Turned Down Movie Roles
Who gets what role in any given film depends upon a lot of factors. Sometimes the producer or the director has a particular celebrity in mind but that actor may...
Author: VJ
Patton: 1970 Best Picture
“Patton” won the Best Picture Oscar at the 43rd Academy Awards over “Airport”, “Five Easy Pieces”, “Love Story” and “MASH”. George C. Scott had already informed the Academy that he...
Former Jeopardy! and Millionaire Contestant Indicted on Assault Charges
A former Jeopardy! and “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” contestant named Claire Ogilvie has been indicted on numerous charges in connection with an assault upon Nancy Tramontin, the wife...
Midnight Cowboy: 1969 Best Picture
“Anne of the Thousand Days” got the most nominations (10) at the 42nd Academy Awards, and “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” won the most awards (4), but neither of...
Oliver!: 1968 Best Picture
At the 41st Academy Awards, “Oliver!” became the 4th musical of the 1960s to win the Oscar for Best Picture, a fact which the Jeopardy! cluewriters took notice of with...
Bobby Ewing: Self-Righteous Hypocrite
Gosh, how Bobby Ewing hates it when someone tells him a lie but does he really have any right to get so self-righteous about it? When Dallas (2012) returned after...
In the Heat of the Night: 1967 Best Picture
The Best Picture Oscar for 1967 went to “In the Heat of the Night”, which won 5 of its 7 nominations at the 40th Academy Awards. Rod Steiger won Best...
RIP: SNL Announcer Don Pardo Dead at 96
Don Pardo, long-time NBC television announcer, passed away at his home in Arizona at the age of 96 on Monday, August 18, 2014. Pardo was a radio announcer before teaming...
Taylor Swift Accused of Racism. C’mon now!
There apparently is backlash over Taylor Swift’s new video and the racism word is involved in it because (gasp) Taylor had some black dancers twerking in her video. Are we...
A Man For All Seasons: 1966 Best Picture
“A Man for All Seasons” won Best Picture at the 39th Academy Awards. It won 5 other Oscars, including Best Actor (Paul Scofield) and Best Director (Fred Zinneman). The other...
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