By Joseph Martinez -

Veteran actor Peter O'Toole made a real impression in Hollywood on Saturday, April 30, 2011 by joining a select few who have left their mark on a Los Angeles sidewalk.

The 'Lawrence Of Arabia' star attracted a big crowd as he placed his hands and feet in wet cement outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in celebration of his illustrious film career.

The ceremony was part of the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival honoring classic film and movie stars. The 78 year old was cheered by fans and proved that he still has an eye for the ladies by planting a big kiss on actress Rose MCGowan's lips.

On hand, along with O'Toole's family, were Barbara Hershey, Anjelica Huston, Rose McGowan, Illeana Douglas, Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss and Turner Classic Movie's own Robert Osborne.

Although a bit frail-looking, the dapper star was in high spirits and joked with the onlookers. He demonstrated how he used to carry cement before becoming an actor and quipped: "It's been many years since I had an intimate relationship with cement." (© 2011 Joe Martinez / PictureLux)

By Joseph Martinez -

The five Hollywood Starlets from the movie, including Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish and Jamie Chung, braved the elements to premiere their action fantasy film in Los Angeles, Wednesday March 23, 2011 at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

The stars of 'Sucker Punch' dashed from their Limos, eluded puddles and rushed in to the heated and tented red carpet, all in an effort to avoid the downpour and keep their gowns dry. There they joined director Zack Snyder and his wife Deborah, who produced the film.

The young ladies were joined by fellow cast members Carla Gugino and Scott Glenn as well as teen heartthrob Joe Jonas, Dancing with the Stars' Derek Hough, and other up-and-comers like Emma Roberts and Juno Temple. Hollywood veterans like John Hamm (also in the film) and A-lister Diane Lane did their best to ignore the inclement weather and joined the festivities as well.


Fashion Watch:
Vanessa Hudgens looked  great on the the red carpet. The 22-year-old actress chose a Jenny Packham dress for the event and finished her look with a lia sophia silver Glitterati bracelet. Emily Browning wore an Erdem dress and Prada shoes. Jena Malone wore Jean Carlos Obando, David Webb jewelry, Brian Atwood shoes and Raven Kauffman Couture clutch. (photos © 2011 Joe Martinez / PictureLux)

About the film:
"Sucker Punch" is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what's real and what is imaginary.

The film opens nationwide Friday March 25, 2011.

View more celebrity photos of Emily Browning at PictureLux Imagesearch

By Joseph Martinez -

Fans gathered on Hollywood Boulevard Wednesday morning to mourn the passing of one of the world's most beloved Hollywood Icons, Elizabeth taylor, and making her star on the Walk of Fame a makeshift shrine to the Actress.

The child actor who became a Hollywood icon, known for her radiant beauty and turbulent off-screen personal life and star of such films as 'Giant,' 'Cleopatra,' 'Butterfield 8' and 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles Wednesday morning March 30, 2011 from congestive heart failure. She had been plagued by ill-health for many years and had been in the hospital recently with heart problems - she was 79.

Taylor lived almost her entire life in the glare of the media spotlight, not only for her Hollywood stardom but also for her soap opera personal life which overshadowed her great acting career from age 50 on. Nevertheless, she managed to overcome even the tabloids by becoming the torch bearer and high profile activist for AIDS research as friends like Rock Hudson and Roddy McDowall succumbed to the disease.

By Joseph Martinez -

The classic tale is re-imagined in this latest big screen version of 'Red Riding Hood. Gone is the sweet little girl depicted by the Brothers Grimm and a much darker tale is depicted.

Although rumored to be dating Ryan Phillippe,  Amanda Seyfried opted to go solo to the Los Angeles premiere of 'Red Riding Hood' at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Monday, March 7, 2011. It was later revealed that he was at the after-party.

Seyfried tells USA today that she loved the darker feel of the movie. "I read the script and I was like, a murder mystery and some sex, why not?" she laughed. "It's our own version and it's not supposed to be exactly what we knew as children. It's a fun direction, it's for a lot of young audiences. All the relationships in the movie and the way we communicate in the movie are very contemporary but it's set in this medieval dark, Gothic town."

The Red carpet guest list included co-stars Gary Oldman, Virginia Madsen, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Adrian Holmes, Michael Shanks, Kacey Rohl as well as director Catherine Hardwicke. Also spotted were American Idol's top 13, red carpet-ready for their first movie premiere. Other celebrities on-hand for the event were Josh Brolin, Diane Lane, Lance Bass, Rebecca De Mornay and many others. ( photo © 2011 Joe Martinez / PictureLux )

By Joseph Martinez -

Actress Jane Russell, the voluptuous pin-up girl who set a million male hearts to pounding during World War II, died Monday at her home in the central coast city of Santa Maria, CA. She was 89 years old.

Her death from respiratory failure came 70 years after eccentric billionaire and film Mogul Howard Hughes set her course for stardom by signing her to a seven-year contract.  she made her motion picture debut in The Outlaw (1943), a story about Billy the Kid that went to great lengths to showcase her voluptuous figure. Although the movie was completed in 1941, it was released for a limited showing two years later. There were problems with the censorship of the production code over the way her ample cleavage was displayed. When the movie was finally passed, it had a general release in 1946. During that time, she was kept busy doing publicity and became known nationally. Contrary to countless incorrect reports in the media since the release of The Outlaw, Russell did not wear the specially designed "cantilever" under wire bra (the first of its kind) that Howard Hughes constructed for the film. According to Jane's 1988 autobiography, she was given the bra, decided it had a mediocre fit, and wore her own bra on the film set with the straps pulled down.

One of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s, she co-starred in the hit film 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' (1953) opposite Marilyn Monroe for 20th Century Fox.

She is survived by three children, six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Jane Russell Trivia Per IMDB:

• Discovered by Howard Hughes working as a receptionist for his dentist.
• Went to Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles
• Bob Hope once introduced her as "the two and only Jane Russell".
• Went to high school with James Dougherty, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) co-star Marilyn Monroe's first husband.
• Leonardo DiCaprio visited Jane while filming The Aviator (2004) in order to find up close and personal what Howard Hughes was really like.

( Photo: The Hollywood Archive )