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When I first heard about the movie, I’m Not There, the biopic about Bob Dylan, I wasn’t quite sure how they were planning to pull off several actors [Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, & Ben Whishaw] playing the role of Dylan.
Anyway, some footage of Cate Blanchett taking her turn as Bob […]

Author Ray Bradbury is 87.
Heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley is 87.
Retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf is 73.
Broadcast journalist Morton Dean is 72.
Writer Annie Proulx is 72.
Rockabilly singer Dale Hawkins is 71.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 68.
Actress Valerie Harper is 67.
Football coach Bill Parcells is 66.
CBS newsman Steve Kroft is 62.
Actress Cindy Williams is 60.
Musician David […]

This may be the beginning of a beautiful relationship:
Wal-Mart’s online music store started selling songs free of copy-protection technology today for 94 cents per tune.
The songs from the Rolling Stones, Coldplay and Maroon 5, among others, will play on most portable media devices, including Apple Inc.’s iPod.
Anyway, after taking a closer look at Walmart’s music […]

Actor-director Melvin Van Peebles is 75.
Singer Kenny Rogers is 69.
Actor Clarence Williams III is 68.
Rock-and-roll musician James Burton is 68.
Singer Harold Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 68.
Singer Jackie DeShannon is 63.
Actress Patty McCormack is 62.
Actress Loretta Devine is 58.
TV anchorman Harry Smith is 56.
Singer Glenn Hughes is 55.
Country musician Nick Kane is 53.
Actress Kim Cattrall […]

In response to Invisible Woman’s request for a list of your favorite Black movies:
Here’s my list in no particular order:

The Color Purple
Tap
New Jack City
A Soldier’s Story
Hustle & Flow
Devil in a Blue Dress
Vampire in Brooklyn
Hollywood Shuffle
Def by Temptation
I’m Gonna Git You Sucka

Over on the Movie Blog, they attempt to make the case for banning cell phones in movie theaters.
I’m sorry but I’m not down with the idea of turning over my cell phone to a movie desk or being searched (heaven forbid) to make sure that I don’t have a cellphone. Most of the bad behavior […]

Writer-producer-director Walter Bernstein is 88.
Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, is 74.
Singer-musician Isaac Hayes is 65.
Broadcast journalist Connie Chung is 61.
Musician Jimmy Pankow (Chicago) is 60.
Rock singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 59.
Rock singer Doug Fieger (The Knack) is 55.
Country singer Rudy Gatlin is 55.
Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 55.
Actor-director Peter Horton is 54.
TV weatherman […]

This Wk
Title
Weekend Gross
Cumulative
Gross

1
Superbad
$31,200,000
$31,200,000

2
Rush Hour 3
$21,830,000
$88,153,000

3
The Bourne Ultimatum
$18,986,000
$163,806,000

4
The Simpsons Movie
$6,675,000
$165,117,000

5
The Invasion
$6,000,000
$6,000,000

6
Stardust
$5,244,000
$19,087,000

7
Hairspray
$4,270,000
$100,573,000

8
Underdog
$3,613,000
$31,692,000

9
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
$3,540,000
$278,646,000

10
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
$3,500,000
$110,383,000

11
Becoming Jane
$3,015,000
$9,164,000

12
The Last Legion
$2,597,000
$2,597,000

Today’s birthday include a President, an almost first lady and a kid rapper:

Actor L.Q. Jones is 80.
Author Frank McCourt is 77.
Actress Debra Paget is 74.
Tennis coach Renee Richards is 73.
Actress Diana Muldaur is 69.
Rock musician Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 68.
Singer Johnny Nash is 67.
Actress Jill St. John is 67.
Actor and former U.S. Sen. […]

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is 80.
Movie director Roman Polanski is 74.
Actor Robert Redford is 70.
Singer Johnny Preston is 68.
Actor Christopher Jones is 66.
Actor Henry G. Sanders is 65.
Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 64.
Rock musician Dennis Elliott is 57.
Actor Patrick Swayze is 55.
Country singer Steve Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) is 52.
Actor Denis Leary is 50.
Actress Madeleine Stowe […]