas T

    Actress Betta St. John dies at age 93

    Quite the career! Film debut at 9 years old in Destry Rides Again (1939), the original Liat in Broadway's South Pacific (1949), Miriam in the first CinemaScope film The Robe (1953), co-starring with Cary Grant in Dream Wife (1953), two Tarzan movies (1957, 1959) with Gordon Scott, horror movies...
  13. Thomas T

    Frederic Forrest, Oscar nominated actor from The Rose, Apocalypse Now dies at 86

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/frederic-forrest-dead-apocalypse-now-the-rose-1235523124/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3
  14. Thomas T

    Deletion of Indicator/Powerhouse Fox titles

    I just got an e-mail from Powerhouse/Indicator that effective 6/30/23 Dragonwyck, Little Murders, The Snake Pit, St. Valentine's Day Massacre and The Third Secret will no longer be available for purchase. The recently announced standard edition of Effect Of Gamma Rays On Man In The Moon...
  15. Thomas T

    Astrud Gilberto of The Girl From Ipanema fame dies at 83.

    Alas, most younger people won't remember her or the song (even recent Jeopardy contestants were stumped) but it was HUGE hit. https://www.npr.org/2023/06/06/1180416189/astrud-gilberto-the-girl-from-ipanema-singer-dies-at-83
  16. Thomas T

    Barry Newman, Vanishing Point and Petrocelli star dies at 92

    One of those actors who should have been a bigger star...
  17. Thomas T

    Helmut Berger, Visconti muse and star of The Damned, Ludwig dead at 78

    https://www.indiewire.com/news/obituary/helmut-berger-dead-1234865024/
  18. Thomas T

    Dame Edna Everage passes away at age 89

    The funniest woman on the planet has passed away. R.I.P. Dame Edna. A star of the stage, TV and screen. (I have no idea who this Barry Humphries was)...
  19. Thomas T

    Has anyone with a blog successfully have a decision overturned?

    I just got an e-mail from Blogger that a post has been deleted because it didn't meet "community standards" but it didn't tell me specifically what was offensive about the post. It was a review of a telefilm with Candice Bergen called Mayflower Madam and this was the text: A young socialite...
  20. Thomas T

    Hugh Hudson, director of Chariots Of Fire and Greystoke dies at 86

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/hugh-hudson-dead-chariots-of-fire-1235322411/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3
  21. Thomas T

    Oscar nominated actress Melinda Dillon dies at 83

    Fantastic in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Absence Of Malice. The original Honey in the Broadway production of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?. https://deadline.com/2023/02/melinda-dillon-dead-close-encounters-a-christmas-story-absence-of-malice-actress-1235249273/
  22. Thomas T

    How do you ignore or block someone?

    Is it possible to block another HTF poster so they don't show up on your feed.
  23. Thomas T

    Actress Diane McBain (Claudelle Inglish, Ice Palace, Parrish, Spinout) dies at 81

    I thought she was one of the great beauties of her day...
  24. Thomas T

    Mikes Hodges, director of Get Carter and Flash Gordon, dies at 90.

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mike-hodges-dead-get-carter-flash-gordon-director-dies-1235285740/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3
  25. Thomas T

    New York Film Critics 2022 Awards: Tar wins best picture

    Best Film: Tár Best Director: S. S. Rajamouli, RRR Best Actor: Colin Farrell, After Yang and The Banshees of Inisherin Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Tár Best Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once Best...
  26. Thomas T

    The Prestigious Sight & Sound Poll (2022) The 100 Greatest Films Of All Time

    The Critics’ Top 100 Greatest Films of All Time 1. “Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles” (Chantal Akerman, 1975) 2. “Vertigo” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) 3. “Citizen Kane” (Orson Welles, 1941) 4. “Tokyo Story” (Ozu Yasujiro, 1953) 5. “In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai, 2001) 6...
  27. Thomas T

    Imprint's Pretty Baby (1978) blu ray

    I just finished watching Imprint's blu of Louis Malle's Pretty Baby (1978) from a new 4K scan from Paramount pictures (according to the back cover) and it looks very good and Sven Nykvist's cinematography is served well. There's an excellent 23 minute interview with Brooke Shields (filmed in...
  28. Thomas T

    Actor Michael Callan passes away at age 86.

    Moviegoers will remember him from such movies as Mysterious Island, Cat Ballou, Gidget Goes Hawaiian and The Victors among many others. He was also the original Riff in the original stage cast of West Side Story...
  29. Thomas T

    Oscar winning actress Louise Fletcher dies at 88

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/louise-fletcher-dead-one-flew-cuckoos-nest-1235226635/#recipient_hashed=c0091a151ab7371720bda64709dcea1e31bf35b5f6958233e7f536bb645b6ad5&recipient_salt=53509ba2342d109fc357201981dc9293499dab478de71f49d39a764448be70a3
  30. Thomas T

    Actor William Reynolds dies at 90

    Although best known for the TV series The F.B.I., he had memorable roles in two Douglas Sirk films All That Heaven Allows and There's Always Tomorrow as well as the cult horror film Cult Of The Cobra and the sci-fi movie The Land Unknown as well as a memorable episode of Twilight Zone titled The...
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