‘Wizard of Oz' munchkins get a star
They represent the Lollipop Guild, the Lullabye League - all the Munchkins, really - on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Almost 70 years after “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, a few of the film's Munchkins made a grand entrance Tuesday to receive a collective star. Seven of the surviving actors who played the inhabitants of Munchkinland in the 1939 classic attended, arriving in a horse-drawn carriage and trailed by a marching band.
A yellow carpet, resembling the film's yellow brick road, led them to the stage. One tap-danced, and another sang.
“We love you; you have touched our hearts,” former Munchkin Mickey Carroll, 88, told the crowd.
Borgnine busy at 90 with new holiday movie
Ernest Borgnine could be taking it easy at 90, resting on laurels that include an Academy Award. But this year alone, he has made four made-for-TV or feature films - plus, his voiceover work as Mermaid Man on the animated hit “SpongeBob SquarePants.”
The best-actor winner for the 1955 movie “Marty” believes “the best medicine for a man my age is to keep working.” His latest role is in “A Grandpa for Christmas,” airing Saturday on the Hallmark Channel and co-starring Jamie Farr and Katherine Helmond.
He plays a song-and-dance man who must care for a 9-year-old granddaughter he never knew he had after his estranged daughter is seriously injured in a car accident.
The movie brought back a favorite Christmas memory from Borgnine's childhood: Money was tight, so he and his sister knew their only gifts would be handmade by their mother; just before the holiday, a man who had owed Borgnine's father money for a long time repaid him the $14.
Jordin Sparks maintains her innocent charm
When teen music stars approach the age of consent, they often test the boundaries of what's appropriate by taking on projects with adult content. “American Idol” champ Jordin Sparks took the opposite approach as she sought out material for her CD debut.
“I wasn't really sure what I wanted to sing about,” Sparks said, “but I knew what I didn't want to sing about. I wanted to stay away from 'Oh, put your hands all over me'-type thing, because I haven't experienced that yet so the fact that I would sing it would be really dumb - plus I don't feel comfortable singing stuff like that,” Sparks, who turns 18 in December, said with a giggle.
It's that kind of wholesome charm, along with her powerhouse voice and striking good looks, that endeared her to audiences.
-From wire reports
Almost 70 years after “The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, a few of the film's Munchkins made a grand entrance Tuesday to receive a collective star. Seven of the surviving actors who played the inhabitants of Munchkinland in the 1939 classic attended, arriving in a horse-drawn carriage and trailed by a marching band.
A yellow carpet, resembling the film's yellow brick road, led them to the stage. One tap-danced, and another sang.
“We love you; you have touched our hearts,” former Munchkin Mickey Carroll, 88, told the crowd.
Borgnine busy at 90 with new holiday movie
Ernest Borgnine could be taking it easy at 90, resting on laurels that include an Academy Award. But this year alone, he has made four made-for-TV or feature films - plus, his voiceover work as Mermaid Man on the animated hit “SpongeBob SquarePants.”
The best-actor winner for the 1955 movie “Marty” believes “the best medicine for a man my age is to keep working.” His latest role is in “A Grandpa for Christmas,” airing Saturday on the Hallmark Channel and co-starring Jamie Farr and Katherine Helmond.
He plays a song-and-dance man who must care for a 9-year-old granddaughter he never knew he had after his estranged daughter is seriously injured in a car accident.
The movie brought back a favorite Christmas memory from Borgnine's childhood: Money was tight, so he and his sister knew their only gifts would be handmade by their mother; just before the holiday, a man who had owed Borgnine's father money for a long time repaid him the $14.
Jordin Sparks maintains her innocent charm
When teen music stars approach the age of consent, they often test the boundaries of what's appropriate by taking on projects with adult content. “American Idol” champ Jordin Sparks took the opposite approach as she sought out material for her CD debut.
“I wasn't really sure what I wanted to sing about,” Sparks said, “but I knew what I didn't want to sing about. I wanted to stay away from 'Oh, put your hands all over me'-type thing, because I haven't experienced that yet so the fact that I would sing it would be really dumb - plus I don't feel comfortable singing stuff like that,” Sparks, who turns 18 in December, said with a giggle.
It's that kind of wholesome charm, along with her powerhouse voice and striking good looks, that endeared her to audiences.
-From wire reports
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