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   Just Jared    
   April 6, 2018    
   Ansel Elgort kicked off his weekend early with a guys' night out! The 24-year-old Baby Driver star was spotted hanging out at Poppy nightclub on Thursday (April 5) in West Hollywood, Calif. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Ansel Elgort. He sported a black and white sweatshirt with a photo of the lateÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Broadway World    
   April 3, 2018    
   On last night's Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Kate Mara chatted about turning her Tahiti honeymoon into an Italian-themed celebration of The Godfather and the real-life political tragedy behind her film Chappaquiddick. Check out the clip below! The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is anÃâà...     
    
    
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   Waterbury Republican American    
   April 2, 2018    
   Marlon Brando was born on this day in 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska. 5 things about Brando's life are: 1) His closest boyhood friend was Wally Cox, and they remained close until Cox's death in 1973. 2) After being expelled for riding his motorcycle in his high school, Brando was sent to military school, whereÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Patch.com    
   March 29, 2018    
   Once home to the likes of Ann Miller and Marlon Brando, it's where Brando sat down with Edward R. Murrow for a one-on-one. It's overlooks the Frank Lloyd Wright's Storer Residence (1923), and Charles Kyson's De Witt House (1925), a veritable who's who of LA's great architects. The home 5-bedroomÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Loyola Phoenix    
   March 28, 2018    
   This week in arts and entertainment history saw the premieres of two monumental movie classics and two radical moves by legendary artists. Here are five anniversaries of iconic moments in pop culture history. “Singin' in the Rain” premieres at Radio City Music Hall (3/27/52)Ãâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Curbed LA    
   March 24, 2018    
   The Laurel View Drive property has had several occupants of note, including dancer/actress Ann Miller, who lived there during the 1940s, and Marlon Brando, who showed off the home and played the bongos for chain-smoking newsman Edward R. Murrow in a 1955 episode of Murrow's show Person toÃâà...     
    
    
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   NPR    
   March 19, 2018    
   The little black-and-white bunny — named after Marlon Brando — belongs to Vice President Pence's daughter Charlotte and lives with the second family at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.. Monday, Bundo is out with his first book: Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President.     
    
    
  
  
   
   Malibu Times    
   March 18, 2018    
   I suppose, for the Academy, some unexpected surprises aren't all that new. Marlon Brando may have started the trend when he dispatched Sacheen Littlefeather to collect his award for “The Godfather” in 1973. That's right, one of the best actors of all time, one of the best roles of all time and one of the bestÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Press Herald    
   March 4, 2018    
   NEW YORK — Should any of this year's Oscars winners use the occasion to promote a political cause, you can thank – or blame – Marlon Brando. Brando's role as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather” remains a signature performance in movie history. But his response to winning an Academy Award was trulyÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Hollywood Reporter    
   March 2, 2018    
   Dean Martin (center) hit the dance floor. Ray Anthony's band performed until 3 a.m., with Pearl Bailey singing on some numbers. Sixty years ago, actor George Murphy was asked to stage a new post-Oscars dinner dance for the nominees. For the first dozen years, the Academy's Annual Awards of MeritÃâà...     
    
    
 
  
 
 
   
  
   
   Variety    
   March 2, 2018    
   The following year Marlon Brando made politics more overt when he won as best actor for “The Godfather.” At the March 27, 1973, ceremony, Sacheen Littlefeather read a letter from Brando, who declined to attend. In the statement, he wrote he “regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And theÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Variety    
   February 22, 2018    
   Quincy Jones took to Twitter on Thursday to apologize for recent headline-making comments he made about a number of Hollywood's elite, including Michael Jackson, Marlon Brando, Richard Pryor, and the Beatles. In interviews with GQ and Vulture earlier this year, Jones' claims included that he knewÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   The Guardian    
   February 16, 2018    
   And less reluctantly I read everything I could – spurred by Quincy Jones's remarkable interview – about Marlon Brando's and Richard Pryor's, and which one would have sex with a letterbox and which one with a radiator. “Brando used to go cha-cha dancing with us. He could dance his ass off. He was theÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   PEOPLE.com    
   February 13, 2018    
   Ever since Quincy Jones first alleged that Richard Pryor and Marlon Brando had a sexual relationship back in the day, the internet has been ablaze trying to determine if the music icon was being facetious or letting the world in on a decades-long secret. But with confirmations and denials coming from bothÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   PEOPLE.com    
   February 12, 2018    
   Marlon Brando's son is disputing claims that his father had a sexual relationship with Richard Pryor. Brando's son, Miko, told TMZ that his family is “disappointed” after Quincy Jones alleged that Pryor once slept with the Oscar-winning actor. “The Marlon Brando family has heard the recent comments byÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   PEOPLE.com    
   February 9, 2018    
   Richard Pryor's widow may have confirmed Quincy Jones' allegations that the late comedian had a sexual relationship with Oscar-winning actor Marlon Brando, but one of Pryor's daughters has different things to say. Rain Pryor, who is one of Pryor's seven children from six different relationships, posted anÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Metro    
   December 31, 1999    
   Richard Pryor's daughter Rain is still 'in denial' about her father's bisexuality, according to his widow Jennifer. Earlier this year, Quincy Jones did an in-depth interview about his time working in the music industry. He told anecdotes about Michael Jackson and explained his relationship with the TrumpsÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Vanity Fair    
   December 31, 1999    
   Years later, Charlotte's dad is in the White House, as is her bunny, and the irony of the name became truly unavoidable, particularly with rumors of Marlon Brando's bisexuality conveniently back in the headlines. It sure was not lost on HBO's John Oliver, who with the help of show writer Jill Twiss, wrote andÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   The Sun    
   December 31, 1999    
   FILM stars have long been involved in the hotel business – but one of the most luxurious has got to be Marlon Brando's private island resort. The Brando in French Polynesia isn't exactly the cheapest - with rooms costing up to Ãâã11,000 a night - but us average Joes can now get a look inside thanks to a newÃâà...     
    
    
  
  
   
   Page Six    
   December 31, 1999    
   NEW YORK — Should any of this year's Oscars winners use the occasion to promote a political cause, you can thank — or blame — Marlon Brando. Brando's role as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather” remains a signature performance in movie history. But his response to winning an Academy Award wasÃâà...     
    
   
  
   
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