The superb classic movies web site www.in70mm.com  presents film music historian Jeffrey Dane's comprehensive look at the life and career of Dimitri Tiomkin, who scores enhanced such films as The High and the Mighty, The Guns of Navarone and John Wayne's The Alamo. Click here to read

Kevin McCarthy, the distinguished actor who starred in director Don Siegel's 1950s sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers, has died at age 96. McCarthy was, until recently, still a regular present at film industry events. With his white hair and dignified manner of speech, he often played men of great stature. However, Body Snatchers afforded him screen screen immortality as the courageous small town doctor who tries to combat aliens who are taking over the bodies of earthlings. McCarthy also had a memorable cameo in Philip Kaufman's excellent 1978 remake of the film. For more on his remarkable career, click here. (See Cinema Retro issue #4 for coverage of McCarthy and Clint Eastwood's joint appearance at a Don Siegel tribute)

Entertainment writer Laurie Boeder alerts us to the fact that the New York City apartment that Katharine Hepburn kept for 60 years is now available for rent - assuming you have a spare $27,500 every month. (They had been asking $30,000 per month, but hey, times are tough and they're just going to have to tighten their belts a bit.) For more click here