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Author Topic: Hollywood Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-08-2006 02:39 PM                        Rated G Lorraine While preparing for his role in "The Wild" (2006), Kiefer Sutherland had to practice roaring like a ferocious lion. In order to avoid embarrassment, he decided to practice alone, while driving, rather than at home in front of his family. While roaring away on the freeway one day, Kiefer looked over and was embarrassed to discover that a woman driving in his blind spot had been watching him.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-09-2006 08:57 AM                        Rated G cutie pa2ti "A new cologne is coming out. It's for cowboys and it's made from cow manure. That way the women will be on you like flies." ~Bill Maher~  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-20-2006 05:30 PM                        Rated G Nicolas Cage started life as Nicholas Coppola, but changed it to disassociate himself with famous film director Uncle Francis Ford Coppola. The name 'Cage' came from the comic book character 'Luke Cage'. • Red Buttons was originally known as Aaron Chwatt. The idea for his new name came from his hair colour and the 48 buttons on his bellboy's uniform. • Bette Davis started out as Ruth Davis but changed to Bette after Balzac's cousin Bette. • The Phantom of the Opera star was once called Michael Dumble-Smith. The unsurprising desire for a name change was concluded after he saw a passing Crawford's buscuit lorry. • The former Roy Scherer became Rock Hudson after his agent searched the globe for an alternative, coming up with an amalgamation of the Hudson River and the Rock of Gibraltar. • Orginally Susan Weaver, Sigourney picked out her unusual new name from a character in the novel, The Great Gatsby. • Oprah is actually a typo. Her parents wanted to use the biblical name Orpah, but the midwife couldn't spell so it became Oprah. • Friends star Luke Perry was originally Coy Luther Perry but changed to Luke after the character in his favourite movie, Cool Hand Luke. • Originally Doris Von Kappellof, Doris followed the wise advice of band leader Barney Rapp and changed her name. She used to sing the song 'Day after Day' for him. • Born Frank Cooper, his agent persuaded him to change to Gary after the agent's home town - Gary, Indiana.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-20-2006 05:33 PM                        Rated G FROM HUMBLE BEGININGS • Oscar nominated actor Tom Berenger earlier appeared in US soap 'One Life to Live'. HIs luckless character, Tom Siegel fell in love with a nun and died after falling down some stairs. • Another Hollywood box office hit, Tommy Lee Jones, also appeared in 'One Life to Live'. His character, Mark Toland, was involved in blackmail, affairs and was wanted for murder. In all, Jones spent four years on the soap. • An early acting job for Kevin Kline was as the character, Woody Reed in the US soap, Search For Tomorrow. • Broadway and West End singing sensation Elaine Paige served her apprenticeship in UK soap Crossroads. She had a small part as Caroline Winthrop in the late sixties. • The 'Three Men & a Baby' star, Tom Selleck was once better known as Jed Andrews in US soap, The Young & The Restless. • Clockwork Orange star, Malcolm McDowell is another Crossroads refugee having played the role of Crispin Ryder in the popular UK soap. • The star of Ghandi played Ron Jenkins in UK soap Coronation Street before hitting the big time. • AbFab star and ex Avenger, Joanna Lumley is also another Coronation Street ex. She played Elaine Perkins in the Street (1973) • And the final Coronation Street link is Monkee's front man Davy Jones. He played Ena Sharples grandson, Colin Lomax in an episode back in 1961. • Before wearing underpants the wrong way round made him a household name, the Superman superstar got another famous record. He became the first person to be called a Bastard on US daytime TV, playing love cheat Ben Harper in 'Love of Life'  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-20-2006 05:35 PM                        Rated G Lon Chaney's great skill as a silent film actor came about as a result of his upbringing. Both of his parents were deaf-mutes, so he learned to communicate by expressive pantomime. • Hollywood director Steven Spielberg played a cameo role as the clerk who receives Dan Ackroyd and John Belushi's money at the end of the Blues Brothers. • Max Von Sydow plays Jesus Christ in 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' and Satan in 'Needful Things', the only actor to play both parts. • Ed Koch, the Mayor of New York in 1984, played himself in the film, The Muppets Take Manhattan. • Stephen King, no stranger to taking walk on roles in the films of his own novels, played the minister at a funeral in the 1989 adaptation of his book, Pet Cemetery. • Actress Sissy Spacek got so into the part of Carrie that she slept with fake pig's blood all over her to ensure continuity. • David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, was also in the Stanley Kubrick classic 'A Clockwork Orange'. He is the caretaker of the man who was beaten by Malcolm McDowell's character and his gang. David Prowse carries the man who is now in a wheel chair around the house. • Ronald Reagan was the only president to have ever worn a NAZI uniform. (Of course. he wore it as an actor in a movie) • Artist Pablo Picasso appeared in a crowd scene in Jean Cocteau's 1962 film, The Testament of Orpheus. • Both actors that have played 'Mr. Rourke' on the 'Fantasy Island' television programs have also played a villain on 'Star Trek'.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-21-2006 03:06 PM                        Rated G Lorraine "There's no thief like a bad movie." (Sam Ewing)  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-06-2006 03:15 PM                        Rated G Sam WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE MOVIES Imagine you lived a remote life but had satellite television and were able to see movies all of the time. How misguided would your life be? Below are a few of the things that you would have learned. 1. All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her. 2. If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year. 3. All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French Bread. 4. Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while SCUBA diving 5. During all police investigations it will be necessary to visit a strip club at least once. 6. All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555. 7. The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris 8. Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do. 9. Most laptop computers are powerful enough to override the communication systems of any invading alien civilisation. 10. If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear. 11. It is always possible to park directly outside the building you are visiting. 12. All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readouts so you know exactly when they're going to go off. 13. When they are alone, all non-native English speakers prefer to speak English to each other. 14. When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare. 15. A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 04-06-2006 03:18 PM                        Rated G Jorge A DICTIONARY OF HOLLYWOOD VERBS To "schmooze" = befriend scum To "pitch" = grovel shamelessly To "brainstorm" = feign preparedness To "research" = procrastinate indefinitely To "network" = spread misinformation To "collaborate" = argue incessantly To "freelance" = collect unemployment NOUNS Agent = frustrated lawyer Lawyer = frustrated producer Producer = frustrated writer Writer = frustrated director Director = frustrated actor Actor = frustrated human COMPOUND WORDS High-concept = low brow Production values1 = gore Production values2 = explosions Entry level = pays nothing Network-approved = has made them money Highly qualified = knows the producer FINANCIAL TERMS Net = something that apparently doesn't exist Gross = Michael Eisner's salary Back End = you, if you think you'll ever see any Residuals = braces for the kids Deferral = don't hold your breath Points = see "Net " or "Back End" COMMON PHRASES You can trust me = You must be new It needs some polishing = Change everything It shows promise = It stinks rotten It needs some fine tuning = Change everything She got great press = She'll never live down the embarrassment I'd like some input = I want total control It needs some honing = Change everything Call me back next week = Stay out of my life It needs some tightening = Change everything Try and punch it up = I have no idea what I want It needs some streamlining = Change everything It's all up on the screen = You'll never find the money I embezzled You'll never work in this town again = I have no power whatsoever.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-16-2006 03:37 PM                        Rated G Lorraine Walt Disney got his idea for Mickey Mouse while he worked in a garage. He was watching the mice play one night and got the inspiration for Mortimer Mouse. He didn't change the name until shortly before he finished the first Mickey Mouse cartoon--the 1928 "Steamboat Willie".  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-05-2007 11:03 AM                        Rated G Betsy Some movie directors get carried away with the search for the perfect scene. When Sydney Pollack directed The Electric Horseman, he reshot the big kiss between Robert Redford and Jane Fonda fifty times. The film's accountant estimated that the single kiss cost the studio $300,000, commenting, "It would have been cheaper if Redford had kissed the horse."  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-05-2007 11:17 AM                        Rated G Lorraine One day during the production of Sophie's Choice, Meryl Streep was required to shoot the pivotal scene in which her character, standing with her young son and daughter in a "selection line" in a Nazi concentration camp, is forced by a German guard to choose one of the children to be sent for extermination. As the scene came to an end Streep, who later called it the most emotionally grueling of her career, was surprised that Pakula, for whom she felt a great emotional kinship, had not called 'cut.' "I thought, 'My God, he's overwhelmed...'" Streep promptly looked over to where the director was sitting with his cinematographer - and was shocked to find that both men, with their heads tilted back, had fallen sound asleep!  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-05-2007 11:18 AM                        Rated G Lorraine Pianist Victor Borge (1909-2000) was once asked why the keys on his piano were so yellow. Borge insisted that, notwithstanding the evidence, the piano was not very old. His explanation? "The elephant," he declared, "smoked too much."  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-15-2007 11:54 AM                        Rated G Bruce "This is America. If you don't like spaghetti and meatballs, then you can just get the hell out!" --Steve Buscemi as the homeless guy in "Big Daddy" "Ummm... a malt Glen Garry for me and my friend here. And if you tell that bartender to go extra easy on the water, this 50 cent piece has your name on it." --Vince Vaughn in SWINGERS "Baseball's hard. You can love it but, believe me, it don't always love you back. It's kinda like dating a German chick." --Billy Bob Thornton as Buttermaker in "Bad News Bears" Honesty is the key to a relationship - If you can fake that, you're in... --Emo Phillips  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 02-19-2007 09:35 AM                        Rated G B.B. "The rumor in Hollywood right now is that Al Gore may announce he's running for president during a speech at the Academy Awards. That's right folks, they found a way to make Oscar speeches even more boring." -- Conan O'Brien  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-01-2007 01:53 PM                        Rated G "Did you all watch the Oscars last night? It was so long the memorial clip actually featured people who were alive when the show began." - Jay Leno  |  IP: Logged

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