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...And the vest is history: How the white vest became a symbol of queer identity

From Brando to Bound, Isobel Van Dyke explores how the humble white vest became a code used within the LGBTQ+ community

Evening Standard

Michael J. Fox, Peter Weir, Diane Warren set for honorary Oscars

LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present multiple film luminaries with honorary Oscars this November: director Peter Weir, composer Diane Warren and filmmaker Euzhan Palcy. Actor Michael J. Fox will receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (also an Oscar statuette). Academy President David Rubin…

Los Angeles Times

Elvis Presley's romantic liaisons - from lingerie discovery to fling with co-star

Elvis Presley married just once but throughout his short life he was linked to a number of high-profile bombshells

Daily Mirror

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James Brolin on building aeroplanes and wooing Barbra Streisand: ‘When I first saw her I went whoa!’

He’s US TV royalty, Barbra Streisand’s other half, and has some seriously impressive hobbies – but even at 81, the Lightyear star still suffers from ‘collywobbles’

The Guardian - UK

Ron Galella obituary

Paparazzi photographer whose fame was built on his contentious relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

The Guardian - UK

From the Moscow stage to Monroe and De Niro: how the Method defined 20th-century acting

When an actor is criticised for peculiarly excessive preparation for a role, or an inability to break character off-camera, an ill-defined notion of “Method” acting (note the capital “M”) is rarely far away.

The Conversation

Half of Brits aged under 30 have no idea who Marilyn Monroe was, study finds

A survey of 2,000 Brits aged 18-30 found the younger generation are in the dark over icons including Marilyn Monroe, Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo - but they know everything about reality TV stars

Daily Mirror

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‘The Offer’ takes too long, gets too silly in dramatizing the making of ‘The Godfather’

How did things ever get so dumb? Behind-the-scenes Paramount+ series degrades its story with clumsy parallels and over-the-top scenes.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Offer review – the making of The Godfather makes for hit-and-miss TV

The splashy inside Hollywood drama on the making of The Godfather is a patchy, overlong series that is best when it sticks to the script

The Guardian - US

‘The Offer’ Recreates Wild Drama behind ‘The Godfather’

On a trip to New York in the early 1970s, Robert Evans, the former head of Paramount, discovered a dead rat in his hotel room bed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gilbert Gottfried: US comedian who revelled in shocking audiences

With his exaggerated, high-pitched voice, the stand-up built a career on crude jokes and a sense of the absurd

The Independent UK

TV tonight: watch out dinosaurs, that big asteroid is coming – and so is David Attenborough

The most soothing voice on the box tells an apocalyptic tale in Dinosaurs: The Final Day. Plus: a killer on the loose in Grantchester. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Dune to All the Old Knives: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Denis Villeneuve turns Frank Herbert’s novel into a sumptuous space opera with Timothée Chalamet as the archetypal hero, while Thandiwe Newton and Chris Pine get tangled up in Janus Metz’s stylish spy thriller

The Guardian - UK

Movie masterpieces

Marlon Brando wore a Rolex when he played the iconic character Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979). Paul Newman sported one as pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson in The Color Of Money (1986). Bill Paxton, as treasure hunter Brock Lovett, also had one on his wrist as he descended in…

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The fallout continues: Will Smith faces expulsion after Chris Rock slapgate

Will Smith faces suspension, expulsion or other sanctions after he slapped presenter Chris Rock across the face at the 94th Academy Awards on Sunday.

The Guardian - UK

Stage frights: five of the most shocking moments in Oscars history

Will Smith isn’t the only actor to cause consternation at the world’s most coveted film awards

Daily Mirror

Streaking naked to refusing awards - Oscars madness as Will Smith slaps Chris Rock

Will Smith caused a stir at the Oscars after hitting comedian Chris Rock on stage. It isn't the only Oscars incident from down the years that have shocked watching audiences

Evening Standard

Grab your popcorn: London’s newest independent cinema is opening in Covent Garden

The cinema will be showing classics starring Marlon Brando and Sydney Poitier alongside independent British films

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‘The Godfather’ at 50: Frank Sinatra loathed the novel, told author Mario Puzo to ‘choke’

Even before the book came out, Puzo’s publisher received a letter “from Sinatra’s lawyers demanding to see the manuscript,” Puzo wrote in his 1972 essay, ”The Making of the Godfather.”

Daily Mirror

How Mafia bosses almost scuppered The Godfather and then grew to love it

The Godfather first premiered in 1972 and was the highest grossing film of that year - it also cleaned up at the awards winning best picture and best adapted screenplay

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Godfather’: 50 ways to love the masterpiece as it nears half a century

Watching the greatest movie of all time when it returns to theaters Thursday is more fun when you know where Sofia Coppola shows up, how George Lucas contributed and what all those oranges mean.

Tribune News Service

Screen icon Rita Moreno tells how Marlon Brando’s mistreatment led her to suicide attempt

Rita Moreno’s tempestuous relationship with Marlon Brando led to a suicide attempt.

Salon

Rita Moreno on Marlon Brando's abuse

In a heartbreaking conversation, the EGOT winner detailed the depths of her depression during their relationship

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