Posts with tag "marlon brando"

Liz, Marlon and Michael: Did Their Post-9/11 Road Trip Really Happen?

Posted May 5th 2011 at 04:30 PM by PopEater Staff

It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke: So Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson and Marlon Brando go on a road trip ... In reality, it's a bizarre tale that's part of an article in Vanity Fair's June issue, which says the three mega-stars were so desperate to escape Manhattan in the wake of 9/11 that they actually hopped in a car and drove themselves to safety in the good ol' Midwest. Yes, the ...

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'Waterfront' Screenwriter, a Real Contender, Dies

Posted Aug 6th 2009 at 06:26 AM by PopEater / Wire Services

Budd Schulberg, who defined the Hollywood hustle with his novel 'What Makes Sammy Run?' and later proved himself a player with his screenplay for 'On the Waterfront,' died Wednesday at age 95. 'Waterfront,' directed by Elia Kazan and filmed in Hoboken, N.J., was released in 1954 to great acclaim and won eight Academy Awards. It included one of cinema's most famous lines, uttered by Marlon Brando ...