WALK OF FAME

Glenn Close To Receive Star On Walk Of Fame

CBS

January 7, 2009

Veteran actress Glenn Close will receive the 2,378th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday.

Close received the outstanding actress in a drama Emmy in September for her portrayal of attorney Patty Hewes on “Damages.” She also won an outstanding lead actress in a miniseries or special Emmy for the title role in the 1995 NBC made-for-television movie, “Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story.”

Close received best supporting actress Oscar nominations for her first two films “The World According to Garp” and “The Big Chill.” She also received a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for “The Natural” and two best actress nominations for “Fatal Attraction” and “Dangerous Liaisons.”

Her other film credits include “Reversal of Fortune”; “Hamlet”; “101 Dalmatians” and its sequel “102 Dalmatians”; and “Air Force One.”

Close also received Emmy nominations for her work on “The Shield”; the miniseries the made-for-television movies “Sarah, Plain and Tall,” “The Lion in Winter,” “In the Gloaming,” “Skylark” and “Something About Amelia”; and a guest starring role on “Will & Grace.”

Close also supplied the voice of Homer Simpson’s mother Mona on three episodes of the classic Fox Broadcasting animated series “The Simpsons.”

JoBeth Williams and Mary Kay Place, who appeared with Close in the 1983 film “The Big Chill,”; Michael Chiklis, who starred on the FX series “The Shield” with Close and Close’s “Damages” cast mate Tate Donovan will join Close in speaking in the late-morning ceremony in front of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, which administers the Walk of Fame, announced Wednesday.

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OBITUARY

Cheryl Holdridge dies at 64; former Mouseketeer

After “The Mickey Mouse Club,” the actress played Julie Foster on “Leave it to Beaver” and appeared on “The Rifleman,” “Bachelor Father,” “My Three Sons,” “Bewitched” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”

By Dennis McLellan

Los Angeles Times

January 8, 2009

Cheryl Holdridge, the beautiful blond actress who first gained fame as a Mouseketeer on TV’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s, has died. She was 64.    (Click on ‘Continue Reading’ for more)

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HISTORY

Most of Margaret Mitchell House staff laid off

Atlanta History Center makes job cuts

By CATHERINE FOX

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

LGBT

Cast of ‘Wicked’ hosts cabaret for gay rights

Lots of people are up in arms about the passing of California’s Proposition 8, and the cast of “Wicked” is no exception.

Next Monday,  performers from the four North American  companies of the Broadway musical will host “Defying Inequality,” an evening of cabaret performances benefiting four nonprofits that promote civil rights for gays.

The one-night only event will take place in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Louisville.

So, why “Wicked”? Well, one of the prevailing themes of the musical is acceptance, and that’s what the gay community is after too.

 Get more info on the Los Angeles event.

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