Hollywood mourns two greats
Jennifer Jones
Best actress Academy Award for “The Song Of Bernadette”, she was nominated 5 times for her roles.
Major squeeze of Robert Walker, David O. Selznick, and art patron Norton Simon.
Films included “Duel In The Sun”, “A Portrait Of Jennie”, “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing”, and her last film,”Towering Inferno”.
She died at home in Malibu at the age of 90.
Roy E. Disney
Nephew to Walt, brought back quality animation to the studio.
Major fights with Disney boards gave him a rebel image.
Resigning twice, he still won most of those fights, defeating powerful Michael Eisner.
Responsible for Disney’s “Little Mermaid”, “Beauty and the Beast” among others.
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Paramount Home Entertainment just announced a Paranormal Activity sweepstakes where you can enter for a chance to win a Red Carpet Screening – IN YOUR HOME! – PLUS a Home Theatre Entertainment System! On December 28th, Paramount will bring the red carpet and press to your house to watch the feature film with the alternate ending on your BRAND NEW Home Theatre System. The sweepstakes ends on December 18th, so you have to act fast if you want a chance at the prize. Enter here (http://bit.ly/paranormaldvd) to win. See rules and eligibility for details.
Paranormal Activity is coming to DVD, 2-Disc Blu-ray & Digital Download December 29th.
Private Century
Conceived and directed by Jan Sikl, this collection of eight hour-long films follows the major events of Czech history through the prism of everyday citizens. The short documentaries stitches together home movies, still photography and narration compiled from interviews with the surviving members of families featured in the films to create vivid portraits of everyday life in this embattled country from the 1920s to the 1960s.
The films have an auteur’s touch to them. It takes a couple of installments to get into the pace of the films and Sikl’s authorial voice. But once you’re hooked, you will come away enriched and moved by the joys and sorrows of the simple citizens. It’s reminiscent in that sense of Gore Vidal’s first person takes on the huge issues of the day. But capturing the sweep of history in this intimate fashion will leave you deeply impressed as it fleshes out the small details of these often huge sea changes.
(released by Facets)
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