"Velma Kelly Velma Kelly is one of the main characters in the successful Broadway musical ""Chicago"". She is a nightclub singer/vaudevillian who was accused of murdering of her husband and sister. She is sent to the Cook County Jail where she hires the best soliciting lawyer, Billy Flynn. Singing and dancing, and telling her side of the story, Kelly goes through her time at jail being the star until Roxie Hart comes into the picture. Velma Kelly's character was based on a woman named Belva Gaertner. Belva was a cabaret singer who had been married and divorced twice. After those"
"foxtrot record ""Hula Lou"" over and over for two hours before calling her husband to say she killed a man who ""tried to make love to her"". She was found ""not guilty"" on May 25, 1924. Velma is based on Gaertner, who was a cabaret singer. The body of Walter Law was discovered slumped over the steering wheel of Gaertner's abandoned car on March 12, 1924. Two police officers testified that they had seen a woman getting into the car and shortly thereafter heard gunshots. A bottle of gin and an automatic pistol were found on the floor of the"
"1924. During her interview with Maurine Watkins, Gaertner told Watkins that ""gin and guns- either one is bad enough, but together they get you in a dickens of a mess, don't they."" Her defense in court was that he could have committed suicide, and she was released in June 1924. She remarried her husband William Gaertner and was later convicted of drunk driving in 1926. In 1927, she attended the opening of Watkins' play ""Chicago"" in Chicago, Illinois. Women who have portrayed Velma on the Broadway stage include: Chita Rivera, Caroline O'Connor, Bebe Neuwirth, Reva Rice, Pia Douwes and Ute"
"murdered both her husband and her sister when she found them in bed together. She welcomes the audience to tonight's show (""All That Jazz""). Velma eventually is arrested for her crime. Meanwhile, the audience hears of chorus girl Roxie Hart's murder of her lover, nightclub regular Fred Casely. Roxie convinces her husband Amos that the victim was a burglar, and Amos cheerfully takes the blame. Roxie expresses her appreciation of her husband's thick skull (""Funny Honey""). However, when the police mention the deceased's name, Amos belatedly realizes that Roxie has lied to him. The truth comes out, and Roxie is"
"(Mike Mazurki) to locate Velma Valento, a former girlfriend of whom Moose lost track while serving eight years in prison. They go to the nightclub where Velma last worked as a singer, but the owner died years earlier, and no one remembers her. Marlowe tracks down Jessie Florian (Esther Howard), the alcoholic widow of the nightclub's owner eight years ago, who claims not to know what's become of Velma. However, Marlowe finds a photo of Velma that Jessie hid from him, and she then says Velma is dead. Later, from a safe distance, Marlowe observes a clearly disturbed Jessie make"
"Moonlight and Valentino Moonlight and Valentino is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by David Anspaugh starring Elizabeth Perkins, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kathleen Turner, Whoopi Goldberg and Jon Bon Jovi. The screenplay by Ellen Simon is based on her semi-autobiographical play of the same title. Rebecca Lott is a thirtysomething poetry teacher who is widowed when her husband is killed while jogging. Helping her cope with her grief is a support system consisting of her sister Lucy Trager, a chain-smoker still trying to deal with their mother's death from cancer fourteen years earlier; her best friend Sylvie Morrow, who is trapped in"
"sporting events for years, and the gold record Vale received was displayed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Vale frequently sang the song at Yankee Stadium. Additionally, he owned the Daytona Beach Admirals. He sang the ""Late Night with David Letterman"" anthem ""It's A Late Night World"" on the program's eighth anniversary special in 1990. He made cameo appearances as himself in the 1990 film ""Goodfellas"" and the 1995 film ""Casino"", both directed by Martin Scorsese. Vale reportedly suffered a stroke in 2002 and did not perform in his later years. In 1959, Vale married"
"divorce, seeking sole custody of their son. In 2012, she starred in a commercial for the book, ""Da Vinci's Clock"". Feldman and Sprague's divorce went through on August 29, 2014 – five years after Sprague filed for divorce. In 2014, Sprague got engaged to Lionsgate art director, Andy Lerma. The two married on New Year's Eve, 2014. Sprague lives in Los Angeles with her son, Zen. In 2016, Sprague appeared in her first leading role in the film ""Midnight Massacre"", playing the role of Cleopatra. Sprague participated in the celebrity reality series ""The Two Coreys"" (2007-2008) on A&E. In the"
"Playing Mona Lisa Playing Mona Lisa is a 2000 comedy film directed by Matthew Huffman and starring Alicia Witt, Harvey Fierstein, Johnny Galecki, Elliott Gould, Marlo Thomas, Molly Hagan and Brooke Langton. It is based on a play by Marni Freedman. Everything goes wrong all at once in gifted 23-year-old pianist Claire Goldstein's life. San Francisco has an earthquake, she loses her apartment, her boyfriend Jeremy dumps her and she misses out on an important piano competition. Claire is forced to move home with her parents (Marlo Thomas, Elliott Gould), where sister Jenine (Molly Hagan) is busy planning a wedding."
"following a row of commercially unsuccessful films concluded by ""Stanley & Iris"" (1990). Fonda divorced Turner in 2001 and returned to the screen with the 2005 hit ""Monster-in-Law"". Though ""Georgia Rule"" (2007) was the star's only other movie during the 2000s, in the early 2010s she fully re-launched her career. Subsequent films have included ""The Butler"" (2013), ""This Is Where I Leave You"" (2014), ""Youth"" (2015), ""Our Souls at Night"" (2017) and ""Book Club"" (2018). In 2009, she returned to Broadway after a 45-year absence from the stage, in the play ""33 Variations"" which earned her a Tony Award nomination,"
"one. They are now divorced. Her current husband is Hetem Ramadani, a businessman from Kosovo. Mula is perhaps best known to Western filmgoers as the voice of the Diva Plavalaguna (played on-screen by Maïwenn Le Besco) in the 1997 film ""The Fifth Element"", where she is credited using her (then) married name as Inva Mulla Tchako. She performed the aria ""Oh, giusto cielo!...Il dolce suono"" (the mad scene) from Gaetano Donizetti's ""Lucia di Lammermoor"" and ""The Diva Dance"". Director Luc Besson adored Maria Callas, but the sound quality of her 1956 EMI Classics recording of ""Lucia"" wasn't clear enough to"
"goes to console him at the pub, and after drinking a toast to Ros, they kiss. Their happiness is short-lived, however, as a German bomb strikes the pub, killing them both. Despite the tragedy, the night's performance goes on, and as Ros sings Judy's song, she determines to stay with the show. Tonight and Every Night Tonight and Every Night is a 1945 American musical film directed by Victor Saville and starring Rita Hayworth, Lee Bowman and Janet Blair. The film portrays wartime romance and tragedy in a London musical show, loosely modelled on the Windmill Theatre in Soho, that"
"in a nursing home. The film version also stars Ossie Davis as Jack, a black man who claims to be John F. Kennedy. He says he was patched up after the assassination in Dallas, dyed black, and abandoned by Lyndon B. Johnson. The film was directed by Don Coscarelli. Honeymoon in Vegas is a 1992 comedic movie which was directed by Andrew Bergman. Jack Singer, played by Nicolas Cage, encounters a group of ""Flying Elvises"" (skydiving Elvis impersonators) while trying to reunite with his fiancee. Pop singer Bruno Mars, only six years old at the time, has a small role"
"in 1992 and 1995. She also had a short, but memorable, appearance in ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"" (1994). She appeared in only one film musical, ""Man of La Mancha"" (1972), based on the successful stage production, as Don Quixote's housekeeper. In the role, her less-than-good singing voice was used for intentionally comic effect in the song ""I'm Only Thinking of Him"". Her last appearance was in the pilot episode of the TV detective series, ""Midsomer Murders"", playing Lucy Bellringer. This was shown in 1997, shortly before she died. She was married twice, first to actor Dan Cunningham in 1939"
"by Wojciech Kilar; closing credits theme ""Love Song for a Vampire"", written and performed by Annie Lennox, became an international hit. In 1462, Vlad Dracula, a member of the Order of the Dragon, returns from a victory against the Turks to find his wife, Elisabeta, having committed suicide after receiving a false report of his death. The priest proceeds to tell him that his wife's soul is condemned for committing suicide. Enraged, Dracula desecrates the chapel and renounces his faith, declaring that he will rise from the grave to avenge Elisabeta with all the powers of darkness. He then stabs"
"finale I half expected Jill to run to him instead of her idiot husband..."" Nightmare Honeymoon Nightmare Honeymoon is a 1974 American crime-thriller film directed by Elliot Silverstein, starring Dack Rambo and Rebecca Dianna Smith. Newlyweds David and Jill Webb (Dack Rambo and Rebecca Dianna Smith) want nothing more than to consummate their marriage in New Orleans. But on their way to “The Big Easy,” they witness a murder. When the sadistic killer (John Beck) realizes he’s been caught in the act, he knocks David unconscious and rapes Jill. Eventually, David learns the story of his wife’s assault and sets"
"Dancing at the Harvest Moon Dancing at the Harvest Moon is a 2002 American made-for-television romantic drama film starring Jacqueline Bisset, Valerie Harper and Eric Mabius. Directed by Bobby Roth, it is based on K.C. McKinnon's novel of the same name. Maggie, a professor of English literature, is fast approaching her silver wedding anniversary. But her world is shattered upon discovering that her husband, Tom, has been repeatedly adulterous during their marriage and now intends to marry his younger mistress. Facing divorce, she retreats to the tranquility of her hometown, where she met her first love, Patrick, decades earlier. Patrick"
"Honeymoon in Vegas Honeymoon in Vegas is a 1992 comedy film directed by Andrew Bergman and starring Nicolas Cage, James Caan and Sarah Jessica Parker. Jack Singer (Cage) has sworn to his mother while she was on her deathbed that he would never get married. Years later, he goes back on his promise and proposes to his girlfriend, Betsy (Parker), and quickly arranges a Las Vegas marriage. They check into the Bally's Hotel. Before the wedding, however, a wealthy professional gambler, Tommy Korman (Caan), sees Betsy and notices a striking resemblance to his beloved late wife. He arranges a crooked"
"- 1992). At the beginning of 2001, coming from Iaşi, the car her husband was driving crashed violently into a tree, killing the driver and seriously hurting the mezzo-soprano. After almost six months of recovery, she returned to the stage (La Comtesse de Coigny and Madelon in Giordano's ""Andrea Chénier"" in Seville), determined to pursue her career. Her comeback was emotionally highlighted by the Spanish press. Subsequently, as a confirmation of the very special relationship between the singer and the Spanish audience, she concentrated most of her career in Barcelona, Madrid, Sevilla, and Bilbao, without neglecting offers from Italy or"
"bestseller is the source for this lachrymose melodrama, in which Jacqueline Bisset proves once again that she lacks the intensity and range of contemporaries like Charlotte Rampling."" Dancing at the Harvest Moon Dancing at the Harvest Moon is a 2002 American made-for-television romantic drama film starring Jacqueline Bisset, Valerie Harper and Eric Mabius. Directed by Bobby Roth, it is based on K.C. McKinnon's novel of the same name. Maggie, a professor of English literature, is fast approaching her silver wedding anniversary. But her world is shattered upon discovering that her husband, Tom, has been repeatedly adulterous during their marriage and"
"popular with both audiences and critics. On the film's re-release in the United States in 2002, it continued to receive praise from critics as one of the director's best films. Jenny Lamour (Delair) wants to succeed in the theatre. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau (Blier), a mild-mannered but jealous man. When he finds out that Jenny has been making eyes at Brignon, a lecherous old businessman, in order to further her career, he loses his temper and threatens Brignon with death. Despite this, Jenny goes to a secret rendezvous at Brignon's apartment. He is murdered the same evening."
"who he was. They share the same birthday 41 years apart. Pedraza wrote and directed the short documentary ""The Portrait of Billy Joe"" (2004) and appeared in the 2002 film ""Assassination Tango"", which was written, produced, directed by, and starring her future husband Robert Duvall. She also appeared in another film of his, ""Wild Horses"". Luciana and Robert Duvall founded The Robert Duvall Children's Fund in 2001 to help impoverished children and families of Northern Argentina. Since then, the non-profit organization has expanded its reach to assist children and families around the world by partnering with reputable organizations. Among their"
"Barfield mixed an arsenic-based rat poison into his beer and tea. He died on February 3, 1978, while she was trying to ""nurse"" him back to health; an autopsy found arsenic in Taylor's system. After her arrest, the body of Jennings was exhumed and found to have traces of arsenic, a murder that Barfield denied having committed. Although she subsequently confessed to the murders of Bullard, Dollie, and John Henry Lee, she was tried and convicted only for the murder of Taylor. Singer-songwriter Jonathan Byrd is the grandson of Jennings and his first wife. His song ""Velma"" from his ""Wildflowers"""
"Canon Theatre, Los Angeles; and ""James Joyce's The Dead"" at the Ahmanson Theater, Los Angeles and the Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. Bogardus' extensive television credits include small roles on three daytime soaps, ""Another World"", ""All My Children"", and ""Guiding Light"", and numerous guest appearances on prime time series, including ""Cagney and Lacey"", ""Law & Order"", """", """", ""Ed"", ""Monk"" and ""Conviction"". Bogardus is married to dancer Dana Moore. In 1998, they appeared opposite each other in ""Chicago"", with Bogardus as lawyer Billy Flynn and Moore as Velma Kelly. In 2002, they appeared together in ""Damn Yankees"" as Lola and the"
"a nightclub to see his lover, star singer Rosie Duggan. He asks her if it is possible for a man to love two women, then remarks that the snow was red outside the bar. After he leaves, her ex-con husband Tony Bruzzi shows up. He wants her to take him back, but she has him thrown out, though she keeps his gun; she guesses from the red snow that Tony killed someone. Later, she takes Jim home. He falls asleep on her chaise longue. Then Tony shows up, jealous and determined to kill Jim. She tells him that Jim is"
"that he wants her back, and would be willing to do any job to be with her. She accepts him, and the two kiss. Sometime later, Charlie is employed at the casino to find card counters, while Celia, now married to Charlie, is a singer at the casino. Passionada Passionada is a 2002 romantic comedy film. It is directed by Dan Ireland and stars Jason Isaacs, Sofia Milos and Emmy Rossum, co-starring Seymour Cassel and Theresa Russell. The story is by David Bakalar, and the screenplay is by Jim and Steve Jermanok. The film is set in New Bedford, Massachusetts,"
"her fame is eclipsed moments later when another woman, who had also shot her own husband, shoots her lawyer just outside the courthouse. Flynn tells her to accept it, and admits that he tampered with her diary himself, in order to incriminate the district attorney and also free two clients at once. Amos remains loyal and excited to be a father, but Roxie cruelly rejects him, revealing that she is not pregnant, and he finally leaves her. Roxie does become a vaudeville performer, but is very unsuccessful (""Nowadays""). Velma is just as unsuccessful, and again approaches Roxie to suggest performing"
"York Women's Film Festival. Savoca was also honored by the Los Angeles chapter of the advocacy organization, Women in Film and Television. Two of Savoca's films, ""Household Saints"" and ""True Love"", are listed in ""The New York Times Guide to the Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made"" St. Martin's Griffin. Her film ""True Love"" was called one of the ""50 Greatest Independent Films of All Time"" by ""Entertainment Weekly."" Nancy Savoca's work has also been the subject of a retrospective by the American Museum of the Moving Image. Savoca directed the 2002 concert film """" starring comedian Reno. In 2012, Savoca"
"and Remembrance"", and films such as ""The Handmaid's Tale"" and ""Best Seller"". She starred in two films with Steve Martin, her future husband: ""All of Me"" and ""L.A. Story"". In 2014, she published a memoir about her mother titled ""Irina Baronova and The Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo"", published by the University of Chicago Press. The book was presented at the Bel Air Country Club in Bel Air, Los Angeles. Tennant's first marriage was to Peppo Vanini, a nightclub owner who owned the famous Xenon nightclub, in 1969 (divorced, 1976). She dated Matthew Chapman, a writer and director from in"
"is concerned with the welfare of whales, working with groups such as Save The Whales Again. Her older son, Matteo, was diagnosed with leukodystrophy (specifically an AGS) shortly after his birth. He died in November 16, 2018, aged 5. Leonor Varela Leonor Varela Palma (; born December 29, 1972) is a Chilean actress and model. She played the title role in the 1999 television film ""Cleopatra"", and vampire princess Nyssa Damaskinos in the 2002 film ""Blade II"". Varela was born in Santiago, Chile, the daughter of Leonor Palma-Keller, a massage therapist, and biologist and cognitive neuroscientist Francisco Varela García. She"
"Malèna Malèna is a 2000 romantic comedy-drama film starring Monica Bellucci and . It was directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore from a story by Luciano Vincenzoni. It won the Grand Prix at the 2001 Cabourg Film Festival. In 1940 in a little Sicilian town on the day 12-year-old Renato experiences three major events: Italy enters World War II; he gets a new bike; and he first sees the beautiful young woman known as Malèna. Her husband is in the forces in Africa, fighting the British, and she lives alone. Because of her looks and her solitary state, she is"
"game release """". McDowall also has a background in theatre. She has played in Mel Brooks' hit musical ""The Producers"" in West End of London, playing the part of Swedish stunner ""Ulla"". Most recently she was starring in ""Chicago"", in which she played the lead role of Velma Kelly when the show was at the Cambridge Theatre, London, returning to the role from January 2012 at the Garrick Theatre. McDowall married former ""The Bachelorette"" 2007 contestant Constantine Tzortzis on 16 May 2014 in Cumming, GA. Tzortzis had left ""The Bachlorette"" late in his season, admitting that he was not in"
"August 2011 to January 2012 at the Marquis Theatre. She sang ""Rain On The Roof"" with Don Correia. Watson also performed in the run at the Kennedy Center in May 2011 to June 2011. In 2016, she released an album of 14 Broadway and jazz standards, titled “The Music Never Ends”. Watson and her husband, producer Norton Wright, live in Sherman Oaks, California. They are the parents of two adult sons. Susan Watson Susan Watson (born December 17, 1938) is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in musical theatre. Watson's first professional role was Velma in"