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Rex Harrison

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2012

    Movie Stars Who Turned Down Legendary Roles

    We all know about classic stuff like Cary Grant making sure they cast Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady instead of him, and Doris Day not tarnishing her image by doing The Graduate--a part that would have resulted in her still working today. But here are some other weird cinematic decisions, courtesy of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    The Weirdest Portrayals of Asians In Movie History

    Hollywood used to have a habit of putting slanty-eye makeup on non-Asian stars and passing them off as from "the Orient." Here are some of the more egregious examples:

  • Columns

    June 15, 2010

    Joan Rivers's Gay Revelations

    Also, remembering the Tonys, even the forgettable parts

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Is Carey Mulligan The Right Choice For My Fair Lady?

    ​Our dear friend Emma Thompson has announced that she's writing a screen remake of My Fair Lady and Carey Mulligan will play the street urchin turned grand dame Eliza Doolittle. I think this casting is absolutely loverly. Mulligan--so good as a woman conned in An Education--is just plucky e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Coco Before Tautou: Katharine Hepburn Sings!

    Get out your Tums, kids, because this one's gonna hurt. You see, in 1969, screen legend Katharine Hepburn played designer Coco Chanel in the splashy Broadway musical Coco.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Which Celebrities Had The Most Macabre Deaths?

    ​There's a new book that's to die for! It's Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of The Famous and Infamous by Alan W. Petrucelli, and it's a Hollywood Babylon-style rundown of the best (as in worst) star deaths--how they croaked, what they last ate, what they last said, and who smoked the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Clip Job: Cleopatra Knocked On Her Asp

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 20, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 35'Cleopatra': The Fall of Bosley CaesarBy Andrew SarrisIn case you're still wondering, "CLEOPATRA" (at the Rivoli) is a complete disaster, and I kid you not. I vas dere, Charlie, for four hours and three minutes, no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Roz Russell YouTube Treasure: "Some People" Can't Sing

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 20, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 35'Cleopatra': The Fall of Bosley CaesarBy Andrew SarrisIn case you're still wondering, "CLEOPATRA" (at the Rivoli) is a complete disaster, and I kid you not. I vas dere, Charlie, for four hours and three minutes, no ... More >>

  • Screens

    June 28, 2005

    Hungarian Master Keeps Feet on the Ground in Early Works

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesJune 20, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 35'Cleopatra': The Fall of Bosley CaesarBy Andrew SarrisIn case you're still wondering, "CLEOPATRA" (at the Rivoli) is a complete disaster, and I kid you not. I vas dere, Charlie, for four hours and three minutes, no ... More >>

  • Art

    January 14, 2003

    Personality Crisis

    ••• British Author Nigel Dennis Gets Lost in the Shuffle

  • Film

    December 14, 1999

    The Emperors’ Old Clothes

    ••• British Author Nigel Dennis Gets Lost in the Shuffle

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