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Shirley Jones offers naked truth in new book Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — Shirley Jones opens the door to her house and appears every inch the ladylike Marian the librarian or sweet farm girl Laurey or cheerfully steady Mrs. Partridge, offering a warm smile and handshake. Her elegant, modestly highnecked jacket is black, her makeup is discreet and her silver hair tidy. Jones’ living room has the sort of traditional furniture and knickknacks (exception: a prominent Academy Award) that would fit any suburban house. It all adds up to the publicly familiar Shirley Jones, whose crystalline soprano voice and dewy prettiness made her an immediate star in the 1950s film versions of “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel” and who captured a subsequent generation of fans in TV’s “The Partridge Family” in the 1970s. Then there’s “Shirley Jones,” her new autobiography (written with Wendy Leigh and published by Simon & Schuster’s
Gallery Books imprint) that turns the 79-year-old actress’ image on its head in startling — even shocking — ways. “So bring out the smelling salts, hang on to your hats, and get ready for the surprise of your lives!” she writes, coyly, in the book’s introduction. It’s not false advertising. There’s a recounting of her early life and dazzling career that included working with two musical theater masters, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, as well as many of Hollywood’s top actors, including Marlon Brando (king of the retakes to exhaustion, Jones said), Jimmy Stewart (charmingly ditsy) and Richard Widmark (the only co-star she
fell in love with). But a substantial part of the book is spent on her troubled marriage to the late Jack Cassidy, the glossily handsome actor and singer whom she describes in a passage as her first lover and “sexual Svengali,” and whose lessons she shares candidly. That includes — X-rated spoiler alert — Cassidy’s impressive endowment, Jones’ own “highly sexed” nature that made orgasms a breeze, their threesome with another woman (“yuck,” she says, when asked about the onetime experiment), Cassidy’s pre-marital sexual encounter with Cole Porter that Jones says left her unfazed, and her apparent tolerance for his infidelities.
The character of Marian, the spinsterish librarian in 1962’s “The Music Man,” another smash hit for Jones, “wasn’t me,” she said firmly. And her autobiography makes that abundantly clear, although she says it took the passing of years for to bring such candor. “I never would have written this book if I weren’t the age I am now,” she said. So she’s grown-up enough to tell her story, and her admirers should be grown-up enough to read it? “That’s exactly how I feel,” replied Jones. She overturned her squeakyclean image once before with her Oscar-winning portrayal of a vengeful prostitute in “Elmer Gantry” (1960) opposite Burt Lancaster, and the role that she considers her most important. It also brought backlash from her admirers. “I got letters up the kazoo: ‘Why would you ever take a part like this?” Jones recalls.
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In this Monday, July 15, 2013 photo, actress Shirley Jones poses for a portrait at her home in Los Angeles. Jones’ autobiography, “Shirley Jones,” is being released Tuesday, July 23.
‘R.I.P.D.’ continues Hollywood’s summer of big budget bombs films in theaters this weekend, according to the box office division of Hollywood.com. The $135 million “Turbo,” which was distributed by Fox , collected $21.5 million in its first weekend, a distant third behind the horror film “The Conjuring” and also behind “Despicable Me 2,” which continues to do well in its third week in theaters. “There are always going to be AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Scott Garfield This film publicity image released by Universal Pic- films that are green-lit two years tures shows Jeff Bridges, left, and Ryan Reynolds ago that aren’t going to make in a scene from “R.I.P.D.” The film will be released it,” Nikki Rocco, president of Universal’s distribution unit, said nationwide on Friday, July 19. of “R.I.P.D.” “There are always Reuters bombs for films that cost more going to be times when films just LOS ANGELES - Universal than $100 million to make. don’t work. It’s nothing new.” Pictures’ sci-fi action comedy “R.I.P.D.,” starring Jeff Still, analysts say the misfires “R.I.P.D.” and Dreamworks Ani- Bridges and Ryan Reynolds, could prompt a parade of film mation’s “Turbo” opened with a cost $130 million to make and writedowns for studios - a black thud in North American theaters tens of millions more to pro- eye for an industry that prides its this weekend, continuing a Holly- mote. It opened with ticket sales public image nearly as highly as wood streak of weekly box office of $12.8 million, seventh among its private jets and summers in
Europe. Janney Montgomery Scott analyst Anthony Wible says Disney will likely be forced to take a writedown for the Johnny Depp western “The Lone Ranger,” and Sony for the sci-fi adventure “After Earth” with Will Smith. Cowen and Company analyst Doug Creutz says a writedown is possible as well for “Turbo,” which he wrote in a July 17 report could drop his estimated earnings for the company to $0.25 per share in 2013 from his current $0.72. “It’s a little early. “We have a ton of summer play time left,” Chris Aronson, who heads Fox’s domestic distribution unit, said about “Turbo.” The film got lofty scores from test audiences under age 25, he said, “which bodes very well for playability since that’s our target audience.”
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An easel stands in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in London on July 22, 2013, to announce the birth of a baby boy, at 4.24pm to Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, at St Mary’s Hospital. Associated Press
LONDON — Champagne bottles popped and shouts of “Hip! Hip! Hooray!” erupted outside Buckingham Palace on Monday as Britain welcomed the birth of Prince William and his wife Kate’s first child, a boy who is now third in line to the British throne. Hundreds of Britons and tourists broke into song and dance outside the palace gates as officials announced that the future king was born at 4:24 p.m., weighing 8 pounds, 6 ounces (3.75 kilograms), at central London’s St. Mary’s Hospital — the same place where William and his brother Harry were born three decades ago. The imminent arrival of the royal baby was the subject of endless specula-
tion on social media and was covered for days on live television around the world, but in the end the royal family managed to keep it a remarkably private affair. In line with royal tradition, a terse statement announced only the time of birth, the infant’s gender and that mother and child were doing well. It gave no information about the baby’s name, and officials would say only that a name would be announced “in due course.”
“Her Royal Highness and her child are both doing well and will remain in hospital overnight,” it said. William also issued a brief statement, saying “we could not be happier.” Officials said William, who was by his wife’s side during the birth, would also spend the night in the hospital. Royal officials say Kate and William will try to give their child as normal an upbringing as possible, a challenging goal in an age when the British royals are treated as major world celebrities. “He’ll have to be protected all the time,” said Edward Bentley, from near London. “But they’ll make him seem normal and connected to the public for sure.”