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Name That Chest… actually, name that face!
In the Oscar-winning film pictured, this mystery actress co-starred with two other great actresses. Their stories were linked by a novel. The mystery actress also has a film out this week. Did you guess the identity of the star in … Continue reading →
Couch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: What do Shirley MacLaine and Barbra Streisand have in common?
Well, the answer is… many things probably, but today – 24th April – it’s their birthday that they share (Shirley MacLaine is 78, and Barbra Streisand is 70). Apparently (according to wikipedia), these two actress friends spend their birthday together … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbra Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment
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Thought for the Day from Funny Girl
“You think beautiful girls are going to stay in style forever? I should say not! Any minute now they’re going to be out! Finished! Then it’ll be my turn!” Funny Girl (1968) Discuss this film on our Movie Talk Facebook … Continue reading →
Couch Potato’s Top Women in the World of Film
I wanted to feature a celebration of outstanding women in the film industry to mark the International Women’s Day Centenary today. But there are so many women deserving of acknowledgement, and no time to list them all. So I’ve pulled … Continue reading →
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Tagged Australia, Barbra Streisand, Butterfield 8, Dorothy Arzner, Drew Barrymore, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellen Kuras, Emma Thompson, Internatioanl Women's Day, julie & julia, Kathryn Bigelow, Kathryn Hepburn, Love Actually, Lucille Ball, Mandy Walker, Maryse Alberti, Meryl Streep, My Mother's Curse, Nora Ephron, Oprah Winfrey, precious, Sense & Sensibility, Sleepless In Seattle, The Color Purple, The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Hurt Locker, The Iron Lady, The Wedding Singer, The Wild Party, The Wrestler, When Harry Met Sally, you've got mail
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Couch Potato Pickings | Nine – great cast, shame about the songs
If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. To activate the sound in the trailer: hold your cursor over the … Continue reading →
Couch Potato Pickings | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – Tina Turner and other singer/actresses
When you look up Tina Turner on Wikipedia, she’s described as a singer and an actress. Now, of course that’s not incorrect. Tina has starred in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – that post-apocalyptic action thriller sequel co-starring Mel Gibson. She … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbra Streisand, Beaches, Bette Midler, Beyoncé, cadillac records, Cher, Debbie Gibson, Desperately Seeking Susan, Dolly Parton, Evita, Funny Girl, Glitter, I Will Always Love You, Jennifer Lopez, mad max beyond thunderdome, Madonna, Maid in Manhattan, mariah carey, Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus, Mel Gibson, Moonstruck, Nine to Five, precious, the bodyguard, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston
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Couch Potato Pickings | Flashdance and other great title songs
How can you not love 1980s dance drama Flashdance? It not only stars the lovely Jennifer Beals, but it has one of the best original title songs from the world of movies – Flashdance (What a Feeling). Do you agree? … Continue reading →
Couch Potato Pickings | What’s Love Got to Do with It
Tennessee-born Anna Mae Bullock began her music career in the 1960s after meeting blues musician Ike Turner. She went on to marry him, and changed her name to Tina Turner as her music career took off. Based on her autobiography … Continue reading →
Couch Potato Pickings | Eyes of Laura Mars
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video In this horror thriller Faye Dunaway plays a fashion photographer with the gift of premonition, who ‘sees’ her friends being murdered before they are killed in reality. Have … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbra Streisand, eyes in horror, Eyes of Laura Mars, Eyes Without a Face, fashion, Faye Dunaway, Let's all chant, Michael Zager Band, models, My Little Eye, Native New Yorker, New York, Odyssey, Peeping Tom, photography, Prisoner, Rec, The Blair Witch Project, The Eye, The Hills Have Eyes, Tommy Lee Jones, Voyeurism
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Dirty Dancing 2
Couch Potato Pickings On BBC1 tonight at 11.40pm Fans will always pay up to try and squeeze a little but more out of their favourite movie and unsurprisingly Dirty Dancing 2 (also known as Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights) did far … Continue reading →
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Tagged Barbra Streisand, Dirty Dancing 2, Dirty Dancing:Havana Nights, Fairuza Balk, Funny Girl, Funny Lady, Graffiti Bridge, Grease, Grease 2, High School Musical, John Travolta, Judy Garland, Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Newton John, Patrick Swayze, Prince, Purple Rain, Return to Oz, Wizard of Oz
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