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Actor, Musician and Philanthropist Jeremy Renner to serve as Grand Marshal for the 92nd Anniversary of The Hollywood Christmas Parade Supporting Marine Toys for Tots.

The live parade presented in association with The City of Los Angeles will take place on the streets of Hollywood, CA on Sunday, December 1, 2024 starting at 6:00 p.m. at Hollywood landmark Tcl Chinese Theatre.

Jeremy Renner is an award-winning actor and dedicated philanthropist whose commitment to giving back is as integral to his identity as his celebrated film roles. In 2023, he founded the RennerVation Foundation, a youth-focused nonprofit dedicated to creating meaningful opportunities for children in foster care and at-risk youth. The foundation’s mission is to foster joy, growth, and a strong sense of belonging, offering these young individuals experiences and resources that allow them to embrace the fullness of childhood. With memorable performances in films including The Hurt Locker and the Avengers series,...

It was one of the most entertaining and memorable Emmy Awards ceremonies of this century, with an energetic opening, a perennial favorite setting a record, several first-time winners and a favorite drama continuing its reign. Jimmy Fallon hosted the event on August 29, 2010, for his first (and only) time and led one of the best openings in Emmy history. Let’s flashback 10 years ago to that event on NBC.

Fallon began the night with a pre-taped bit in which he ran into cast members from “Glee,” who were despondent that they couldn’t afford to go to the awards show. But – lo and behold! – there’s a singing contest with enough prize money to get them tickets; however, they need a few more people to be eligible to participate. What follows is a hodgepodge mix of celebrities who enter into the fray – Tina Fey can’t “sing and dance as good...

In furtherance of Bob Hope's unwavering passion for and commitment to our military, the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundation announced today they will award an additional $250,000 challenge grant to Operation Homefront to serve military families impacted by the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Through this “challenge grant,” the Hope Foundation hopes to encourage others to join them in serving military families during this unprecedented national crisis. To accept this challenge and make a donation, please click here.

This challenge grant builds on the Bob Hope Military Families Emergency Assistance Fund, which they established with Operation Homefront in 2016, to serve military families who are struggling to make ends meet in locations where Bob Hope lived and worked. It reflects Bob Hope’s lasting legacy of service to our nation’s military and the Hope’s desire to bring comfort to military families in times of great stress. We all know how Bob Hope changed the world through laughter,...

Exclusive: Rising Danish actress Clara Rosager (Before The Frost) has joined Keira Knightley-fronted Miss World movie Misbehaviour in the supporting role of Maj Christal Johansson, Miss Sweden.

The Crown outfit Left Bank Pictures is producing the dramedy, currently in production, which is set against the backdrop of the 1970 Miss World competition in London, hosted by Bob Hope. The newly formed Women’s Liberation Movement achieved fame by invading the stage and disrupting the live broadcast of the beauty contest. When the show resumed, the result caused uproar: the winner was not the Swedish favorite but Miss Grenada — the first black woman to be crowned Miss World.

Knightley leads cast with Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Keeley Hawes, Rhys Ifans, Greg Kinnear, Lesley Manville, Loreece Harrison and Phyllis Logan. As we revealed yesterday, Suki Waterhouse will play Miss USA. Philippa Lowthorpe (Three Girls) is directing. Screenplay comes from Rebecca Frayn with revisions by Gaby Chiappe.

Greg Kinnear (“Little Miss Sunshine”), Lesley Manville (“Phantom Thread”), Keeley Hawes (“Bodyguard”), Rhys Ifans (“Notting Hill”) and Phyllis Logan (“Downton Abbey”) have joined the cast of “Misbehaviour,” alongside the previously announced Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Jessie Buckley.

Principal photography began Monday on the dramedy, based on the true story of the 1970 Miss World contest and its disruption by the newly founded Women’s Liberation Movement. The film, which will shoot in and around London over the next nine weeks, is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe (“Three Girls”) from an original script written by Rebecca Frayn (“The Lady”) with revisions by Gaby Chiappe (“Their Finest”).

The action takes place in 1970, as the Miss World competition takes place in London, hosted by Bob Hope, to be played by Kinnear. (Manville plays Dolores Hope.) At the time, Miss World was the most-watched TV show in the world, with more than 100 million viewers.

Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine), Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread), Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard), Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill) and Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey) are joining leads Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha Raw and Jessie Buckley in dramedy Misbehaviour.

Kinnear and Manville will play Bob and Dolores Hope in the film, which is based on the true story of the 1970 Miss World contest — hosted by comedian Hope — and its disruption by the newly founded Women’s Liberation Movement. Shoot is underway today in London.

Philippa Lowthorpe (Three Girls) directs from an original script written by Rebecca Frayn (The Lady) with revisions by Gaby Chiappe (Their Finest). The creative team includes production designer, Cristina Casali (The Death Of Stalin); make-up and hair designer, Jill Sweeney (The Theory Of Everything); costume designer, Charlotte Walter (The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society); director of photography, Zac Nicholson (The Death of Stalin); and editor, Una Ni Dhonghaile (Three Girls...

Dolores Hope wanted to live in Beverly Hills, but her funnyman husband, Bob Hope, had other ideas. "Every time I mentioned Beverly Hills, Bob would go out and buy another piece of property here," Dolores would say, waving a hand to indicate the vast spread that the two of them inhabited in the San Fernando Valley's Toluca Lake starting in 1939. Eventually the grounds surrounding their English-style manor swelled to 5.16 acres, and the family grew to include four children. The house grew, too, to 15,000 sq. ft., leaving Bob to joke that he needed a map just to find the way to his room.

A frantic 911 call was placed after Monkees singer Davy Jones suffered a massive heart on Wednesday in Florida.

The distressed woman who dialed the emergency number pleaded for an ambulance to "hurry," before suggesting it might be faster to put Jones in a car and drive to the nearest hospital -- which was 27 miles away.

Jones had complained of breathing trouble early in the morning, and was later taken to a hospital in the town of Stuart,...

R&B great Etta James, best known for her classic song "At Last," has died from chronic leukemia. She was 73.

James had been struggling with the disease for several years. She died at a hospital in Riverside, Calif. with her husband of 41 years, Artis Mills, and her sons by her side.

Etta's longtime friend and manager, Lupe De Leon, said, "This is a tremendous loss for the family, her friends and fans around the world.

"Extra" takes a look back at Hollywood's beloved stars who passed away this year.

In Memoriam 2011Harry Morgan

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Patrice O'Neal

Comedian Patrice O'Neal died at the age of 41 [http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2011/11/charlie_sheen_others_pay_tribute_to_comedian_patrice_oneal.php] on November 29, from complications of a previous stroke.

Ken Russell

British director Ken Russell died [http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2011/11/director_ken_russell_dead_at_84.php] at the age of 84 on November 27, from a stroke.

Theodore Forstmann

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Singer and philanthropist who was married to Bob Hope for 69 years

The singer Dolores Hope, who has died at the age of 102, was known primarily for her 69-year marriage to the comedian Bob Hope, with whom she performed on television and in concerts for American troops stationed overseas. Growing up in the Bronx, New York, Dolores had always wanted to be a singer. Her husky voice and striking looks quickly brought her regular work under the stage name Dolores Reade (inspired by the Broadway star Florence Reed). In 1933, at the Vogue club in New York, Dolores's rendering of It's Only a Paper Moon captivated Hope, who was a rising Broadway star and performing in the musical comedy Roberta at the time. Hope became a constant visitor to the Vogue thereafter, and the couple married on 19 February 1934. Dolores joined his vaudeville show and they moved to Los Angeles.

She had been born Dolores DeFina in Harlem,...

Entertainer Bob Hope's widow Dolores has passed away at the age of 102. Dolores - who was also an entertainer herself - died on Monday at her California home, according to her publicist Harlan Boll. A cause of death has not yet been made public. Born Dolores DeFina in New York on May 27, 1909, the entertainer met Bob when he watched her sing at a nightclub in Manhattan in 1933, marrying him the following February. She joined her husband entertaining American service personnel overseas in the 1940s and they spent over half a century working together. During one of her husband's last (more)...

It seems that Jon Cryer got a star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood yesterday. Now, I’ve got nothing against the guy, but when I saw that headline, I thought: How quaint! Walk of Fame? So 1950s. Indeed, my general feel of the thing turns out to be correct: the Walk dates from the 1950s. The Walk’s official Web site calls it “the world's most famous sidewalk,” which is sort of charming and small-town homey, and appropriate, perhaps, for Hollywood, which is its own kind of huge small town. The plaques embedded in the sidewalk do end up being used as memorials sometimes, which coincidentally also happened yesterday, when Bob Hope’s widow, Dolores Hope, passed away at the age of 102, and @wofstargirl tweeted:...

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It feels like the end of an era as we hear that Dolores Hope, singer, vaudevillian and wife of comic and actor Bob Hope, has died at the age of 102.

Hope family spokesman Harlan Boll said Dolores died Monday of natural causes at her home in the Toluca Lake area of Los Angeles.

Born Dolores DeFina in The Bronx, New York in 1909, Dolores had a successful nightclub singing career under the name Dolores Reade.

She met Hope in 1933 when he saw her perform in the Vogue Club in New York City and they married in 1934. Dolores then joined Hope's vaudeville act before putting her career on hold so they could concentrate on his movie and TV career.

Dolores accompanied Hope on his U.S.O. Christmas tours to entertain the troops from the late 1940s onward, and she performed on his numerous NBC television specials.

By Derrik J. Lang, Associated Press

Los Angeles — Dolores Hope, who was married to entertainer Bob Hope for 69 years and sang at his shows, has died at age 102.

Hope family spokesman Harlan Boll says Hope died Monday at home in Los Angeles. A specific cause of death was not available.

The death was first reported by Entertainment Tonight.

Bob Hope died in 2003 at age 100.

Dolores Reade was a nightclub singer before she married Bob Hope in 1934. She mostly stayed home with their children before Hope began his Christmas trips to entertain U.S. troops during World War II.

She sang for U.S. troops and on his television specials.

The Hopes made their last visit to troops overseas in 1990. Dolores Hope sang "White Christmas" in Saudi Arabia during the run-up to Operation Desert Storm.

Former singer Dolores Hope, widow of the late comedian Bob Hope, died peacefully at her home in Toluca Lake, Calif. on Monday, People.com reports. She was 102.

Born Dolores DeFina, she met Bob while singing in a Manhattan nightclub under the stage name Dolored Reade. The two married in 1934.

The couple traveled the world, while Bob entertained American servicemen overseas for the Uso during WWII.

They eventually settled down and had four children. Dolores was...

Los Angeles (Reuters) - Dolores Hope, the wife of late entertainer Bob Hope, died on Monday of natural causes at the age of 102, a family spokesman said.

Hope, a singer who put her career on hold after her marriage, died in the Toluca Lake area of Los Angeles, said spokesman Harlan Boll. Bob Hope, her husband of almost 70 years, died in July 2003 at the age of 100.

Dolores Hope had a singing career in New York before she met her entertainer husband and married him. Together, they moved to Los Angeles so he could pursue a career in film and television.

The couple raised four children and Dolores often accompanied Hope on his many visits to entertain U.S. troops overseas.

At the age of 83, she revived her singing career, recording several albums and performing with Rosemary Clooney. She made her last visit to U.S. servicemen at age 84, during the 1991 Gulf War,...

Legendary actor/funnyman Bob Hope's widow has died.

Dolores Hope died at her home in Toluca Lake, California on Monday at the age of 102.

She and Hope were married for 69 years before the Road To Bali star died in 2003, two months after celebrating his 100th birthday.

A beloved philanthropist, Dolores started her career as a professional singer. She wed Hope in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1934. They later adopted four children.

She made history in 1990 when she became the first female entertainer allowed to perform in Saudi Arabia.

Dolores Hope ended her singing career with a string of hit festive albums.

Dolores Hope, the widow of comedian Bob Hope, died Monday morning at her Toluca Lake, Calif. home, according to multiple reports. She was 102 years old. Born Dolores DeFina, she married Hope in 1934, and the two remained wed until the comedian's passing in 2003. According to People, the two met when Bob Hope wandered into a Manhattan nightclub where singer Dolores -- then known professionally as Dolores Reade -- was performing. Upon hearing Reade perform "It's Only a Paper Moon," Hope reportedly turned to his companion, dancer George Murphy, and told him,...

Bob Hope's widow, Dolores Hope, passed away this morning at the age of 102.

The wife of the TV host and frequent American troop entertainer was a devout Catholic who attended Mass daily for the duration of her life, and constructed a chapel on her property when ill health overtook her and she was no longer able to drive.

Born in the Bronx, then-showgirl Dolores wedded Hope in 1934 and the two enjoyed 69 years of marriage until Bob Hope passed away in 2003. Despite her religious beliefs, Dolores was known as a fun-loving and colorful woman who enjoyed bourbon and entertaining, even in her later years. She occasionally accompanied her husband to entertain U.S. troops and in 1990 was the only female entertainer allowed to perform in Saudi Arabia.

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Dolores Hope, the radiant wife of comedian Bob Hope, died peacefully Monday morning at her home in Toluca Lake, Calif., a family friend confirms to People. She was 102 and had been in relativity good health until the past few months. The former Dolores DeFina, born in the Bronx, was singing in a Manhattan nightclub under the professional name Dolores Reade when newcomer Bob Hope, after a performance in a Broadway show, walked into the club with the dancer George Murphy. Hearing Reade sing "It's Only a Paper Moon," Hope said to Murphy, "I'm going to marry her." He did, Feb.

Bob and Dolores Hope met 78 years ago in a New York City nightclub -- and they've got one more date together. Dolores will be buried right next to her late husband under his and hers tombstones at Bob Hope Memorial Garden at the San Fernando Mission. Read more...

Dolores Hope -- Bob Hope 's widow -- has died.  She was 102 years old. Dolores married Bob Hope in 1934 and the couple was married for 69 years, until Bob died in 2003. Sources tell us Dolores died this morning. Friends of Dolores tell TMZ, she was quite the character, frequently drinking bourbon and entertaining almost to the end of her life. Dolores was a devout Catholic, who drove herself to mass everyday at 7 Am, and when she...

Soon after receiving the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmys, George Clooney chatted with reporters in the press room about his charity work childhood memories of Bob and Dolores Hope and his current opinion of hot political topics like gay marriage. (Sorry, but my camera only caught a the first four or five minutes of his discussion, then it ran out of memory!) Related Videos Video: 'Breaking Bad' star Aaron Paul backstage at the Emmys Video: Jim Parsons backstage at the Emmys Video: Al Pacino backstage at the Emmys Video: 'Nurse Jackie' star Edie Falco backstage at the Emmys Get Gold Derby on Twitter. Join the Gold Derby Group at Facebook. Become friends with...

The wife of late comedy legend Bob Hope is resting at home following a dash to hospital in California.

Dolores Hope, who was married to the funnyman for 69 years, was taken to St. Josephs Hospital in Burbank by ambulance on Tuesday afternoon.

The 99-year-old is reported to have suffered a stroke at her San Fernando Valley home, according to website TMZ.com.

Hope was discharged later that day.

It comes just a day after an auction of Hope's belongings from the couple's marital home, including personal items such as hats, suits, sporting memorabilia and movie items which raised more than $600,000 (GBP352,000) for the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation.

No further details about Dolores' condition were known as WENN went to press.

A signed picture of legendary U.S. funnywoman Lucille Ball has fetched more than $6,500 (GBP3,800) at an auction of Bob Hope memorabilia.

More than 680 items went under the hammer over the weekend (18/19Oct08) at the Julien's Auctions event in Los Angeles.

Items included furniture, photographs and paintings from the home that Hope shared with his wife Dolores, as well as the late actor/comedian's collection of hats, suits, sporting memorabilia and movie items.

One of the sale's biggest earners was an autographed photo of Ball, in which she is dressed as a toothless gypsy. The picture is signed by Ball to "Rapid Robert" - Hope's nickname - and contains the message: "Because he loves beauty. Xx Lucy."

Comic George Lopez was one of the celebrity attendees who successfully bid for Hope's golfing gear.

The auction raised more than $600,000 (GBP352,000) for the Bob and Dolores Hope Foundation.