PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive: Hugh Jackman

The votes are in and the verdict is…

Hugh Jackman is officially the Sexiest Man Alive.

I have to say I saw that coming. I mean, c’mon. Just look at him. He’s perfect.

Paul Newman, actor who personified cool, dies

WESTPORT, Conn. — Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as “Hud,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “The Color of Money” — followed by a second act as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He was 83.

Newman died Friday at his farmhouse near Westport following a long battle with cancer, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.

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Pat O’Brien quits “The Insider”

Natalie Finn – eOnline

Natalie says:
“Pat O’Brien is hanging up his mic.

The longtime TV personality is leaving his post as a correspondent on the syndicated celebrity-gossip show The Insider after more than four years on the job…”

Was it just time to move on, or were there deeper reasons for his departure? Read on…

Click HERE for the full story.

If he DID leave for the reasons that are alluded to in the story, well, then I’d have to say I admire his decision and I wish more people in positions of influence would follow suit.

Master of Hollywood Voiceovers, Don LaFontaine, Dies at 68

I loved this guy. His voice reminded me of my father’s voice. We’ll miss him. For more on this story, go to:
Et Online – Don LaFontaine dies at 68.

“Tarleton Twin” Gone With The Wind Actor, Fred Crane, Dies at 90

Fred Crane, the old-school actor whose distinct Southern drawl got him a role in the 1939 classic film as one of Scarlett O’Hara’s suitors in “Gone With the Wind,” has died. Crane played the part of one of the Tarleton twins.

Crane came by his role by chance when he accompanied his cousin to the movie audition. His accent was such a hit he landed the role of Brent Tarleton, the character that spoke the opening lines to the movie, “What do we care if we were expelled from college, Scarlett? The war is going to start any day now, so we’d have left college anyhow.”

Scarlett, played by the beautiful Vivien Leigh, replied to Brent and his twin brother, played by George Reeves (who later played Superman), “Fiddle-dee-dee. War, war, war. This war talk’s spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream.”

His 5th wife, Terry Lynn Crane, said that he died Thursday of complications from diabetes. She did not give any further details. He was 90 years old an is survived by four children, eight grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Heath’s Co-Stars Give Matilda Ledger Their Salaries

Heath may have gone to that great Theater in the Sky, but Chivalry, thank goodness, is not dead…
Matilda Ledger’s Guardian Angels