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Before They Were Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh in “Wrong is Right”
It’s time once again to do the traditional round of “Before They Were Stars” clips for this year’s Academy Award nominees. In spite of a very distinguished career, Jennifer Jason Leigh has garnered her very first Academy Award nomination for … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Sylvester Stallone in “No Place to Hide”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbh7I80zsEM It’s time once again to do the traditional round of “Before They Were Stars” clips for this year’s Academy Award nominees. Amazingly, the favourite for this year’s “Best Supporting Actor” Oscar is probably Sylvester Stallone for his performance as … Continue reading
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Glenn Frey in “Let’s Get Harry”
Man, as if we haven’t lost enough iconic artists during the first few weeks of 2016, legendary musician Glenn Frey of the Eagles fame has just passed away at the age of 67. Unfortunately, I’m no music expert, so I can’t really … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 14-Year Old Jennifer Lawrence in a Burger King Commercial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfS_7Jb4JCk It’s time once again to do the traditional round of “Before They Were Stars” clips for this year’s Academy Award nominees. Even though the movie itself got a lukewarm reception, Jennifer Lawrence has received her fourth Academy Award nomination … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: 15-Year Old Leonardo DiCaprio on “Santa Barbara”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPXYk-5hcx8 Yes, folks, it’s that time again for an annual tradition here at The Back Row. The nominations for the 88th Academy Awards were announced last week and every year, I try to post “Before They Were Stars” clips of … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Alan Rickman in “Therese Raquin”
You can never post enough footage of the late Alan Rickman, so here’s another “Before They Were Stars” clip of him in the 1980 mini-series adaptation of the Emile Zola novel, Therese Raquin. What’s particularly interesting here is that Rickman … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Alan Rickman in “Smiley’s People”
The Back Row is still in mourning over the loss of the late, great Alan Rickman, so here’s some more “Before They Were Stars” footage from early in his career. In 1982, Rickman had a small part in Smiley’s People, … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: Alan Rickman on “Girls on Top”
As if the death of David Bowie didn’t make this week shitty enough, we were all devastated to learn that Alan Rickman also passed away of cancer. Before he crossed over to Hollywood and Die Hard made him a star, … Continue reading
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Before They Were Stars: David Bowie Sings “I Pity the Fool”
Obviously, The Back Row is featuring a plethora of material featuring the late, great David Bowie this week and of course, that also extends to “Before They Were Stars” footage. Here’s one of Bowie’s rarest tracks from the mid-1960s when he … Continue reading
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A Tribute to David Margulies (1937-2016)
The whole world is still mourning the tragic loss of David Bowie, but you might not have realized that another prominent “David” from the entertainment world has just passed away. Longtime character actor David Margulies died on January 11, 2016 at … Continue reading