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Hollywood actress Kim Novak (b. 1932), star of films such as “The Man With the Golden Arm” (1955), “Picnic” (1955), “Vertigo” (1958), “Kiss Me, Stupid” (1964), and “The Mirror Crack’d” (1980).

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December 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM

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Publicity still from 1931 with Stan Laurel (1890-1965), Buster Keaton (1895-1966), Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), and Jimmy Durante (seated, 1893-1980).

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November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM

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Actress #NatalieWood died 44 years ago today at age 43 while boating off California’s Santa Catalina Island with her husband #RobertWagner and actor #ChristopherWalken.
Pallbearers at her funeral were #RockHudson, #FrankSinatra, #LaurenceOlivier, #EliaKazan, #GregoryPeck, #DavidNiven, #FredAstaire

November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM

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Liza Minnelli’s #memoir “Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!” as told to #MichaelFeinstein, will be on sale March 26, 2026.

Publisher #GrandCentralPublishing.

ISBN-13 9781538773666.

TAGS: #LizaMinnelli #Oscar #KidsWaitTillYouHearThis #JudyGarland #VincenteMinnelli #Hollywood #Movies #Film #Cinema

November 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM

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Richard Lamparski, author, broadcaster and film historian who is best remembered for his countless interviews with former Hollywood actors, published in his “Whatever Became of…?” books, died November 13 at the age of 93.

TAGS: #RichardLamparski #WhateverBecameOf #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Movies

November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM

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Judy Garland (1922-1969), Mártha Eggerth (1912-2013), Gene Kelly (1912-1996), and George Murphy (1902-1992) in Busby Berkeley’s “For Me and My Gal” (1942).

Belgian bilingual film poster (Flemish and French)

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November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM

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Francis Ford Coppola (86) on Guillermo del Toro’s latest film “Frankenstein”

IMDB score: 7,6
Letterboxd score: 3,9
Rated R

TAGS: #GuillermoDelToro #FrancisFordCoppola #Frankenstein #Oscar #AcademyAward #Hollywood #Film #FilmSky #Movies #Cinema #TheGodfather #TheShapeOfWater

November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM

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“Waterloo Bridge” (1940, dir. Mervyn LeRoy) starred Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. Remake of “Waterloo Bridge” (1930). Third version, “Gaby” (1956), starred Leslie Caron.
Belgian bilingual film poster (Flemish and French).

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November 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM

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[Source: The Social Post]

The password of the Louvre’s video surveillance server was simply “Louvre”? Is this a joke?

TAGS: #Louvre #TheSocialPost #LouvreParis #Paris #RobberyLouvre #LouvreRobbery

URL: www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

November 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM

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Who robbed the Louvre in Paris last week?
Ron Leibman, George Segal, Robert Redford, and Paul Sand in the crime comedy-drama “The Hot Rock” (1972, dir. Peter Yates)

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October 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM

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Pier Angeli (1932-1971), a.k.a. Anna Maria Pierangeli, with James Dean (1931-1955), attending the premiere of “A Star Is Born” on September 29, 1954, in Hollywood.

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October 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM

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Hedy Lamarr — Beverly Hills home
b. November 9, 1914, Vienna, Austria
d. January 19, 2000, Casselberry, Florida (natural causes)

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October 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM

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Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) and co-star Jean Peters (1926-2000) relaxing between takes on the set of “Niagara” (1953, dir. Henry Hathaway).

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October 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM

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“The Letter” (1940, dir. William Wyler), starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, and Frieda Inescort.
Belgian bilingual film poster (Flemish and French).

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October 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM

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“The Ghost and Mrs. Muir” (1947) starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, and Natalie Wood.
Belgian bilingual film poster (Flemish and French).

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October 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM

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Justin Henry and Meryl Streep clowning between takes on the set of “Kramer vs. Kramer” (1979). The film won five Oscars, including for Meryl Streep.

TAGS: #KramerVsKramer #MerylStreep #JustinHenry #DustinHoffman #RobertBenton #Oscar ##AcademyAward #FilmTalk #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Movies

October 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM

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“Five Graves to Cairo” (1943), directed by Billy Wilder.
Belgian film poster.

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October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM

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Film director Billy Wilder with actresses Hedy Lamarr and Marlene Dietrich clowning on the set of “A Foreign Affair” (1948)

TAGS: #AForeignAffair #BillyWilder #MarleneDietrich #HedyLamarr #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Movies #Paramount