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10 March 2012 8:56 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Actress Martha Stewart (photo, with Perry Como), a pretty blonde who had supporting roles in a handful of Fox movies of the '40s, died of "natural causes" in Northeast Harbor, Maine, last February 25. She was 89. Needless to say, that's not the same Martha Stewart hawking "delicious foods" and whatever else on TV. The Kentucky-born (Oct. 7, 1922) Stewart was reportedly discovered while singing at The Stork Club on Christmas 1944. Her film debut took place in Lewis Seiler's Doll Face (1945), a musical film adaptation of Gypsy Rose Lee's semi-autobiographical play The Naked Genius. Joan Blondell starred onstage for producer Michael Todd (Blondell's, Evelyn Keyes', and Elizabeth Taylor's husband, at various times), but the show ran for only 36 performances. Vivian Blaine had the title role in the movie, a borderline B production — co-starring Carmen Miranda, but shot in black and white. Additionally, Stewart supported Joan Crawford in Otto Preminger »

- Andre Soares

8 February 2012 12:00 PM, PST | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »

The live-action Jetsons movie is set to get a rewrite. Variety reports that Warner Bros. has hired Van Robichaux and Evan Susser (Chewie) to pen its adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera TV toon. The long-gestating project will be produced by Donald De Line and Denise Di Novi. A recent draft was written by Adam F. Goldberg.

The story will focus on "the life and times of George, Jane, Judy, and Elroy Jetson." The Jetsons first aired in 1962 as Hanna-Barbera's futuristic answer to The Flintstones. In 1990, Warner Bros released a cartoon version of the show directed by Joseph Barbera.

I always like The Jetsons and The Flintstones and am interested in seeing a live-action take on this. Let's hope it is a lot better than the live-action Flintstones. What are your thoughts on this news?

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Source: Variety (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118049855.html? »

- Tiberius

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