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If the James Bond films have proven anything, it's that they are impervious to change until they have to. For example, sexist, double entendre Bond girl names like Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman), Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles), and Plenty O'Toole, died after Dr. Christmas Jones (Denise Richards) in The World is Not Enough, with the series at last acknowledging that the time had long passed for the names to go. But one tenacious trend that continues to plague the franchise, right up to Daniel Craig's final act in No Time to Die, is the antagonist with a defining physical trait that's meant to contribute to their intimidation. You know. Eye patches. Prosthetic metal hands. Metallic teeth. An eye that weeps blood. And scars. So many scars of all shapes and sizes, some even diamond-encrusted. The trope is so familiar that Mike Myers' spot-on spoof of the Bond films, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,...

John Wayne starred in dozens of Westerns during his lengthy career, but he very rarely played the bad guy. One of his darkest roles came in "The Searchers," his 14th and greatest collaboration with John Ford, the director who helped the Hollywood icon make his name in "Stagecoach." It was a film that inverted Wayne's heroic screen persona by casting him as Ethan Edwards, a bitterly racist former soldier who spends many years on an obsessive quest to track down his niece after she is abducted by Comanches.

For a director-star combo that had often portrayed Native Americans as a faceless marauding horde in many of their earlier pictures, "The Searchers" is a soulful and sometimes awkward attempt to reckon with that past and, in turn, America's legacy of genocide and Manifest Destiny. While its comedic moments seem to belong to another film and its use of Redface is cringe-inducing,...

When Sean Connery returned to the James Bond films after skipping out on "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (which is a great movie but seen as lesser at the time), anticipation was high. In 1971, Connery was Bond. George Lazenby was some pretender. There wasn't a tradition of handing over the character to a new actor yet. This was his grand return, and the film's creatives needed to get it right. They even brought back "Goldfinger" director Guy Hamilton to call the shots. 

On a financial level, everyone was happy. "Diamonds Are Forever" was the third-highest grossing film at the domestic box office in 1971. On an artistic level ... it's one of the worst films in the series. Connery is clearly only in it for the paycheck, the story is weirdly low-stakes and silly, and the Las Vegas setting feels chintzy.

The film does have two major bright spots though. First, there's...

Joan Collins spoke out for the first time about abuse she says she suffered at the hands of her first husband, Maxwell Reed, including being raped on their first date.

The 88-year-old British actress discussed the alleged assault in a BBC documentary that aired on Saturday night in the U.K., saying that Reed spiked her drink while she visited his home. Collins was just 17 at the time; Reed was 31.

“The next thing I knew I was flat out on the sofa and he was raping me. In those days, my mother would have said I was taken advantage of,” Collins said. “Now, we call it date rape.”

#newdocumentary #thisisjoancollins @bbctwo #newyearday 9pm...

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Celebrity memoirs are plentiful, but they aren’t always good. Just because an actor lived through a particularly salacious event doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll reveal any details about what occurred — though it’s always fun when they do. The best movie star memoirs don’t even have to contain much gossip — often, the most entertaining books are the ones that simply shed light on a star’s experiences and an outlook that we’d never get from even the best journalistic profiles.

Now that fall has arrived and winter’s right around the corner, it’s a great time to get your reading list together. That’s why we put together...

In a memoir being released on Tuesday called “Little Sister,” Lana Wood, Natalie Wood’s sister, writes that Kirk Douglas sexually assaulted Natalie when she was a teenager, according to a report in the Associated Press. The alleged assault took place in 1955 after Lana and their mother, Maria Zakharenko, dropped Natalie off at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles to meet with Douglas.

Kirk Douglas died in February 2020 at age 103.

His son Michael did not respond to Variety’s request for comment. But to the AP, Michael Douglas’ publicist issued a statement: “May they both rest in peace.”

Variety has not yet obtained a copy of “Little Sister.”

Quoting from the memoir, the AP wrote that Natalie said to Lana, “And, uh … he hurt me Lana.” Lana writes in “Little Sister” that the situation ” was like an out-of-body experience. I was terrified, I was confused.” According to the book, their...

It’s been 40 years since the death of Hollywood icon Natalie Wood and her sister and actress Lana Wood is ready to speak out.

In her upcoming memoir, Little Sister: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood (Dey Street Books, Nov. 9), Lana offers an account of the life and death of her sister, while detailing new information from those directly involved in the investigation of Wood’s death.

After going missing from her family’s yacht, Splendour, Wood was found floating in the water wearing a red down jacket and flannel nightgown. She was pronounced dead at the age of 43 in 1981; however,...

It’s been 40 years since the death of Hollywood icon Natalie Wood and her sister and actress Lana Wood is ready to speak out.

In her upcoming memoir, Little Sister: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood (Dey Street Books, Nov. 9), Lana offers an account of the life and death of her sister, while detailing new information from those directly involved in the investigation of Wood’s death.

After going missing from her family’s yacht, Splendour, Wood was found floating in the water wearing a red down jacket and flannel nightgown. She was pronounced dead at the age of 43 in 1981; however,...

Lana Wood is ready to revisit what happened to her sister and late Hollywood icon Natalie Wood.

The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce that Wood is set to release a new memoir, Little Sister: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, from Dey Street Books this November.

In the upcoming true crime memoir, Lana Wood will offer a raw account of the life and death of her sister, as she details new information from those directly involved in the investigation of Wood’s 1981 death. Lana will also address myths and misconceptions behind Wood’s death and share secrets she’s held onto for ...

Lana Wood is ready to revisit what happened to her sister and late Hollywood icon Natalie Wood.

The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce that Wood is set to release a new memoir, Little Sister: My Investigation into the Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, from Dey Street Books this November.

In the upcoming true crime memoir, Lana Wood will offer a raw account of the life and death of her sister, as she details new information from those directly involved in the investigation of Wood’s 1981 death. Lana will also address myths and misconceptions behind Wood’s death and share secrets she’s held onto for ...

Chicago – Sean Connery, who began a sensation when he first introduced himself as “Bond, James Bond” in his role as the spy in “Dr No” (1962) – and was able to redefine himself as a character actor after 10 years as Bond – passed away on October 31st, 2020, at his home in the Bahamas.

Born in Scotland to working class parents, Thomas Sean Connery worked his way up the show business ladder to the giddiest of heights, even winning a Best Supporting Oscar for his role in “The Untouchables” (1987). In his choice of roles, especially post-Bond, he was unpredictable and provocative, while staying humble to where he came from … Connery was a lifelong advocate for Scottish independence from England.

Sean Connery in ‘Goldfinger’

Photo credit: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios/Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Connery joined the Royal Navy at age 16, and worked several odd jobs after his discharge, including as an artist’s model,...

1979: Eon's "Mrs. Corey" kept an eye on Deborah's condition.

1979: Atwt's Lisa & Bob danced while Bennett fumed.

1984: Days' Salem mourned Roman at his wake.

1998: Gh's Alan found Tammy next to his dead drug dealer."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1941: On The Story of Mary Marlin, Davey's intended destination was exposed further. An NBC News bulletin, one of the first known casualty reports to come from Pearl Harbor, arrived just before the day's episode of this popular radio soap opera.

1941: On Vic & Sade,...

Actress Natalie Wood's still anguished, grieving sister Lana Wood explosively confronted the late star’s ex-husband Robert Wagner — and the sensational showdown was all caught on tape! In the bombshell encounter captured by acclaimed new podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, former Bond Girl Lana, now 72, pleaded with her former brother-in-law to talk to homicide investigators probing the mysterious death of her Oscar-winner sister. "Why won’t you speak to the detectives?" Lana charged. "Clear yourself if you can!" But hard-hearted Robert, 88 — who has stonewalled all attempts by police to discuss his former wife’s death on Nov. 29, 1981 — callously refused. "Why would you even bring up anything like that?" he asked. "I have talked to everybody… I just can’t believe it." The shocking run-in is one of two times Robert was confronted on tape about his role in Natalie’s death. Both face-to-face meetings were captured on audio devices,...

Actress Natalie Wood's still anguished, grieving sister Lana Wood explosively confronted the late star’s ex-husband Robert Wagner — and the sensational showdown was all caught on tape! In the bombshell encounter captured by acclaimed new podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, former Bond Girl Lana, now 72, pleaded with her former brother-in-law to talk to homicide investigators probing the mysterious death of her Oscar-winner sister. "Why won’t you speak to the detectives?" Lana charged. "Clear yourself if you can!" But hard-hearted Robert, 88 — who has stonewalled all attempts by police to discuss his former wife’s death on Nov. 29, 1981 — callously refused. "Why would you even bring up anything like that?" he asked. "I have talked to everybody… I just can’t believe it." The shocking run-in is one of two times Robert was confronted on tape about his role in Natalie’s death. Both face-to-face meetings were captured on audio devices,...

Actress Natalie Wood's still anguished, grieving sister Lana Wood explosively confronted the late star’s ex-husband Robert Wagner — and the sensational showdown was all caught on tape! In the bombshell encounter captured by acclaimed new podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, former Bond Girl Lana, now 72, pleaded with her former brother-in-law to talk to homicide investigators probing the mysterious death of her Oscar-winner sister. "Why won’t you speak to the detectives?" Lana charged. "Clear yourself if you can!" But hard-hearted Robert, 88 — who has stonewalled all attempts by police to discuss his former wife’s death on Nov. 29, 1981 — callously refused. "Why would you even bring up anything like that?" he asked. "I have talked to everybody… I just can’t believe it." The shocking run-in is one of two times Robert was confronted on tape about his role in Natalie’s death. Both face-to-face meetings were captured on audio devices,...

Robert Wagner plotted to blacklist his former sister-in-law from Hollywood following the mysterious death of his actress wife Natalie Wood, Lana Wood has now charged in a world exclusive interview. In a stunning tell-all with hit podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, Lana opened up about her one-time brother-in-law’s alleged antics following Natalie’s tragedy. “We chatted superficially for a couple minutes,” Lana, 72, told Fatal Voyage of an unsettling phone conversation she had with Hollywood exec Rowland Perkins shortly after Natalie’s death on November 28, 1981. Photo Credit: Getty Images Perkins, who died recently at 84, was one of the founding members of CAA, one of Hollywood’s largest and most powerful talent agencies. “He said, ‘I’m going to tell you something, and I’m going to tell you this because I really like you as a person,’” Lana continued. “He said, ‘Stop trying to get a job in production or acting.

Robert Wagner plotted to blacklist his former sister-in-law from Hollywood following the mysterious death of his actress wife Natalie Wood, Lana Wood has now charged in a world exclusive interview. In a stunning tell-all with hit podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, Lana opened up about her one-time brother-in-law’s alleged antics following Natalie’s tragedy. “We chatted superficially for a couple minutes,” Lana, 72, told Fatal Voyage of an unsettling phone conversation she had with Hollywood exec Rowland Perkins shortly after Natalie’s death on November 28, 1981. Photo Credit: Getty Images Perkins, who died recently at 84, was one of the founding members of CAA, one of Hollywood’s largest and most powerful talent agencies. “He said, ‘I’m going to tell you something, and I’m going to tell you this because I really like you as a person,’” Lana continued. “He said, ‘Stop trying to get a job in production or acting.

Robert Wagner plotted to blacklist his former sister-in-law from Hollywood following the mysterious death of his actress wife Natalie Wood, Lana Wood has now charged in a world exclusive interview. In a stunning tell-all with hit podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood, Lana opened up about her one-time brother-in-law’s alleged antics following Natalie’s tragedy. “We chatted superficially for a couple minutes,” Lana, 72, told Fatal Voyage of an unsettling phone conversation she had with Hollywood exec Rowland Perkins shortly after Natalie’s death on November 28, 1981. Photo Credit: Getty Images Perkins, who died recently at 84, was one of the founding members of CAA, one of Hollywood’s largest and most powerful talent agencies. “He said, ‘I’m going to tell you something, and I’m going to tell you this because I really like you as a person,’” Lana continued. “He said, ‘Stop trying to get a job in production or acting.

After Natalie Wood’s sister Lana Wood said she believes Robert Wagner killed the actress, the yacht captain from the night she died said he thinks the same.

“You could hear things being thrown around the state room,” Dennis Davern said on “Dr. Phil” on Friday. “I think the argument got out of control, she was knocked unconscious by a physical fight from Robert Wagner and put in the water.”

“Do you believe Robert Wagner murdered Natalie Wood?” Dr. Phil McGraw asked.

Also Read: Natalie Wood's Sister Says She Thinks Robert Wagner Killed Her

“I really do,” Davern responded.

Davern agreed with Lana Wood’s account that there was a big fight between Wagner and Wood and when Davern went to check in on the couple, Wagner allegedly told Davern to leave.

“When everything got quiet I thought, ‘something just isn’t right,'” Davern continued, saying that he then...

Decades after Natalie Wood's tragic death, the late actress' sister Lana Wood is speaking out about the star's November 1981 disappearance and her belief that Natalie's husband Robert Wagner was involved in her passing.  In a preview video exclusively obtained by In Touch of Lana's upcoming appearance on the Dr. Phil show alongside Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood podcast host Dylan Howard, Lana can be seen alleging that Robert has "something to hide" regarding Natalie's death. Watch the Dr. Phil preview clip below! "Police now believe this was foul play," podcast host Howard told Dr. Phil in the clip. Then the TV star asked Lana, 72, "Why do you think [Robert is] not talking to the police?" to which she replied, "He has something to hide." "Are you suggesting that he knocked her out and threw her in the water?" Dr. Phil later asked Lana, which prompted her to say,...

Decades after Natalie Wood's tragic death, the late actress' sister Lana Wood is speaking out about the star's November 1981 disappearance and her belief that Natalie's husband Robert Wagner was involved in her passing.  In a preview video exclusively obtained by Life & Style of Lana's upcoming appearance on the Dr. Phil show alongside Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood podcast host Dylan Howard, Lana can be seen alleging that Robert has "something to hide" regarding Natalie's death. Watch the Dr. Phil preview clip below! "Police now believe this was foul play," podcast host Howard told Dr. Phil in the clip. Then the TV star asked Lana, 72, "Why do you think [Robert is] not talking to the police?" to which she replied, "He has something to hide." "Are you suggesting that he knocked her out and threw her in the water?" Dr. Phil later asked Lana, which prompted her to say,...

Decades after Natalie Wood's tragic death, the late actress' sister Lana Wood is speaking out about the star's November 1981 disappearance and her belief that Natalie's husband Robert Wagner was involved in her passing. In a preview video exclusively obtained by Closer Weekly of Lana's upcoming appearance on the Dr. Phil show alongside Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood podcast host Dylan Howard, Lana can be seen alleging that Robert has "something to hide" regarding Natalie's death. Watch the Dr. Phil preview clip below! "Police now believe this was foul play," podcast host Howard told Dr. Phil in the clip. Then the TV star asked Lana, 72, "Why do you think [Robert is] not talking to the police?" to which she replied, "He has something to hide." "Are you suggesting that he knocked her out and threw her in the water?" Dr. Phil later asked Lana, which prompted her to say,...

Actress Natalie Wood seemed to hint at something sinister with husband Robert Wagner, allegedly telling her sister before her tragic death: “Sometimes it’s better to be with the devil you know, than the devil you don’t.” Lana Wood, now 72, revealed her famous sister’s eerie words to the creators of the blockbuster new podcast, Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. The 12-part audio documentary is the culmination of years of dogged investigative reporting by a team of journalists lead by host Dylan Howard — and exposes chilling new evidence suggesting Natalie could have been murdered. In the first four chapters, now available for download on iTunes, the podcast probed the tragic actress’ meteoric rise from child star to red carpet royalty, as well as her first marriage to fellow Hollywood actor Robert, now 88. That marriage ended in divorce in 1962, five years after they began dating, after Natalie...

Natalie Wood seemed to hint at something sinister with husband Robert Wagner, allegedly telling her sister before her tragic death: “Sometimes it’s better to be with the devil you know, than the devil you don’t.” Lana Wood, now 72, revealed her famous sister’s eerie words to the creators of the blockbuster new podcast, Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. The 12-part audio documentary is the culmination of years of dogged investigative reporting by a team of journalists lead by host Dylan Howard — and exposes chilling new evidence suggesting Wood could have been murdered. In the first four chapters, now available for download on iTunes, the podcast probed the tragic actress’ meteoric rise from child star to red carpet royalty, as well as her first marriage to fellow Hollywood actor Wagner, now 88. That marriage ended in divorce in 1962, five years after they began dating, after Wood discovered...

Natalie Wood seemed to hint at something sinister with husband Robert Wagner, allegedly telling her sister before her tragic death: “Sometimes it’s better to be with the devil you know, than the devil you don’t.” Lana Wood, now 72, revealed her famous sister’s eerie words to the creators of the blockbuster new podcast, Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. The 12-part audio documentary is the culmination of years of dogged investigative reporting by a team of journalists lead by host Dylan Howard — and exposes chilling new evidence suggesting Wood could have been murdered. In the first four chapters, now available for download on iTunes, the podcast probed the tragic actress’ meteoric rise from child star to red carpet royalty, as well as her first marriage to fellow Hollywood actor Wagner, now 88. That marriage ended in divorce in 1962, five years after they began dating, after Wood discovered...

Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner’s first marriage — a fairy tale Hollywood union that enthralled America — allegedly ended after she caught him in the arms of another man! This earthshaking revelation is just one of the many blockbusters to come from the third chapter of the hit new podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. The 12-part audio documentary charts Wood’s meteoric rise from child star to red carpet royalty — and exposes chilling new evidence suggesting she was murdered! The series is the culmination of years of investigative reporting. Its first three chapters are now available for download on iTunes. “She walked in, holding her hand, having some kind of cloth,” Natalie’s sister, Lana Wood, recalled in a world exclusive interview with the Fatal Voyage investigative team, led by the podcast’s host, Dylan Howard. “I don’t know if it was a napkin from a restaurant or what it was,...

Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner’s first marriage — a fairy tale Hollywood union that enthralled America — allegedly ended after she caught him in the arms of another man! This earthshaking revelation is just one of the many blockbusters to come from the third chapter of the hit new podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. The 12-part audio documentary charts Wood’s meteoric rise from child star to red carpet royalty — and exposes chilling new evidence suggesting she was murdered! The series is the culmination of years of investigative reporting. Its first three chapters are now available for download on iTunes. “She walked in, holding her hand, having some kind of cloth,” Natalie’s sister, Lana Wood, recalled in a world exclusive interview with the Fatal Voyage investigative team, led by the podcast’s host, Dylan Howard. “I don’t know if it was a napkin from a restaurant or what it was,...

Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner’s first marriage — a fairy tale Hollywood union that enthralled America — allegedly ended after she caught him in the arms of another man! This earthshaking revelation is just one of the many blockbusters to come from the third chapter of the hit new podcast Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. The 12-part audio documentary charts Wood’s meteoric rise from child star to red carpet royalty — and exposes chilling new evidence suggesting she was murdered! The series is the culmination of years of investigative reporting. Its first three chapters are now available for download on iTunes. "She walked in, holding her hand, having some kind of cloth,"Natalie’s sister, Lana Wood, recalled in a world exclusive interview with the Fatal Voyage investigative team, led by the podcast’s host, Dylan Howard. "I don’t know if it was a napkin from a restaurant or what it was,...

Actress Natalie Wood was raped by a powerful Hollywood figure during an “interview” that went on “for hours” inside the famed Chateau Marmont Hotel, the tragic actress' sister claims in a shocking new interview. These never-before-heard details about one of the most infamous moments in Tinseltown history are only now revealed in the second chapter of a blockbuster new podcast series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. In a world exclusive, Natalie’s sister Lana Wood breaks her long-held silence on what she recalled occurred on that terrible day when her beloved sibling was only 16 years old. “We drove her up to the Chateau Marmont and my mother and I sat in the cars for hours, to the point where I went to sleep, and that was the interview where Natalie was raped,” Lana told a team of investigative journalists lead by the podcast series’ host, Dylan Howard.

Thirty-seven years after the mysterious drowning death of Natalie Wood, her sister Lana Wood says she thinks Robert Wagner killed the actress.

“I know exactly what happened from what Dennis [the boat’s skipper] has told me,” Lana Wood told on Megyn Kelly on Wednesday morning.

“They had a fight, they had a bad fight, Dennis said it sounded like furniture was being thrown around and he knocked on the door, Rj [Wagner] opened it a little bit, said ‘mind your own business,’ so Dennis then left,” Lana continued while a guest on “Megyn Kelly Today.”

Also Read: Robert Wagner Called 'Person of Interest' in Natalie Wood's 1981 Death by Investigator

“He went outside, turned up the music because they were being so loud, and started walking towards the back of the boat. When he turned that corner, Rj was standing there. Dennis asked, ‘where is Natalie?’ and Rj said, ‘she’s gone.'...

It has all the elements of a big-screen blockbuster — a beautiful actress, a handsome leading man, a brooding fifth wheel and a moment of sickening terror with the most horrific consequences. Using in-depth firsthand accounts from new witnesses, the new podcast series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood investigates the night Hollywood’s leading lady went missing while on a yacht with her husband, Robert Wagner, and their friend Christopher Walken on the evening of November 28, 1981 — only to tragically turn up dead. To preview Fatal Voyage, Dylan Howard, host of the popular All Rise podcast, scored a world exclusive interview with Natalie’s sister, Lana Wood. Dylan Howard: Lana, what do you think happened? Lana Wood: I believe that there was a horrible fight onboard the Splendour. I think the evidence is also not just what Dennis Davern, the captain, has said, but the broken wine bottle and...

It has all the elements of a big-screen blockbuster — a beautiful actress, a handsome leading man, a brooding fifth wheel and a moment of sickening terror with the most horrific consequences. Using in-depth firsthand accounts from new witnesses, the new podcast series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood investigates the night Hollywood’s leading lady went missing while on a yacht with her husband, Robert Wagner, and their friend Christopher Walken on the evening of November 28, 1981 — only to tragically turn up dead. To preview Fatal Voyage, Dylan Howard, host of the popular All Rise podcast, scored a world exclusive interview with Natalie’s sister, Lana Wood. Dylan Howard: Lana, what do you think happened? Lana Wood: I believe that there was a horrible fight onboard the Splendour. I think the evidence is also not just what Dennis Davern, the captain, has said, but the broken wine bottle and...

It has all the elements of a big-screen blockbuster — a beautiful actress, a handsome leading man, a brooding fifth wheel and a moment of sickening terror with the most horrific consequences. Using in-depth firsthand accounts from new witnesses, the new podcast series Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood investigates the night Hollywood’s leading lady went missing while on a yacht with her husband, Robert Wagner, and their friend Christopher Walken on the evening of November 28, 1981 — only to tragically turn up dead. To preview Fatal Voyage, Dylan Howard, host of the popular All Rise podcast, scored a world exclusive interview with Natalie’s sister, Lana Wood. Dylan Howard: Lana, what do you think happened? Lana Wood: I believe that there was a horrible fight onboard the Splendour. I think the evidence is also not just what Dennis Davern, the captain, has said, but the broken wine bottle and...

Brainstorm probably wouldn't have gotten a release if the circumstances surrounding the film had of happened today. Its leading lady was found dead, and one of her co-stars was the last to see her alive. The movie marked the end of a career for iconic actress Natalie Wood. And it was released a short time after her untimely passing, once her death had been deemed an accident. But the case was reopened seven years ago. And now, Wood's then husband is officially a 'person of interest' in her possible murder.

Natalie Wood's drowning has always gone unexplained. But Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators are telling 48 Hours that Robert Wagner has become a 'person of interest' some four decades later. Wood was found dead in 1981, after disappearing from her family's yacht. A full interview delving into her disappearance and death is scheduled to be broadcast on CBS this Saturday, February 3 at 10 pm.

Mark Harrison Sep 19, 2017

Kingsman pulls the leg of the James Bond series - but how have the 007 films put across the relationship between Britain and the USA?

When Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service exploded into cinemas in 2015, it gave the iconic James Bond franchise much the same irreverent treatment that the director's previous Mark Millar adaptation, Kick-Ass, gave to comic book movies. Reviews focused on how the film recontextualised the familiar 007 tropes of guns, girls and gadgets through the lens of class, identity and that notorious final bum note.

In the sequel, Eggsy and the Kingsmen run up against a crime syndicate known as the Golden Circle with a little help from their American cousins, the Statesmen. It neatly shows us that American iconography plays much the same role for their opposite numbers, that liquor-themed codenames will stand in for Arthurian monikers, and most accurately of all, that...

The most-read book since Gone with the Wind looked at the coming of age struggle of an ambitious, upwardly mobile Jewish girl in the 1930s. This glossy film version gives Natalie Wood an ‘adult’ role and provides Gene Kelly with the seemingly optimal character of a troubled theatrical artiste. Good intentions aside, the show lacks guidance — and may have harmed Kelly’s acting career.

Marjorie Morningstar

Blu-ray

Kl Studio Classics

1958 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 128 min. / Street Date May 9, 2017 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane, Martin Milner, Carolyn Jones, Martin Balsam, Edd Byrnes, George Tobias, Jesse White, Paul Picerni, Ruta Lee, Shelley Fabares, Lana Wood.

Cinematography: Harry Stradling

Film Editor: Folmar Blangsted

Original Music: Max Steiner

Written by Everett Freeman from the novel by Herman Wouk

Produced by Milton Sperling

Directed by Irving Rapper

When doing interviews for West Side Story we found out that...

By Todd Garbarini

This weekend of August 12 through 14th, the Laemmle Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Los Angeles will be presenting a series of classic western films that will also feature special guests who are scheduled to come and speak about their work in the films. We strongly suggest checking with the theatre’s schedule to see which other guests are added.

From the press release:

Anniversary Classics Western Weekend

August 12-14 at the Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills

5 Classic Westerns with special guests throughout the weekend

Laemmle’s Anniversary Classics presents our tribute to the sagebrush genre with the Anniversary Classics Western Weekend, a five film round-up ​of some of the most celebrated westerns in movie history. The star-studded lineup features John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Kevin Costner, Montgomery Clift, Natalie Wood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef and others.

Numerous prominent stars from the James Bond films will be appearing this weekend at the Hollywood Collector's Show at Lax. James Bond himself, George Lazenby, will be there as well as some of the loveliest Bond ladies including Lana Wood, Luciana Paluzzi, Maryam d'Abo, Tanya Roberts, Diana Lee Hsu, Valerie Leon and Britt Ekland.  For info and tickets click here. ...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes release details for Zombie, Indiana, a Circus of the Dead teaser trailer, news on the line-up for FearFest Glasgow, an Escaping the Dead trailer, the trailer for Bb, and much more:

Zombie, Indiana Release Details: “The newest novel in Scott Kenemore’s bestselling series, Zombie, Indiana is the tale of a harrowing undead attack on the heartland of America. From the highest echelons of state government—to the gritty world of an eastside narcotics detective—to the elite folds of the state’s most-expensive prep school—this novel explores the impact of an invading zombie horde on a trio of Hoosier protagonists… each of whom has some dark secrets to keep.

Indiana governor Hank Burleson has spent eight years cutting social services, castrating the unions (not literally…yet), and chipping...

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a call for entries for Scream Factory’s 2013 Mini-Movie Massacre, a trailer for Alice D with Kane Hodder, details on a horror-based game show called Release the Hounds, video highlights of The Walking Dead‘s Norman Reedus’s interview with Conan O’Brien, and much more:

Scream Factory’s 2013 Mini-Movie Massacre Call for Entries: “Scream Factory, the premiere horror genre home entertainment provider, announced today the launch of its Mini-movie Massacre horror short film & video contest to be held on Scream Factory’s official YouTube channel Scream Factory TV. The call for entries is now open starting, October 31 through the deadline of November 17.

Presented by Scream Factory, the 2013 Mini-movie Massacre was created to shine the spotlights on some of today’s best independent horror short films and videos,...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes digital and DVD release information on The Seasoning House, a trailer for Loss of Life, first details on The Cage, the short film “Don’t Move,” and much more:

The Seasoning House Release Details: “Acclaimed prosthetic effects designer Paul Hyett (The Woman in Black, Unknown) makes his directorial debut with the harrowing horror revenge thriller The Seasoning House, debuting on Digital, Blu-ray™ and DVD December 10th from Well Go USA Entertainment. The chilling film stars Rosie Day (Sixteen), Sean Pertwee (Event Horizon), Kevin Howarth (Gallowwalkers, The Last Horror Movie) and Anna Walton (Hellboy II: The Golden Army). In The Seasoning House, young girls are prostituted to the military and an orphaned deaf mute (Day) is enslaved to care for them. She moves between the walls and crawlspaces, showing a little kindness when she can.

London, Mar h 31: Former Bond girl Lana Wood has revealed that she almost died while filming an underwater scene in 'Diamonds Are Forever'.

The 67-year-old actress, who had an affair with Sean Connery during the making of the movie, said that she had to be rescued by divers during a scene when her character Plenty O'Toole was drowned in a swimming pool, the Daily Express reported.

Wood said that in the film she was supposed to die by having her ankles tied to a block of cement and she actually did that.

She said that the longer she stayed in, the block of cement kept moving, and pretty soon she couldn't reach up for the.

 

Sean Connery and Lana Wood in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Throughout the month of April, the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California will be presenting big screen showings of classic James Bond movies including On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Live and Let Die, Octopussy, Licence to Kill and Diamonds Are Forever. Each screening will feature appearances and discussions with a star or stars of a specific film including George Lazenby, Benicio del Toro, David Hedison, Trina Parks, Lana Wood, Kristina Wayborne, Maud Adams and Gloria Hendry. Click here for info and to view original theatrical trailers. ...

Former pop star and pin-up Samantha Fox is to join the stars of Harry Potter, Primeval, Doctor Who and James Bond at the upcoming McM Birmingham Comic Con & Memorabilia on March 16 and 17.

The Comic Con and Memorabilia events are held side by side at the NEC, Birmingham. Comic Con visitors get into Memorabilia free of charge. Children under 10 get in free if accompanied by a paying adult.

Listed below are some of the star guests lined up for the shows.

Potter Personalities: Chris Rankin, who plays Percy Weasley in six of the blockbuster Harry Potter films, Steffan Rhodri, who was Reg Cattermole in Deathly Hallows and Hugh Mitchell, who appears as Gryffindor student Colin Creevey in The Order Of The Phoenix. Steffan is also famous for playing Dave in hit comedy Gavin & Stacey, and recently won plaudits as the voice of Drippy in acclaimed video game Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch.

The new edition of the Indie Spotlight contains the latest independent horror news sent our way. In this week’s feature, we have the first information on this year’s CineMayhem Film Festival, details on Return to Nuke ‘Em High Vol. I & II, the first photos from Warhouse, and much more:

CineMayhem Film Festival Announced: “Created as a way to pay homage to and celebrate the spirit of independent filmmaking and those unafraid to take risks with their storytelling, CineMayhem’s diverse line-up includes advanced screenings of two highly anticipated genre projects including Magnet Releasing’s visceral horror anthology The ABC’s Of Death and Breaking Glass Pictures’ mindbending drama K-11 directed by Jules Stewart (Crank: High Voltage, Mortal Kombat).

CineMayhem is also thrilled to announce that it will also be hosting the World Premieres of Roadside directed by Eric England (Madison County) and the latest short film from Ryan Spindell...

The latest edition of the Indie Spotlight contains all of the recent independent horror news sent our way. In this feature, we have a look at a Behind the Mask Leslie Vernon action figure, details on an upcoming screening of Teller’s Play Dead, multiple trailers, and more:

Behind the Mask’s Leslie Vernon Action Figure: “This Rhode Island based toy company has their first line of licensed product out that will surely be a surprise to quite a few horror fans out there. Based on the character from the 2006 movie “Behind the Mask, The Rise of Leslie Vernon”. They have just released their 7” action figure and limited edition reproductions of the mask & scythe props from the movie.

It’s one of the best horror movies in the last 10 years and we’re very excited to have this as our first license says president Neal DeConte who started the company...

I'm not writing this as some kind of definitive list, but more in response to The Playlist's ranking of what writer Oliver Lyttelton considers to be the five worst James Bond film. His list includes Diamonds are Forever (1971), Moonraker (1979) disagree, Licence To Kill (1989), Die Another Day (2002) and Quantum of Solace (2008). Of course, like all lists these are someone else's opinion and pretending one's opinion is "right" over someone else's is preposterous, but Lyttleton's list made for a good starting point. Of the films on his list, Diamonds are Forever and Die Another Day are spot on. The only real redeeming factor in Diamonds is Lana Wood as Plenty O'Toole and I will admit to liking Rick Yune's face scarred with diamonds in Die Another Day, but otherwise it is a disaster. I will say Moonraker is probably the closest of his remaining three films to making my list of...

With a mask somewhat reminiscent of Rorschach from Watchmen or Kroenen from Hellboy, the mysterious Dr Savior has been unveiled in upcoming horror film Donors.

Behind the mask of the "diabolical" doctor (above) is genre actor/producer DJ Perry. Earlier this year, we brought you the first teaser poster and some cast pictures featuring Perry alongside co-stars French/Philippine beauty Anne Gauthier and former Bond girl Lana Wood (famous for her role as Plenty O'Toole in 1971's Diamonds Are Forever starring Sean Connery), who is playing a character called Norma.

Paisaen Productions in association with Collective Development Inc has today announced that the Charles Pisaeno-directed horror thriller has moved into post-production sound and scoring.

The film, also written by Pisaeno, is about a troubled young woman (Niki Saletta, pictured below) abducted by a mysterious man known as Doctor Savior (DJ Perry).

In desperation the woman seeks to get help...

James Bond 007 Declassified File #7: "Diamonds Are Forever" This series will trace the cinema history of James Bond, while also examining Ian Fleming's original novels as source material and examining how faithful (or not) the films have been to his work. Directed by Guy Hamilton Screenplay by Richard Maibuam and Tom Makiewicz Produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli Characters / Cast James Bond / Sean Connery Tiffany Case / Jill St. John Ernst Stavro Blofeld / Charles Gray Plenty O'Toole / Lana Wood Willard Whyte / Jimmy Dean Saxby / Bruce Cabot Mr. Kidd / Putter Smith Mr....

Full disclosure: an online screener of this film was provided by Midnight Releasing. Director: Robert H. Gwinn. Writer: Charles Pisaeno. Cast: DJ Perry, Terence Knox, Johnny Dark and Lana Wood. Tagline: "It's All in the Plans." Deadly Renovations was initially titled the simpler Renovations. It has been given a name change, perhaps, to make it sound more dangerous. The film does host a dangerous killer who seeks 2 million dollars of stolen cash from the Hotel del Sol. To release on DVD August 21 through Midnight Releasing, Deadly Renovations is an indie thriller with some adequate tension during the finale. You will just need to be patient to get there. The film begins with several friends and a new project. They hope to renovate the Hotel del Sol and flip it for profit. Unfortunately for them, there are a group of thieves working in the darkness. The thieves want to find...