Sunday, December 11, 2011
Will Emily Blunt And Jason Segel Get Hitched In The Five Year Engagement?
Single Ladies? New Star Denise Vasi Discusses Her New Job
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'The Sitter': The Reviews Are In!
Critics call Jonah Hill comedy an R-rated 'Adventures in Babysitting.'
By Kara Warner
Jonah Hill, Max Records and Landry Bender in "The Sitter"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
From the moment Fox unleashed the clever "Need a Sitter?" poster advertising Jonah Hill as a for-hire babysitter, we were intrigued to see what comedic genius might be born of the qualified actor/director combination of the "Superbad" star and "Pineapple Express" helmer David Gordon Green.
Once the trailers hit, it was obvious audiences would be in for a raunchy, envelope-pushing experience, the effectiveness of which has the critical masses a bit divided and sitting at a 21 percent rating over at Rotten Tomatoes. Read on as we sift through "The Sitter" reviews:
Plot Twists, Turns and Caveats
" 'The Sitter' is wickedly absurd. Every parent's fears about the caretaker brought in at the last minute get amped up here. So getting one's shorts in a knot about the situations that sitter Noah Griffith (Hill) puts youngsters Slater, Blithe and Rodrigo in is a waste of ire. The comedy breaks in viewers from the get-go by offering a twist on R-rated bedroom activity. Later, after Noah is sweetly guilt-tripped into a babysitting gig by his mom (Jessica Hecht), the movie proceeds to an ill-advised drug run. It's a comedy with kids, not for kids. ... Which leads us to a second caveat: This comedy is shameless about race. From its rap and R&B soundtrack, to the casting of Wu-Tang Clan's Cliff "Method Man" Smith, to the in-your-face sistah Tina (played with nice vigor by Samira Wiley), it's clear this comedy is made by that generation of filmmakers freed by the omnipresence of hip-hop to be a little gangsta themselves." — Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post
The Performances
"Some of the sting is eased by Hill, who navigates this movie's wild ride through a raunchier 'Adventures in Babysitting' with a genuinely sweet sense of self-deprecation. Yes, he's a sadsack loser, but he knows it, and his honest acceptance of that makes him easy to take. He's also helped out by the great Sam Rockwell — who remains one of the consistently wildest and most daring actors out there — as Karl, a starved-for-affection drug dealer. And also aided by a surprising gay-pride subplot that delivers its own 'It Gets Better' message." — Stephen Witty, The Newark Star-Ledger
Mixed Messages
"The filmmakers try desperately to skate that thin line between socially redeeming and wanton excess by having Noah dish out some bits of wisdom and occasionally indicate he might care about the kids. But it is very thin ice and Hill never finds his balance, to say nothing of his comic timing. Though table-turning 'The Ransom of Red Chief' themes abound, somehow the exploding toilet and all the other 'funny' mayhem, on which much of the film's humor rides, seem sad instead." — Betsy Sharkey, The Los Angeles Times
The Final Word, Pro-Con-Pro Style
" 'I'm not Mary Poppins,' protests Jonah Hill's Noah. No, you're Elisabeth Shue, and 'The Sitter' is an unacknowledged remake of 'Adventures in Babysitting' with the raunch dial turned up to max. It's smart, funny, agreeably perverse and simultaneously abrupt and exhausting." — Kyle Smith, New York Post
" 'The Sitter' plays like an R-rated homage to the 1980s comedy 'Adventures in Babysitting,' with some 'Date Night' and lots of filthy humor thrown in. Spiked with some loopily inspired supporting performances (Sam Rockwell turns up as a freaky, tweaky drug dealer running the world's most hilariously depraved coke den) and Hill's characteristically inspired improvisational asides, 'The Sitter' is an efficient but uneven programmer, whose most valuable contribution to the cinematic landscape is its blessedly brief 80-minute running time." — Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post
"Hill is a strong comic, and this movie, considerably funnier than director Green's last, the execrable 'Your Highness' — low standard — allows the actor to show off his beautiful timing (also evident in 'Moneyball,' but without the hijinks). Screenwriters Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka have barely a screen credit between them, but they understand the Hill persona, a little whisper here, an off-the-cuff insult that lands as softly as a kiss and a nonplussed double take followed by a quick rejoinder. Noah is the fat guy who wears a plaid flannel shirt underneath a jacket opened to reveal a clashing plaid lining. He's also good and decent and open to admitting all of his faults. 'I had a monthlong, intense addiction to Robitussin,' he tells Slater, trying to put him at ease. 'The Sitter' is predicated on a belief that chunky Jonah Hill, or at least the persona he presents, is secretly supercool. While it turns out to be a wisp of a movie, on that front at least, it is persuasive." — Mary Pols, Time
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
James Whitmore Dies at 87 Photo and Video
Actor James Whitmore, famed for his one-man stage shows and an Oscar-nominated turn as US President Harry Truman, died on Friday at age 87.
Whitmore died at his home in the seaside enclave of Malibu, just northwest of Los Angeles, of lung cancer, with which he was diagnosed in November, according to his son, Steve.
A New York native, Whitmore served in the Marine Corps during World War II and began appearing in stage productions in New Hampshire in the late 1940s.
The bushy-eyebrowed actor made his Broadway debut in Command Decision in 1947, and earned a Tony Award for best performance by a newcomer.
Whitmore picked up an Oscar nomination for a supporting role in his first major movie, the 1949 combat drama Battleground, and an Academy Award nomination as best lead actor for his 1975 portrait of Truman in Give ‘em Hell Harry!
He originated the Truman role in the stage version of that production, one of three solo vehicles during the 1970s that earned him the moniker King of the One Man Show. The two others were the title role in Will Rogers’ USA and as Theodore Roosevelt in Bully.
Whitmore also had a prolific career as a character actor on television, appearing in such series as The Twilight Zone, Rawhide, Dr Kildare and The Detectives.
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But he was better known to a younger generation of TV viewers as the longtime commercial spokesperson for the plant food brand Miracle-Gro. He also earned an Emmy Award as a guest actor in a drama series for an episode of The Practice.
Among his more notable movie credits were the original Planet of the Apes, as head of the simian assembly, and The Shawshank Redemption, playing an inmate who commits suicide.
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Charlotte Church planning Christmas party
Charlotte Church is planning to throw a huge party when her children go to visit their dad this Christmas.
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10 Things David Stern Should Cancel
10 Things David Stern Should Cancel
After Supreme Emperor of the NBA David Stern cancelled the legitimate trade of New Orleans Hornets Point Guard Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers, we decided David Stern should use his powers for good to make it up to the nation.
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Jolie quiets Bosnian critics with war film screening (Reuters)
Friday, December 9, 2011
Selena Gomez And Justin Bieber Are Not Engaged Contrary To Rumors
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Some Early Photos From The Basketball Wives Livestream: What Do You Think?
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?Kappa Girl? fired for sex video
Besieged by questions, the girl started a blog to defend herself, and while she was at it, she would be putting up more nice sexy pictures and videos of herself. In her blog, she wrote of how she might as well make good use of her sudden fame. Since she was “way prettier” than Furong Jiejie, she surmised she could learn a bit from Muzimei to put her exploits down on paper and make a living from it. Needless to say, she was soon sacked by Kappa ? who, as Shanghai Daily informs us, fired her because she had “tarnished its image”. In her next post, she announced that she was now looking for sponsors ? her rates would be RMB20,000 for a bar appearance, RMB50,000 for an underwear modelling assignment, RMB30,000 for an exclusive interview, and RMB100 per day for banner ads placed on her blog. Indeed when Shanghai Daily tried to contact her, the reporter was told to hand over RMB30,000 before she would grant an interview.
Under Chinese law, anyone who films or uploads sex videos onto the internet is guilty of distributing pornographic content and Shanghai police are now furiously wanking hard at work uncovering the origins of the video.
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Sabrina & Salem: Together Again
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch was a huge show with their two stars, Melissa Joan Hart & Salem the Cat. The two reunite in this magical new video.
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Teens Save Friend Bitten By One of World?s Deadliest Snakes
An Australian teenager has survived two bites from one of the world’s deadliest snakes thanks to the quick thinking of friends who recently completed a first aid course.
It was the second time Ryan Cole, 15, of Mundubbera, about 240 miles northwest of Brisbane, has been bitten by a deadly snake in a year.
Ryan was bitten twice on the foot by a coastal taipan, which has the third most toxic venom of all land snakes, as he jumped into a popular swimming hole in the Burnett River on Sunday, The Courier-Mail reports.
“I’ve been attacked twice and bitten four times ? that’s pretty unlucky,” the recuperating teen said Thursday as he relived the ordeal with his friends.
“But then it is really lucky to have survived. I’m really grateful to my mates that they knew what to do and did it.”
His brother Jakob, 16, and friends Scott Smith, Josh Allen, Lee Carson and Torren Wood heard his call for help and dragged him from the waterhole as he started convulsing and bleeding from the mouth.
Cole was flown to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Sundayt night and spent the next three days in intensive care. He returned home on Wednesday and is recovering slowly. Report - Foxnews
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8 Things to Hate About the Holidays
8 Things to Hate About the Holidays
It?s the holidays, the best time of year?to complain about the holidays! So, without further ado, here are the things, beyond the Lexus December to Remember sales event; your friends? Roone Aldredge on Munich like Twitter reporting of their Christmas dinner; and kids, that make this season so insufferable.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton to invite public to wedding
Prince William and Kate Middleton will invite 100 members of the public to their wedding via a random draw.
The couple - who will tie the knot in a lavish ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey on April 29 next year - want the British people to be deeply involved in the celebrations and a ... Read More Prince William and Kate Middleton Gossip
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
A Day With The Basketball Wives: Special Pre-Livestream Coverage
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The 16 Funniest Memes of the Year
The 16 Funniest Memes of the Year
Let's take a look back at some of 2011's greatest time-wasters. Just a head's up, no 'Nyan Cat' or 'Planking' because seriously guys, let's get our shit together.
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Martin Scorsese To Be Honored At 2012 Critics? Choice Movie Awards
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Will Ryan Seacrest replace Matt Lauer on "Today?" (Reuters)
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The 12 Best Autocorrect Fails of 2011
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You will not believe some of the autocorrected texts people sent this year, you literally have to see these autocorrects to believe them.
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Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz divorce finalized in LA (AP)
'Three Stooges' Trailer Delivers Slapstick And Snooki
Farrelly brothers bring the Stooges into present day but leave their classic comedy style intact.
By Kara Warner
Will Sasso, Chris Diamantopoulos and Sean Hayes in "The Three Stooges"
Photo: 20th Century Fox
The Farrelly brothers have finally unleashed the first trailer for their "Three Stooges" movie, and if you're a fan of Larry, Moe and Curly's classic slapstick, consider it an early Christmas gift.
The nearly two-minute spot opens at the Sisters of Mercy Orphanage, where a burlap sack containing the baby Stooges is dropped at the doorstep, complete with the first eye-poke gag.
The rest of the trailer features a smorgasbord of classic "Three Stooges" quotes, gags and slapstick, with a couple of modern twists thrown in. There's the familiar "spread out!" shout when the boys prep for a fight, Curly's panting and dog barks when he spots a beautiful woman (one of whom is played by "Modern Family" star Sofia Vergara) and their "Mind your P's and Q's" gag. There are lobsters stuck to faces and dropped in pants, plus countless objects thrown at our main characters.
In one scene, the guys are introduced to the iPhone, which Curly puts up to his eye to try and blink-talk with someone.
The final shot of the trailer features some very familiar faces: JWoww and Snooki from our very own "Jersey Shore."
"Hiya, Snook, I gotcha a present," Larry says, holding out a cardboard box to an unsuspecting Snooki. "Go on, open it." Snooki opens the top and a hand jumps out and pokes her in the eye. "Owww!" she yells, and the trailer fades to black.
After years of false starts and attempts to reboot the classic eye-poking, head-bonking comedy franchise with stars such as Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Jim Carrey, the movie now is being headlined by the trio of Sean Hayes, Will Sasso and Chris Diamontopoulos.
Although the film is not yet rated, when MTV News caught up with the Farrellys earlier this year, they promised to keep things PG.
"The Stooges, by the way, are just naturally and organically PG," Peter Farrelly said. "That's what it is. We wouldn't want it to be what it isn't. It's like 'Napoleon Dynamite,' as funny as that was, that was a PG movie, not PG-13. It's just natural, and this is what the Stooges is.
"They are Moe, Larry, Curly as you remember them," he added when asked if the co-directors had plans to modernize the characters at all. "It's not a biopic. It's the episodes just as you saw but we rewrote, we have all new episodes. We have three episodes. Technically, each episode picks up where the last one left off. Each one begins with its own theme, so it's about an hour and 25 minutes. Three episodes, fun, old-fashioned, but it takes place present-day, and they look, dress and sound like the Three Stooges."
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
'Jersey Shore' Season Five 'One Of My Best,' Pauly D Says
New season, which premieres January 5, finds the cast returning to the Shore and burying old beefs.
By James Montgomery, with reporting by Sway Calloway
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The last season of MTV's "Jersey Shore" was an Italian debacle on par with Silvio Berlusconi (look it up). It was 12 episodes of infighting, head-butting, vehicular mishaps, ill-fated hookup attempts and, of course, Sammi and Ronnie.
So when news broke that the gang would be returning to their spiritual home of Seaside Heights, New Jersey, for the upcoming fifth season, there was much rejoicing — especially from the stars themselves. As Pauly D recently told MTV News, they left all the drama back in Italy and focused instead on just having fun.
"There was a lot of tension in [Italy], because we were away from our friends, away from our family, so all we had was each other — that's it," Pauly said. "So now we literally ran to Jersey, because we missed it so much, and we just shared that bond, because we've been there before, so we enjoyed it with everybody this year. It was really one of my best years, I think." In the new season, Pauly said even the most ardent of foes — like, say, Snooki and the Situation, who traded barbs (among other things) during their Italian holiday — have buried the tension.
"They're better. It was tough for me to live in the house when they were doing that, because it was way out of left field, I wasn't expecting that," Pauly explained. "But what's crazy about it is that we'll fight, but we still come together at the end of the day, as a family almost. Kind of like a messed-up family."
Pauly also said that, despite previous reports, his best pal Vinny is still very much a part of the new season. While he has plenty of answers about the new "Shore" season, even Pauly was at a loss when it comes to the current relationship status of Sammi and Ronnie, the, uh, star-crossed couple whose constant bickering has become (for better or worse) a staple of the show.
"Man, I don't know. They change like the weather. Are they together, are they not? I don't even know," he laughed." I love them both. Together, it's crazy. I don't even need a relationship, because I'm living through theirs."
The fifth season of "Jersey Shore" premieres Thursday, January 5, at 10 p.m. ET/PT on MTV. For continuing "Shore" coverage, be sure to check in with MTV's Remote Control blog.
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Former teen country singer Molly Bee dies at 69 Photo
Molly Bee, the country singer who shot to fame at age 13 with the 1952 novelty hit “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” has died of complications following a stroke. She was 69.
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Molly Beachboard was the name she was born with, but country music fans would know her as Molly Bee. She was born in Oklahoma and was part Indian.
Then the family moved to Tuscon, Arizona where Molly continued her dancing lessons. She performed at many of the usual venues - childrens shows, recitals, at school and at church - and at the same time, feeling quite at home on the stage.
When she was ten years old, a popular disc jockey in Tuscon heard her singing at a school play. Rex Allen liked her rendition of “Lovesick Blues” so much, that he had her on his show a few days later. It was about that time that singing became more a focus than dancing.
Shortly after this experience on radio in Arizona, the family (she had two brothers), moved to Hollywood, California. She attended Wilson Junior High in Pasadena.
You will read often that other artists will cite another singer as someone who influenced them or sparked that interest early in their lives. One such singer by the name Weslia Whitfield cited the impression Molly made on her in a 1993 article in the Wall Street Journal. Ms. Whitfield recalled for the WSJ that one of her earliest memories was from a visit to her grandparents house in Los Angeles, California to watch their television back around 1949 or so. She vividly recalls watching the Red Owen show and seeing this young singer named Molly Bee perform. She said Molly’s trademark back then was to come on stage without any shoes on. Seeing Molly perform, Ms. Whitfield told herself then, “That’s what I’m going to do.”
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A 1956 article featuring Cliffie Stone relates how Molly Bee was introduced to country music audiences. Cliffie had met Tennessee Ernie Ford while working at KXLA in Pasadena, California and persuaded him to join his troupe on the weekends and their travels around southern California. Cliffie was working for Capitol Records at the time as well and secured a recording contract for Mr. Ford. It wasn’t too long before he was introduced to a young twelve year old named Molly Beachboard. She sang “Lovesick Blues” for Cliffie as well and soon she was appearing on his shows and had a recording contract.
Molly Bee got a recording contract with Capitol records when she was just 13 years old and was starring on radio and tv and personal appearances. She was still much the teenager, wearing pigtails, attending junior high. She got her start singing when she was ten years old, in Tucson, Arizona - and she had a 15 minute show there on the NBC network station there.
She got that start when Al Morris, a hillbilly dj on KCNA in Tucson heard her sing and she impressed him so much, he got station executives to listen to her, too. But Tucson wasn’t enough. Hollywood was on her mind, too.
When she got to Hollywood, Cliffie Stone saw her on tv and got her to start appearing regularly on the Hometown Jamboree over KLAC-TV and also the radio version of the show over KXLA radio out of Pasadena. The Hometown Jamboree originated from the El Monte Legion Stadium. One of the long-time sponsors of the show as Gold’s Furniture Store, who had sponsored the show for at least five years at the time of the 1953 article we found. The show later moved to the Harmony Park Ballroom in Anaheim, California.
She was quite popular with the audiences then. She became a regular on the daily Pinky Lee NBC-TV show. She was also doing regular appearances on the Bob Crosby Show with fellow Jamboree vocalist, Joanie O’Brien. She also worked with such stars as Ed Sullivan, Roy Rogers, Jimmy Rodgers, Jackie Gleason, Jack Benny and Bob Hope over the years.
Her recording of “Tennessee Tango” was scored by arranger-conductor Van Alexander - giving it some background music that had clarinets and saxophones. It was Mr. Alexander in 1937 who wrote and conducted a tune called “A-tisket A-tasket” for Ella Fitzgerald and got her career on the move.
Her first release did so well, that it got followed quickly by a Christmas recording called�“I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”�and�“Willy Claus”.
By 1955, Cliffie Stone had moved the Hometown Jamboree to the Valley Gardens Arena in North Hollywood, California. Members of the show’s cast would make regular appearances in the southern California area. Country and Western Jamboree magazine had a regular column called “On The Trail” where they listed personal appearances being made by various acts. Throughout 1955, the magazine listed Molly as part of the Hometown Jamboree at the Valley Gardens Arena each week.
They described her singing style then as ‘…youthful exuberance, strong jazz sense and reads lyrics with a maturity far beyond her years.” Her first recording was�“Tennessee Tango”�along with�“The Kids Who Pay”.
In 1955, she was signed by Coral Records. But it appears the record company wanted to stretch her audience. A note in one 1955 news report indicated that Coral was going to have her record both country and pop material. At the time, she was a regular not only on Cliffie Stone’s�Hometown Jamboree, but�Tennessee Ernie Ford’s show as well.
Country and Western Jamboree had a regular “Checkin’ The Records” section in their magazine where they listed the new singles released and offered some commentary about the music they heard on those records. But at times, those reviews appeared to be trying too hard for lame humor. But in May of 1955, while trying to provoke a smile to the reader, they offer up the contrast in the two sides of a Coral records release by Molly. One was�“I Won’t Grow Up”�that was backed by a tune called�“False Alarm”, which was about a cheater in love. Keep in mind, she was only 16 at the time. This aspect of a young singer singing a tune that fit her age group but also singing of more mature, adult themes may not be all that uncommon. Let’s think back to when Tanya Tucker came on the scene and was singing such tunes as “Delta Dawn”.
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Country and Western Jamboree magazine mentioned another of her Coral releases in April of 1956 and it is interesting to note the themes of the material. For one side,�“Fair Weather Fellow”, the magazine notes that she knows he’s fickle and their love will soon come to an end. On the other side,�“Young and Naive”, the magazine tells us its a song about a young lady who has found a new love, but hopes “…he won’t find out she’s so young.”
A 1967 article tells us that in her first personal appearance, she borke the six-year attendance record at the Mesker Auditorium in Evansville, Indiana. She then went on to break the attendance record at the Ohio State Fair.
Molly appeared in several movies in her career, but as we’ll see later from a 1975 interview, she didn’t feel she did too well as an actress. She felt she was “too shy” and said they weren’t ‘released’, they ‘escaped’. Her first movie was in 1958 with Allan Reed, Jr., Bill Goodwin, Ralph Moody, Ken Miller, Susan Easter and Irene Hervey in a film for Columbia called�“Going Steady”�. She later did�“Summer Love”�for Universal International in 1958 with such folks as John Saxon, Jill St. John, Troy Donohue, Fay Wray, Rod McKuen, Shelley Fabares, George Winslow, and Edward Platt. Other movies included�“The Chartroose Caboose”�in 1960 (starring such folks as Ben Cooper, Edgar Buchanan, Slim Pickens, Michael McGreevey, and Kay Bartels) and�in 1963, “The Young Swingers”�(her co-stars included Rod Lauren, Gene McDaniels, Jack Larson, Karen Gunderson, John Merritt, Jo Helton, Justin Smith, Jerry Summers and Jack Younger). According to the online movie database resource, imdb.com, she first appeared in a “musical-featurette” for Universal that starred Tennessee Ernie Ford, Cliffie Stone, Herman the Hermit, Billy Strange, Bucky Tibbs and the rest of the Hometown Jamboree gang.
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She even did a bit of stage work. Her first effort was in San Francisco at the Garden Court Theater in the Sheraton Palace Hotel in “The Boy Friend.” Around 1967, she did “Finian’s Rainbow” with ALan Young at the Melodyland theatre in Anaheim.
Molly gave an interview to Country Song Roundup magazine back in 1975 that provides some interesting insights into her career, observations and her life.
At the time, she had been on a rest from her musical career, living in Las Vegas and raising her two daughters. She, in her mind, she was becoming quite domestic back then. She had gone to a bingo game or some such gathering and some would recognize her and ask her, “Didn’t you used to be Molly Bee?”.
She had kept in contact with Cliffie Stone all through her career. She had come to a point where she decided a divorce was needed as well as a change of scenery by taking her daughters and moving back to California to try and take up her singing career again.
But she noted, if you forgot to pick up your cleaning, you could still do it at 2am or you could go and get your hair done at midnight. She said you just don’t spend time on the strip doing “the tourist thing.”
She mentions she was married for a time to a boss at the Tropicana Hotel and observed that its not a very anti-social type of setting, no one seemed to mix much. She was accustomed to being around a lot of people and a lot of activity going on. She notes, that in the Las Vegas gaming business, “You just don’t fraternize.”
The subject of her very young start in the entertainment industry came up. She was asked if she felt she had missed out on anything. She replied that she felt she actually did more - “I lived six lifetimes in one.” She told CSR that if her kids decided they wanted to be in the music business, even at a young age, she hoped they would have as much fun as she did. She had gone around the world by the time she was just 19 years old. She recalls working with “incredible people and always into where the action was.” Granted it wasn’t all glamor - the long trips, sitting in airporst all night and the like, but she says, “I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
She told CSR that she started becoming conscious that she might be a celebrity when she would notice that people would point or stare at her in public places such as restaurants. She notes her first date was with Stan Freeburg. Then it got to her a bit, causing her to be self-conscious, and began a routine of trying to duck the sit down restaurants and doing the drive-in lane, trying to avoid too much visibility so she could feel comfortable when she was out and about.
One of the reasons for the interview was the restart of her singing career and more of a focus on her recordings. She notes it had been a while between records, but noted she had never really focused on that aspect. Up to that point, the focus had been on personal appearances at state fairs, rodeos, concerts, television spots and movies. Touring to promote a record was new to her after being in the entertainment business for 25 years.
She was asked whether the attitude of people on the club scene had changed towards female enertainers since the 1960s. She replied that she had not performed at clubs much - felt it was the hardest personal appearance to do. She had started her career again by doing mostly specials, recordings and television, including an appearance on Hee Haw and the Wembley Music Festival in London. She felt doing those two or three shows a night in the club scene was perhaps one of the toughest roles to play.
When she got back into the entertainment business again in 1975, she wanted to give her recording career a bigger emphasis - she wanted that hit record. But she also wanted to be a part of a television series - a situation that would allow her to be at home and be with her children. She fond that the travels caused her phone bills to sky rocket.
Finally, CSR asked her if she had changed her singing style now that she had matured. She noted that “I understand things now that were just words to me before. I think I’ve finally got around to maturing.” She further noted, “I worked twenty years without really stopping and you cna’t relate to real people unless you’ve lived something normal.” For example, she notes, “they handed me my first baby and I didn’t know how to tune her. I said this won’t get in tune. OK, it was crazy, but having kids, I learned you could get so involved in aoother person. The first time you’re around little babies, you discover they got you. You just die for them. It was the first time I ever felt anything like that and it’s changed my outlook on everything.”
1990s and Later
Molly left an impression with the folks she entertained. While reviewing old articles that mention Molly, we found a memory a disc jockey by the name of Dave Hull told the Orange County Register in an interview upon returning to KRLA. He said he was going to start doing the old “Love Line” segment on his show again which tried to match up single guys and gals. He recalled a caller by the name of Floyd who once called up and well, had no love life to speak of. But Floyd did get the biggest kick out of seeing Molly perform in concerts out in Blythe, California.
Perhaps by this time Molly was no longer traveling across the country doing personal appearances, but would still make appearances in southern California. In April of 1998, she was part of a roster of entertainers playing a benefit for the Ivey Ranch Park for the physically handicapped and mentally retarded, using the Old West as a back-drop to the benefit. The concert was held in Oceanside, California at the park across from the Mission San Luis Rey.
In 1991, the Sterling Silver Inn at 8737 Fenwick Street in Sunland, California was trying to offer live entertainment to its audiences, but did not want to hire its own band. The owners, Ruben Carranza and Ronald Battaglia, decided to bring some traditional country music acts to town. One was Johnny Lee. On August 9, 1997, Cliffie Stone along with the Riders of the Purple Sage and Molly were to appear; admission was $20.
After Cliffie Stone died in 1998, his wife Joan would organize an annual tribute concert to Cliffie that would include many of the former people associated with him and theHometown Jamboree. The benefit concert, sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund, was held at the William S. Hart Park in Newhall, California in 1998 and continued to be a venue for the tribute show. Molly appeared on the roster for that tribute in 1998 along with the Riders of the Purple Sage and the Al Vescovo band among others, and would always feature the local talent who were trying to get some exposure as well. Entertainment ran from noon to 5:00pm. In 2001, Molly again appeared on the show and was touted as an original member of the Hometown Jamboree as part of the entertainment lineup that day. The event went from 11:30am to 5:00pm and was free to the public. The Music Performance Trust Fund sponsored the concert.
Later in life, she may have changed her mind about ‘clubs’. We learned from that question and answer column that Molly had her own club in Oceaside, California. Acts that would appear at her club included such folks as Tommy Sands, who appeared there in November of 1992 for two shows a night for two nights; . Molly Bee’s Club was located at 1903 Hill Street in Oceanside. In 1993, there was live dancing Thursday through Sunday and had no cover charge.
Molly was married seven times according to a question and answer column that answered a reader’s question about Molly.
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Shark Commits Suicide on Waterslide
There’s nothing quite like taking a cool trip down the water slide at the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, plunging into the refreshing pool at the end, and … HOLY CRAP!! THAT’S A SHARK!
But it was all too real when hotel staff saw that one of the sharks from the famous resort aquarium had somehow jumped out of it’s tank and onto a nearby water slide — where it managed to slide down into the pool.�
It all went down before the pool opened Tuesday — so nobody was in the water — but here’s where it gets tragic: A rep for the Atlantis tells TMZ the shark died a short time after swimming in the chlorinated water. Here’s the heartbreaking statement:�
“Yesterday morning at around 9:30AM, prior to the resort’s waterscape opening to guests, a 12+ year old female reef shark jumped over an 18 inch wide and 1 foot high sustaining structure into the resort’s Leap of Faith water slide.�
The Atlantis Aquarists believe the shark was startled by an unusual circumstance that we have no way of defining completely. In the over ten years guests have experienced the Leap of Faith, the reef shark itself, harmless to humans as it is fed regularly by our staff, had shown no previous incidences of leaping out of the water in the marine habitat …
… The habitat itself is part of the resort’s open system which filters water from the Atlantic Ocean and is completely separated from the chlorinated water system on the slides. Once the shark fell onto the slide and into the chlorinated water, it was in significant distress.�
The Marine Aquarium Operations team responded immediately and was able to retrieve the animal at the bottom of the slide and return the animal to the main marine habitat in an attempt to resuscitate her. Despite the team’s best efforts to recover the animal, it died shortly after the occurrence.�
There was no danger to our guests or staff, both of whom interact with these sharks daily in our various interactive programs (we have guests enter the shark habitat to swim and interact with the sharks in bathing attire only).�
In fact, our concern was for the animal itself who defied nature to take this leap. The entire team at Atlantis is truly saddened by the loss of this animal who had resided in the Atlantis marine habitat for over ten years.” Source
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