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Fans are celebrating Lana Turner’s birthday this week, the voluptuous pin-up who became Hollywood’s iconic “sweater girl.”
Born on the wrong side of the tracks in small-town Wallace Idaho, Julia Jean Turner would become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
Projecting a sultry, playful sexuality on screen, her public persona was set from her breakthrough film They Won’t Forget.
Turner played an oversexed schoolgirl who, in her own words: “wore a tight sweater and her breasts bounced as she walked . . . a tight skirt and her buttocks bounced . . . She moved sinuously, undulating fore and aft .”
Audiences were titillated by the hints of carnal behaviour, but the reality was far, far more outrageous than they ever imagined.
Within Hollywood, it was common knowledge that Turner, like Grace Kelly, was sexually voracious. One MGM boss said: “Lana had the morals and attitudes of a man … If she saw a muscular stagehand with tight pants and she liked him, she’d invite him into her dressing room.”
Her famous lovers included Tyrone Power, Howard Hughes, Frank Sinatra, Victor Mature, Robert Stack, and (suspected but never proven) a married Clark Gable
She was married eight times to seven men. Her second and third marriages were to Joseph Crane in the space of two years (1942-1944) and with whom she had her only child, daughter Cheryl.
Frank Sinatra was completely smitten when he saw her in 1946’s The Postman Always Rings Twice. The film trailer proclaims of leading man John Garfield, “He had to have her,” and Ol’ Blue Eyes felt the same.
Turner was filmed, as always, to her advantage, in tiny shorts and low-cut white tops that flattered her platinum locks and glowing tan. Sinatra apparently echoed the trailer, declaring: “I have to have her.”
No matter that he had only just relocated permanently to LA from New York, with wife Nancy and their two children, Sinatra had never held himself back from pursuing and bedding numerous women before. But this time, it seemed he had met his match.
The singer asked a friend for her number and their affair immediately ignited – mainly (in fact, pretty much only) between the sheets.
Sinatra may not have been the most classically handsome man in show business but he effortlessly bedded some of the world’s greatest beauties from Marilyn Monroe and Lauren Bacall to his second wife Ava Gardner.
He was also known as a voracious lover, but he later admitted Turner was on a whole other level. Apparently, the blonde bombshell only wanted sex, as often as possible. She had little interest in conversation, whether about their relationship or Hollywood and world events.
A bewitched Sinatra told his wife he wanted a divorce but the long-suffering Nancy had been through all this before and threw all his clothes into the street and then told his agent George Evans to deal with Turner.
When he called the star and threatened her career by invoking the standard studio contact ‘morality clause’, the actress laughed in his face and apparently replied: “You’re so cute to threaten me like this. Why, you’re just adorable, aren’t you?”
Turned said her box office success was based on the salacious teases of her ‘bad girl’ image, and any scandal would only increase her power.
Sinatra, meanwhile, tried wooing Turner with a new luxury apartment for their trysts. She called it “a dump” and he was forced to rent one of the expensive bungalows at the Beverly Hills Hotel.
Sinatra released a public statement that he was separating from his wife and moved in officially with Turner at her Palm Springs mansion. Hollywood society was publicly scandalised so Turner tried to limit damage by telling gossip columnist Louella Parsons: “I’m not in love with Frank, and he’s not in love with me. I’ve never broken up a home. I just can’t take these accusations!”
Perhaps, unsurprisingly, both of them were also still maintaining affairs with other. Turner was seeing Tyrone Power, who was married by reported top be the love of her life. Sinatra was linked to starlet Marilyn Maxwell.
Both were also highly volatile personalities and within two weeks Sinatra had stormed out.
It might, as so many other Hollywood affairs, have rumbled on and off for a while, but Sinatra’s mother Dolly intervened.
The formidable matriarch apparently punched her son before whacking him around the head and telling him to “shut up” when he tried to defend his actions at an emergency family meeting.
The end of the affair played out publicly when the singer crooned the song Going Home to a tearful Nancy in the audience during a nightclub show, and the next day he moved back in.
Turner was left to read about it in the papers, screaming to her friend Gardner: “To think he could do that to a woman like me!”
Gardner, ironically, would not learn from her gal pal’s mistakes and would repeat the same scenario, only across many years and with far more heartache and fighting when she married Sinatra five years later in 1951.
The whole fascinating story is told in Sinatra: Behind The Legend by J. Randy Taraborrelli,
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Next James Bond release leaks with major franchise producers ‘in talks’ for 007 | Films | Entertainment
Heyman produced the Harry Potter and Paddington films, which famously retained their Britishness. He was also behind Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Barbie, and Wonka. Meanwhile, Pascal is a Sony producer best known for helming the Spider-Man movies.
According to The Sun’s sources, a writers’ room has been assembled at Amazon MGM Studios with a broad array of plot and reboot ideas. The insider shared: “I’m told the sale has prompted a fast track of creative meetings to build a new script, officially sign the new 007 and land a director.”
The source added: “They want filming to be done on Bond 26 by the end of next year so that it can be out in 2027. The wheels are in motion. The budget of £250million has been allocated and the desire is for them to start earning back the revenue of their investment.” Presumably, this means Bond 26 and a new 007 star will be announced later this year and shoot in 2026; as the insider said Amazon want the movie in cinemas by the end of 2027.
Snow White: Rachel Zegler stars in Disney trailer
The highly anticipated Disney remake of Snow White, starring Rachel Zegler, has been met with harsh criticism as it hits cinemas on 21st March.
This reimagining of the 1937 animated classic sees Zegler take on the iconic role of Snow White, a beautiful princess forced into servitude by her wicked stepmother, the Evil Queen, played by Gal Gadot.
Upon discovering Snow White’s growing beauty, the Queen orders her assassination, but a sympathetic huntsman (Ansu Kabia) spares her life, alerting her to the Queen’s sinister plans.
Finding refuge with a group of seven dwarfs, Snow White joins forces with them to topple the tyrannical Queen.
Despite its promising premise, this modern retelling has disappointed fans and critics alike, boasting a meagre 46 percent critical score on Rotten Tomatoes, with the audience score yet to be revealed.
Rachel Zegler’s ‘much better’ musical roles now streaming as Snow White slammed (Image: DISNEY)
However, Zegler’s portrayal of Snow White has been widely praised as the film’s redeeming quality, with The Independent stating: “Rachel Zegler deserves better than the lazy, visually repellent Snow White.”
While her latest big-screen outing has been panned, two exceptional showcases of her singing and acting abilities are currently streaming and well worth watching.
West Side Story
Director Steven Spielberg‘s reimagining of the iconic Broadway musical and its 1961 film adaptation is hailed by some as one of the acclaimed filmmaker’s finest works in two decades.
Featuring a blend of stunning choreography and memorable musical numbers, West Side Story chronicles the tragic and poignant love story of Tony and Maria, two young lovers caught in the midst of a dangerous gang rivalry in 1950s New York City.
Zegler shines as María, the sister of the Sharks’ leader, a Puerto Rican gang locked in a bitter feud with the Jets, a gang of white teenagers, in this timeless romance inspired by Romeo and Juliet.
Disney’s Snow White remake hasn’t been a hit with critics (Image: DISNEY)
María finds herself torn between her loyalty to her own kind and her blossoming feelings for Tony (Ansel Elgort), a Jet, with whom she dreams of escaping the poverty and violence of 1950s New York.
Enthusiasts have flocked online to sing the film’s praises. A glowing five-star Google review declares: “THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE MOVIE!
“West Side Story was beautifully made. It was a huge step up from the original […] in 1961. Those who liked the original or Broadway version, I highly recommend this new version.”
Meanwhile, a fan on Letterboxd raves about Zegler’s performance: “Rachel Zegler is a revelation. Not only does she have the voice of an actual angel, but she’s also simply INCREDIBLE at internalizing María’s innocence and expressing her earnest love of life itself, lighting up the screen any time she takes center stage.
“It’s already been said a billion times, but this girl is going places – she has that tremendous movie star magnetism you can’t teach.”
West Side Story is available to stream on Disney+.
Rachel Zegler is a ‘revelation’ in Steven Spielberg’s version of West Side Story (Image: 20TH CENTURY STUDIOS)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
2023 welcomed the release of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – a prequel to the original quartet, drawn from the books by Suzanne Collins, which delighted both fans and critics. In the gripping dystopian saga, America has been reborn from the ruins of a nuclear conflict, forcing its citizens into a deadly televised contest—a fight to the death for the nation’s twisted entertainment.
A decade after the inaugural Hunger Games, interest is waning, but the man destined to become president, Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth), alters destiny when he mentors the tuneful Lucy Gray Baird (Zegler) in her quest to triumph in the savage competition.
Although not a musical in the traditional sense, this sci-fi sensation features several standout musical moments from Zegler, including a rendition of the series’ haunting anthem The Hanging Tree, showcasing her extraordinary vocal talent.
The Snow White star gave an ‘incredible’ performance in the Hunger Games prequel (Image: LIONSGATE)
One Google review praised Zegler’s portrayal: “Her acting as Lucy Gray literally felt like she ripped her straight off of the paper. She was the most perfect Lucy Gray and I don’t think anyone else could have done her as much justice as Rachel did.
“Even more than Rachel’s acting, is her INCREDIBLE singing. We all know Rachel is a fantastic singer, but her voice in this movie is her voice like I have never heard it before.”
Meanwhile, an avid Letterboxd user confessed: “Gonna be honest with y’all this film is all that has been going through my head since the first time I watched it.”
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is available to stream on Prime Video.
An action-packed epic that blends Viking mythology with brutal realism is set to grace our TV screens tonight.
The Northman (2022), considered by some to be one of the best action films of the 21st century, is airing tonight on Channel 4’s Film4.
Directed by Robert Eggers, known for his previous works like The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), The Northman is a visceral, heart-pounding saga set in the brutal world of Norse warriors.
The film takes viewers on a journey of revenge, bloodshed, and betrayal, all set against the backdrop of ancient Nordic landscapes. It stars Alexander Skarsgård as Amleth, a Viking prince who embarks on a relentless quest for vengeance after his father, King Aurvandil (played by Ethan Hawke), is murdered by his uncle Fjölnir (Claes Bang).
Amleth’s quest for revenge takes him to Iceland, where he must confront his own demons while battling enemies and facing the harsh realities of Viking society.
The film’s plot draws inspiration from the legendary Norse story of Amleth, a supposed (but likely fictional) Viking prince most famous today as the basis for William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The Northman, though, takes the legend and reimagines it through a brutal, historical lens.
Along the way, Amleth enlists the help of others, including slave-woman Olga (Anya Taylor-Joy) and mysterious sorceress played by iconic Icelandic singer Björk.
The film’s action sequences are both brutal and beautifully choreographed, as Amleth’s journey is one of both physical and emotional transformation.
The Northman has aggregated a score of 90% or film reviewing platform Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads: “A bloody revenge epic and breathtaking visual marvel, The Northman finds filmmaker Robert Eggers expanding his scope without sacrificing any of his signature style”.
It was also nominated for two Critics’ Choice Super Awards: Best Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie and Best Actor in a Science Fiction/Fantasy Movie, for Alexander Skarsgård – as well as multiple local awards.
Watch The Northman tonight, on Channel 4’s Film4, at 9 pm.
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