Academy Screws Renfro, In Memoriam
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So in case you missed it, Brad Renfro was ignored during the "in memoriam" montage on the Oscars last night. You're not gonna believe the statement the Academy gave TMZ.
The tape featured 50 movie types who died in the last year. They included actors, studio execs, makeup artists, agents, and on and on. Renfro was nowhere to be seen. We asked the Academy why and they gave us the following statement: "It is simply not possible to include everyone in that segment."
Interesting. Renfro, whose credits include "The Client," "Apt Pupil" and "Sleepers," seems like a bigger player than Margaret Gardner, the head of the international division of a P.R. firm.
Someone in Renfro's world called the slap in the face "unbelievable and disgusting." We couldn't have said it better ourselves.
Lauren Bacall 'Memba Her?!
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As one of the last surviving stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Lauren Bacall has been in the public eye since she sizzled onto the silver screen at age 19 and taught Humphrey Bogart to whistle in the 1944 classic, "To Have and Have Not." Guess what the former Betty Joan Perske looks like now!
"Borat" Star -- Who Do You Love?
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A few months back, a TMZ photog left Ken Davitian hanging mid-sentence to go talk to George Clooney -- and Davitian remembers it well.
Ken was leaving Opera last night when he asked our man, "If Clooney walks by, you gonna run?"
He'd better!
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Mickey Rourke's Face Is a Bloody Mess
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Fake blood couldn't hide the horror that is Mickey Rourke's surgically re-assembled face. Is that the same guy from "9 1/2 Weeks"?!
The entire gory scene occurred Thursday on the New Jersey set of Rourke's latest film. Parental guidance suggested.
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Jacqueline Bisset: Who Dat?!
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One of TMZ's photographers didn't 'memba who actress Jacqueline Bisset was on Monday, when she was spotted outside Madeo in Beverly Hills. For the record, she was in films like "The Deep," "Class," and, most recently, "Nip/Tuck."
While the 63-year-old beauty was swarmed by autograph hounds outside the eatery, the only question our camera guy could muster up was, "Is this your favorite restaurant?" Kids today!
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Bo Derek 'Memba Her?!
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Decked out in cornrows and not much else, Bo Derek ran on the beach -- and into pop culture history -- in the 1979 film "10." Spring break hairdos would never be the same. Guess what she looks like now!
Hey, Paul, Where's the Damn Movie?!
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Paul Sorvino is pissing off people who invested in his upcoming movie -- a whole county full of 'em. Why? Because there's no movie!
Lackawanna County, Penna. somehow invested $500,000 in Sorvino's new movie, "The Trouble with Cali," which the "Goodfellas" star was directing in Pennsylvania. Scenes were shot in Scranton in 2006, but the movie has yet to hit theaters, and now Lackawanna County is asking WTF?
Sorvino, who lives in the nearby Pocono Mountains, told the AP, "To have my honesty impugned has never happened in my life. The record of how the money was spent was always available, to the penny. Sorvino adds that the film will be out soon -- and that he also invested $175,000 of his own scratch.
Classic Bombshell Jane Russell 'Memba Her?!
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Jane Russell has been famous since rolling in the hay for Howard Hughes in the 1943 film, "The Outlaw." She then co-starred with Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Guess what she looks like now!
The Guy in 'Gremlins' 'Memba Him?!
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Zach Galligan became famous for a hot minute by getting his pet Mogwai wet in the 1984 film, "Gremlins." Guess what he looks like now!
Dolph Lundgren 'Memba Him?!
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Swedish muscleman Dolph Lundgren became an action hero in the '80s after playing Drago in "Rocky IV." Guess what he looks like now!
Ryan Definitely Won't Talk About ScarJo
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You'd think that if you were gettin' it from Scarlett Johansson, you'd definitely want to sing about it to the hills and everything and everyone else. Or, not.
We caught up with Ryan Reynolds in SoHo yesterday, and our reporter absolutely blistered the "Definitely, Maybe" star with questions about his Valentine's Day plans ... and whether Scarlett was pregnant, and whether they were engaged, and ...
... and Ryan went nowhere near any of it.
Lee Meriwether as Catwoman 'Memba Her?!
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Just like Halle Berry, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eartha Kitt and Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether pawed her way into a spandex suit to play Catwoman in the 1966 film,"Batman." Guess what she looks like now!
Molly Ringwald 'Memba Her?!
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In the '80s, Molly Ringwald was the Queen of the Brat Pack for starring in teen classics like "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club," and "Pretty in Pink." Guess what she looks like now!
Debra Winger 'Memba Her?!
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In the '80s, Debra Winger ruled the box office in hits like "An Officer and a Gentleman," "Urban Cowboy," and "Terms of Endearment." Guess what she looks like now!
Shia: Smooth Shooting with Velvet Revolver
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Velvet Revolver rocked the 944 Super Village in Scottsdale, AZ last night -- where future "Indiana Jones" star Shia LaBeouf was extra touchy-feely with a hot brunette on the dance floor!
Also at the show: Will.i.am took down some digits, Juliet Lewis was dressed semi-normal, and two drummers: John Dolmayan from System of a Down and Adrian Young from No Doubt watched Slash and the boys tear up the stage.
Amy Irving from 'Yentl' 'Memba Her?!
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In the '70s and '80s, Amy Irving became famous for starring in classic films like "Carrie" and "Yentl" -- and for marrying and divorcing Steven Spielberg. Guess what she looks like now!
