Cary Grant

From war-torn childhood to Oscar-night glory to prison, Sophia Loren’s six-decade sashay took many twists. While stardom came naturally, she tells Sam Kashner, a legitimate name, family, and home were harder to find. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.  

Information services company Reed Elsevier Inc. is planning an expansion in Cary that will create 350 jobs over the next five years, Gov. Beverly Perdue’s office announced Wednesday. The company is investing $1.75 million in the expansion, which has won state Job Development Investment Grant incentives that could yield $8.86 million in maximum benefits for the company.  

Triangle Business Journal by Chris Baysden, Web Editor Information services company Reed Elsevier Inc. is planning an expansion in Cary that will create 350 jobs over the next five years, Gov. Beverly Perdues office announced Wednesday.The company is investing $1.75 million in the expansion, which has won state Job Development Investment Grant incentives that could yield $8...  

You might Cary Grant was one of our greatest actors NEVER to have won an Oscar for a particular role. With Rita Braver now, we're GOING HOLLYWOOD . . . remembering Cary Grant through the eyes of his greatest fan: He is the definition of debonair!  

Cary Grant was the definition of debonair - Hollywood's ultimate leading man. Now, a quarter-century after his death, we're seeing a side of Grant we've never seen before, in a reminiscence written by Jennifer Grant, the star's only child.  

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) From the moment he arrived in Hollywood in 1932, after a brief fling as a British vaudevillian, Cockney-accented Archibald Alexander Leach was destined to be a leading man with a classic sense...  

One of my earliest memories is of my father yelling for me to come and watch his favorite movies with him on TV. Here are a few of the best vintage movies introduced to me by my father.Contributor: Mary A.ReedPublished: Feb 02, 2012  

Grant performed with an acrobatic comedy troupe in England before he found parts in stage musicals. After he made his film debut in 1932, his debonair charm, good looks, and distinctive voice made him a popular star in sophisticated comedies such as Bringing Up Baby, His Girl Friday, and The Philadelphia Story. He also starred in many Alfred Hitchcock thrillers, including North by Northwest. He received an honorary Academy Award in 1970. What...  

Sophia Loren has told why she refused one of Hollywood’s greatest male stars to stay with a man 22 years her senior ... Her father was already married to another woman and refused to take responsibility for her. She met Ponti for the first time at ...  

David Thomson called him "the best and most important actor ... His last feature film was Walk, Don't Run with Samantha Eggar and Jim Hutton. Grant was the first actor to "go independent" by not renewing his studio contract, effectively leaving ...  

In a mistaken identity nightmare, Roger O. Thornhill becomes a man pursued. Who is the mysterious Kaplan? And whose side is the beautiful Eve really on? This continuing tribute to Cary Grant, born 108 years ago, looks at one of his best loved movies, North by Northwest.  

Bowers’s story will be told in a book called Full Service ... Bowers also claims to have set up liaisons between heterosexual actors, including finding women for Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball’s husband. He said he never took payment for doing so, telling ...  

CARIBOU, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation program, Connections for Cardiovascular Health, announced a grant of more than $276,000 to Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine.  

CARIBOU, Maine — Valentine’s Day was the perfect forum for officials at Cary Medical Center to announce news of a significant grant designed to help Aroostook County residents live healthier lives. During a press conference Tuesday afternoon ...  

Cary Grant, debonair movie star, was born 108 years ago. To mark the anniversary of his birth, here is a look one of the few Cary Grant films made in the mystery genre, Suspicion (1941), and at the charming man himself.  

Town TopicsA Birthday Meditation on Archie Leach, Cary Grant, and the City of BristolTown TopicsContinuing toward February 7, which would be Charles Dickens's 200th birthday, this second in a series of bicentenary meditations with an English accent appears on the birthday of Archie Leach (1904-1986), the creator of Cary Grant, ...  

CARIBOU, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 14 ... work in the field of cardiovascular health. Those individuals who do not have health insurance or are underinsured will be given the option of establishing a medical home with the Pines Health Services, a ...  

CARIBOU, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The AstraZeneca ... in the field of cardiovascular health. Those individuals who do not have health insurance or are underinsured will be given the option of establishing a medical home with the Pines Health Services ...  

Cary Grant was an actor's actor, and this week's Cary Grant Birthday Tribute at the Lucas Theatre will demonstrate why. The three films screen will show off Grant's dramatic side and flair for comedy. Here's the lineup: 8 p.m.  

Cary Grant was an actor's actor, and this week's Cary Grant Birthday Tribute at the Lucas Theatre will demonstrate why. The three films screen will show off Grant's dramatic side and flair for comedy. Here's the lineup: 8 p.m.  

Robert Osborne is aware, arguably more than almost anyone, of today's (Wednesday, Jan. 18) significance birthday-wise. Cary Grant (1904-86) was born on this day, and Turner Classic Movies -- of which veteran Hollywood columnist and historian Osborne is ...  

Clooney is rarely better than as a smart alec learning not to be an idiot, and this performance is on a par with his turn in Up In The Air, which also earned him an Oscar nomination.  

Clooney is rarely better than as a smart alec learning not to be an idiot, and this performance is on a par with his turn in Up In The Air, which also earned him an Oscar nomination.  

When Grant came to America, he was a stilt walker with a troupe of performers. It was just a small shift to vaudeville, and within a few years, he was acting on stage in St. Louis. Then, for a talent like Grant's, it was a quick jump to Broadway and from ...  

After the light Broadway comedies, Grant went to Hollywood in 1931 ... The Awful Truth began "what would be the most spectacular run ever for an actor in American pictures"; during the next four years, Grant made the screwball comedy Bringing ...  

"It's a Wonderful Life" Is Communist Propaganda: Plus Cary Grant almost played George Bailey and more fun facts about the Christmas classic (Johnny Goodtimes, 12/20/11, Philly Post)]3. Vincent Price was among the actors who tried out for the role of Mr. Potter. Ginger Rogers was offered the part of Mary but turned it down. The script was originally written with Cary Grant in mind, but he did The Bishop's Wife instead. Capra bought the script...  

I've become mildly obsessed with a photo of Cary Grant reading a script with a poodle that he's equipped with glasses. I want a print of it.It's this one. I can find any number of copies of it all over tumblr by searching for, say, "cary grant poodle glasses." But I can't seem to track down a source, and what I'd really like is an actual print I could frame and hang above my desk, so that I never forget to look totally awesome and completely...  

Historic Everett Theatre showing two Cary Grant classics on New Year's DayHeraldNetTo carry out his scheme, Burns frames the other man, Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), in a nonstop crazy fashion all the while trying to steer Hildy back into her old job -- and his arms. "Charade" stars Grant with Audrey Hepburn and supporting actors ...  

BernewsVideo: Cary Grant Bermuda Sex ComedyBernewsTo arouse his jealousy, Roger arranges for Cathy to go to a motel with a lecherous unemployment clerk, Beasley [John Astin]. Following a wild chase, Philip “rescues” Cathy and impulsively proposes marriage. As they arrive back in Bermuda for their ...  

Further complicating life on the ground is the arrival of Bonnie Lee (Jean Arthur), a showgirl in transit who's socked in by weather, and Macpherson (Richard Barthelmess), a pilot harboring a dark secret. Macpherson is also joined by his young wife Judy ...  

It is every woman's dream to age like a fine French chardonnay. And it seems Dyan Cannon, the ex-wife of Hollywood legend Cary Grant, has found a way to stave of the ageing process - and looks sensational at 74. The Kangaroo Jack star showed off her ...  

Imagine throwing a party and nobody came. Except me. That was the situation my friend Mary was in one New Year's Eve. I was the only guest who showed up. Well, not really. Here's what happened. I had flown back to Los Angeles after spending ...  

How Mae West decided to take all the credit for Cary Grant's stardom.  

Tom Getz was the kind of guy who was never supposed to die. Cary Grant was like that; he wasn't supposed to die, either. When I think of it, Tom Getz and Cary Grant were pretty much alike. Friendly, handsome, look-you- straight-in-the-eye kind of guys. Tom ...  

But he also provided thousands of queer audience members with the hope that famous, successful, high-profile performers and homosexuality were not mutually exclusive, further suggesting straight, high-class masculinity as an elaborate ...  

But he also provided thousands of queer audience members with the hope that famous, successful, high-profile performers and homosexuality were not mutually exclusive, further suggesting straight, high-class masculinity as ...  

"He had the talent, he had the glamor, he had the looks. He was there at the right time."  

( Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies ) The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies has received a $1.6 million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop an innovative graduate training program. The multi-year project builds on the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON), an international, grassroots collaborative of more than 300 scientists, technology experts ...  

For over a half a century and for tens of millions of Spaniards the grainy baritone voice of the actor and film dubber Rogelio Hernandez was indistinguishable from those of some of Hollywood's greatest stars, from Marlon Brando and Tony Curtis to Richard Harris and Cary Grant.  

Cary Grant and Grace Kelly light up the screen in director  

The loans and grants are for agricultural producers and rural small ... “Electric is more efficient than diesel fuel,” said Scott Cary, partner at Cary Pioneer Farms. “We use less electricity to produce the same amount of water and ...  

The loans and grants are for agricultural producers and rural small ... “Electric is more efficient than diesel fuel,” said Scott Cary, partner at Cary Pioneer Farms. “We use less electricity to produce the same amount of water and ...  

Try a little class and some comedy to start off 2012.  

Take Nelson Mandela's statesmanship, Brian Clough's mouth, Oscar Wilde's wit and Cary Grant's charm. Add them to the greatest boxer that ever lived and you have some idea of Muhammad Ali's legend.