One year before John Lennon was killed in front of his New York City home, eyeglass maker Masami Shirayama met the former Beatles star in Tokyo. Lennon liked a series of frames he designed and asked them for several pairs to be made to his specifications. However, the joy of sharing his designs with Lennon was shattered when, one year after Lennon’s death, Shirayama saw the cover of Yoko Ono’s Seasons of Glass. After seeing Lennon’s blood-splattered spectacles, he refused to capitalize on his death and quickly took action.
John Lennon wore Mayfair frames on the day of his death
On Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon was putting the finishing touches on recording “Walking On Thin Ice” at the New York City recording studio, Record Plant. It was an ordinary but busy day for Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, filled with interviews and photo shoots.
However, after arriving...
John Lennon wore Mayfair frames on the day of his death
On Dec. 8, 1980, John Lennon was putting the finishing touches on recording “Walking On Thin Ice” at the New York City recording studio, Record Plant. It was an ordinary but busy day for Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, filled with interviews and photo shoots.
However, after arriving...
- 12/8/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Aaliyah Lewis was like any toddler: happy, inquisitive and energetic. She had turned 2 years old on April 11, 2016, and celebrated with cake and balloons.
Ten days later, she was beaten to death.
Soon after her death, police arrested Aaliyah’s mother’s boyfriend, 21-year-old Jamarius Devonti Graham. In charging documents obtained by People, police say that Graham was babysitting the toddler while her mother was at work.
According to the documents, on April 21, 2016, Graham allegedly beat the girl to death with a plastic coat hanger on and a belt after she had an accident on his bed. He then allegedly called...
Ten days later, she was beaten to death.
Soon after her death, police arrested Aaliyah’s mother’s boyfriend, 21-year-old Jamarius Devonti Graham. In charging documents obtained by People, police say that Graham was babysitting the toddler while her mother was at work.
According to the documents, on April 21, 2016, Graham allegedly beat the girl to death with a plastic coat hanger on and a belt after she had an accident on his bed. He then allegedly called...
- 3/15/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
” Look, spaghetti arms. This is my dance space. This is your dance space. I don’t go into yours, you don’t go into mine. You gotta hold the frame!”
Grab your watermelons because Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD, along with a special Limited Collector’s Edition Box Set.
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Relive the enduring romance of Baby and Johnny when Dirty Dancing 30th Anniversary Edition arrives on a limited Collector’s Edition numbered box set (Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and Digital HD on February 7 from Lionsgate. The pop phenomenon that gave audiences some of the most iconic catchphrases and dance sequences in film history stars Patrick Swayze (Ghost), Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), Jerry Orbach ( TV’s “Law & Order”), Cynthia Rhodes (Flashdance), Kelly Bishop...
Grab your watermelons because Dirty Dancing: 30th Anniversary Edition is now available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD, along with a special Limited Collector’s Edition Box Set.
Check out this clip:
Relive the enduring romance of Baby and Johnny when Dirty Dancing 30th Anniversary Edition arrives on a limited Collector’s Edition numbered box set (Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital HD), DVD and Digital HD on February 7 from Lionsgate. The pop phenomenon that gave audiences some of the most iconic catchphrases and dance sequences in film history stars Patrick Swayze (Ghost), Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), Jerry Orbach ( TV’s “Law & Order”), Cynthia Rhodes (Flashdance), Kelly Bishop...
- 2/8/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
At the height of the ’60s they famously sang “All You Need is Love,” yet a letter from John Lennon to Paul McCartney shows that love was literally the last thing on anyone’s mind after the demise of The Beatles.
The un-signed note – which is currently up for sale with the Rr Auction house – was typed by Lennon in 1971 and contains hand-written annotations from the Beatle alongside a number of frosty insults such as “Get off your high horse” and “Who do you think we/you are?”
Expected to reach a price of $20,000, the angry missive was written in...
The un-signed note – which is currently up for sale with the Rr Auction house – was typed by Lennon in 1971 and contains hand-written annotations from the Beatle alongside a number of frosty insults such as “Get off your high horse” and “Who do you think we/you are?”
Expected to reach a price of $20,000, the angry missive was written in...
- 11/15/2016
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Chicago – The generation raised on movies of the ’80s is now the one that buys the most Blu-rays. And so it makes sense that more and more of the films of our youth are hitting the format. Again. And again. Lionsgate has turned releasing and re-releasing “Dirty Dancing” into an art form (and would never pass up the 25th anniversary without another re-release). And Warner Bros. has finally given both “Gremlins” and “Gremlins 2” an HD polish although one wishes they had given more care and love to Joe Dante’s gems. Oh yeah, you can also now own “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights” on Blu-ray if there’s anyone out there who considers that valuable information.
It may say something about the war of the sexes but I imagine more men would choose the “Gremlins” 2-pack and more women would lean toward the “Dirty Dancing” 2-film collection on the new releases shelf.
It may say something about the war of the sexes but I imagine more men would choose the “Gremlins” 2-pack and more women would lean toward the “Dirty Dancing” 2-film collection on the new releases shelf.
- 5/15/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
One could just as easily write a negative review as a positive one of Dirty Dancing without even making points that contradict one another. Dancing is a film so ridiculous, so self-assured, so enraptured in a time period that looks like the 1960s but plays like a cross between 1910 and 1987 that you could certainly feel free to deride it for all of its leaps of logic and flagrant cloying, but after a while, you kind of have to wonder what the point would be. Seen from 23 years hindsight, Dancing is certainly one of the films most emblematic of the late 1980s, possessing all of the guilt-free (or is it shameless?) nostalgia and pop musical escapism that the decade has come to represent. But at the same time, the benefit of history has revealed the film to have made just enough interesting and unique creative decisions to justify the strong feelings...
- 5/8/2010
- by Anders Nelson
- JustPressPlay.net
Chicago – How does one review a lavish “Keepsake Edition” of a beloved hit? Does it matter what the critic thinks of the movie itself? It’s not like anyone out there will be buying a gift set such as this having not even seen the film, so the opinion of a potential buyer is pretty much set in stone. With that in mind, if you love “Dirty Dancing” as so many do, it’s hard to think of anything missing from Lionsgate’s new “Limited Keepsake Edition”.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
I’m old enough to remember when the cult of “Dirty Dancing” started and to still have a cassette tape of the unbelievably successful soundtrack sitting in a box in the attic. “Dirty Dancing” wasn’t just a hit movie, it was a cultural phenomenon for those of who were the right age. Personally, I was surprised to note that the...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
I’m old enough to remember when the cult of “Dirty Dancing” started and to still have a cassette tape of the unbelievably successful soundtrack sitting in a box in the attic. “Dirty Dancing” wasn’t just a hit movie, it was a cultural phenomenon for those of who were the right age. Personally, I was surprised to note that the...
- 5/4/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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