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Taylor Swift would like to tell her side of her ongoing love story.

In the wake of ever-growing speculation that she’s married to Travis Kelce, the singer visited families at Joe Dimaggio’s Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Florida on June 13.

As recounted and reported a few days later, Swift spoke with one of the patients about what brought her to the Sunshine State… with fans taking special note of the way she referred to Kelce.

Travis Kelce, left, and Taylor Swift react as the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers play during the first period in Game Four of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 12, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

“My boyfriend is training here,” the 35-year-old said in a video of the encounter shared to TikTok June 16. “So I just thought I’d come and see how you’re doing.

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Hailey and Justin Bieber have a not-quite-10-month-old son.

Are they planning on growing their little family any further?

Now that Hailey’s essentially a billionaire, they can more than afford it. But the couple have had obvious ups and downs.

What does the future hold for the Biebers?

Singer-songwriter Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey Bieber watch Super Bowl Lviii in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 11, 2024. (Photo Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Afp via Getty Images) Justin and Hailey Bieber already have one baby

In late August of 2024, Justin and Hailey Bieber welcomed their first child, Jack Blues Bieber.

The first-time parents seem to have struggled a bit since his birth.

Hailey has objected to “blind item” stories on social media.

And Justin has seemingly acted out in person and in social media posts.

Hailey Bieber attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum...

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Justin Bieber is a hockey superfan.

Especially for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He and Hailey enjoyed an affectionate outing amidst divorce rumors and in the wake of him speaking out on Diddy’s trial. It looks like they had a good time.

Now Drake — of all people — is accusing Justin of bringing on a terrible curse.

Singer Justin Bieber takes part in the draft during 2024 NHL All-Star Thursday at Scotiabank Arena on February 01, 2024. (Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Justin Bieber loves the Toronto Maple Leafs

On Sunday, May 18, Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber watched the Toronto Maple Leafs face off against the Florida Panthers.

These are both hockey teams. This particular match was game 7 of something called the NHL Eastern Conference semifinals.

As you can see in a photo tweeted by the National Hockey League, the Biebers were cuddling up and watching from front row seats.

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Justin Bieber has found a new reason for fans to worry.

This time, it comes after videos of him partying at Coachella have some speculating that he’s relapsing.

Justin has a new message, delving into his flaws — but ultimately saying that they don’t matter.

To put it mildly, if his goal was to reassure followers that he’s doing just fine, he missed the mark.

Singer Justin Bieber takes part in the draft during 2024 NHL All-Star Thursday at Scotiabank Arena on February 01, 2024. (Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Justin Bieber is getting emotional in a religious new message

Is Justin Bieber okay? It seems that he drops a new reason to worry for him every few days.

This time, the possible red flag comes in the form of an oddly structured religious statement.

Look, fans know that Justin is a Christian. Whether or not his...

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Another day, another round of unsettling rumors about Justin Bieber.

As you may be aware, it’s been a rough past several weeks for the singer… who may apparently have a drug problem and who has posted some troubling social media messages of late.

Bieber, of course, has a history of mental health issues and has spoken previously about the pressure having garnered so much fame at such a young age has taken on him.

Justin Bieber of Team Black looks on during the Skate For LA Strong event at Crypto.com Arena on February 23, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, meanwhile, speculation started to spin around the Internet that Bieber owed millions of dollars in debt following the 2023 cancellation of his Justice World Tour.

It all started when The Hollywood Reporter alleged that Bieber canceled the remaining dates on...

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Justin Bieber has been in better moods.

You know the recent reports that just keep coming, describing worrisome Bieber behaviors?

He is not exactly bending over backwards to lay those concerns to rest.

This time, he’s lashing out at paparazzi. Is he right? Probably. But all things considered, it’s not a good look.

Justin Bieber attends the Annual Casamigos Halloween Party on October 27, 2023. (Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Casamigos) Justin Bieber Snapped

On Wednesday morning, ahead of Coachella weekend, Justin Bieber and some friends went on a coffee fun in Palm Springs.

(The infamous hot, affluent resort city is less than 40 minutes from Coachella, and makes a sensible staging area for many attendees)

Naturally, photographers were on the scene. And when one said “good morning” to the Biebs, he went off.

TMZ reports that Justin Bieber stormed up to about four photographers, somehow...

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Here we unfortunately go again with Justin Bieber.

On Sunday, the singer shared an all-capital letters post to Instagram in which he made it sound very much as if he’s not in a healthy mental state.

This has been a sad theme for Bieber over the last several weeks.

Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber attend the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

“I was always told when I was a kid not to hate,” the 31-year-old star’s began in this latest example. “But it made me feel like I wasn’t allowed to have it and so I didn’t tell anyone I’ve had it.”

It’s become clear at this point that Bieber suffered tremendously as a teenager.

Despite his success in the music industry,...

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Justin Bieber has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in recent weeks.

Bieber’s alleged drug use and mental health issues have generated enormous concern among fans.

And the latest developments in the troubled singer’s life are sure to add to that anxiety.

Earlier today, we reported on a photo that appeared to show Justin smoking a bong in public.

Singer Justin Bieber takes part in the draft during 2024 NHL All-Star Thursday at Scotiabank Arena on February 01, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

The pic came on the heels of a video in which Justin seemed to be smoking a blunt.

Justin’s recent history of troubling behavior

Obviously, the pop star doesn’t seem to be terribly concerned about hiding his weed-smoking habit, and on its own, that probably wouldn’t be a very big deal.

But Justin has...

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Justin Bieber seems to be mocking worried fans.

Just days after his rep clapped back at drug use rumors, the Biebs went on social media to rap about being high.

Obviously, Bieber has a right — morally, at least — to treat his body however he likes. But given his admitted history of substance abuse and addiction, this seems like a red flag.

To fans, at least. Justin appears to be smoking a cartoonishly large blunt in a new video in a direct mockery of concerned Beliebers.

Celebrity Captain Justin Bieber of Team Matthews warms up prior to the 2024 Honda NHL All-Star Game on February 03, 2024. (Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Is Justin Bieber trolling his fans, or is he just indifferent?

On Thursday, February 27, Justin Bieber took to his Instagram Story to share a video with his fans — no matter how worried they already are.

In the video,...

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Justin Bieber thirst is alive and well in 2025. And none of us are immune.

Between his nascent fatherhood and various concerns over his mental and emotional health, it’s easy to forget that he was once one of the biggest sex symbols on the planet.

Well, he’s here to remind you.

Posing in thin, wet underwear, the Biebs is putting it all on display. You’re so welcome.

Justin Bieber skates in warmups prior to the 2024 NHL All-Star Game on February 03, 2024. (Photo Credit: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) A Justin Bieber thirst trap? In 2025?!

It’s actually refreshing to see celebrities enjoying a winter vacation instead of wasting these precious months in the tropics.

Hailey and Justin Bieber have been vacationing in Aspen, Colorado. As we recently noted, Aspen has long been a winter getaway destination.

On Thursday, January 16, Justin took to his Instagram Story to share some heavy-duty thirst traps.

Justin Bieber likely has complex feelings about Selena Gomez’s engagement.

And fans think that he’s making a public response.

On Wednesday, December 11, Selena shared her engagement news. Benny Blanco is now her fiance.

The Biebs’ latest post is showing his reaction — at least, that’s what fans think.

Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber watch Super Bowl Lviii between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 11, 2024. (Photo Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Afp via Getty Images) Is Justin Bieber responding to Selena Gomez’s engagement?

On Monday, December 16, Justin Bieber posted a pair of Instagram updates for his fans and followers.

Ostensibly, he was sharing selfies, photos of himself with his wife, and glimpses of his social life and a recent getaway. He and Hailey had traveled to a friend’s wedding, you see.

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Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater may have marriage in their future.

Only with the release of Wicked do we really hear Ethan Slater address the scandal of how this romance began. And, of course, of how his marriage ended.

But with Wicked‘s release, and the success of Part 1, comes the question of what’s next for these two.

A new report reveals that Ariana is discussing the idea of marrying and having kids with her controversial man.

Director, Jon M. Chu, Producer, Marc Platt, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Ethan Slater, and Peter Dinklage attend as Universal Pictures presents special New York City Wicked Screening at Metrograph on December 03, 2024 (Photo Credit: Santiago Felipe/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)

According to a new report by Life & Style, “Ariana is madly in love and very eager to marry Ethan.”

The inside source emphasizes that: “It’s just a matter of timing it right.

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Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber sure do know how to make adorable babies.

Just about two months after the couple welcomed their first child into the world, a son named Jack, Hailey has done ahead and shared the very first photo of the pair’s newborn.

With a slight catch, that is.

Justin Bieber takes part in the draft during 2024 NHL All-Star Thursday at Scotiabank Arena on February 1, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

On Thursday, the 27-year old shared a new picture on Instagram of the Very young man… as Hailey and Justin’s little boy sits is seen in a baby carrier, his two little feet peeking out.

Jack is rocking a a magenta onesie in snapshot, and on one foot has an “I Voted” sticker.

“Happy Halloween! Get out there and vote,” Hailey wrote over the image.

No, we can’t see Jack’s face.

Justin Bieber is memorializing Liam Payne.

On October 16, Liam Payne’s unexpected death horrified millions.

Those who knew him, personally and professionally, have taken time to process their shock and express their grief.

One of those mourners is Justin Bieber. The fellow pop star is expressing his own heartbreak following this tragedy.

Liam Payne performs during Nickelodeon SlimeFest at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island on June 9, 2018. (Photo Credit: Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images for Nickelodeon) Like everyone else, Justin Bieber is mourning Liam Payne

On Monday, October 21, Justin Bieber took to his Instagram Story to repost a tribute video for Liam Payne.

The original video shows fans placing flowers, photos, and balloons in the memory of the late One Direction singer.

Justin Bieber added his own caption, using an off-white font to write: “Rest easy, Liam” with a white heart emoji.

justin bieber pay tribute to liam payne by sharing...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how the studios have lost interest in physical media, with Disney outsourcing its discs to Sony and questions over where the business is going in the wake of Redbox’s demise and Best Buy’s decision to stop selling Blu-rays and DVDs. Yet not only have the rumors of physical media’s death been greatly exaggerated as boutique labels step in to pick up the slack, but even at the studio level, praiseworthy efforts to showcase archival treasures are alive and well. Take, for example, the new Warner Archive Blu-ray of Raoul Walsh’s 1946 classic “The Man I Love.”

“The Man I Love” is a film beloved by cinephiles but hardly famous — among Warners’ 1940s releases, it’s a long way down from “Casablanca” and “The Maltese Falcon” when it comes to widespread popularity. It’s the kind of movie that...

There’s always somebody new in the rat race trenches whose motto is ‘how to make friends and deceive people.’ Howard Duff’s photographer uses his camera to extort money from criminals while polishing his image as a grabber of Pulitzer-worthy news photos. But how long can he maintain his charade with mobsters Brian Donlevy and Lawrence Tierney, and how soon will his kissing partners Peggy Dow and Anne Vernon see through his lies? This efficient noir was the first feature directing job from the prolific Joe Pevney.

Shakedown

Blu-ray

Kl Studio Classics

1950 / B&w / 1:37 Academy / 80 min. / Street Date March 29, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95

Starring: Howard Duff, Brian Donlevy, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett, Anne Vernon, Peter Virgo, Charles Sherlock, Rock Hudson, Roy Engel, Gregg Martell, Joseph Pevney.

Cinematography: Irving Glassberg

Art Director: Robert Clatworthy, Bernard Herzbrun

Film Editor: Milton Carruth

Music director: Joseph Gershenson

Screenplay by Alfred Lewis Levitt,...

“You know, it’s wonderful when guys like you lose out. Makes guys like me think maybe we got a chance in this world.”

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in Dark Passage screens at Webster University Tuesday February 12th. The screening will be at 7:30 at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 East Lockwood). A Facebook invite for the event can be found Here. This is the third of four Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall collaborations screening at Webster in February. The final film will be Key Largo Feb 26th. Look for more coverage of this great Bogey and Bacall film series here at We Are Movie Geeks in the coming weeks.

Dark Passage (1947) was the third of the four Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall pairings of the 40s. It’s the least remembered, but it’s great entertainment and Bacall and Bogart really steam up the screen. The movie starts off brilliantly,...

Fritz Lang's House By The River starring Louis Hayward and Jane Wyatt to screen in the tribute to Pierre Rissient

The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced that they will honour Pierre Rissient, programmer of the Mac-Mahon Theatre in Paris, publicist in partnership with Bertrand Tavernier, Cannes Film Festival mover and shaker, and so much more. Seven films will screen in tribute in the Retrospective section of the 56th New York Film Festival.

Clint Eastwood's Play Misty For Me; Raoul Walsh's The Man I Love with Ida Lupino, Bruce Bennett and Robert Alda; Joseph Losey's Time Without Pity starring Michael Redgrave; Mehboob Khan's Mother India with Nargis; King Hu's A Touch Of Zen; Lino Brocka's Manila In The Claws Of Light with Bembel Roco and Hilda Koronel, and Fritz Lang's House By The River.

The Retrospective section is co-programmed by New York...

Ah romance! A handsome stranger takes a room in your house, lets you feed him and doesn’t pay the rent — of course he’s the perfect man of your dreams. Excellent WB players Faye Emerson and Zachary Scott enliven an odd mix of moods in a tale of a murderous Bluebeard- boyfriend. Director Robert Florey’s thriller is half stylish spook show, and half romantic sitcom. With Dick Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp and perky Mona Freeman as the little sister who needs to be told, ‘Don’t you do what your big sister done.’

Danger Signal

DVD-r

The Warner Archive Collection

1945 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 78 min. / Street Date March 6, 2018 / available through the WBshop / 21.99

Starring: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Dick Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp, Bruce Bennett, Mona Freeman, John Ridgely, Mary Servoss, Joyce Compton, Virginia Sale, Robert Arthur.

Cinematography: James Wong Howe

Film Editor: Frank Magee

Original Music: Adolph Deutsch

Written by Adele Comandini,...

The 1971 Hammer horror cult classic "Twins of Evil" will receive a rare big screen showing on Tuesday May 30 at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Brooklyn. Showtime is at 9:30. Here is the official description from the Alamo Drafthouse web site:

Hosted by TV writer/producer, recovering film critic Bruce Bennett. Admission only $10!

By 1971 the UK Hammer House of Horror had traded cleavage and blood trickle for R-rated female nudity and comparatively extravagant applications of “Kensington Gore”. Twins Of Evil literally doubles down on the nudity care of comely Maltese identical siblings Madeleine and Mary Collinson. And writer Tudor Gates’ grafting of vampire yarn with witch-hunt mentality jeremiad offers plenty of opportunities for bloodletting - particularly via a climactic beheading. But with all due respect to the Collinsons, the most memorable charms on display in Twins Of Evil are of a more backward-glancing variety. Taking a page from Michael Reeves’ Witchfinder General,...

“You know, it’s wonderful when guys like you lose out. Makes guys like me think maybe we got a chance in this world.”

Dark Passage (1947) screens Wednesday April 19th at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in ‘The Loop’) as part of their new ‘Classics in the Loop’ Crime & Noir film series. The movie starts at 7pm and admission is $7. It will be on The Tivoli’s big screen.

Dark Passage (1947) was the third of the four Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall pairings of the 40s. It’s the least remembered, but it’s great entertainment and Bacall and Bogart really steam up the screen. The movie starts off brilliantly, shown from the P.O.V. of Vincnet Parry (Bogart), a prison escapee, who has been wrongly incarcerated for his wife’s murder. While on the run he is picked up by a beautiful woman who has been following his case...

“You know, it’s wonderful when guys like you lose out. Makes guys like me think maybe we got a chance in this world.”

Dark Passage (1947) screens Wednesday April 19th at The Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar in ‘The Loop’) as part of their new ‘Classics in the Loop’ Crime & Noir film series. The movie starts at 7pm and admission is $7. It will be on The Tivoli’s big screen.

Dark Passage (1947) was the third of the four Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall pairings of the 40s. It’s the least remembered, but it’s great entertainment and Bacall and Bogart really steam up the screen. The movie starts off brilliantly, shown from the P.O.V. of Vincnet Parry (Bogart), a prison escapee, who has been wrongly incarcerated for his wife’s murder. While on the run he is picked up by a beautiful woman who has been following his case...

Stars: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Butterfly McQueen | Written by Ranald MacDougall, Catherine Turney | Directed by Michael Curtiz

The shadow of Casablanca will always loom over Michael Curtiz’s bumper filmography, but time has been nearly as kind to Mildred Pierce, an adaptation of James M. Cain’s 1941 novel. A Joan Crawford vehicle made in 1945, the movie is a solid and relevant story that was remade recently for television by Todd Haynes for HBO – albeit minus the murder subplot, which wasn’t in the original text.

Crawford plays Mildred Pierce-Beragon, a woman hauled in by the police following the shooting of her husband, Monte (a slithery Zachary Scott). Mildred is the prime suspect, but then the film flicks to flashback as she starts telling the story of her rises and falls, and we begin to learn of the machinations that ended in murder.

We meet the younger Mildred,...

Mildred Pierce

Blu-ray

The Criterion Collection 860

1945 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 111 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date , 2017 /

Starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg, Jo Ann Marlowe, Butterfly McQueen.

Cinematography: Ernest Haller

Art Direction: Anton Grot

Film Editor: David Weisbart

Original Music: Max Steiner

Written by: Ranald MacDougall from the novel by James M. Cain

Produced by: Jerry Wald, Jack L. Warner

Directed by Michael Curtiz

James M. Cain’s 1941 novel Mildred Pierce offers a venal and self-destructive view of America not with a story of respectable bourgeois society, not the criminal underworld. A de-classed, suburb-dwelling nobody fights her way onto the social register by using men and by hard work… and then watches as her obsessive goals blow up in her face In Cain’s worldview it’s every woman for herself. He drags in an odd personal theme,...

Joan Crawford controls every aspect of this glamorous, Oscar nominated noir about a murderous marriage double-cross. Good acting enlivens a by-the-book, gimmick-laden plot, with every moment designed to flatter the star.

Sudden Fear

Blu-ray

The Cohen Film Collection

1952 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 110 min. / Street Date December 13, 2016 / 34.99

Starring Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame, Bruce Bennett, Virginia Huston, Touch Connors, Bess Flowers, Taylor Holmes, Lewis Martin, Arthur Space.

Cinematography Charles Lang

Film Editor Leon Barsha

Art Director Boris Leven

Original Music Elmer Bernstein

Written by Lenore Coffee, Robert Smith from a novel by Edna Sherry

Produced by Joseph Kaufman

Directed by David Miller

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

The Joan Crawford movie Sudden Fear is an efficient and stylish thriller. Although it’s technically film noir, its story of a two-way murder frame-up is sublimated to the actress’s overpowering personality. It’s the first movie where Crawford was able to...

The biggest, most lavish hook-up between Hollywood and the Pentagon was this Anthony Mann-James Stewart collaboration, a morale & recruiting cheer for America's intercontinental bombing air force, the service that kept the peace by holding up our side of the balance of fear. Strategic Air Command Blu-ray Olive Films 1955 / Color / 1:66 widescreen (VistaVision) / 112 min. / Street Date October 16, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98 Starring James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan, Alex Nicol, Bruce Bennett, Jay C. Flippen, James Millican, James Bell, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan, William Hudson, Strother Martin, House Peters Jr. Cinematography William Daniels Film Editor Eda Warren Original Music Victor Young Written by Valentine Davies, Beirne Lay, Jr. Produced by Samuel J. Briskin Directed by Anthony Mann

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

In the 1950s America was spending its enormous military budget on a fantastic array of advanced weapons technology, the most expensive of which was...

Bogie's back and Bacall's got him! Or, at least she's got his voice, and a bundle of bandages. A David Goodis hardboiled crime tale becomes an absurd pile of coincidences and accidental relationships, all wrapped up (literally) in a giant plastic-surgery gimmick. Bogart and his new bride Bacall are charming, but there's a show -stealer at large: the great Agnes Moorehead plays the most entertainingly horrible harpy in film history. Dark Passage Blu-ray Warner Archive Collection 1947 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 106 min. / Street Date May 17, 2016 / available through the WBshop / 16.59 Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Agnes Moorehead, Bruce Bennett, Tom D'Andrea, Clifton Young, Douglas Kennedy, Rory Mallinson, Houseley Stevenson Cinematography Sid Hickox Art Direction Charles H. Clarke Film Editor David Weisbart Original Music Franz Waxman Written by Delmer Daves from a novel by David Goodis Produced by Jerry Wald, Jack L. Warner Directed by Delmer Daves

Reviewed by Glenn Erickson

Dark Passage...

Joan Crawford in 'Mildred Pierce.' 'Mildred Pierce' review: Very entertaining soap opera Time has a way of making some films seem grander than they really are. A good example is Mildred Pierce, the 1945 black-and-white melodrama directed by Casablanca's Michael Curtiz, and that won star Joan Crawford a Best Actress Oscar. Mildred Pierce is in no way, shape, or form great art, even though it's certainly not a bad film. In fact, as a soap opera it's quite entertaining – no, make that very entertaining; and entertainment is a quality that can stand on its own. (The problem in recent decades is that cinema has become nothing but entertainment.) In the case of Mildred Pierce, the entertainment is formulaic and rather predictable – but in an enjoyable, campy sort of way. Unbridled Hollywood melodrama Now, what makes Mildred Pierce a melodrama is something known as the Dumbest Possible Action – Dpa for short.

Rex Ingram in 'The Thief of Bagdad' 1940 with tiny Sabu. Actor Rex Ingram movies on TCM: Early black film performer in 'Cabin in the Sky,' 'Anna Lucasta' It's somewhat unusual for two well-known film celebrities, whether past or present, to share the same name.* One such rarity is – or rather, are – the two movie people known as Rex Ingram;† one an Irish-born white director, the other an Illinois-born black actor. Turner Classic Movies' “Summer Under the Stars” continues today, Aug. 11, '15, with a day dedicated to the latter. Right now, TCM is showing Cabin in the Sky (1943), an all-black musical adaptation of the Faust tale that is notable as the first full-fledged feature film directed by another Illinois-born movie person, Vincente Minnelli. Also worth mentioning, the movie marked Lena Horne's first important appearance in a mainstream motion picture.§ A financial disappointment on the...

Jean Arthur films on TCM include three Frank Capra classics Five Jean Arthur films will be shown this evening, Monday, January 5, 2015, on Turner Classic Movies, including three directed by Frank Capra, the man who helped to turn Arthur into a major Hollywood star. They are the following: Capra's Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; George Stevens' The More the Merrier; and Frank Borzage's History Is Made at Night. One the most effective performers of the studio era, Jean Arthur -- whose film career began inauspiciously in 1923 -- was Columbia Pictures' biggest female star from the mid-'30s to the mid-'40s, when Rita Hayworth came to prominence and, coincidentally, Arthur's Columbia contract expired. Today, she's best known for her trio of films directed by Frank Capra, Columbia's top director of the 1930s. Jean Arthur-Frank Capra...

Rand Corporation senior defense analyst Bruce Bennett, who says he was asked by Sony chief Michael Lynton to look at The Interview, said today the depiction of Kim Jong Un in the movie would have harmed the North Korean leader once the “elite” in his country got hold of the DVD and began sharing it. That’s why North Korea hacked Sony, he speculated.

A proportional response, to North Korea’s cyber attack on Sony, Bennett said, referencing President Obama’s comments this morning at his end-of-year news conference, would be to make certain the movie got released on DVD, so copies could find their way into North Korea.

“I think it should be released,” Bennett told CNN this afternoon. “Once [Kim Jong Un’s] elites see it, it’s going to have some effect, and it’s not going to be good for him. I think that’s what, in the end, they...

Mainstream studios may have written off home video, but specialty divisions and entrepreneurs are offering notable discoveries on Blu-ray and DVD. Olive Films has just released a restoration of Dragonfly Squadron (1954) in both disc formats, thanks to Bob Furmanek and the 3-D Film Archive. The Allied Artists production was shot—but never released—in 3-D, making this a historic event. The story behind the film (and its restoration) is more involving than the picture itself, a decent if undistinguished B movie starring John Hodiak, Barbara Britton, and Bruce Bennett that takes place on the eve of the Korean War in 1950. If you have a TV with 3-D capability, you’ll want to check out...

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Ann Blyth movies: TCM schedule on August 16, 2013 (photo: ‘Our Very Own’ stars Ann Blyth and Farley Granger) See previous post: "Ann Blyth Today: Light Singing and Heavy Drama on TCM." 3:00 Am One Minute To Zero (1952). Director: Tay Garnett. Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ann Blyth, William Talman. Bw-106 mins. 5:00 Am All The Brothers Were Valiant (1953). Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth. C-95 mins. 6:45 Am The King’S Thief (1955). Director: Robert Z. Leonard. Cast: Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, David Niven. C-79 mins. Letterbox Format. 8:15 Am Rose Marie (1954). Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas. C-104 mins. Letterbox Format. 10:00 Am The Great Caruso (1951). Director: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Mario Lanza, Ann Blyth, Dorothy Kirsten, Jarmila Novotna, Richard Hageman, Carl Benton Reid, Eduard Franz, Ludwig Donath, Alan Napier, Pál Jávor, Carl Milletaire, Shepard Menken, Vincent Renno, Nestor Paiva, Peter Price, Mario Siletti, Angela Clarke,...

Humphrey Bogart movies: ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ ‘High Sierra’ (Image: Most famous Humphrey Bogart quote: ‘The stuff that dreams are made of’ from ‘The Maltese Falcon’) (See previous post: “Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall Movies.”) Besides 1948, 1941 was another great year for Humphrey Bogart — one also featuring a movie with the word “Sierra” in the title. Indeed, that was when Bogart became a major star thanks to Raoul Walsh’s High Sierra and John Huston’s The Maltese Falcon. In the former, Bogart plays an ex-con who falls in love with top-billed Ida Lupino — though both are outacted by ingénue-with-a-heart-of-tin Joan Leslie. In the latter, Bogart plays Dashiel Hammett’s private detective Sam Spade, trying to discover the fate of the titular object; along the way, he is outacted by just about every other cast member, from Mary Astor’s is-she-for-real dame-in-distress to Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nominee Sydney Greenstreet. John Huston...

Mystery Street

Directed by John Sturges

Screenplay by Richard Brooks and Sydney Boehm

USA, 1950

If one comes across a review or snippet of commentary regarding John Sturges’ Mystery Street, one aspect about the film which people argue stands out is how it works as a police procedural which makes it, in a fashion, a precursor to so many of today’s massively popular television dramas, such the various CSI series. Truth be told, the comparisons are not far off. Closer inspection should, however, unearth much more of the film’s character-driven rewards than its mere commonalities with today’s popular wave of shows.

Reportedly the first ever film to be set in Boston (it is mentioned by a critic in the brief featurette on the DVD), the story opens with very peculiar setup, demonstrating no real need to rush into the thick of things for a good ten minutes. For...

Ann Blyth on TCM: Kismet, Rose Marie, Our Very Own 8:00 Pm Mildred Pierce (1945). A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society. Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Eve Arden, Bruce Bennett. Bw-111 mins. 10:00 Pm Kismet (1955). In this Arabian Nights musical, the "king of the beggars" infiltrates high society when his daughter is wooed by a handsome prince. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray. C-113 mins. Letterbox Format. 12:00 Am All The Brothers Were Valiant (1953). Brothers on a whaling schooner become romantic rivals. Dir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth. C-95 mins. 2:00 Am Our Very Own (1950). The discovery that she's adopted shakes a young girl's sense of security. Dir: Dave Miller. Cast: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt. Bw-93 mins. 4:00 Am Rose Marie...

Jennifer Jones, Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, Beat the Devil Humphrey Bogart on TCM: The Caine Mutiny, The Maltese Falcon, Sahara Schedule (Et) and synopses from the TCM website: 6:00 Am Bogart: The Untold Story (1996) Stephen Bogart hosts this one-hour special on the life and career of his legendary father, Humphrey Bogart. Dir: Chris Hunt. Cast: Stephen Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Robert Sklar. C-46 mins. 7:00 Am Bullets Or Ballots (1936) A cop goes undercover to crack an influential crime ring. Dir: William Keighley. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane. Bw-82 mins. 8:30 Am San Quentin (1937) A convict's sister falls for the captain of the prison guards. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. Cast: Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan. Bw-70 mins. 9:45 Am King Of The Underworld (1939) A lady doctor gets mixed up with a criminal gang. Dir: Lewis Seiler. Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Kay Francis, James Stephenson. Bw-67 mins. 11:00 Am To Have And Have Not...

The Film:

Before I lose you younger readers who cannot watch older movies, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis was the Avatar of 1927, minus the box office intake. Now do I have your attention? Despite the grandiose nature of the sci-fi opus, it flopped and was heavily re-cut, but prior to today, Metropolis is a sci-fi version of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, with all of the cozy religious themes one can handle. It’s a masterpiece – visually, musically, and technically. Yet, even with that high praise, rarely anyone alive had seen the complete version, once a near three-hour film.

Over time, the deleted footage was deemed lost. Much like the deleted Spider Pit sequence from 1933′s King Kong, finding this footage would be the Holy Grail of cinema. Well, in 2008, the most complete version of Metropolis was found in Argentina of all places (considering this was a German production during the...

Chicago – Humphrey Bogart is one of the most beloved and iconic movie stars to ever grace the form. The legend of Bogart built through caricatures, impressions, and the rarified air in which some of his films exist can sometimes disguise his unbelievable talent. “Casablanca” may be his best film and we’ll be back with a discussion of more Bogie works in our review of the new box set later this week, but arguably the two best Bogart performances have recently been released on Blu-ray in 1941’s “The Maltese Falcon” and 1948’s “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.”

Television Rating: 5.0/5.0

It’s rare to have two films from the infamous American Film Institute Top 100 list released in HD in the same week but that’s exactly what we get with “The Maltese Falcon” and “Sierra Madre,” two of the most acclaimed films of all time. The pair being released on...

Ann Sheridan on TCM: Kings Row, The Man Who Came To Dinner Schedule (Pt) and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 Am Naughty But Nice (1939) A college professor turns songwriter and falls for his lyricist. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dick Powell, Gale Page. Dir: Ray Enright. Bw-89 mins. 4:30 Am Nora Prentiss (1947) An ambitious singer ruins a doctor’s life. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett. Dir: Vincent Sherman. Bw-112 mins. 6:30 Am It All Came True (1940) A gangster hides out in a boardinghouse full of eccentrics. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, ZaSu Pitts. Dir: Lewis Seiler. Bw-97 mins. 8:30 Am Wings For The Eagle (1942) Dedicated aircraft workers compete for the same girl. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson. Dir: Lloyd Bacon. Bw-84 mins. 10:00 Am One More Tomorrow (1946) A playboy and a lady photographer allow social differences to come between them. Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis [...]...

Ann Blyth is pictured in the photo above with Academy director of special projects Randy Haberkamp during a chat following a screening of Michael Curtiz’s film noir classic Mildred Pierce. Starring Blyth, Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, Eve Arden, and Bruce Bennett, Mildred Pierce was shown as the part of the "Oscar Noir" series at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Monday, June 14, 2010. Blyth starred or was featured in about three dozen movies from 1944 to 1957. She was cast opposite numerous major Hollywood stars, among them Charles Boyer in A Woman’s Vengeance (1947), Burt Lancaster in Brute Force (1947), Fredric March in Another Part of the Forest (1948), William Powell in Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948), Claudette Colbert in Thunder on the Hill (1950), Mario Lanza in The Great [...]...

Screenwriter Callie Khouri, who won an Oscar for the Ridley Scott-directed road movie Thelma & Louise, featuring Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, and Brad Pitt, is shown in the photo above before a screening of Michael Curtiz’s classic film noir Mildred Pierce. Starring Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth (who was present at the screening), Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, Eve Arden, and Bruce Bennett, Mildred Pierce was shown as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ "Oscar Noir" series at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on Monday, June 14. Mildred Pierce earned Joan Crawford her only Best Actress Oscar. Photo: Todd Wawrychuk / ©A.M.P.A.S. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

Joan Crawford, Ann Blyth, Mildred Pierce Mildred Pierce, Michael Curtiz’s film noir/family melodrama, earned Joan Crawford her only — and thoroughly deserved — Academy Award. The Oscar-nominated 1945 classic, which also features Ann Blyth, Zachary Scott, Jack Carson, Eve Arden, and Bruce Bennett, will be the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side” on Monday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Mildred Pierce will be introduced by screenwriter Callie Khouri of Thelma & Louise and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya [...]...

The actor Fess Parker, who has died aged 85, was a quintessential westerner, a tall, rugged, Texas-born athlete turned actor, famous for his portrayals of two frontiersmen, Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, as well as sheriffs, cowboys and ranchers. He greatly appreciated the commercial success of these two title roles, and himself became a substantial businessman.

The Walt Disney Studio was the first in Hollywood to move wholeheartedly into television, and had the bright idea of combining three episodes of the Davy Crockett series Parker had made for them in 1954 into a feature. The result, Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955), spawned the craze for "racoon-fur" hats and became a box-office hit on the back of its singalong theme - Bill Hayes's recording of The Ballad of Davy Crockett topped the charts for three months,...

It's Super Sunday for hockey fans, with three big-deal games on the schedule for today's festivities: Czech Republic vs. Russia, Canada vs. U.S., and Finland vs. Sweden. Yes, sports fans, those are also the gold-medal match-ups from the previous three Olympics. Grab your mouthguards! Today, PopWatch is saluting the Ryans of the U.S. men's hockey team: Ryan Miller, Ryan Suter, Ryan Whitney, Ryan Callahan, Ryan Kesler (lower left), Ryan Malone (top left), and Bobby Ryan. Suter, 25, comes from a hockey folk: His dad Bob Suter was part of the 1980 Miracle team, and his uncle Gary Suter was on the 2002 silver-medal team.