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07/30/2023

Sinéad O'Connor presents Nina Simone with a lifetime achievement award in 1999 at Dublin's Hot Press Music Hall of Fame.

May Sinéad rest in eternal peace.

❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

07/20/2023

Remembering Kentucky-born actor, musician and singer HARRY DEAN STANTON (1926-2017) on his birthday. Stanton was a prolific character actor with a drooping, weather-beaten appearance and superb acting talent that were displayed in over 120 films and 50 TV episodes. "I've always felt I'm an outsider," he said. "It's true about the industry, but also about society as a whole. I don't blame anyone, but I think that society is negative in that people are terrified to be free. I was born on the edge of the mountains in Kentucky and although I now live in Hollywood I still feel more related to nature. It's an attitude. I have a pool, but it's to do laps in, it's not a status symbol."

06/07/2023

Tom Cruise’s stunt doubles celebrating after the release of Mission Impossible 7 …

Obviously much better than the “original” and definitely not as bat p**p crazy and arrogant!

03/24/2023

Gary Oldman celebrates his 65th birthday today. Happy Birthday!!! 🎂🎊🎉

03/21/2023

Interesting info for all Exorcist fans.

Mercedes McCambridge, who provided the voice of the demon in "The Exorcist" (1973), insisted on swallowing raw eggs and chain smoking to alter her vocalizations. The actress, who had had problems with alcohol abuse in the past, furthermore wanted to drink whiskey as she knew alcohol would distort her voice even more, and create the crazed state of mind of the character. As she was giving up sobriety, she insisted that her priest be present to counsel her during the recording process. At director William Friedkin's direction, McCambridge was also bound to a chair with pieces of a torn sheet at her neck, arms, wrists, legs and feet to get a more realistic sound of the demon struggling against its restraints.

McCambridge later recalled the experience as one of horrific rage, while Friedkin admitted that her performance--as well as the extremes which the actress put herself through to gain authenticity--terrifies the director to this day.

McCambridge regurgitated on a mixture of chewed, mushy apple, and raw egg to produce the sound effect of Regan's projectile vomiting.

“At Awards time, 'The Exorcist' was nominated in 11 categories. Everybody but the janitor was up for an Oscar. There was no category for what I did."

Friedkin and McCambridge got into a huge fight after the premiere, because she was not mentioned in the credits. It turned into a big he said/she said situation: him claiming she told him not to mention her, her claiming this is not true, and they screwed her over. She wound up suing Friedkin and the studio. While all this was happening the studio was putting together the network presentation of "The Exorcist." Without McCambridge on hand to provide the voice of the demon, Friedkin wound up providing it himself. "I did my best Pazuzu growl and read the lines myself," he said in an interview.

In addition to "The Exorcist," McCambridge has appeared in four other films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: "All the King's Men" (1949, winning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her film debut), "Johnny Guitar" (1954), "Giant" (1956), and "Touch of Evil" (1958).
Happy Birthday, Mercedes McCambridge!

Submitted by WH pal, Greg Gunter

02/13/2023

Before Han Solo...

01/11/2023

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01/04/2023

One a scale of 1-20, how Vincent Price are you today?

12/31/2022