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Ryan Gosling Gushes He Landed 'Girl Of My Dreams' As He Accepts Kirk Douglas Award
Ryan Gosling gushed that his movie career landed him "the girl of my dreams" in wife Eva Mendes and their two "dream children", as he was bestowed with the prestigious Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 15 January 2024
'It's A Very Delicate Balance': Dame Helen Mirren On Playing Characters With A Different Heritage
Dame Helen Mirren has acknowledged there is a "very delicate balance" to playing people with a different heritage.The 78-year-old star plays former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv's biopic 'Golda' although her casting...
By Bang Showbiz in Movies / TV / Theatre on 02 October 2023
'He Was A Flirt Until The Very End': Michael Douglas' Tribute To Late Father Kirk
Kirk Douglas ''was a flirt until the very end''. The Hollywood legend died on February 5 at the age of 103 and his son Michael, 75, revealed the veteran star was constantly teasing him and...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 16 May 2020
Kirk Douglas Thrilled With Dean O'gorman's Trumbo Performance
The Lord of The Rings actor plays Douglas as a young man in the film, which features Bryan Cranston as the blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Before taking on the part, Dean...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 06 November 2015
Hollywood Executive Roger H. Davis Dies At 92
The William Morris Agency boss passed away in Los Angeles on Sunday (16Aug15) following a long battle with cancer. Davis began his career as an attorney in the 1950s before joining...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 17 August 2015
Kirk Douglas: 'Hunting Wild Animals Was Most Stupid Thing I've Ever Done'
In a blog post for The Huffington Post, the actor describes his experiences of the wild game hunting trip to Africa, which was documented by a photographer for a book called Great Hunts....
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 August 2015
Oscar Helped Michael Douglas Overcome Stage Fright
The star reveals he suffered from crippling stage fright in college and it wasn't until he took home the Academy Award for Wall Street that he felt confident in his abilities as an...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 15 July 2015
Michael Douglas Pays Tribute To Mother
Michael Douglas has hailed his late mother as ''a class act''.The 'Ant-Man' actor's mum Diana Douglas Webster - the first wife of his father Kirk - passed away from cancer at the age of 92...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 July 2015
Michael Douglas On His Late Mother, Describes Her As A “Lady” & “Class Act”
Michael Douglas described his late mother, Diana Douglas, as a “class act” during a recent appearance at a press screening of his soon-to-be-released movie, Ant-Man, on Monday (13th July). Diana died earlier this month at...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 14 July 2015
Michael Douglas: 'My Father Is Doing Ok After Mother's Death'
Michael's actress mother Diana, Kirk's first wife, passed away on Friday (03Jul15) after a battle with cancer, but the Wall Street actor honoured his commitments for upcoming superhero movie Ant-Man and flew into...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 July 2015
Michael Douglas' Actress Mother Loses Cancer Battle
Diana Douglas, the first wife of the movie star's father Kirk, passed away at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in Woodland Hills, California on Friday (03Jul15) after losing her battle with cancer....
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 July 2015
Diana Douglas, Actress And Mother Of Michael Douglas Dies Aged 92
Actress Diana Douglas the mother of Michael Douglas and the first wife of Kirk Douglas has died aged 92, her husband Donald Webster confirmed. Douglas died on Friday at the Motion Picture and Television Home...
By Stephanie Chase in Movies / TV / Theatre on 05 July 2015
Michael Douglas Preparing For Father's 100th Birthday
The Spartacus star is set to reach the milestone on 9 December, 2016 and his son is adamant the sprightly 98 year old is keeping well by taking on projects such as poetry...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29 June 2015
Actress/singer Monica Lewis Dies At 93
The star passed away of natural causes in Woodland Hills, California on Friday (12Jun15). Lewis was best known for providing the singing voice for the Miss Chiquita Banana TV commercial character...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 14 June 2015
Michael Douglas Credits Young Son With Newfound Spirituality
The Wall Street actor reveals his 14-year-old boy with wife Catherine Zeta-Jones has completely embraced the religion, much to his grandfather Kirk Douglas' delight, and his enthusiasm has rubbed off on the movie...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 08 April 2015
Kirk Douglas Pays Heartfelt Tribute To Late Lauren Bacall
Actor Kirk Douglas has paid tribute to Lauren Bacall in an article published in the new issue of The Hollywood Reporter.The 89-year-old movie legend died after suffering a stroke at her home in Manhattan, New...
By World Entertainment News Network in Movies / TV / Theatre on 21 August 2014
Naomi Campbell Didn't Recognise Harry Styles
Naomi Campbell failed to recognise Harry Styles when they met.The supermodel stunned her friend Kate Moss when she mistook the One Direction heartthrob for the child of one of their other model friends backstage at...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 05 November 2013
Prince Apologises For Damaging Borrowed The Roots Star's Guitar During Tv Set
Prince has apologised to The Roots' musician Kirk Douglas after trashing his guitar during a late-night Tv set in New York last week (01Mar13).The enigmatic Purple Rain hitmaker asked to borrow Douglas' 1961 Epiphone Crestwood...
By WENN on 07 March 2013
Steven Spielberg Named President Of Cannes Film Festival Jury
Steven Spielberg will be president of the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival.The notorious director - who won the festival's top Palme d'Or prize in 1974 for his film 'The Sugarland Express' - will...
By Bang Showbiz on 28 February 2013
Pictures: Over 3,500 Meals Served Up At The 76th Thanksgiving La Mission
Veteran movie star Kirk Douglas chips in for the Thanksgiving LA MissionThis Thanksgiving marks the 76th anniversary that the Los Angeles Mission serves out a festive meal to the hundreds of unfortunate homeless people who...
By Contributor in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 22 November 2012
Pink Panther Star Herbert Lom Dies, Aged 95
Herbert Lom, the actor best known for playing Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther movies, has died aged 95. He may have starred alongside Hollywood greats Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston and Alec Guinness, he may...
By Hayley Avron on 27 September 2012
Kirk Douglas Doubles Skid Row Pledge To $10 Million
Kirk Douglas has doubled his pledge for a Los Angeles charity, reports The Washington post.In an act of generosity, Kirk Douglas has doubled the previous pledge of $5m to the Anne Douglas Center for Women...
By Lew Irwin on 14 September 2012
Kirk Douglas Donates $5 Million To Women's Shelter
Actor Kirk Douglas has donated another $5 million (£3.1 million) to a women's homeless shelter in Los Angeles.The Spartacus star and his wife Anne recently pledged a massive $50 million (£31 million) donation to five...
By WENN on 14 September 2012
Kirk Douglas Honoured At Special Spartacus Screening
Veteran actor Kirk Douglas was overcome with emotion during a special screening of his movie Spartacus when members of the audience stood up and started shouting his most famous line in the film.The 1960 epic...
By WENN on 15 August 2012
Kirk Douglas Teams Up With Tv Spartacus To Launch New Memoir
Movie legend Kirk Douglas is teaming up with TV's new Spartacus to launch his new new memoir about the making of the 1960 film classic.The 95 year old is releasing I Am Spartacus! Making a...
By WENN on 17 May 2012
James Farentino, Star Of 'The Final Countdown', Dies Aged 73
James Farentino, the American actor who graced TV, film and stage in almost 100 different roles, has passed away aged 73. Farentino had been ill for a long period before passing away yesterday, January 25th...
By WENN on 26 January 2012
Er Star James Farentino Dies Aged 73
James Farentino, the veteran television actor best known for playing George Clooney's estranged on-screen father on ER, has died aged 73. A family spokesman told the Los Angeles that James passed away on Tuesday (24...
By WENN on 25 January 2012
Kirk Douglas Celebrates 95th Birthday
Kirk Douglas, the legendary American stage and film actor, turned 95-years-old on Friday (December 9, 2011). He lies at No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the Greatest Male American Screen Legends of...
By WENN on 09 December 2011
Gilles Marini Overjoyed By Kirk Douglas' Play Approval
Hollywood icon Kirk Douglas has made actor Gilles Marini's day after giving his new play This the seal of approval.The Sex and the City movie star makes his stage debut in Melissa James Gibson's drama,...
By WENN on 15 August 2011
Kirk Douglas Upstages James Franco At The Oscars
Kirk Douglas upstaged ACADEMY AWARD hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway during a surprise appearance at the Oscars last night (27th February 2011), according to the New York Daily News.Kirk Douglas, the veteran Hollywood actor,...
By Lew Irwin on 28 February 2011
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