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Sniff, Sniff…the Best Tearjerker Movie List – Part 3

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I saved the best for last. These are the movies that turned me into a big sobbing, crying, wailing mass of blubber. 3. Saving Private Ryan My little sister and her best friend wanted to see some girly movie at the theater. Not being in the mood, I took them anyhow, but went to see Saving Private Ryan alone. Most people who saw this would say the ending scene, in which Captain John Miller (played by Tom Hanks) dies after having tromped over half of Europe to find Private Ryan, was the tearjerking part. After all, Captain Miller and his … Continue reading →

The Johnny Stompanato Murder Case

The other day, I blogged about celebrity cougars and mentioned Lana Turner. Long before the O.J. Simpson case would become sensationalized in the 90s, Lana was involved in a scandalous murder trial that would shake up Hollywood. In early 1957, she met Johnny Stompanato, four years her junior. He was good looking and built, but Johnny had a few faults. For example, he had ties to the LA underworld, including gangster Mickey Cohen. Lana feared bad publicity, so she tried to break it off with Stompanato, but he was not quite ready to let go of his golden haired leading … Continue reading →

A Brief History of Celebrity Cougars

Last night, I watched the season finale of Age of Love. If you missed the show, it featured 31-year-old tennis star Mark Philippoussis as a single man looking for love. The catch of the show was that they brought in 13 eligible bachelorettes for him to choose from – six in their twenties (dubbed the kittens) and seven in their forties (dubbed the cougars). The show was supposed to show that age meant nothing. Well, in the end, apparently age did mean something. Mark picked 25-year-old Amanda Salinas over 48 year old Jen Braff. Regardless of the results of that … Continue reading →