The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| Hollywood film directors saluted on US stamps Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:24 AM PDT  John Ford/USPS Hollywood Film Directors 2012 – Photo courtesy of USPS The painting of Ford on the stamp depicts an image from his film The Searchers, starring John Wayne, whom he featured in several western movies such as 1939's Stagecoach and 1950's Rio Grande, which established the actor's reputation in the genre. The portraits are designed against a background of scenes from their work. Noted illustrator Gary Kelley created the images for the US Postal Service. Another director in the Legends of Hollywood postage stamp series is Oscar winning Frank Capra, who directed films from the 1920s to the '60s and is known for his uplifting stories and iconic comedies, such as 1946's It's a Wonderful Life, 1944's Arsenic and Old Lace and 1937's Lost Horizon. The Capra stamp shows a scene from 1934's It Happened One Night starring Claudette Colbert as a runaway heiress and Clark Gable as a newspaper reporter. Both filmmakers' movies are listed among the 100 greatest films compiled by the American Film Institute. Two more stamps honouring renowned American film directors will be announced later this year. In addition, the Post Office will release five stamps on August 19 based on the animated Pixar Studios' blockbuster films Cars, Ratatouille, Toy Story, Up and WALL*E. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
| Tony Curtis art collection to go under hammer Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:03 AM PDT  US actor Tony Curtis is seen attending a book signing for his new book 'American Prince' during the International Book Festival in Budapest in this April 25, 2009 file photo. An art collection and other memorabilia that once belonged to the late Hollywood actor, who died in September 2010, are to be sold at auction next month in Beverly Hills – Reuters pic The actor immortalized in "Some Like It Hot," and who died last year, was also an accomplished flautist and a painter whose work resides in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Among the works to go under the hammer are a "Some Like It Hot" themed painting by Andy Warhol, three drawings by Balthus, and ceramics and prints by Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and Marc Chagall, Julien's Auctions said. Some of Curtis's own works – "paintings, drawings, prints, ceramic vases and a tapestry" – will also be up for sale, the auction house said in a statement. Souvenirs and memorabilia from the actor's long career are part of the sale, including a yachtsman's jacket he wore in the famed shipboard kissing scene with Marilyn Monroe in "Some Like it Hot," valued at US$10,000 (RM29,840) to US$15,000. The sale will take place on September 17 in Beverly Hills, the auction house said. Items will be on display September 6-16. Curtis – who was known almost as well for his off-camera dalliances, with Monroe and many others, as for his acting skills – died of a heart attack in September 2010 at his home outside Las Vegas. He was 85. – AFP Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by Used Car Search. |
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