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Controversial Classics Spur New Conversations for TCM Hosts Brian Steinberg, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Most of the classic films that run on TCM are introduced by a single host. In March, some will require a whole team. The WarnerMedia outlet on Thursdays this month will seek to put some popular but troublesome films in better context, part of an effort it calls “Reframed.” A team of the network’s on-air personnel will introduce viewers to some of Hollywood’s most seminal pictur...

Police were last night called to a lockdown-flouting Valentines Day party held at an exclusive £12,000-per-week rented Mayfair flat once home to Hollywood star Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Metropolitan Police officers were flagged down by members of the public amid reports that a large group of rule-breakers had gathered inside the 5,921 square foot luxury property in Central London.  However, MailOnline understands that police left the location without making arrests or imposing fines as the revel...

Amy Elizabeth Evans October 8, 1982 – January 7, 2021 Resident of Palo Alto Beloved daughter, sister, wife, friend, niece and cousin, Amy Elizabeth Evans passed away unexpectedly at the age of 38.  She was generous and loyal, thoughtful, funny, smart, an enthusiastic traveler, and gifted at making wonderful friends. Amy’s extraordinary intellect was a wonderment to the family, and she was the only 3 year old we ever knew who could recite Gunga Din from memory, even as she wondered if ...

For 30 years, from PBSs Eyes on the Prize through last years Mr. Soul!, Sam Pollard has been one of the most important documentarians of the civil rights struggle. His latest, MLK/FBI, may be his most challenging yet, because it runs into that thorniest of challenges. Its that old adage: Consider the source. From 1963 to 1968, the Federal Bureau of Investigations wiretapped and bugged Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. At first, the trigger was a growing concern about his closeness with Stanley Lev...

Today: Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm. High temperatures are forecast to drop sharply by Friday as a weather system moves through the region. Courtesy of HistoryNet: 1778 Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands, naming them the ‘Sandwich Islands’ after the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich. 1782 Birth of Daniel Webster, congressman from New Hampshire, Massachusetts senator, and secretary of state before the Civil War. ...

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. MLK/FBI Director Sam Pollard on Exploring a 50-Year-Old Conspiracy In his new doc, declassified documents tell the story of Dr Kings harassment at the hands of the FBI Dogwoof The hour in which documentarian Sam Pollard jumps on Zoom with Esquire turns out to be a thrillingly and misleadingly upbeat sliver of time. Democrat Raphael Warnock has won his Senate run-off and fellow Democrat Jon Ossoff looks very likel...

Brexit and the return of the Raj January 15, 2021, 10:12 AM IST A former associate editor with the Times of India, Jug Suraiya writes two regular columns for the print edition, Jugular Vein, which appears every Friday, and Second Opinion, which appears on Wednesdays. His blog takes a contrarian view of topical and timeless issues, political, social, economic and speculative. LESS... MORE The sceptic’s witticism that the reason the sun never set on the British empire was tha...

In 1999, The American Film Institute named Cary Grant the second greatest male screen legend in U.S. movie history, with only Humphrey Bogart topping him. During his lifetime he was already iconic among his peers, with Tony Curtis imitating him to woo Marilyn Monroe in the comedy classic Some Like It Hot (1959). And Grant is still popular today, as his transcending-his-period performances seem timeless after 80+ years, despite his last film being released in 1966, and having died almost 35 ye...

Indiana Jones fans might find it hard to imagine anyone other than John Rhys-Davies playing Sallah. But before Rhys-Davies was cast, the role almost went to Danny DeVito.

To escape poverty and a fractious family, Archie Leach ran away from home at age 13 to perform as a juggler with the Bob Pender Troupe of comedians and acrobats. He frequently worked in music halls in London, where he acquired a Cockney accent. Leach made the United States his home during the company’s American tour of 1920, and for the next several years he honed his performing skills in such disparate pursuits as a barker at Coney Island, a stilt walker at Steeplechase Park, and a straight ...