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| 'M*A*S*H' actor Allan Arbus dies at 95 Posted: 23 Apr 2013 08:37 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. actor Allan Arbus, best known for his role as Army psychiatrist Sidney Freedman on the 1970s hit television series M*A*S*H and as the husband of the late photographer Diane Arbus, has died at the age of 95. Arbus, who gave up his photography for acting, passed away from congestive heart failure at his home in Los Angeles on Friday, his second wife Mariclare Costello Arbus told Reuters. "At 95, doctors didn't want to do surgery and Allan didn't want it at all," said Costello Arbus, an actress who married Arbus in 1976. "He just slowed down," she said. "He just got weaker and weaker and was at home with his daughter and me." Arbus' first major acting role came as Christ-like figure Jesse in director Robert Downey Sr.'s 1972 cult film Greaser's Palace, which also starred the director's young son, Robert Downey Jr. He shot to prominence the role of the acerbic psychiatrist Sidney Freedman on M*A*S*H in 1973, a year after the Korean War comedy-drama began. Arbus' final credited television role was in an episode of comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm in 2000, according to Hollywood database IMDB.com. Arbus was born in 1918 in New York and began his career as a photographer in the 1940s and served as an U.S. Army photographer during World War II. In 1941, he married Diane Nemerov - who later earned artistic acclaim for her photos of marginalized people. The couple started a photography studio together which shot photos for magazines Vogue and Glamour, among others. The couple separated in 1959 and divorced a decade later. Diane Arbus committed suicide in 1971. Arbus is survived by his three children; Amy Arbus and Doon Arbus from his first marriage and Arin Arbus from his second. |
| Posted: 24 Apr 2013 02:31 AM PDT More US shows are hearing the thunder from Down Under. I'M pretty excited by the latest TV show to come our way – Hannibal. A new dimension to the story of Hannibal Lecter, perhaps the most loved/feared serial killer in popular culture, is something I just cannot resist. And, judging by the first two episodes, it might just turn out to be one of the show's I'll be rushing home to watch. Apart from the intriguing plot line – the show focuses on Dr Lecter before he is imprisoned for multiple grisly murders – interestingly, both the lead actors (Mads Mikkelsen who plays Hannibal and Hugh Dancy as FBI profiler Will Graham) aren't American! Mikkelsen (who was Le Chiffre, the villain with the bloody eye in the 2006 James Bond movie Casino Royale) is Danish, while Dancy (Confessions Of A Shopaholic, The Jane Austen Book Club) is British. This got me thinking about how so many of the American shows I am currently watching have foreign actors in either leading roles or significant supporting roles. No, I'm not talking about Hugh Laurie's character on House M.D. – that's soooo yesterday. Having said that, House alumnus Jesse Spencer (who is Australian, in case you didn't realise) has moved on from his supporting role as one of Dr House's diagnosticians to being the lead in Chicago Fire, an American show about firefighters. Spencer is just one of many Australian actors making an impact in Hollywood – there's Simon Baker, who plays independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation, Patrick Jane, on The Mentalist; Ryan Kwanten, who is Jason Stackhouse on True Blood; Anna Torv, who is FBI agent Olivia Dunham on Fringe (I must say that I saw her first on Aussie drama McLeod's Daughters – a show that everyone laughed at me for being hooked on, but at least I can now say I saw Torv back then); Alex O'Loughlin, who is Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on Hawaii Five-O; Yvonne Strahovski, who is murderer-on-the-run Hannah McKay on the latest season of Dexter; and Clare Bowen, who plays up-and-coming country singer Scarlett O'Connor on Nashville. And speaking of Nashville (if you aren't watching this stellar drama, you really should), Scarlett's singing partner Gunnar Scott (played by Sam Palladio) is British. How the two of them have mastered not just the American accent but the Southern twang is really quite remarkable. What is it about these Australians? Sure, they're all really good actors but I'm convinced there's more to it than that. Their sun-kissed skin? The ability to speak American? Their easygoing, fun-loving personalities? I often wonder if this foreign invasion is getting Americans riled up at all. I'm being silly? Check out http://bit.ly/YHUIGl which shows American actor Brian Guest (who has appeared on Southland and Hawaii Five-O) in a spoof about Australians in Hollywood. In it, he plays an American actor who is fed up by the lack of roles for Americans, particularly after his agent tells him: "You're doing great work, you're just not Australian". Fed up, he decides to show up for a casting call in Australia in full Crocodile Dundee gear! Hilarious. – SI HEAR, hear, to Australians. This week, I am in full support of television stars from Down Under. In fact, I am going to pay homage to one in particular, the inimitable John Noble. I recently finished watching all five seasons of Fringe, so I am still freshly bowled over by Noble's character of Walter Bishop in the epic science fiction series (yeah, I say epic ... for all its loopholes and crazy timelines, from an observer's point of view, Fringe did pretty fine). Noble is outstanding and steals the limelight every time he is on screen. I think he personifies what every good actor should be and in Fringe especially, he was able to embrace his character so well – playing him cerebral, kind, ruthless at times, perpetually the boy stuck in a man's body, funny, witty, sassy. Noble, now 64, is a film and television actor, and theatre director of more than 80 plays, who hails from Australia (born in Port Pirie, South Australia ... so he's really like a kampung boy) but now lives in America. You might also recognise him as Denethor from The Lord Of The Rings, or as Anatoly Markov in the sixth season of the series 24. He's also got a fantastic voice and his enunciation gives me goosebumps. I don't really know what I'm going to do now that I've run out of Fringe episodes, how am I going to get my Noble fix? Watch old episodes of Home And Away and All Saints? Eek! Like Indra mentioned, there's a whole slew of them Aussies invading TV screens, but my favourite wizard of Oz will (I think) always be John Noble. Time for some best Walter Bishop moments on YouTube, methinks. – AMC |
| Beauty tips by make-up guru Junior Cedena Posted: 24 Apr 2013 02:35 AM PDT FASHIONISTAS and glamour queens, take note. Renowned make-up artist and member of Dior's Make-up Pro Team, Junior Cedena will be dispensing valuable beauty secrets on Capital FM 88.9 tomorrow. A former model, Cedena has worked his magic for brands like Prada and Yves Saint Laurent as a freelancer before joining Dior in 2000. Some of the celebrities he has worked with include Angelina Jolie and Penelope Cruz, as well as models Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell. Tune in to Capital FM on Jam Break with Deborah and Non (April 25, 6pm onwards) for an exclusive live interview with Cedena. The make-up guru will be talking about his experience with Dior as well as share some beauty tips. Capital FM will also be giving away Dior make-up sets worth RM365 on Jam Break (4pm-8pm) from now till April 26. n To listen online, log on to www.capitalfm.com.my. Capital FM is part of The Star Media Group. |
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