Kirk Douglas

...submarine should resemble but does not: A pissed-off fish alligator. Fifty-five years later, it's what everyone remembers. Poor Kirk Douglas. My mother -- who remembers nothing from film -- thinks that "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" is...

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...aren't you?' she said to the 600 guests at the Grand Ballroom above the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Her long-time friend Kirk Douglas said he'd been friends with Bacall for 60 years after she turned down his romantic advances. He said:...

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...and Bogart, presented her Oscar. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks also took part, along with Kirk Douglas, who revealed how he settled for a 60-year friendship with Bacall after an early attempt to seduce her fell flat. He said...

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...said. Ron Howard credited Corman with giving him his start as a filmmaker, saying working for Corman was "a badge of honor." Kirk Douglas honored Bacall, his friend for more than 60 years, and confessed that he once tried to seduce...

In this article: Academy Awards, Roger Corman, Lauren Bacall, Gordon Willis, Steven Spielberg, Norman Jewison, Warren Beatty, and Quentin Tarantino

...The Godfather Part II, Annie Hall, and Manhattan all getting snubbed of an Oscar nod.) Leading man icon Kirk Douglas won his own standing ovation when he stepped to the dais to honor Bacall, his one-time fellow student at the American...

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Film legends Kirk Douglas and Robert De Niro, along with "A Single Man" star Colin Firth, "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle and up-and-coming screen talent Emily Blunt were honored at the British Academy of Film and Television Los...

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London, Nov 9 : Kirk Douglas was touched when actor-tuned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger presented him with a top movie award, as he had worked with the Terminator star in his first flick. Douglas received the Britannia Award for...

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London, Nov 8 : Hollywood veteran Kirk Douglas was stunned to be presented with a top movie award by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday night because he coached the muscleman on his first ever film. Douglas was handed the...

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