'Best of TBH Politoons'
Reader Correction
Re: Clark Gable's Oscar
Hi Marty,
On your page of 2/11/06
you have a photo of Clark Gable and this paragraph:
"The Oscar (R) won by Clark Gable for his role in '
Gone With The Wind
' went on display with a photograph of Gable as the 'Meet The
Oscars' exhibition opened to the public in Hollywood, California
February 10, 2006. The exhibition features an Oscar that visitors can
hold, tethered to a stand, and photographs from previous Academy
Award ceremonies and the 50 Oscars which will be presented to winners
at the 78th annual Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood on March 5.
Photo by Fred Prouser "
Don't know if anyone else has mentioned this yet, but
Mr. Gable's
Best Actor Oscar
was NOT for portraying Rhett Butler. Gable won in
1934 for "It Happened One Night
." Robert Donat
's portrayal of Mr.
Chipping in "Goodbye, Mr. Chips
" beat out Gable
's performance to the
shock of many.
Love your page,
Catherine
A GWTW fanatic, who also corrects people who think Butterfly McQueen won the Best Supporting Actress (it was Hattie McDaniel).
Thanks, Catherine!
Sometimes I don't read the captions very closely, and it comes back to bite me every now & then.
The caption could have noted that in 1996
Steven Spielberg anonymously purchased
Clark Gable's Oscar to protect it from further commercial exploitation,
gave it back
to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, commenting that he could think of "no better sanctuary for Gable's only Oscar than the Motion Picture Academy".
It Happened One Night (1934) was the first movie to 'sweep' the Oscars - took 41 years til that record was matched by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975).
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Toni Locy and Pete Yost: Three More Lawmakers Tied to Abramoff (The Associated Press)
Three members of Congress have been linked to efforts by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a former General Services Administration official to secure leases of government property for Abramoff's clients, according to court filings by federal prosecutors on Friday.
Josh Patner: Who Escorts Lonely Foreign Models Around Town? (slate.com)
Fashion is a first-name-only world: Think of superstar models Naomi or Giselle, or designers Marc and Donna. Marlon is another first-name-only star. Say his name to the models he works with at IMG, the powerhouse management company, and their adoration is plain. "No other agency has someone who does for us what Marlon does," says Luca, a lovely German model.
Josh Patner: Who Unzips the Models' Clothes? (slate.com)
Darryl Nipps zooms through the backstage maze in the tents at Bryant Park as only a fashion pro can. "Good to see you!" he says to a cop stationed at the models' entrance to the Charles Nolan show.
Josh Patner: Who Inspects the Models for Zits? (slate.com)
"It's a night-a-mare," Fabio Pettinari says with a deep Roman accent moments after the Carolina Herrera show. "I have one, two, three, four, five cameras. And five lenses. 51 kili! It's heavy."
Felix Gillette: The Best American Olympic Team Ever? (slate.com)
Yeah, right.
'I've learned how to fight' (guardian.co.uk)
George Clooney can't seem to leave the US government alone: his two new films both tackle high-level corruption. He tells Emma Brockes why his father's legacy of protest haunts him to this day
Sanders and Dusky: Betty Friedan Woke Women From Mystique of Sleep (womensenews.org)
Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique" and the "mother of the modern women's movement" has died at age 85. Two friends recall a courageous and intemperate leader who roused a generation of women into action.
John Patterson: Up and at 'em (guardian.co.uk)
If ever you need any proof that the notion of "Oscar prestige" is finally dead, look no further than recent Best Actress-winner Charlize Theron.
Resurrecting the Martyr of Comedy (villagevoice.com)
Lenny Bruce . . . in His Own Words
Mark Fiore: Jesus's Good Friend Muhammad
Commentoon: Offensive Images
Sylvia: Cartoon
Hubert's Poetry Corner
PLEASURING IN CLIMACTIC KARMA
THE NOTORIOUS SECRET LIFE OF CONDI RICE?
Reader Suggestion
Riverbend: The raid
Hi Marty,
Just letting you know Riverbend
has posted again. Damn, I don't even the
words to describe what I feel any more.
"There's no dial tone… but there was one earlier today- I was online…"
J. frowned and turned down the radio. "The last time this happened," she
said, "the area was raided." The room was suddenly silent and we strained
our ears. Nothing. I could hear a generator a couple of streets away, and
I also heard the distant barking of a dog- but there was nothing out of
the ordinary.
T. suddenly sat up straight, "Do you hear that?" She asked, wide-eyed. At
first I couldn't hear anything and then I caught it- it was the sound of
cars or vehicles- moving slowly. "I can hear it!" I called back to T.,
standing up and moving towards the window. I looked out into the darkness
and couldn't see anything beyond the dim glow of lamps behind windows here
and there.
riverbendblog.blogspot.com
Hang in there,
Chris
Thanks, Chris!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny & breezy.
Thought I was dropping the kid off at a birthday party, but ended up at Point Fermin Park in San Pedro.
Seems the birthday boy's mom invited her church group last night & then realized this morning that their yard wouldn't be big enough.
The food was great and we had a lot of fun, but had to leave early because Jo, the (lucky) lizard, was outside and the fog was starting to roll in.
Here's the page of flags.
Doesn't Expect to Win Any Oscars
George Clooney
He has three nominations, but George Clooney doesn't expect to win any Oscars this year. Clooney is a directing and screenplay nominee for "Good Night, and Good Luck" and a supporting-actor nominee for the provocative oil-industry thriller "Syriana."
"I don't think we're going to win any," a deadpan Clooney told reporters Friday, where "Syriana" was screened at Berlin's annual film festival. "There's been a lot of `Brokeback Mountain' stuff."
His nomination in the screenplay category for "Good Night, and Good Luck" puts him up against Stephen Gaghan, who wrote and also directed "Syriana."
"Oscar nominations are as important as anything," he said. "The hope is that people will see this film - I don't know about wins."
George Clooney
Enjoys Global Fame
Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen says he's enjoying a late burst of global fame and still has "a lot of life left" after a decades-long acting career that earned him a lifetime achievement award at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.
McKellen, 66, was picking up an honorary Golden Bear - the festival's top prize - at a ceremony Saturday, accompanied by a screening of the 1995 film version of "Richard III."
The actor, a prominent gay rights campaigner, was guarded as to what impact the success of the Oscar front-runner "Brokeback Mountain" might have.
It remains "very, very difficult for an American actor who wants a film career to be open about his sexuality and even more difficult for a woman," he said. "The film industry is very old-fashioned in California."
Ian McKellen
Seeks Reward In Finland
Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien, who endorsed the re-election of Finnish President Tarja Halonen with mock ad campaigns, said Saturday he expects to be rewarded with a Cabinet position as inspector of saunas.
Hundreds of fans welcomed the American talk show host on Saturday to a freezing Helsinki, the capital of the land of the saunas - only two weeks after Halonen, 62, secured a second six-year term as Finland's first female presudent.
The quirky, self-deprecating O'Brien said he will ask "Tarja" for a Cabinet position when he meets her Feb. 14.
"I'd like to be the inspector of saunas, mostly women's saunas," he said.
Conan O'Brien
ShoWest Female Star Of Year
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman will be honored as ShoWest Female Star of the Year at the ShoWest exhibitors convention, to be held March 13-16 in Las Vegas.
Portman will be presented with the award at the closing-night ceremony March 16 at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.
ShoWest is managed by the VNU Expositions Film Group, a division of VNU Business Media, which also includes The Hollywood Reporter.
Natalie Portman
Seeks Bone Marrow Donors
Jennifer Lopez
Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez is using her starpower to rally support for a fellow Latina who is suffering from blood cancer. Lopez, 36, is urging Hispanics in New York City to donate blood marrow to help Janet Ovalles, a 29-year-old of Dominican descent who needs a transplant from a matching donor to survive.
Doctors say that a bone marrow transplant is Ovalles' only chance for recovery - and the most suitable matches are from people of the same ethnic background.
But with Hispanics sharply underrepresented in the pool of registered donors, the prognosis is bleak. For Ovalles, there was no match in her family or among the 10 million registered donors worldwide.
Jennifer Lopez
Judge Shelves Case Over Existence
Jesus
An Italian atheist lost his legal crusade against the Catholic Church on Thursday when a judge rejected his attempts to sue a priest for saying that Jesus existed 2,000 years ago, the priest's lawyer said.
Luigi Cascioli, 72, had argued his hometown priest and former schoolmate had effectively broken an Italian law meant to protect the public from being conned.
But instead of granting Cascioli his request to bring the case to court, the judge recommended magistrates investigate him for slandering priest Enrico Righi, Righi's lawyer, Bruno Severo said.
Cascioli, author of a book called "The Fable of Christ," said the court had not yet informed him of the ruling. But he was not surprised, and said he would appeal to Italy's highest court, and then to The Hague.
Jesus
Visits High School Alma Mater
Merv Griffin
Merv Griffin paid a visit to his high school alma mater Friday as the school dedicated its quad to one of its most prominent donors.
The 80-year-old entertainer and game show executive, who graduated from San Mateo High School in 1942, was honored by students and faculty in the new "Merv Griffin Quad."
The San Mateo Union High School District decided to rename the school after Griffin made a $250,000 donation to the school. He asked that $125,000 of his donation be used to support the school's performing arts program.
Merv Griffin
Head Smuggler
Myrlene Severe
Airport baggage screeners found a human head with teeth, hair and skin in the luggage of a woman who said she intended to ward off evil spirits with it, authorities said Friday.
Myrlene Severe, 30, a Haitian-born permanent U.S. resident, was charged Friday with smuggling a human head into the U.S. without proper documentation.
Customs and Border Protection officials found the head Thursday, after Severe arrived at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on a Lynx International Airlines flight from Cap Haitien, Haiti, said Barbara Gonzalez, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami.
Severe, who also was charged with failing to declare the head and transporting hazardous material in air commerce, faces a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted of all charges, prosecutors said.
Myrlene Severe
Naughty URLs
No 'Buoi'
What do a Vietnamese grapefruit seller and a gender activist have in common?
Both have had applications to register Web site addresses rejected by authorities because the names contained words which could lead people to believe they were pornographic sites.
The fruit seller was tripped up by the tonal Vietnamese language, in which 'buoi' can mean either a grapefruit or slang for penis.
State-run Vietnam Television said late on Friday that the gender activist had wanted his Web site to be called sex.com.vn, which the country's Internet domain control body rejected. Pornography is banned in the Communist-ruled country.
No 'Buoi'
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