What’s in a name? Maybe a lot more than one might think! After realizing that George Clooney and Cary Grant both have the same initials in reverse, I feel like I’ve just uncovered a secret code from the universe!
So, what’s in a name? Well, apparently the destiny of stardom, and an unspoken link between two heartthrobs born decades apart!
Happy belated birthday to the late Stanley Kramer (born September 29th, 1913). The filmmaker many regarded as the “conscience of Hollywood” throughout much of the 1950s and 1960s for his socially-conscious, oft daring films—-like “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967)—- would have been 99.
Because of the upcoming Lifetime original movie,Liz & Dick, starring Lindsay Lohan as the late Elizabeth Taylor, I thought that I would list all the stars that I can think of right off the top of my head who could be better at playing certain stars than Lohan would be at playing Taylor:
Angelina Jolie…
as Leslie Caron?
YES!!!
Happy Days star, Erin Morgan…
as a grown-up Shirley Temple?
YES!!!
George Clooney…
as Cary Grant?
YES!!! (They even have the same initials, in reverse!)
Hilary Duff…
as 1950s-1960s Disney starlet, Hayley Mills?
YES!!!
Lindsay Lohan…
as Natalie Wood?
YES!!! (just change her hair and giver her brown contacts)
BUT…
Lindsay Lohan as Liz Taylor?
Big, fat NO!!!
(She even sounds too different from Liz to convincingly play her! At least she and Natalie Wood have similar voices—-as-well as facial features!)
CASE CLOSED!
If anyone is interested in watching the travesty for curiosity-sake though, it premieres on the Lifetime network, November 25th.
Tonight on TCM, I saw a positively fabulous documentary on a wonderful film-maker, Mr. Arthur Freed. With such films as “Meet Me In St. Louis” (1944), “Singin’ In The Rain” (1952) and “An American in Paris” (1951), it’s no wonder then, that Joe Pasternak, admiringly referred to his unit as the “royalty” of MGM.
The one part of the documentary that probably summed Freed up the best was this (paraphrased):
“Almost the entire production-team of the Arthur Freed film, Gigi was together in one room, including star, Leslie Caron and director, Vincent Minnelli, and many others. And this lady named Hermione said, “You know, I’ve heard quite a lot about Mr. Freed, but I’m not exactly sure what his talent is. Could you tell me what some of his pluses are?” And, a fella at the table replied, “We’re all here. He brings us together.”
- Smith, who has no e-mail address and hasn’t a clue about how to find her Internet Movie Database resume, totally missed the much-viewed online clip of her greatest Downton Abbey zingers from earlier this year that was titled (Bleep) the Dowager Countess Says. It is explained to her this way: “First you put someone in their place, then you ring the bell, then you stare and sigh, then you deliver another putdown.” Her reaction: “Who would put that online? Who would assemble it?”
- She never understood the popularity of her Downton Abbey inquiry, “What is a weekend?” Smith explains: “It’s a good line, but I never thought it was that funny.” Her favorite? “Put that in your pipe and smoke it,” which was her signoff after rival Isobel (Penelope Wilton) accused her of meddling in the romantic affairs of her son.
- Talk of a sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has Smith puzzled. “I heard that and thought, ‘It would have to be in a funeral home.’ We are all in an old people’s home. Where else would you put the sequel?”
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Ethel Merman & Mary Martin Interview Part 1 (by NealeUK)
Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, two of the most beloved women of the old-time Broadway musical!
Today’s folks may know Mary Martin from her signature role as Peter Pan in the 1960 televised musical adaptation. And, one of Ethel Merman’s best known roles is that of pistol wielding Annie Oakley, in 1946’s Annie Get Your Gun, which was later made into a musical film in 1950, starring Betty Hutton as Annie.
