LA cemeteries get respect Apr 19, 2006
Over two days, I paid my respects to Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Jean Harlow, Rudolph Valentino, Jayne Mansfield, Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Walter Matthau and George C. Scott. Unlike when following the maps of stars' homes that are sold on Hollywood Boulevard, I knew that once I found these stars' addresses, the celebrities would be at home. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Richard Fleischer Mar 28, 2006
Reliable Hollywood director with a penchant for crime thrillers. Brian BaxterTuesday March 28, 2006. (Guardian Unlimited)
25 must-see films Mar 24, 2006
Watch warmonger George C. Scott relish the notion of "catching the Russians with their pants down". The Sound of Music (1965). (Sydney Morning Herald)
Maureen Stapleton, 80; Character Actress Won Tony, Emmy, Academy Awards in 50-Year Career Mar 14, 2006
"She was just a wonderful person to work with and personally she had the most marvelous sense of humor. I remember doing 'Plaza Suite' with George C. Scott, who's a great actor and sometimes difficult to deal with. But she knew how to calm him down, and it was always wonderful to watch her do that. But she was just a brilliant actress."She was so unique not many actresses are like her. There was always a play that I wrote that I could have used her, still today. (Los Angeles Times)
A three-ring circus Mar 13, 2006
"I'm kind of with George C. Scott, who described the Oscars as a beauty pageant in a slaughterhouse."). By the time his agent sent him a script for Big Love, Paxton thought he'd finally made the break from acting: "I thought that was it, baby. Directing just lit me on fire. I always thought I had the stuff, and I felt like I was emancipated. I was in Montreal in preproduction on The Greatest Game Ever Played. We were getting the casting together, counting down to shoot, and then I got this call... (Globe and Mail)
Elliott: Over easy Mar 7, 2006
In '71, gruff George C. Scott made big news by refusing his Patton prize (they gave it to him anyway). None of today's nominees in an anxious industry has the status or brass to do this. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
