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Hollywood legend Tony Curtis dies at 85
Source: MSNBC Oscar-nominated actor Tony Curtis has died at age 85, Entertainment Tonight reported Thursday. Entertainment Tonight said a representative for the actor's daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, confirmed the death but did not provide further details. Curtis appeared in Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon, and received an Oscar nomination in 1959 for "The Defiant Ones," in which he starred with Sidney Poitier. Born Bernard Schwartz in New York City on June...

Tony Curtis, Hollywood Legend, Dies at 85
That something different led him through a career as a big-screen heartthrob, a comedy talent, a dramatic Actor and an Oscar nominee, says Whitaker. After a series of frivolous movies that exploited his handsome physique and appealing personality, Curtis moved to more substantial roles, starting in 1957 in the harrowing show business tale "Sweet Smell of Success." In 1958, "The Defiant Ones" brought him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his portrayal of a white Racist escaped convict...

Tony Curtis: Versatile actor Curtis dies at 85
Tony Curtis was a strikingly handsome 23-year-old native New Yorker playing the lead in an off-Broadway production of "Golden Boy" in 1948 when he was spotted by a Universal Pictures talent scout. Sent west for a screen test, he signed a seven-year contract at $75 a week. "I got into movies so easy it was scary," Curtis told the Denver Post in 1996. The former Bernie Schwartz went on to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the 1950s and '60s, one whose early reputation as a "pretty boy"...

Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas-area home
Curtis began in acting with frivolous movies that exploited his handsome physique and appealing personality but then steadily moved to more substantial roles, starting in 1957 in the harrowing show business tale "Sweet Smell of Success." In 1958, "The Defiant Ones" brought him an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor for his portrayal of a white Racist escaped convict handcuffed to a black escapee, Sidney Poitier. The following year, he donned women's clothing and sparred with Marilyn Monroe in...

Oscar-nominated actor Tony Curtis dies: report
Los Angeles | Thu Sep 30, 2010 7:17am EDT Los Angeles (Reuters) - Tony Curtis, whose good looks made him a Hollywood star well before he became an accomplished actor in movies such as "The Sweet Smell of Success" and "Some Like It Hot," died at his home in Nevada, ABC News reported Thursday. He was 85. Curtis, one of the biggest Box-office stars of the 1950s and one of Hollywood's busiest playboys during that time, died in bed at midnight in Henderson, Nevada, ABC said, citing his business...

Postscript: Tony Curtis
The actor Tony Curtis died Wednesday evening , in Henderson, Nevada, at the age of eighty-five. Curtis, who appeared in more than a hundred feature and TV films during his six-decade-long career, received an Oscar nomination for his performance in “The Defiant Ones,” but he is perhaps most fondly remembered for co-starring with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder’s “Some Like it Hot.” In 2001, Anthony Lane reviewed a book about that film and...

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Hollywood legend Tony Curtis dies at 85
breaking news Oscar-nominated actor Tony Curtis has died at age 85, the Clark County, Nev., coroner said Thursday. Coroner Mike Murphy said the 85-year-old actor died at 9:25 p.m. MDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a Cardiac Arrest. Entertainment Tonight first reported the news of Curtis's death, citing a representative for the actor's daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis. More U.S. news

Tony Curtis: his life and career in pictures
Tony Curtis, the Oscar-nominated actor, has died at the age of 85.

Workers of the Continent unite to fight the cuts
WORKERS have clashed with Police across Europe in a day of demonstrations against job and public Spending Cuts. Anti-riot vans drive through central Barcelona during clashes between demonstrators and Police yesterday. Picture: AFP/Getty Images The action caused havoc to transport, with flights between Scotland and Spain among those cancelled. Trains and buses were also shut down in several countries, with doctors walking out in Greece and a huge march in Brussels. Demonstrations were...

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My beloved grandmother passed away almost one week ago and I’m in DC & Baltimore for the Funeral. I’ll share my tribute to her with you later this week. In the meantime, this means there’ll be very light posting from me this week. There’s my blood family and there’s my JJP fam — thanks for being there and for coming back. Above, I offer you Mos Def with Black Thought & The Roots performing “Umi Says”. Umi means grandmother. One of the...

Sad News
My beloved grandmother passed away almost one week ago and I’m in DC & Baltimore for the Funeral. I’ll share my tribute to her with you later this week. In the meantime, this means there’ll be very light posting from me this week. There’s my blood family and there’s my JJP fam — thanks for being there and for coming back. Above, I offer you Mos Def with Black Thought & The Roots performing “Umi Says”. Umi means grandmother. One of the...

RIP Ahmed Maher
Former Egyptian minister of foreign affairs Ahmed Maher passed away earlier today after a sudden Heart Attack according to Egyptian media. His Funeral has been held from few hours ago in Cairo and has been attended by President Mubarak. AP described the late minister’s Diplomacy as low keyed one compared to the Diplomacy of Amr Moussa , well indeed Maher was not like Moussa but how you can describe now the Diplomacy of Ahmed Abu El-Gait I wonder !! May be his Diplomacy as a minister...

Hollywood legend Tony Curtis dies at 85
THE actor Tony Curtis - who was immortalised as the drag in comedy Some Like It Hot - has died at the age of 85, it was announced today. Curtis, pictured in 2008, had a second career as a successful painter The star, whose career spanned more than 60 years, suffered a Heart Attack. Sir Roger Moore, who starred alongside Curtis in TV hit The Persuaders, led tributes to Curtis, telling Sky News: "He was a fine actor. I shall miss him." The former James Bond star said: "We had a lot of...

Screen legend Tony Curtis dies at 85
PAA Hollywood legend Tony Curtis, whose career spanned more than 60 years, has died at the age of 85, it was announced on Thursday. The dashing star - who will forever be remembered for his role in drag in the 1959 Billy Wilder comedy Some Like It Hot - suffered a Heart Attack. Sir Roger Moore led tributes to him, telling Sky News in the UK: "He was a fine actor". Moore, who starred alongside Curtis in TV hit The Persuaders, added: "I shall miss him." Moore played aristocrat Brett Sinclair in...

Actor Tony Curtis dies at age 85
Tony Curtis, the Hollywood heartthrob who fashioned a career as a respected actor in such films as Sweet Smell of Success , The Defiant Ones and Some Like It Hot , has died at the age of 85. Curtis, the father of actress Jamie Lee Curtis, died Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a Cardiac Arrest, the Associated Press reports, quoting the Clark County Coroner. Click here for more. (Posted by Doug Stanglin) Tags: Tony Curtis

Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas-area home
Las Vegas — Tony Curtis, The Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected Actor with such films as "Sweet Smell of Success," "The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot," has died. He was 85. The Actor died about 9:25 p.m. PDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a Cardiac Arrest, Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said Thursday. After a series of frivolous movies that exploited his handsome physique and appealing personality, Curtis moved to more substantial...

Actor Tony Curtis Dies at Las Vegas-area Home
Las Vegas -- Tony Curtis, The Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected Actor with such films as "Sweet Smell of Success," "The Defiant Ones" and "Some Like It Hot," has died. He was 85. The Actor died at 9:25 p.m. MDT Wednesday at his Las Vegas area home of a Cardiac Arrest, Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy said Thursday. After a series of frivolous movies that exploited his handsome physique and appealing personality, Curtis moved to more substantial roles,...

Actor Tony Curtis dies at 85
September 30, 2010 - 6:52 am Los Angeles Tony Curtis, whose good looks made him a Hollywood star well before he became an accomplished actor in movies such as The Sweet Smell of Success and Some Like It Hot, died at his home in Nevada, ABC News reported on Thursday. He was 85. Curtis, one of the biggest Box-office stars of the 1950s and one of Hollywoods busiest playboys during that time, died in bed at midnight in Henderson, Nevada, ABC said, citing his business manager and...

Actor Tony Curtis dies at 85 in Las Vegas
Actor Tony Curtis combined good looks, brash confidence and a streetwise rough edge into one mesmerizing package. GALLERY: Curtis' life and career in pictures But Curtis, who died Wednesday night at his Las Vegas-area home of Cardiac Arrest at 85, proved that he was much more than a handsome face and won respect in Hollywood over the course of his long career. In one of the performances that earned him that respect, Curtis memorably played the sycophantic press agent Sidney Falco to Burt...

Gloria Stuart dies: Gloria Stuart, 'Titanic' actress, dies at 100
Gloria Stuart , a 1930s Hollywood leading lady who earned an Academy Award nomination for her first significant role in nearly 60 years — as Old Rose, the centenarian survivor of the Titanic in James Cameron 's 1997 Oscar-winning film — has died. She was 100. FOR THE RECORD: Gloria Stuart: The obituary in the Sept. 28 LATExtra section of Gloria Stuart, the actress who became an artist and fine printer, said that her artwork is in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los...

Europe hit by wave of anti-austerity protests
© Alberto Martin/EPA Madrid, Spain: CCOO and UGT trade unionists, picket and delegates rally at Puerta del Sol, Madrid Tens of thousands of Protesters took to the streets of Europe today as strikes against Austerity measures that have hit Public Spending and services on the continent caused widespread disruption. The main demonstrations were in Spain, Belgium and Greece, although there was co-ordinated action in more than a dozen countries including Portugal, Ireland, Slovenia and...

Funeral protests test limits of free speech at Supreme Court
On Wednesday, Oct. 6, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a potentially groundbreaking First Amendment case. Known as Snyder v. Phelps, it pits a grieving father who lost his son in Iraq against zealous religious Protesters in a test of just how far someone can push the boundaries of free Speech. The case perhaps couldnt have more vilified defendants the infamous Phelps family of the Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas are known for their Protests at Military Funerals, where they...

Supreme Court to Consider Protests at Military Funerals
Thursday, September 30, 2010 By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Albert Snyders son Matthew, a Marine, was killed in Iraq. Snyder is suing members of the Westboro Baptist Church for protesting at Matthews Funeral. (AP Photo/Ann Foster) York, Pa. (AP) - One thing Al Snyder wants to make clear: His boy fought and died for Freedom in Iraq, but not for the Right of some "wackos" to spew hate at Soldiers' Funerals under the protection of the Constitution. "It's an insult to myself, my family...

Martha Coakley under fire as ‘woman of conviction’
N ot that there’s any hard feelings, but . . . if she could still vote in Massachusetts, Betty Anne Waters would not be pulling the lever for Attorney General Martha Coakley ! “No, I wouldn’t,” said the Rhode Island woman whose real-life story inspired the upcoming movie “Conviction.” And if that’s not bad enough, the film, which takes some serious swipes at the Incumbent Attorney General, hits the Mass. megaplexes Oct. 22 - less than two weeks before...