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Haji, RIP: 1946-2013

This weekend managed to bring more sadness for fans of classic movie nudity everywhere, since shortly after the passing of screen legend Karen Black , news broke that cult film star Haji had also headed to the great hereafter. Born Barbarella Catton i n Quebec, Canada in 1946, Haji spent her teen years as an exotic dancer before being “discovered” at a topless bar by director/cleavage connoisseur Russ Meye r. The rest is history, with Haji appearing in five of Meyer’s films including the Roger Ebert collaboration Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), and as Tura Satana ’s lesbian lover in the bad girl epic Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ( 1965) More after the jump!

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Haji, RIP: 1946-2013

Clint Eastwood’s Family Reportedly Planning an E! Reality Show

Just when you thought that the future of pop culture couldn’t look more dismal , TMZ reports that Clint Eastwood’s family is planning a Kardashian-like reality series on which the screen legend has every intention of appearing.

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Sasha Alexander give birth a boy

Sasha Alexander, 37, and Edoardo Ponti– who is the son of screen legend Sophia Loren – wed in Aug. 2007. She currently stars opposite Angie Harmon on the new TNT series based upon Tess Gerritsen#39;s popular novels. It#39;s a boy for Rizzoli Isles star Sasha Alexander. The actress and her husband, writer/director Edoardo Ponti, welcomed a son, Leonardo Fortunato Ponti, on Monday, Dec. 20 in Geneva, Switzerland, her rep tells PEOPLE exclusively. Leonardo joins big sister Lucia Sofia, 4½. “W

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‘Julie Christie Is Lantern-Jawed’ and 12 Other Scathing Reviews of Screen Legends By a UK Film Critic

How could you possibly criticize Julie Christie, the Doctor Zhivago beauty, Oscar winner and screen legend whose career has spanned five illustrious decades? Let British film critic David Thomson show you: “She is, sadly, obvious in her efforts, lacking in either gaiety or insight and, most serious of all, gawky, self-conscious and lantern-jawed.” Tell us how you really feel! Oh, wait; you did.

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‘Julie Christie Is Lantern-Jawed’ and 12 Other Scathing Reviews of Screen Legends By a UK Film Critic