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Black History Month
My Dad worked his entire career as a repairman for AT&T, most of it in Western NY State. In 68 or 69, he was sent to Manhattan for a few months. One day, he drew a ticket for a job in Harlem. NY headquarters of The Black Panther Party. Touching history.
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Come for Vivien Leigh's tawdry decline! Stay for Warren Beatty's terrible Italian accent!
Mother and Son singers
Marni Nixon, the singing voice of Deborah Kerr, Natalie Wood, and Audrey Hepburn, was the mother of Andrew Gold, singer and songwriter of "Thank You For Being A Friend."
David Tennant
Born David McDonald, union rules forced him to change his name. He chose Tennant after reading an article about the Pet Shop Boys in Smash Hits Magazine.
Lee Strasberg
When Lee Strasberg was in his early twenties, he worked as a bookkeeper for a company that sold human hair.
Angels and Friends
Cosimo Fusco, who played Paolo on Friends, later played Archbishop Simeon in Angels and Demons.
He was innocent. INNOCENT!
Watching the 1962 Billy Budd, with a terribly young Terence Stamp. Damn you Melville!!
"If I can be a tiny bit better, I want to be."
10 year old actress Julia Butters in Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Producer David Heyman believes she'd have been nominated if Tarantino hadn't cut another scene she was in.
