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...Early Years, 1903-1940," Bing was an instant hit on records and radio, and in the movies. He starred in Paramount's "The Big Broadcast" of 1932 and would stay at the studio for 24 years, through 60 or so features, including six "Road" movies, three films with "Rhythm" in the title, two versions of "Anything Goes" and "Going My Way," which won him an Oscar as Best Actor. His career could have won him a lifetime award as Biggest Star. Or very nearly. He was the No. 1 box-office star five times (the only one between...
...hadn't previously been paid to talk. Most of the other imports to Hollywood had honed their verbal skills on the Broadway or vaudeville stage; reading dialogue was nothing new to them. Crosby had read only lyrics: he was a singer, part of Paul Whiteman's trio The Rhythm Boys. Who could even guess that, when the group broke up in 1930, Bing would be successful as a solo singer, let alone as a movie idol...
...Penn, none of its star players established a rhythm Friday night. Sophomore Ugonna Onyekwe, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year, only mustered ten points and nearly had more turnovers individually (seven) than the Crimson squad had collectively (ten). Senior guard Lamar Plummer was also relatively quiet, only scoring 12 points on 4-for-13 shooting...
...sometimes seems a little too derivative of William Faulkner as filtered through Cormac McCarthy: "The bull seemed to stand there for no particular purpose that it or the boys could make out, except as a spectacle reminiscent of some pagan culture." Never mind. Durham finds his own voice and rhythm, and the story gallops...
...Roof," one of the two songs for which she was nominated, is a stylized rhythm and blues tune made famous by Mariah Carey...