|
|
Old News
May 17, 1999
- Many have asked me what I've been up to recently. Well, I've been really busy with school, but when I've actually had free time, I've been working on a new venture, The Unofficial James Garner Page. Working there and on The Unofficial Lee Majors Page, I've managed to refine my HTML a bit. Looking at this site now, it seems really sloppy. That is why, after school is let out in the next few weeks, I want to try and re-design this site, hopefully making it more attractive, faster loading, and easier to use. While this will be a major task, I believe it can be done. I'll try and keep you posted. Until then... Oh yeah, check this out for some familiar faces...
May 2, 1999
- I've received many letters asking why there haven't been many updates recently. Truthfully,
I don't know what much more can be done. Besides adding a new photo here and there or the such,
there isn't much. However, I've been working on the Gregory Peck Fans site on
Yahoo! Clubs. I think this will be the next wave for this
site. It allows for more interaction with you. Not only can you post messages and speak with
other fans, you can chat, post pictures, post links, and much more! It really is a neat site.
Together with the mailing list, they are great tools. So please stop by
the club and join!
April 6, 1999
- On February 27th, Cecilia's first child, Harper Daniel, was born in New York. Greg and Veronique were overjoyed.
- From now on, if you have any questions about Greg that don't pertain to this site, please check out Liz at AllExperts.com. She knows a LOT more than I do. Tell her Jeff sent you.
- The birthday messages were sent on the first of the month. Thanks to everyone
who contributed!
- While I may be "back," I am not off of my hiatus yet. I'll let you know when I'm back for good.
March 3, 1999
- Greg's birthday is approaching quickly. On April 5, 1999,
he will turn eighty-three years old. Last year, I compiled birthday messages to Greg. This
year is not any different. All you have to do is click here to send a message.
Be sure to read over your message as you can only submit one and only I can make changes. If
you make a mistake, e-mail me at [email protected]
and I'll try to change the mistake. If you'd just like to view the guestbook, click here.
February 10, 1999
As of today, I will be on a short hiatus from the Internet. This hiatus is by no means
permanent. If all goes well, it will only be a month. The basic effect of this hiatus
will be that I won't be able to update the page at all. I can still receive mail at
[email protected], but be forewarned it will
most likely take a long time for me to get back with you. I'm sorry that this has to happen
but it can't be helped. If you'd like to find out when I'm back online, join the
Mailing List. Thanks for your cooperation. Hope to talk with you all again soon! This
has been a great experience and I'm not going to let it go so easily.
January 26, 1999
- If you haven't already heard, Greg tied with Don Cheadle (Sammy Davis, Jr. in "The Rat Pack") to
win "Best Performance By An Actor In A Supporting Role In A Series, Mini-Series Or Motion Picture
Made For Television" at the 1999 Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe Awards. Greg
was in attendence and gave a nice speech. Click
here to hear Greg's acceptance speech in RealAudio G2 format. The speech will be on the
Sounds page from now on. Great job Greg!
December 29, 1998
- First off, I hope all of you have had a nice holiday! You might not notice, but
the site should be a little faster as I've reduced the file size of most of the
photos, yet they should still have the same quality. Just about the biggest file I've seen around
now is 50kb, so they are a lot smaller.
- Second, there are a few new photos up, so check them out if you get a chance.
I recently received a scanner, so I should be putting up some of my personal photos
from time to time. Reducing the photos gave me more space for more photos as well.
- In case you haven't already, download the RealPlayer G2
as I have been learning how to encode files and you just never know what may pop up. Check
out the Sounds page to see what I'm talking about. In the future,
longer clips will be in this method. I hope to be able to add video in the future, but that
might be a ways off.
- Now on to some Greg news, here is an article from The Philadelphia Inquirer on
December 24, 1998. Thanks to Karen for sending this is:
By Leonard W. Boasberg
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Gregory Peck, who acted in more than 50 films in a career that has spanned more than half a
century, yesterday was named the second recipient of the annual Marian Anderson Award.
Announcing the winner's name in the Grand Salon of the Rittenhouse, Mayor Rendell
emphasized that the award is meant to honor not only artistic achievement but humanitarian endeavors.
Peck, he said, is "one of the greatest actors of our time," but also a man who had shown courage as "one of
the leading gun-control advocates in the United States." Peck, he recalled, early in his career had taken
the leading role in Gentleman's Agreement, the 1947 film denouncing anti-Semitism, and in To Kill a
Mockingbird, a 1962 film that attacked racism. Peck won an Oscar for his role as the courageous
Southern lawyer Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird, and he was nominated four other times -- for his
roles in The Keys of the Kingdom, The Yearling, Gentleman's Agreement, and Twelve O'Clock High.
Speaking by telephone from his home in Bel Air, Calif., in that sonorous voice familiar to
filmgoers all over the world, the 82-year-old actor said he was honored to receive an award named after
Marian Anderson, with whom he had worked on the National Council on the Arts in the 1970s.
Anderson, an African American Philadelphia-born, world-renowned operatic contralto, came to symbolize
not only great artistry but courage and determination in the battle against racism. The first award went to
Harry Belafonte, a singer, actor and social activist.
The award carries with it a cash honorarium of $100,000, underwritten by First Union National
Bank. It will be presented officially during a weekend of festivities starting June 25.
At the podium yesterday, Charles Connolly, president of First Union National Bank,
Pennsylvania and Delaware, announced that the bank had committed $1 million to underwrite the award
and the festivities for the next two years.
Peck said he looked forward to accepting the award in person in Philadelphia, where, he recalled, he had had his first paying job at the Walnut Street Theatre in The Doctor's Dilemma in the early 1940s.
The Anderson Award is one of many honors that Peck has received for his good works. In 1968,
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave him its Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. He
was president of the academy from 1967 to 1974. And in 1969, President Lyndon B. Johnson gave him
the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award.
He has also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Lincoln Center, the Legion
d'Honneur from France, the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute, of which he had
been first chairman in 1967-69, the Screen Actor's Award of the Screen Actor's Guild, and the National
Medal of Arts. He has served as national chairman of the American Cancer Society.
� 1998 Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.
- Finally, congratulations to Greg to who was nominated for a Golden Globe. Here
is the press release:
The nominees were announced on Thursday morning 5:30 a.m., December 17, 1998, at the
Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, by Elisabeth Shue, Dennis Quaid, Christina Applegate
and Noah Wyle.
The 56th Golden Globe Awards will be presented on Sunday, January 24, 1999.
The Awards will be held at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton and telecast live by
the NBC Television Network at 8:00 p.m.
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A
SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
- Don Cheadle
The Rat Pack
- Joe Mantegna
The Rat Pack
- Gregory Peck
Moby Dick
- David Spade
Just Shoot Me
- Noah Wyle
ER
December 1
- Check out Greg's appearance schedule for December on the Tour page.
November 19, 1998
October 17, 1998
- If you like posters and lobby cards and would love to try and get your hands
on some originals, check out http://www.brucehershenson.com.
Bruce is having an auction in December and among other things, he is selling a poster from
Spellbound and a lobby card from
Duel in the Sun. Check them out and tell Bruce that I sent you!
September 30, 1998
- It's official, we're official! That's right this page will soon be "The Official Gregory Peck Page"!
- My new e-mail address is [email protected], please make note of it.
August 14, 1998
- Just a notice: School starts soon for me, so updates might not come very often. The page won't be dead, just updates will be slower.
July 24, 1998
- Yesterday morning it was announced that Greg is nominated for an Emmy.
The show is on Sunday, September, 13 1998. GOOD LUCK GREG!!! Here is information from The Emmy Website:
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOVIE
Hume Cronyn as Juror #9
12 Angry Men • Showtime • MGM Worldwide Television
Gregory Peck as Father Mapple
Moby Dick • USA • Hallmark Entertainment
George C. Scott as Juror #3
12 Angry Men • Showtime • MGM Worldwide Television
Martin Short as Frik
Merlin • NBC • Hallmark Entertainment
J.T. Walsh as Ray Percy
Hope • TNT • A Cherry Alley and Camino Palmero Production
July 15, 1998
- Thanks to Eamonn for this following tidbit:
London, 14 July 1998 - Plans for Gregory Peck to recite poetry
written by Pope John Paul II and released on a CD later this year
(98) have been put on hold.
Italian music publishing house Edizio Musicali III Millennio
had lined up GP earlier this year to record 14 poems written by The
Pope, Karol Wojtyla, in English as part of a massive international project.
The Vatican has already cleared the way for CD's in several
languages and read by great actors in their native tongue.
Spanish versions have already been recorded by Enrique Rocha Ruiz
(USA and Mexico) and Victor La Place (South America) and Jerry Zelnik
has done a Polish version. Vittorio Gassman and Monica Vitti have
recited poems for two separate Italian discs.
GP was originally scheduled to record his part in
Autumn (98) but a spokeswoman for III Milennio in Rome said today
(14JUL98) a new shortlist of American and English actors has been
drawn up and will be looked at in August.
She said she did not know whether GP was still on the shortlist for
the role or why plans had changed.
July 04, 1998
- This page (News) might slow down as Greg left for France today. I don't expect to hear much news the rest of this summer.
- Rumor has it that Greg has started working on his book, but no word yet on when it might be finished.
May 18, 1998
- Sorry for the recent lack of updates. Things have been really hectic around here. Hopefully when school ends, things will slow down a bit.
- I met Gregory Peck this weekend! For more information, check out the EncountersPage.
April 19, 1998
- IT'S HERE! Now it's finally possible to buy Gregory Peck movies and books from my page, in association with Amazon.com, so check it out by clicking here.
April 5, 1998
- HAPPY 82ND BIRTHDAY GREGORY PECK!!! Hope it's a great one!
- I was contacted again by Mr. Peck on Friday and among other things said, he wanted me to share a poem
with you, his fans. To read the poem, click here! BTW, Mr. Peck, if you are reading this, I'm in the process of contacting you again.
April 2, 1998
- I sent the birthday greetings on March 30. I also plan on trying to add a bio page this weekend in time for Gregory's birthday on April 5! Click here to see the greetings!
- Mr. Peck is featured in the April issue of AMC Magazine. Check it out!
March 14, 1998
- I started a page for sending birthday greetings to Gregory. If you want to go
there click here. A week or so before the big day (April 5th), I'll print out
all of the greetings and mail them to him. Send one today!
- Get ready! Moby Dick starts tomorrow!
March 8, 1998
- The Behind-the-Scenes Documentary of Moby Dick airs tonight at 6:30 Central Time. Be sure to watch it!
- I picked up the new widescreen version of To Kill a Mockingbird on Friday. I'll watch it soon and let you know how it is.
March 4, 1998
- On March 8th, USA Networks will air a behind the scenes documentary on the new Moby Dick. The actual movie will first air March 15-16
February 28, 1998
- I was sent this article from someone, it came from AOL's News:
Gregory Peck Still Persuing Scripts
.c The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Gregory Peck, who will be 82 in April, still peruses scripts
that producers send his way, but he's afraid of being typecast.
``They always have an old codger in a home with a precocious grandson, and he
springs me, and we go on to enormous adventures,'' the Academy Award-winning
actor told Parade magazine for Sunday's issue. ``They're all dreadful, and I
won't do 'em.''
Peck found a script he liked in a new TV version of ``Moby Dick,'' in which he
makes a cameo role as Father Mapple and Patrick Stewart plays the driven
Captain Ahab.
``I play this cameo, and I get to do all the talking! Six minutes of hell and
brimstone. Great fun,'' said Peck, who starred as Ahab in John Huston's 1956
film version of the Herman Melville tale.
``Moby Dick'' airs March 15-16 on the USA Network.
AP-NY-02-27-98 0640EST
Copyright 1997 The Associated Press.
- Check out this link for a cool interview with Gregory: Hollywood.com Interview
February 24, 1998
- I was contacted by Gregory Peck yesterday. I will be attending his May 15 performance in Kansas City.
|