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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 4, 2012

  Sadly, another Hollywood legend has left us. Award-winning actor Ben Gazzara, born Biagio Anthony Gazzara, died yesterday in a NYC hospital from pancreatic cancer. He was 81. Gazzara was nominated twice for an Emmy and three times for a Golden Globe for his role as Paul Bryan in the popular 1960s TV drama series [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 1, 2012

  Shocking breaking news: Don Cornelius, the creator and host of the wildly successful, long-running music/dance show “Soul Train,” was found dead early this morning in his Encino, California home. The LA County coroner has ruled that his death — caused by a reported gunshot wound to the head — was a suicide. Cornelius was [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 31, 2012

  In awards-obsessed Hollywood, why aren’t stunt performers included for an Oscar win? If not the stunt performers, then surely the stunt coordinators, those who create, direct, and implement incredible, heart-racing stunts in films, should be honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. But, they aren’t. While the Academy Award for title-writing [...]

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