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For the 2004 'Saving Private Ryan': Looking Into the Past, Lana Turner plays the part of Crystal Radek.
For the 2003 release 18 and Ready to Fuck 2, she takes the role of Lady de Winter.
She stars as Lap Dancer in the 2006 production 2006 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
For the 1981 Abends im Rampenlicht, Lana Turner's character is Carla Van Oven/Miss Fran Sailors.
For the 1984 show Aderyn Papur... and Pigs Might Fly, Mary Clay.
Lana Turner is cast in the role of Jacqueline Perrault (1982-1983) in the 1999 Am Anfang war der Seitensprung.
In 1997, Lana Turner plays Herself - Co-Presenter: Cinematography Awards in the production The American Film Institute Salute to Martin Scorsese.
She is cast in the role of Mlle. Auber in the 1984 release Anything Goes.
For the 1968 production Apokalipsa, she stars as Marianne Patourel.
For the 2004 video Ass Intake 2, she is cast in the role of Holly Parker.
Lana Turner stars as Elsa Keller in the 1929 movie 'Neath Western Skies.
In 2005, she takes the role of Claire in the show 600 secondes pour refaire le monde.
In 2007, Lana Turner plays Lora Meredith in the release of 64 Squares.
In 1984, she plays the part of Beatrix Emery in the movie Aarorumariyathe.
She is cast in the role of Virginia Marshland in the 2004 movie Ab Tak Chhappan.
She is cast in the role of Carrie Masters in the 1992 release of Adrushtam.
For the 2009 movie Albino Farm, Lana Turner plays Constance MacKenzie.
In 1963, Lana Turner plays Cora Smith in the production of Albisola mare, savona.
She plays the part of Bunny Smith in the 1954 show Alcalde de Zalamea, El.
In 1997, Lana Turner is cast in the role of Herself in the movie Alliance for Better Campaigns.
Lana Turner stars as Theo Scofield West in the 1897 feature Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co..
In 1951, Sheila 'Red'/'Flatbush' Regan in the production of Anghel ng pag-ibig.
She plays Diane de Poitiers in the 1967 release of Arnaud, Les.
In 1976, Lana Turner plays Marjorie 'Margy' White Brooks in the production of Arquitectura en la Costa del Sol.
For the 1998 movie Artemis, Lana Turner stars as Herself.
For the 1949 release of Ashabari, Lisbeth 'Liz' Bard.
Lana Turner stars as Cameo appearance in the 2005 movie Ashes and Snow.
For the 2004 release Back Seat Bangers Vol. 1, she takes the role of Herself.
Lana Turner's character is Rosalie Lewett in the 2005 video release of Big White Wet Butts.
For the 2003 Bigg Z and the Beauties 5, Lana Turner plays the part of Helen Thayer.
For the 2001 release Bigger and Better, Lana Turner plays the part of Jane Thomas.
For the 2006 release Bootlegs and B-Sides, Lana Turner's character is Sara Scott.
For the 2005 movie Bachelor 37, she is cast in the role of Nazama's Maid.
For the 1977 show Bagha Jatin, she plays Valerie 'Val' Parks.
She takes the role of Samarra in the 2007 production of Barry's Last Chance.
For the 1900 production of Battle of the Upper Tugela, Lana Turner plays the part of Sheila Cabot.
In 1986, Lana Turner plays the part of Tracy Carlyle Hastings in the movie Bijo no harawata.
For the 2000 show Bird Land, Lana Turner's character is Adriana Roman.
For the 1920 release of Bitter Fruit, Lana Turner plays Vivian Cross.
For the 2004 video Chasey Meets Krystal, she stars as Peggy Evans/Carol Burden.
In 1986, Lana Turner's character is Patty Marlow in the Condor.
For the 2006 release of Bullrider, Lana Turner plays Lt. Jane 'Snapshot' McCall.
In 2009, Lana Turner plays the part of Herself in the feature The Caliph's House.
For the 1911 feature Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo, she plays the part of Mado.
For the 1945 production of Camino de Babel, El, Lana Turner is cast in the role of Church Woman.
For the 1913 production of The Cause, Lana Turner's character is Edwina Esketh.
She takes the role of Nora Taylor in the 2005 feature Cavalcade.
In 2006, Lana Turner stars as Herself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actor in the release of Chacun sa nuit.
She takes the role of Lily Brannel James in the 2008 movie Chasing the Dream.
Lana Turner plays Georgia Lorrison in the 2004 feature Chung on chi ma gun.
Lana Turner plays Elizabeth Cotton in the 1932 movie Circus.
For the 1997 movie Ciudad de greens, Lana Turner stars as Cynthia Potter.
For the 1945 release of The Cold-Blooded Penguin, Lana Turner plays Maggie Colby.
She takes the role of Herself - Presenter: Costume Design Awards in the 1994 production of The Color of Evening.
For the 2005 Cunning Cadets, she plays Madeline.
For the 2002 video release of Demon Under Glass, Lana Turner plays the part of Patricia 'Pat' Mahoney.
For the 1922 movie The Danger Point, Lana Turner plays the part of Paula Lane.
In 1914, Lana Turner's character is Tania in the feature The Daughter of a Crook.
Lana Turner is cast in the role of Marjorie Penrose in the 1949 production of Duniya.
She takes the role of Margo Lane in the 1980 production The Eurovision Song Contest.
For the 2002 production Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up, she plays the part of Rosemary Howard.
In 1990, Lana Turner plays Herself in the show Fille du Maquignon, La.
Lana Turner plays Fredda Barlo in the 2006 feature Flores para Ana.
She plays the part of Tracy Carlyle Hastings in the 1971 production of Gishiki.
Turner/Stompanato Inspired Movies
With such a high profile relationship and subsequent murder it wasn't long before Lana Turner and Johnny Stompanato's relationship soon became the topic for a handful of Hollywood movies.Where Love Has GoneIn 1962, four years after the case of Johnny Stom
on 2009-04-01 04:49:41Hollywood Romance: Lana Turner & Johnny Stompanato
Lana Turner was an Academy Awad winning actress in a career that spanned over sixty years. She was one of the most glamorous stars of the forties and fifties starring in The Postman Always Rings Twice and Inmitation fo Life.But away from the big screen he
on 2009-04-01 04:49:41They're Making a Three Musketeers Movie. . .Again
You won't hear me denying the timelessness of Alexandre Dumas' adventure tale, The Three Musketeers. However, I'm fascinated that Hollywood feels the need to endlessly adapt the novel. And by "endlessly," I mean this movie's been made a lot.
To name just
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http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/69662004.htm
Catherine Zeta Jones Rubbishes Sharon Stone Rivalry
November 4, 2005, 6:40:03
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES DISMISSES STONE RIVALRY .
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES has laughed off rumours she upset SHARON STONE by
beating her to the lead role in new film STOMPANATO. .
The Welsh beauty and wife of Stone's BASIC INSTINCT screen lover MICHAEL
DOUGLAS, will play legendary actress LANA TURNER in the movie. .
But she insists she knows nothing of a supposed rivalry. .
She says, "I don't know about Sharon being upset about not getting to play
Lana. And I know her well.
"But guess what? I wanted to be in Basic Instinct 2!".
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> the world a favor. I hope they went easy on her.
Lana Turners daughter is named Cheryl Crane, not Crane.
>
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"Rick in Oz" wrote in
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> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=197828896
&p=y978z9
> 768&n =197829774
> her new movie project Stompanato - her husband and father-in-law were
> among the celebrity crowd caught up in the famous scandal.
Strumpet-what-o?
> Zeta-Jones is playing screen siren Lana Turner in the real-life murder
> scandal, which rocked Hollywood in 1958.
> hands of Turner's teenage daughter Crane.
Another stupid name for a Hollywood child. And it sounds like she did
the world a favor. I hope they went easy on her.
> And Zeta-Jones has been given Hollywood history lessons as she gets
> ready for the role.
> tells all these stories because he was right there. My husband
> (Michael Douglas) was actually right there too when all that stuff
> went down because he went to school with Lana's daughter Crane.
> Sinatra's house and in walks Lana and there's Ava Gardner. It's just
> like living a movie when you listen to them."
I'm changing my opinion about Sinatra. He was nothing but a thug.
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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:42:00 +1000, "Rick in Oz"
wrote:
>http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=197828896&p=y978z9768&n
>=197829774
>movie project Stompanato - her husband and father-in-law were among the
>celebrity crowd caught up in the famous scandal.
>scandal, which rocked Hollywood in 1958.
>Turner's teenage daughter Crane.
>for the role.
>all these stories because he was right there. My husband (Michael Douglas)
>was actually right there too when all that stuff went down because he went
>to school with Lana's daughter Crane.
>house and in walks Lana and there's Ava Gardner. It's just like living a
>movie when you listen to them."
>
"Ring ring.....Hello? Oh, Michael darling, yes, the diapers
are on top of the fridge, and the baby's diapers are in the closet".
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http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Artists/Z/Zeta-Jones_Catherine/2005/10/26/1278379
.html
Zeta-Jones leaving her mark
Rise from swashbuckling ingenue to wife, mom and star
By JIM SLOTEK - Toronto Sun
LOS ANGELES -- The actual amount of time between the original The Mask Of
Zorro and this week's sequel The Legend Of Zorro was seven years. In the
lives of the characters, it's presented as 10.
For Catherine Zeta-Jones'>Catherine Zeta-Jones, it's the time that elapses between entire lives.
"I used to bump into Antonio (Banderas) or (director) Martin Campbell and it
was always, 'Let's do another one,'" Zeta-Jones says of the movie that
turned her from an unknown into a bankable lead. "And it was not just
professionally important to me, but personally too. Michael saw me in it,
seduced me... hounded me... followed me around the world! And look at me
now, two kids later."
Maybe it's the allergy medication that makes Zeta-Jones especially ebullient
this day (she claims to be "so wired up I can hardly blink" and apologizes
for a husk in her voice that "makes me sound like a cross between Kathleen
Turner, Demi Moore and a truck driver"). But she has given a pretty good
thumbnail sketch of how one of the most improbable of cross-generational
Hollywood couples came to be.
She and Michael Douglas'>Michael Douglas met at the Deauville Film Festival in France where
she was promoting Zorro and Douglas had become besotted by the unknown woman
he'd seen playing the fiery Elena Montero. A whirlwind courtship followed
that led to her marrying a Hollywood star 25 years her senior.
Just how whirlwind it was becomes clear when Zeta-Jones mentions that
Michael rented a house in L.A. last year as a midpoint for Zeta-Jones and
family while she filmed The Legend Of Zorro in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
She had to rent in L.A.? The Douglases own several houses, with a principal
residence in Bermuda (they recently bought a winter place in Mont Tremblant,
Que.). How could they not have a place in Los Angeles?
"I don't like it. And Michael never lived there. He was brought up on the
East Coast and only came here sometimes to see his dad (Kirk Douglas).
"But I came from Wales and within a few months I was filming (the
mini-series) Titanic in Canada. Then I got Zorro, so I was in Mexico for six
months. I came back, bought a house (in L.A.), lived in it for three nights
and then went to Scotland to do Entrapment with Sean (Connery). I came back,
promoted Zorro, met my husband and sold my house. So I never really lived
here either."
So no, it wasn't the same old Catherine Zeta-Jones'>Catherine Zeta-Jones who returned to Mexico.
That Catherine could wander around shopping in the local markets while
photogs snapped furiously at her co-stars Banderas and Anthony Hopkins.
"This time, just keeping where I lived private was hard enough. But San Luis
Potosi really opened its arms to us. There were restaurants that became my
catinas. They'd cook for me, and my driver would pick it up."
In The Legend Of Zorro, Zeta-Jones goes from a real improbable marriage to
another onscreen. In it, Don Alejandro de la Vega, a.k.a. Zorro (Banderas)
has arrived at a crossroads in his marriage with Elena (Zeta-Jones) -- his
commitment to the people of colonial California having reached a fever pitch
with the electoral decision of the State to join the U.S. She wants more of
him, as much for the sake of their child Joaquin (Adrian Alonso), a
mini-Zorro who already exhibits signs of his dad's swashbuckling flair, as
for herself.
The couple separates, and with a divorce decree comes a new suitor, a
sinister French nobleman played by Rufus Sewell. All this as nefarious plans
unfurl all around.
What thrilled her the most was that she had even more swordfighting to do
than she did the first time around. Rufus Sewell says she was so jazzed by
the fight scenes that she actually broke his nose.
"Is he still talking about it?" she says with mock disgust. "God, enough
already. I sent him flowers. I went to his trailer three times to make sure
he was okay.
"I'd never fenced until the first Zorro. And I had no time, this time,
between finishing Ocean's 12 and going to Mexico where they'd already been
shooting for a few weeks. But it kind of came back. I treated it like
choreography, like dancing. It was great exercise, I love it."
It was also an emotional reunion she says. "I had a tear in my eye when I
saw Antonio in his Zorro getup."
The downside, as before, was the clothing. "Visually, the fashions are
absolutely superb. The reality is I have no idea how the hell they got
dressed and undressed in that heat. I'm for women's lib -- throw off that
bra!
"But to be asked to swordfight in that stuff is unbelievable. In my own life
I constantly squeeze myself into uncomfortable stuff, but I don't wear three
petticoats!"
Couple is cooking, but Zeta-Jones isn't
So after five years of marriage, what is life like these days for The
Douglases? Well, for starters, Catherine Zeta-Jones'>Catherine Zeta-Jones says she's not allowed
in the kitchen.
"Michael's afraid if I'm in there," she says with a laugh. "I nearly burned
up the apartment in New York. Michael can't cook either, but he's really
good at making dinner reservations.
"I actually did burn a pan, it was smoking and burning, and right next to it
was a big old fire extinguisher." Which she ignored. Instead, "I run to the
other side of the apartment, get Michael and yell, 'We've got a fire in the
kitchen!'
"It was like, 'Honey (she makes gestures of introduction)... Fire
extuisher - fire - fire - fire extinguisher.'
"The ironic thing is that in my next movie, Mostly Martha, I'm playing a
chef."
What she'd tell young parents: "Learn from my mistakes. I've been, like,
crazy overprotective. They're gonna fall, trip, my daughter's gonna cut her
chin, my son's going to knock his teeth out. I'm terrified constantly.
"If I'm working, Michael's with me and the kids, and if he's working, I'm
with him and the kids." Next stop: Hawaii. "He's doing a movie there, I
can't remember the name, with Owen Wilson." (It's called You, Me & Dupree).
Life in Bermuda: "It's just easy. It's removed, and a great place to bring
up kids.
"You should see me in the morning, with no hair and makeup, taking my kids
to school. I'll be pulling a baseball cap over my face and I'm, like, 'Why
am I hiding? Nobody's going to recognize me anyway!'"
Her soccer mom car: A Peugeot.
Her next role: After Mostly Martha, she's cast as Lana Turner opposite Keanu
Reeves in Stompanato. "It's a great part," says Zeta-Jones, who is
nonetheless worried that "the studio halfway through the movie will turn
around and say, 'Y'know, she really doesn't look like her.'
The role has brought her closer to her father-in-law Kirk, who knew Turner.
"He's become my research engine, my Google."
Adorable Michael Douglas'>Michael Douglas story: "My normal Welsh accent is so strong that
when I'm on the phone with my mother and I go back to it, Michael thinks I'm
speaking Welsh, which is a whole other language. He says, 'Y'know that's a
beautiful language, you should speak it more often.' I say, 'I'm speaking
English for God's sake!'"
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Rick in Oz wrote:
> http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=197828896&p=y978z9768&n
> =197829774
> movie project Stompanato - her husband and father-in-law were among the
> celebrity crowd caught up in the famous scandal.
> scandal, which rocked Hollywood in 1958.
> Turner's teenage daughter Crane.
> for the role.
> all these stories because he was right there. My husband (Michael Douglas)
> was actually right there too when all that stuff went down because he went
> to school with Lana's daughter Crane.
> house and in walks Lana and there's Ava Gardner. It's just like living a
> movie when you listen to them."
Well if she is going to learn something she ought to learrn Lana
Turners daughers name. Not Crane but Cheryl Crane.
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http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=197828896&p=y978z9768&n
=197829774
Zeta-Jones gets Hollywood history lessons
24/10/2005 - 10:19:14
Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones didn't have to dig too deep to research her new
movie project Stompanato - her husband and father-in-law were among the
celebrity crowd caught up in the famous scandal.
Zeta-Jones is playing screen siren Lana Turner in the real-life murder
scandal, which rocked Hollywood in 1958.
The story focuses on the death of gangster Johnny Stompanato at the hands of
Turner's teenage daughter Crane.
And Zeta-Jones has been given Hollywood history lessons as she gets ready
for the role.
She says: "I'm fascinated about when my father-in-law (Kirk Douglas) tells
all these stories because he was right there. My husband (Michael Douglas)
was actually right there too when all that stuff went down because he went
to school with Lana's daughter Crane.
"The stories are just unbelievable - all about going over to Frank Sinatra's
house and in walks Lana and there's Ava Gardner. It's just like living a
movie when you listen to them."
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/351522p-299839c.html
NANCY DILLON
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Teen idols Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush announced last week that
their five-month union is now history, the latest in a rash of
celebrity minimarriages to crash and burn before the ink on the license
is dry.
Murray, 24, and Bush, 23, may face a little awkwardness because they
co-star on "One Tree Hill" - he plays a brooding stud and she plays a
feisty cheerleader on the hit WB series.
But they'll have plenty of company in the wedding present return line.
Take, for instance, Ren=E9e Zellweger. The "Bridget Jones" star is a
singleton once more after just four months of marriage to country
crooner Kenny Chesney.
The proliferation of short-lived marriages is part of the explosion of
"hot young celebrities" created by mushrooming media outlets and an
ever-increasing appetite for Hollywood gossip, said Janis Spindel, a
New York-based professional matchmaker.
"This is a problem that's more prominent now than in the past," said
Spindel, author of "Get Serious about Getting Married: 365 Proven Ways
to Find Love in Less Than a Year."
"It's too easy to become like a little kid in a candy store with a
sweet tooth," she said.
Famous couples who exchange vows in Las Vegas wedding chapels often
don't live happily ever after - at least not with each other. Before
she became Mrs. Kevin Federline, Britney Spears was married for all of
55 hours to childhood pal Jason Alexander. Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton
and Todd Meister were splitsville just three months after their vows.
Former "Beverly Hills 90210" actress Tori Spelling didn't go the Vegas
route. But she and actor-writer Charlie Shanian went their separate
ways just one year after their lavish, million-dollar wedding.
Even seemingly blissed-out "Sopranos" star Jamie-Lynn DiScala, 24, has
ditched her wedding ring, two years after marrying her manager, A.J.
DiScala, 34.
Spindel said a months-long stint spent away from home filming or
touring "dooms celebrity marriages before they can really start."
And the kind of drive it takes to become famous isn't always an asset.
"Stars, by their nature, are inward-looking and like to be the center
of attention," said Susan Marg, author of "Las Vegas Weddings."
"They expect to be treated in life the way they're treated in front of
the camera. But the focus in a relationship has to be shared. One
person can't be the star."
Marg said that although it seems like more and more celebs are falling
off the marriage-go-round, nano-nuptials are hardly a new phenomenon.
Silver screen star Rudolph Valentino likely takes the prize for
shortest celebrity marriage, getting locked out of his honeymoon suite
less than six hours after wedding actress Jean Acker in 1919.
Actress Lana Turner was married to bandleader Artie Shaw for just four
months in 1940. And Cher's union with Gregg Allman survived all of nine
days in 1975.
In 1994, actress Drew Barrymore lasted less than a month with her
hubby, Jeremy Thomas. And in 1998, wacky basketball star Dennis Rodman
sought an annulment nine days after exchanging vows with voluptuous
model/actress Carmen Electra.
"At the end of the day, the key to true love is chemistry, and that
means attraction, shared values, common interests and substance,"
Spindel said. "People who fall out of love in a matter of months
probably had no idea who the other person was from the start. They
confused love with lust."
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Who was Lana Turner in the Aviator?
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In alt.showbiz.gossip Rick in Oz wrote:
: http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-08-31/
: Stone Hits Out at Zeta-Jones Casting
: Sharon Stone is furious Catherine Zeta-Jones will play Lana Turner in a new
: biopic, because she was the screen legend's first choice. The Postman Always
: Rings Twice actress met Stone before she died of throat cancer in 1995 and
: Stone reveals Turner wanted her to star in a movie celebrating her life.
Yeah, *sure* she did. How convenient that Lana is not alive to verify this
story....
Fiona
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Rick in Oz wrote:
> http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-08-31/
> biopic, because she was the screen legend's first choice. The Postman Always
> Rings Twice actress met Stone before she died of throat cancer in 1995 and
> Stone reveals Turner wanted her to star in a movie celebrating her life. The
> film will look at eight-times married Turner's tumultuous marriage to
> gangster Johnny Stompanato, to be played by Keanu Reeves, who was killed in
> 1958 by her daughter Crane. Stone says, "I met Lana in her final years and
> liked her a great deal. She was every inch the movie star and we got along
> really well. She said if there was a film to be made on her life, then I was
> her choice. Lana's life is one of the more interesting of the Hollywood
> greats. Lana really rocked."
>
Sharon...you're too old for the part.
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Kris Baker wrote:
> "Rick in Oz" wrote in message
> news:cPiRe.486$HC6.7083@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> terrible.
Sounds wrong to me too. Lana was petite. I just watched Madame
X
the other night. Why can't they find more of a match to Lana amongst
the thousands of actresses in LA. Why does it have to be someone so
against type just because they have a name. Sharon Stone'>Sharon Stone is also to
tall
and wouldn't be able to pull off the younger Lana IMHO. She's too in
your
face to play the more sultry ,subtle Lana. - Robbie
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"Thanatos" wrote in message
news:atropos-5602CE.21455318032008@news.giganews.com...
> In article
> ,
> TranslucentAmoebae wrote:
possession"http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/11/mary-ann-busted-with-mary-jane/
responsibility"http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/12/it-wasnt-mary-anns-mary-jane/
> difference?
He can't tell you...too drunk.
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Rick in Oz wrote:
> http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-08-31/
> biopic, because she was the screen legend's first choice. The Postman Always
> Rings Twice actress met Stone before she died of throat cancer in 1995 and
> Stone reveals Turner wanted her to star in a movie celebrating her life. The
> film will look at eight-times married Turner's tumultuous marriage to
> gangster Johnny Stompanato, to be played by Keanu Reeves, who was killed in
> 1958 by her daughter Crane. Stone says, "I met Lana in her final years and
> liked her a great deal. She was every inch the movie star and we got along
> really well. She said if there was a film to be made on her life, then I was
> her choice. Lana's life is one of the more interesting of the Hollywood
> greats. Lana really rocked."
Lets dig Lana up and ask her.
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"Rick in Oz" wrote in message
news:cPiRe.486$HC6.7083@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-08-31/
> in a new
> biopic, because she was the screen legend's first choice. The
> Postman Always
> Rings Twice actress met Stone before she died of throat cancer in
> 1995 and
> Stone reveals Turner wanted her to star in a movie celebrating her
> life. The
> film will look at eight-times married Turner's tumultuous marriage
> to
> gangster Johnny Stompanato, to be played by Keanu Reeves, who was
> killed in
> 1958 by her daughter Crane. Stone says, "I met Lana in her final
> years and
> liked her a great deal. She was every inch the movie star and we got
> along
> really well. She said if there was a film to be made on her life,
> then I was
> her choice. Lana's life is one of the more interesting of the
> Hollywood
> greats. Lana really rocked."
*snort*. Sure, Sharon, put words in her mouth after she has died.
How would we ever know differently?
Sharon Stone gets up my nose.
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"Rick in Oz" wrote in message
news:cPiRe.486$HC6.7083@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-08-31/
> new
> biopic, because she was the screen legend's first choice. The Postman
> Always
> Rings Twice actress met Stone before she died of throat cancer in 1995 and
> Stone reveals Turner wanted her to star in a movie celebrating her life.
> The
> film will look at eight-times married Turner's tumultuous marriage to
> gangster Johnny Stompanato, to be played by Keanu Reeves, who was killed
> in
> 1958 by her daughter Crane. Stone says, "I met Lana in her final years and
> liked her a great deal. She was every inch the movie star and we got along
> really well. She said if there was a film to be made on her life, then I
> was
> her choice. Lana's life is one of the more interesting of the Hollywood
> greats. Lana really rocked."
I don't know about the "first choice" thing, but CJZ as Lana Turner'>Lana Turner sounds
terrible.
Kris
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http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-08-31/
Stone Hits Out at Zeta-Jones Casting
Sharon Stone is furious Catherine Zeta-Jones will play Lana Turner in a new
biopic, because she was the screen legend's first choice. The Postman Always
Rings Twice actress met Stone before she died of throat cancer in 1995 and
Stone reveals Turner wanted her to star in a movie celebrating her life. The
film will look at eight-times married Turner's tumultuous marriage to
gangster Johnny Stompanato, to be played by Keanu Reeves, who was killed in
1958 by her daughter Crane. Stone says, "I met Lana in her final years and
liked her a great deal. She was every inch the movie star and we got along
really well. She said if there was a film to be made on her life, then I was
her choice. Lana's life is one of the more interesting of the Hollywood
greats. Lana really rocked."
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"Smoot" wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:28:18 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
> wrote:
> that verdict unlike OJ's. Unfortunately his career was ruined and the
> public at the time was given the impression by the press that he
> killed the young woman who bled to death. Still I guess as far as
> disgrace goes, his was pretty servere, innocence aside.
> for it but his career recovered fully.
> Michael Jackson likes his boys though. I know he faced threats of
> exposure from at least one mother, but I don't know that he was ever
> disgraced. (It was kept pretty quiet.)
> celebs. I would think that OJ and Jackson would be miles above Grant
> though.
I'd include the scary and looney Mark Tyson in the list, too.
Victoria
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 03:28:18 GMT, "Gregory Morrow"
wrote:
>These "scandals" are all pikers compared to the likes of the kind of trouble
>Fatty Arbuckle, Lana Turner, Errol Flynn, Robert Mitchum, etc. got into back
>"in the day"...go read _Hollywood Babylon_...
Fatty Arbuckle was found innocent and the evidence seems to support
that verdict unlike OJ's. Unfortunately his career was ruined and the
public at the time was given the impression by the press that he
killed the young woman who bled to death. Still I guess as far as
disgrace goes, his was pretty servere, innocence aside.
Didn't Robert Mitchum just get caught with pot? He did serve some time
for it but his career recovered fully.
Errol Flynn, like Roman Polanski, liked young girls. Not as young as
Michael Jackson likes his boys though. I know he faced threats of
exposure from at least one mother, but I don't know that he was ever
disgraced. (It was kept pretty quiet.)
I supppose the writers of the article only care about contemporary
celebs. I would think that OJ and Jackson would be miles above Grant
though.
Rebecca
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/People/Star-chamber/2005/04/01/1112302226546.html
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Star chamber
April 2, 2005
When celebrities take the stand, can a trial ever be impartial, asks Amanda
Woodard.
Outside the courtroom, one of the world's biggest stars emerged to declare
to the press and waiting photographers: "This is the most solemn moment of
my life. I am innocent of the hideous charges preferred against me ... My
life has been devoted to the production of clean pictures for the happiness
of children."
You might be forgiven for thinking that it was Michael Jackson, but, no,
this was 1920s Hollywood and one of its first movie stars, Roscoe "Fatty"
Arbuckle, speaking at the conclusion of his trial for rape and murder.
Celebrities have been getting themselves into trouble since popular culture
began.
So far, this is proving to be a good year for those who enjoy a little
schadenfreude. Just down the road from the Jackson trial, where the singer
is charged with engaging in lewd acts with a 13-year-old boy, other lesser
celebrities are in the dock, this time for murder.
Record producer Phil Spector is accused of killing an actress, shot at
point-blank range at his estate in 2003. He claims she put the gun to her
own head. The trial of Robert Blake, the star of TV series Baretta, recently
concluded. He was found not guilty of murdering his wife, although he is now
facing a civil trial brought by the family. Both of them must be secretly
thanking Jackson for taking the spotlight off them.
As we sit back to pore over Jacko, the celebrity trial to end all trials,
it's worth looking at some of those that got away - and some that didn't.
Fatty Arbuckle was perhaps the first major star brought low by scandal after
he was charged with the rape and murder of a small-time actress, Virginia
Rappe, during a wild and debauched drinks party hosted by the actor.
In Kenneth Anger's classic book Hollywood Babylon, he describes how
partygoers testified that "sharp screams rang out in the bedroom" where
Arbuckle had locked himself in with Rappe. When the actor emerged, two
showgirl friends found Virginia nearly nude, writhing in pain and moaning,
"I'm dying, I'm dying ... He hurt me."
The moral temperature leading up to the trial in 1921 was a great deal
hotter than it is today. A "Lynch Fatty" mood swept the land, women
vigilantes ripped down a cinema screen showing one of his films and,
eventually, the studio had to relent and withdraw his films. Arbuckle showed
no remorse and was found guilty. A farce ensued: a mistrial was declared and
he went through a further two trials, eventually being cleared of all
wrongdoing.
But Arbuckle's career was over. Paramount cancelled his contract and he
descended into a maelstrom of drink and debt. As Anger notes: "Fatty was
free, but not forgiven."
Twenty years later, after the sobering effects of the Depression, the moral
climate had changed. When Errol Flynn was accused of rape in the early 1940s
by two women, he walked away from the scandal, if not smelling of roses then
with his reputation and career intact.
The fans nearly rioted when he arrived to face the Grand Jury, but the
studios had realised that it was worth supporting their cash cows and a new
breed of shrewd celebrity lawyer was brought in to defend Flynn. The lawyer
raked up dirt from the girls' pasts to discredit them and the verdict was a
formality.
Stars such as Flynn and, in 1958, Lana Turner (in court to testify after her
abusive boyfriend was murdered by her daughter) usually had all the
resources of the studios behind them. Any publicity was seen as good
publicity - even when a star went to prison. When the laconic Robert Mitchum
served two months after a drugs bust, his star only shone more brightly.
Nowadays, the pendulum has swung back and when stars hit the buffers they
are often on their own - and more vulnerable for it.
Since Winona Ryder was found guilty in 2002 of shoplifting from a clothing
store in Beverley Hills, her career has been on the skids.
Despite living in a world where sex and violence are served up as dish of
the day, the big corporations don't respond well to any whiff of scandal
that might affect sales figures.
So you won't see Sony running to Jackson's aid despite the millions he has
made for the company. The relationship between the corporation and the star
has cooled since he accused it of racism - and the accusations of child
molestation haven't improved matters.
Though Jackson's star has been waning for some time, his recording career
effectively over, his fame still seems to dwarf any other celebrity on the
planet. The media circus that has sprung up around the courtroom in southern
California resembles that of the 1995 OJ Simpson murder trial.
Simpson was probably America's most famous footballer until his retirement
in 1979. Since then he had been making a living as an actor and TV sports
pundit. But when his estranged wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald
Goldman were found murdered, all the evidence pointed to Simpson.
The subsequent court case set the template for the modern celebrity trial,
becoming the most publicised in US history. It lasted more than nine months,
cost more than $US20 million ($25 million) and made celebrities of some of
the 11 lawyers who represented Simpson, as well as the 25 for the
prosecution.
The twists and turns of the trial, played out daily in a courtroom, were
more riveting than any fictional drama, scoring huge audiences for the TV
channels.
On CNN, Larry King told his viewers, "If we had God booked and OJ was
available, we'd move God."
This time around, cameras have been barred from the Santa Maria courtroom.
While cable channel E! screens dramatic reconstructions of the trial using
lookalikes and verbatim testimony, it doesn't have the same gawp factor as
watching the real thing.
Where the two cases do coincide is that these are black men on trial in a
country where racial fault lines are still prominent and volatile. To many
in minority communities, the Simpson trial was not about whether he was
innocent or guilty, but whether a black man could get a fair hearing in a
system set up and run by whites. To others, the question was whether a jury
mostly consisting of minorities would convict one of their own, regardless
of the weight of evidence against him. In all of this, the deaths of Nicole
Brown and Ronald Goldman seemed a sideshow, as the man who took centre stage
with his slick lawyers fought to prove that bigotry and racism were the core
issues at stake.
Jackson already has some of the big gums from the black community behind
him. The civil rights activist the Reverend Jesse Jackson has been
counselling the singer.
It will be instructive to see how Thomas Mesereau jnr, Jackson's defence
attorney, decides to handle the issue of race - an ironic dimension to the
trial of a man who has spent much of his life transforming his racial
appearance.
Can there be a fair and balanced celebrity trial? And fair to who, exactly?
The central problem is that when the accused is so well known it is hard to
find a jury member who doesn't hold a preconceived opinion about them. Of
course, this can work in their favour. One African-American juror excused
from the selection procedure commented: "I'm glad to be outta there. No
one's ever going to convict Michael Jackson. Not here, not anywhere."
Well, maybe, but the jury that has been selected doesn't include a single
black person. The jurors are predominantly white, elderly and working class,
reflecting the central California communities from which they were drawn.
There's little doubt that when you're as wealthy as Jackson there are
probably legions of money-grubbing people waiting to get you. At the same
time, to have such an iconic figure proven to be a bad apple would reflect
poorly upon the society from which he emerged. Having put Jackson on a
pedestal, are we about to be shown that we made a huge error of judgement?
On the other hand, with the money to buy the best defence team, prepared to
inflict the inevitable character assassinations on the accusers, and with
Jackson's legion of supporters willing to swear his innocence, what chance
do the boy and his family have of being believed?
Justice has only a walk-on part when sex, race and celebrity take centre
stage.
From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
- Celebrity Gossip
- According to Hollywood legend Lana Turner was discovered sipping a soda at Schwab's drugstore while playing hooky. Like many legends, the story is untrue: Turner was actually spotted at the counter of Currie's Ice Cream Parlor across the street from Hollywood High School. After the death of her father in a robbery, her mother brought Julia Jean Turner to California, first to San Francisco and later to Los Angeles. After her discovery, the newly renamed Lana Turner made her film debut in a bit for A Star Is Born (1937). That same year she made an indelible impression on moviegoers as the overripe, sweater-clad schoolgirl whose murder sets into motion the plot of They Won't Forget By the following year she was under contract to MGM and gaining experience in such studio fare as Dramatic School, Rich Man, Poor Girl, Love Finds Andy Hardy (all 1938), These Glamour Girls, Dancing Co-Ed and Calling Dr. Kildare (all 1939).
Turner became a bona fide star in a quartet of major 1941 movies: Ziegfeld Girl, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (as the "good" girl), Honky Tonk (opposite Clark Gable, at the peak of his popularity), and Johnny Eager (opposite Robert Taylor). Her "sweater girl" image also made her a favorite of our boys in uniform. Turner came into her own after the war in steamy melodramas such as The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946, a tough but oddly glamorous version of a gritty James M. Cain novel) and Cass Timberlane (1947), but she was still often called upon to add star appeal without having to carry a pic ture. She played Milady de Winter in The Three Musketeers (1948) and a highly emotional movie star in MGM's ensemble epic supposedly dissecting Hollywood life, The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); but she was badly miscast as The Merry Widow (also 1952). She was highly decorative, but little else, in a 1955 sword-andsandal sizzler, The Prodigal which showed that she could still muster the oomph, but did little to maintain her star standing. After 20 years in films, Turner got her biggest break with Peyton Place (1957), receiving an Oscar nomination for her work as a worried mother in the once scandalous tale of sex and passion in a New England town. She then became mired in a succession of three-hankie pictures the likes of Imitation of Life (1959), By Love Possessed (1961), and the oftfilmed soap opera Madame X (1966). Her name still had enough drawing power to fuel a few low-budget potboilers such as The Big Cube (1969), but Bittersweet Love (1976), was hopelessly out of touch with then-current audience tastes.
Turner's TV appearances include a starring role in Harold Robbins' continuing saga, "The Survivors," a 1969-70 series; she also put in the obligatory stint on "Love Boat" and appeared briefly in the serial "Falcon Crest" (1982-83). Throughout her career, Turner enjoyed (if that's the word) a reputation based at least as much on her stormy private life as on her screen work. At one time or another she was married to bandleader Artie Shaw, millionaire Bob Topping, and screen Tarzan Lex Barker, among others. Her longtime boyfriend, mobster Johnny Stompanato, was stabbed to death by Turner's daughter Cheryl Crane in 1958, a tale that was retold in highly fictionalized form in Woody Allen's September (1987). She published her autobiography, "Lana: The Lady, The Legend, The Truth" in 1982.
OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1937: The Great Garrick 1938: The Adventures of Marco Polo 1940: Two Girls on Broadway, We Who Are Young 1942:Somewhere I'll Find You 1943:Slightly Dangerous 1944:Marriage Is a Private Affair 1945:Keep Your Powder Dry, Weekend at the Waldorf 1947: Green Dolphin Street 1948: Homecoming 1950: A Life of Her Own 1951:Mr. Imperium 1953:Latin Lovers 1954:Betrayed, The Flame and the Flesh 1955:The Rains of Ranchipur, The Sea Chase 1956:Diane 1958: The Lady Takes a Flyer, Another Time, Another Place 1960: Portrait in Black 1961:Bachelor in Paradise 1962:Who's Got the Action? 1965:Love Has Many Faces 1974: Persecution 1980: Witches' Brew
- "I planned on having one husband and seven children, but it turned out the other way around."
- [On Hollywood] "It was all beauty and it was all talent, and if you had it they protected you."
- "Even W_hen I was a toddler, I knew there were certain rules I had to observe regarding mother's profession. I was on the set of The Postman Always Rings Twice. I knew then not to tug on her hair as babies do or mess her up. It became so ingrained that it was just a natural act for me not to do." -- Cheryl Crane, her daughter
- "She's not Madame X; she's brand X; she's not an actress, she's a commodity." -- Pauline Kael, movie critic
- "I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint."
- "A successful man is one who makes more money than a wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man." - Lana Turner
- "She was amoral. If she saw a stagehand with tight pants and a muscular build, she'd invite him into her dressing room." - An M-G-M executive
- Her daughter, Cheryl Crane, wrote a book about her life with her mother, her mother's 7 husbands and numerous boyfriends and living in Hollywood.
- She was set to appear in "Anatomy of a Murder" (1959) with Jimmy Stewart until she objected to the off-the-rack wardrobe that director Otto Preminger had selected for her. Lee Remick took over the role.
- Billy Wilkerson of The Hollywood Reporter found her sipping a Coke in a drugstore and was so taken by her he blurted out that standard Hollywood line, "How'd you like to be in pictures?". Her first role, sure enough, had her in a tight skirt and even tighter sweater sitting at a drugstore counter.
- One daughter: Cheryl Crane (fathered by Steve Crane).
- Fainted during her 1953 wedding to Lex Barker.
- In her autobiography, she stated that her true birthdate is February 8, 1921. She stated that "I am one year younger than the records show."
- Her eyebrows were shaved off for the bit part of a harem girl early in her screen career. They never grew back.
- Born at 12:30pm-PST
- Lana Turner was born Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner in Wallace, Idaho. There is some discrepancy as to whether her birth date is February 8, 1920 or 1921. Lana herself said in her autobiography that she was one year younger (1921) than the records showed, but then this was a time where women, especially actresses, tended to "fib" a bit about their age. Most sources agree that 1920 is the correct year of birth. In 1929, her father was murdered and it was shortly thereafter her mother moved her and the family to California where jobs were "plentiful". Once she matured into a beautiful young woman, she sought after something that would last forever. Stardom. She wasn't found at a drug store counter like some would have you believe, but the legend persists. She pounded the pavement that other would be actors and actresses have done in search of movie roles. In 1937, Lana entered the movie world, at 17, with small parts in THEY WON'T FORGET, THE GREAT GARRICK, and A STAR IS BORN. The films didn't bring Lana a lot of notoriety, but it was a start. In 1938, Lana had another small part in LOVE FINDS ANDY HARDY starring Mickey Rooney. It was this film that made young men's hearts all over America flutter at the sight of this alluring and provocative young woman, known as the "Sweater Girl". One look at that film could make you understand why. Lana was one of the most beautiful newcomers to grace the silver screen in years. By the 1940's Lana was firmly entrenched in the film colony. Good roles found her in such films as JOHNNY EAGER (1941), SOMEWHERE I'LL FIND YOU (1942), and WEEKEND AT THE WALDORF (1945). Her private life, however, was a super mess. It kept Lana in the news in a way no one would have wanted. Without a doubt it was career threatening. She was married eight times, twice to Steve Crane. She also married Ronald Dante, Robert Eaton, Fred May, Lex Barker, Henry Topping, and to Artie Shaw. She also battled alcoholism. Her daughter by Crane, Cheryl, murdered boyfriend Johnny Stampato in 1958. It was a case that would have rivaled the O.J. Simpson murder case today. Her daughter was acquitted with the court ruling it justifiable homicide. All these interfered with her acting career, but she persevered. The 1959 release of IMITATION OF LIFE was Lana's comeback vehicle. Her performance was flawless as Lora Meredith, an actress struggling to make it in show business with a young daughter, her housekeeper and the housekeeper's rebellious daughter. The film was a box-office success and proved beyond a doubt that Lana had not lost her edge. By the 1960's, she had fewer roles coming her way with the rise of new and younger stars. She still turned in memorable roles in such films as PORTRAIT IN BLACK (1960) and BACHELOR IN PARADISE (1961). By the next decade the roles were coming in at a trickle. Her last appearance in a big screen production was in 1980's WITCHES' BREW. Her final film work came in the acclaimed TV series FALCON CREST where she played Jacqueline Perrault from 1982-1983. After all those years as a heartthrob, nothing had changed. Lana was still as beautiful as ever. Lana died June 25, 1995 in Culver City, California after a long bout with cancer. She was 75 years old.
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