On this day in history as it relates to the movies...
Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 5:03PM For no reason whatsoever that's what we're blogging at this moment! (Just humor me, okay? My back is in spasming pain.)
1865 - The Thirteenth Amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery in the U.S. but 151 years later the topic is still on everyone's minds: see TV's Underground (any of you watching this?), the exciting news about Harriet Tubman on the $20 and two new biopics about her in the works, plus recent and current Best Picture types (Lincoln, 12 Years a Slave and possibly Birth of a Nation)
1891 - Carnegie Hall (then named Music Hall) opened in NYC so that one day "JUDY! JUDY! JUDY!" could be recorded for posterity
1914 - Movie star Tyrone Power was born and we still don't have a biopic 102 years later even though Zac Efron would be perfect in the role
1927 - Pat Carroll is born so that 62 years later we might enjoy the genius of her voice in The Little Mermaid
1955 - Damn Yankees opens on Broadway and quickly becomes the movie Damn Yankees (1958).
1981 - Bobby Sands dies of a hunger strike in prison. His last days inspire a movie which is just extraordinary and introduces the world to the genius filmmaker/muse partnership of Steve McQueen & Michael Fassbender (Hunger, Shame, 12 Years a Slave).
2000 - Freshly minted Oscar winner, mesmerizing new screen presence, brother-kissing and blood-vial wearing Angelina Jolie marries Billy Bob Thornton further confusing / fascinating the world. That same day in movie theaters Gladiator opens which delights the world, Oscar voters, and drunk Elizabeth Taylor
Gladiator!
Reader Comments (3)
Any excuse to bring that GLAAAADIATOR moment into conversation is always welcome! Feel better!
No computer can create a character like Ursula.
Love me some Pat Carroll.
She always was a riot on the Carol Burnett show.
That clip if Elizabeth at the Golden Globes is ..well... Golden.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGT-NUBNTZc
Absolutely priceless and hilarious.
Don't forget the clip where Elizabeth gets the giggles at the Tony awards some years back.
Maybe around 1981 or 82
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGQxWY_6GVw
We miss and LOVE you Elizabeth!