What is screen legend Jane Russell doing nowadays?
Threequels, horny teens, killer robots from Cybertron: Goodbye to all that. Or most of it. Fall is here. Make way for seriousness. War and its implications are on the mind of many a movie, from the Reese Witherspoon-Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle “Rendition,” about the ethics of torture, to “The Kingdom,” with Jamie Foxx and others as FBI agents hunting terrorists in Saudi Arabia. The war in Iraq dominates “Grace Is Gone,” about what happens to a female soldier’s husband and children when she’s killed there; Paul Haggis’s first film since “Crash,” “In the Valley of Elah,” with Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon as the parents of an AWOL soldier; and Brian DePalma’s “Redacted.” If those don’t sound like fun for the whole family, there are the animated “Bee Movie” and several first installments in series, like “The Golden Compass” from the best-selling “His Dark Materials” trilogy. Other esteemed books adapted for the screen include Ian McEwan’s “Atonement,” a Coen brothers treatment of Cormac
Hollywood’s Jane Russell on stage Screen legend Jane Russell is joining the cast of a musical in Cardiff about theatre producer David Gest. The actress, now 88, shot to fame in 1946 in the movie The Outlaw, which had been considered too raunchy for audiences to watch three years earlier. Her other notable films included Gentlemen Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe. David Gest… My Life! A Musical Concert Extravaganza is touring the UK and is at St David’s Hall on Saturday. The musical tells the story of theatre producer Gest, the ex-husband of actress Liza Minnelli, through his love of music. The show also also includes a tribute to Michael Jackson, and an interview between Gest and Jackson will be shown. Gest came to the attention of the British public when he appeared in the ITV show I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Jane Russell’s appearance in the Welsh capital was described by St David’s Hall as an “amazing exclusive for the city”. The actress is best known for her appearance i
HOLLYWOOD legend Jane Russell crossed the Atlantic to headline a star-studded concert at Liverpool Cathedral. The actress, once a voluptuous brunette whose Hollywood credits include The Outlaw – a film which caused a public outcry in 1943 thanks to her shapely figure – revelled in the spotlight last night. The legendary actress, now 88, paid little notice to her age as she sang three jazz standards in a glitzy showpiece dinner held in The Well of the Cathedral. Ms Russell has a long track record as a singer which saw her record with Frank Sinatra in 1950. Sources: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.
