He was already a hero to a generation of moviegoers, but James Dean’s death in an auto accident 60 years ago this week turned the star of East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant into an icon. Read on for more memories from Hollywood’s past.
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MovieFanFare marks four decades of tossing confetti, yelling out lines and dancing the Time Warp at midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as one writer recalls his late ’70s Rocky heyday and compares it to a recent theater viewing.
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With the fall TV premieres set to go, we look back to the 1965 season. Which “Golden Anniversary” debuting series–Branded, Get Smart, Green Acres, I Spy, and Lost in Space, to name a few–is your favorite? Vote in our poll and tell us why.
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It was 40 years ago this week that The Rocky Horror Picture Show opened–and failed–In U.S. theaters before going on to become the iconic “cult movie.” If you’re shivering with antici…pation for more Hollywood trivia, just take a peek inside.
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The year marks the 80th anniversary of William Boyd’s film debut as Hopalong Cassidy. To celebrate, we’ve rounded up a saddle bag full of fun facts and trivia about the black-clad and (occasionally) limping cowboy hero of movies and TV.
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To mark this week’s release of Disney’s new live-action Cinderella, we’d like you to vote for your favorite film or TV version of the fairy tale classic. Julie Andrews, Lesley Ann Warren, Drew Barrymore, Betty Boop…who wore the glass slipper best?
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“As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.” So began director Martin Scorsese’s Mafia classic Goodfellas, which debuted 25 years ago this week. If this fact amuses you, we have plenty more bits of movie trivia for you inside.
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Actor Martin Milner, who died this week at 83, was best known as the star of two hit TV dramas, Route 66 and Adam-12. So what made his one-scene appearance alongside Henry Fonda in the 1955 film Mister Roberts so memorable? Read on to find out.
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They’ve been depicted in dramas (Norma Rae, On the Waterfront), comedies (Gung Ho, I’m All Right, Jack) and even musicals (The Pajama Game). For Labor Day, we’d like you to vote for which labor union-related movie you think is the best.
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It was 90 years ago this week–long before he became a Broadway star–that The Phantom of the Opera made his screen debut, with the legndary Lon Chaney behind his own make-up as the cellar-dwelling madman. More fascinating film facts are ready to be unmasked inside.
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