Canned from the 1982 film "Cannery Row", this sex symbol sued MGM for millions, and won
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Raquel Welch - Biography - IMDb  A new reigning 1960s international sex symbol took to the cinematic throne as soon as ... She sued MGM for breach of contract and ultimately won a $15 million settlement, ... She was fired from Cannery Row (1982) and replaced by Debra Winger. ... Was promoted as a sex symbol by her then-husband Patrick Curtis, a film...
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Tejada, Jo Raquel - Biographical Dictionary  Feb 19, 2008 ... 1960  She became one of the leading sex symbols. ... 1982  She was fired from "Cannery Row" and replaced by Debra Winger. She then sued MGM and won a $10 million trial. ... Featured  Felon  Fencer  Figure Skater  Film Director  Fireman  First Ladies  Folklorist  Football Coach  Football Player...
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J! Archive - Show #734, aired 1987-11-12  Canned from the 1982 film "Cannery Row", this sex symbol sued MGM for millions, and won. $300, 5. A British term for a county; Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest...
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All About Eve: The Fickle Director and the Demanding StarWelch ...  Let the case of Raquel Welch and MGM serve as an educational, if explosive, example. ... clad buxom prehistoric woman, she was generally typecast as a sex symbol. ... in films such as An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), opposite Richard Gere, ... about life in California's Monterey Bay, Cannery Row, and Sweet Thursday.
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Raquel Welch - Wikipedia  Raquel Welch is an American actress and singer. She first won attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she won a contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to a British studio, for whom she made One Million .... The film raised Welch's stature as a leading sex symbol of the era. In 2011, Time...
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Blazing Saddles - Wikipedia  Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. ... to kill him, and then beats German seductress-for-hire Lili von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn) at her own game. .... Hedy Lamarr sued Warner Bros., claiming that the film's running parody of her name infringed on her right to privacy.
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Tom Cruise Vs. The Gossip Rags: How Hard Is It To Win A ...  Oct 25, 2012 ... Tom Cruise filed a defamation lawsuit against Bauer Publishing for ... lawsuit against In Touch and Life & Style magazines, but if history is ... Defamation lawsuits against gossip news outlets hinge upon a ... In a landmark case in 1981, the comedienne Carol Burnett successfully sued the National Enquirer...
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Nan Robertson, Who Chronicled Discrimination Suit at The Times, Is ...  Oct 14, 2009 ... Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times who ... writing candidly about her alcoholism and battle with toxic shock syndrome, ... Ms. Robertson received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing for .... Era at Fox News  California Wins $15 Million From Madoff-Tied Settlement...
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Cannery Row - Expand Your Mind - Revolvy  History Cannery Row was the setting of John Steinbeck 's novels Cannery Row (1945) ... sentence, Steinbeck described the street as "a poem, a stink, a grating noise, .... Plot The story is about the skid row citizens of Monterey, California , set ..... It is a fish processing industry that became established on the Pacific coast of...
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Carol Burnett Settles With Enquirer in Suit - NYTimes.com  Dec 20, 1984 ... Carol Burnett said today that her legal battle against The National Enquirer ... article about her has been settled with the payment of an undisclosed sum by the tabloid. The actress sued the publication for libel because of a 1976 article ... In 1981, a jury awarded Miss Burnett $1.3 million in punitive damages...
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Cannery Row (novel) - Wikipedia  Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. The story revolves around the people living there: Lee Chong, the local...
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Cannery Row (novel) - Wikipedia  Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined ... Doc's Western Biological Laboratory is a reference to Ricketts' real Pacific ... Dora is also kind to those who have helped her, never turning out a girl too old or infirm...
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isa-man: Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink ...  isa-man: Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating ... Year in Fiction 2013 Vanity Fair's Top 10 Best Dressed Female Authors 2014...
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Mickey Hargitay, 80; Bodybuilder Popularized the Sport - latimes  Sep 19, 2006 ... Mickey Hargitay, the Hungarian-born bodybuilder who parlayed his 1955 Mr. ... and had a high-profile marriage to Hollywood sex symbol Jayne Mansfield, has. ... For a young Arnold Schwarzenegger, the fact that Hargitay had won the Mr. ... in the 1980 TV-movie "The Jayne Mansfield Story," said Hargitay's...
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Kramer vs. Kramer: 1979 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Sep 1, 2014 ... VEGAS MOVIES $1000: In this 1979 film Robert Redford steals a $12 million horse from a Vegas hotel; Jane Fonda follows him. FILMS OF THE...
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Kramer vs. Kramer: 1979 Best Picture  Fikkle Fame  Sep 1, 2014 ... ... HOFFMAN FILM FESTIVAL $1600: 1979: I'd like to know what law is it that says a woman is a better parent simply by virtue of her sex?
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Animation Anecdotes #273 | Cartoon Research  Jul 29, 2016 ... From the National Enquirer September 21, 1993: Gilbert Gottfried, critically ... is mutual so they end up laughing so hard they can't deliver their lines! ... out of the studio while Carol does her lines, then she leaves while he does his. .... song 'I Got You Babe' with TV's slimest stars Beavis and Butt-head.
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Rising from Nothin - The Health Success Site  Those people who were told hopeless and ridiculous are now the world's wealthiest celebs. ... In 1954, Jimmy Denny, manager of the Grand Ole Opry, Fired a singer after one performance. ... You ought to go back to drivin' a truck." ... as well as winning two golden globe awards for his role in Man on the Moon, Jim Carrey.
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THE CULKIN COURT BATTLE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT - NY ...  Jun 27, 1995 ... Yesterday's court battle over custody of Macaulay Culkin and his siblings isn't the ... "Die Hard" star Bonnie Bedelia, another of Kit's sisters, was also sued. ... The lady in question is an actress, but her name is Kari Whitman. ... And just in case Jerry's worried, "Seinfeld" co-star Jason Alexander can tell him...
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Jeopary Questions page 1139 - IT HAPPENED ON HALLOWEEN ...  PROFILES IN CARVAGE: She's got "A lot of living to do":  FIRST THINGS ... MONSTER MASH: Name shared by a green-skinned Marvel Comics monster & a wrestler also nicknamed "Hollywood" ... NOTORIOUS: Arrested over 30 times, she paid her fines with profits from selling souvenir hatchets with her name on them.
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Cannery Row- The best opening paragraph of all time | Ms Peacock ...  Oct 8, 2012 ... Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, ... -Cannery Row by John Steinbeck ... the canning district of Monterey, California where the characters are slowly putting...