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Dick Van Dyke had "never approached a strange woman" before introducing himself to his future wife. The 98-year-old Hollywood legend - who is known for his roles in the likes of 'Mary Poppins' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' - first met Arlene Silver, 52, backstage at the SAG Awards in 2006, and he was so struck by her beauty that he acted out of character. He told Entertainment Tonight: "I never approached a strange woman in my life. "And she walked by and I jumped and I said, 'Hi, I'm Dick.' I had no idea she was half my age. Beautiful." He later found out she was a makeup artist, so took her ...
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Carol Burnett hands bartenders an instruction card to follow detailing her “exact” recipe for a cosmopolitan. The 91-year-old veteran actress of theatre, musicals, TV and film was honoured on Thursday (20.06.24) by getting her hands and feet plastered into the ground outside the famous TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, and one of the raft of star guests at the ceremony, Laura Dern, revealed her cocktail habit during the tribute. ‘Wild at Heart’ actress Laura, 57, told People about her acting hero: “She has an incredible card that she gives to bartenders for the ‘Carol Burnett cosmo...
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Dick Van Dyke wants to star in a one-man show. The legendary actor - who turned 98 in December - has revealed that he's eager to create his own one-man show, explaining that he has "a lot of stories to tell". The movie star - who made his Broadway debut in the 1950s - told PEOPLE: "I was thinking of doing - 80 years in the business, I have a lot of stories to tell. I thought I'd just do a one-man show, like this. Just sit and talk to the audience." Asked if his ambition is likely to be realised, Dick replied: "I've got a list. I'm pretty close." Earlier this month, Dick described his workout r...
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Dick Van Dyke's workout routine is his "secret weapon". The Hollywood legend does three gym sessions a week at the age of 98, and he believes that it's the key to his good health. He told 'Entertainment Tonight': "I recommend it to everybody. That's my secret weapon." The award-winning star feels that actors are in a privileged position. Dick admitted that he's had "such a good time" during his decades-long career in the movie business. The 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' actor - who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame back in 2012 - shared: "It isn't work - it's play. Actors are so lucky....
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Dame Julie Andrews thought Dick Van Dyke was "really gorgeous" when they first met. The 88-year-old actress starred alongside the Hollywood icon in the 1964 Disney film 'Mary Poppins', and Julie has now admitted to being wowed by her co-star. She said on 'Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic': "As I arrived on that very first day, Dick was already working with the choreographers and the dancers." Julie remembers her co-star looking "young, fit as can be and really gorgeous". The actress added: "I’d never made a movie before, and I’d given birth to my lovely daughter Emma nearly six weeks earlier, a...
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Dick Van Dyke breaks into "a little song and dance" while doing his grocery shopping. Jane Seymour has told how she encountered the 'Mary Poppins' actor while out in the supermarket and loved the way he was able to turn the shop into "his stage", entertaining other shoppers. Speaking on the CBS special 'Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic', Jane said: "I would go to the local grocery store, pushing a trolley, and coming towards me I saw Dick Van Dyke. “Well, of course I wondered if it was really him, but then people would surround him, and he'd suddenly break out into a little song and dance. “I t...
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Dick Van Dyke is a "pretty lazy" person. The 98-year-old actor - who is best known for his roles in classic musical films like 'Mary Poppins' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' - explained that despite his successful movie career, he found himself unemployed a lot of the time because he was always just waiting around for an opportunity to come his way rather than going after it. Speaking on 'CBS Sunday Mornings', he said: "As a businessman, I’m not much good. I would do a movie or something and come home and just sit down and wait for the phone to ring. I wasn’t aggressive, so I was out of work a l...
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Dick Van Dyke is set to celebrate his 98th birthday with a CBS special. The legendary actor - who will turn 98 on December 13 - has enjoyed a hugely successful career in the entertainment industry, and CBS plans to celebrate his achievements with an upcoming special called 'Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic'. The award-winning star said in a statement: "I started with CBS under contract in 1955 with the CBS morning show, then ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ and ‘Diagnosis Murder'. "I’ve been with the CBS family for almost 70 years, and I couldn’t be prouder. I’m incredibly honoured that CBS will be thr...
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Dick van Dyke has started to learn the ukelele. The 97-year-old actor took to social media to showcase a video of himself toying with the string instrument as he got to grips with it told followers that it is "never too late" to start learning something new. He captioned the post: "It’s never too late to start something new. My first ukulele lesson with @getstartedplayingukulele." The 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' star was seen strumming a few chords as he got to grips with finding the notes in his first attempt at playing the instrument. He said: Where’s the F?” When a fellow member of the class ...
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Mary Tyler Moore was "almost blinded" by diabetes in her final years, according to her husband. The sitcom legend passed away in 2017 at the age of 80 from cardiopulmonary arrest complicated by pneumonia but some years prior had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes - a condtion which means the pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin - after suffering a miscarriage and now her widower Robert Levine, 68, has told how the disease almost robbed her of her sight completely. He told Fox News Digital: "Over time, she suffered many of the complications of diabetes. But the one thing that had the g...
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