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Monday, 29 December 2025

1975, Film and Television Awards: 32nd Golden Globe Awards

Best Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: Chinatown

Poster 'Chinatown'

Nominees:

  • The Conversation
  • Earthquake
  • The Godfather Part II
  • A Woman Under the Influence

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Winner: The Longest Yard

Poster 'The Longest Yard'

Nominees:

  • The Front Page
  • Harry and Tonto
  • The Little Prince
  • The Three Musketeers

Best Foreign Film
Winner: Scener ur ett äktenskap (Sweden)

Poster 'Scener ur ett äktenskap'

Nominees:

  • Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (France)
  • Amarcord (Italy)
  • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Canada)
  • Lacombe, Lucien (France)

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Winner: Jack Nicholson as J.J. "Jake" Gittes in Chinatown

Jack Nicholson as J.J. "Jake" Gittes

Nominees:

  • James Caan as Axel Freed in The Gambler
  • Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in The Conversation
  • Dustin Hoffman as Lenny Bruce in Lenny
  • Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Winner: Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti in A Woman Under the Influence

Gena Rowlands as Mabel Longhetti

Nominees:

  • Ellen Burstyn as Alice Hyatt in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
  • Faye Dunaway as Evelyn Cross Mulwray in Chinatown
  • Valerie Perrine as Honey Bruce in Lenny
  • Liv Ullmann as Marianne in Scener ur ett äktenskap

Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Winner: Art Carney as Harry Coombes in Harry and Tonto

Art Carney as Harry Coombes

Nominees:

  • James Earl Jones as Rupert Marshall in Claudine
  • Jack Lemmon as Hildy Johnson in The Front Page
  • Walter Matthau as Walter Burns in The Front Page
  • Burt Reynolds as Paul "Wrecking" Crewe in The Longest Yard

Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Winner: Raquel Welch as Constance Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers

Raquel Welch as Constance Bonacieux

Nominees:

  • Lucille Ball as Mame Dennis in Mame
  • Diahann Carroll as Claudine in Claudine
  • Helen Hayes as Grandma Steinmetz in Herbie Rides Again
  • Cloris Leachman as Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein

Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture
Winner: Fred Astaire as Harlee Claiborne in The Towering Inferno

Fred Astaire as Harlee Claiborne

Nominees:

  • Eddie Albert as Warden Hazen in The Longest Yard
  • Bruce Dern as Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby
  • John Huston as Noah Cross in Chinatown
  • Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby

Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
Winner: Karen Black as Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby

Karen Black as Myrtle Wilson

Nominees:

  • Beatrice Arthur as Vera Charles in Mame
  • Jennifer Jones as Lisolette Mueller in The Towering Inferno
  • Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein
  • Diane Ladd as Flo Castleberry in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Best Director - Motion Picture
Winner: Roman Polanski – Chinatown

Poster 'Chinatown'

Nominees:

  • John Cassavetes – A Woman Under the Influence
  • Francis Ford Coppola – The Conversation
  • Francis Ford Coppola – The Godfather Part II
  • Bob Fosse – Lenny

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Winner: Chinatown – Robert Towne

Poster 'Chinatown'

Nominees:

  • The Conversation – Francis Ford Coppola
  • The Godfather Part II – Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
  • The Towering Inferno – Stirling Silliphant
  • A Woman Under the Influence – John Cassavetes

Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Winner: The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe

Poster 'The Little Prince'

Nominees:

  • Chinatown – Jerry Goldsmith
  • Earthquake – John Williams
  • The Godfather Part II – Carmine Coppola
  • Phantom of the Paradise – Paul Williams

Best TV Show – Drama
Winner: Upstairs, Downstairs

Cast 'Upstairs, Downstairs'

Nominees:

  • Columbo
  • Kojak
  • Police Story
  • The Streets of San Francisco
  • The Waltons

Best TV Show - Comedy or Musical
Winner: Rhoda

Cast 'Rhoda'

Nominees:

  • All in the Family
  • The Carol Burnett Show
  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Maude

Best TV Actor – Drama
Winner: Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak

Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak

Nominees:

  • Mike Connors as Joe Mannix in Mannix
  • Michael Douglas as Steve Keller in The Streets of San Francisco
  • Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo in Columbo
  • Richard Thomas as John-Boy Walton in The Waltons

Best TV Actress – Drama
Winner: Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson in Police Woman

Angie Dickinson as Sgt. Suzanne "Pepper" Anderson

Nominees:

  • Teresa Graves as Christy Love in Get Christie Love!
  • Michael Learned as Olivia Walton in The Waltons
  • Jean Marsh as Rose Buck in Upstairs, Downstairs
  • Emily McLaughlin as Nurse Jessie Brewer in General Hospital
  • Lee Meriwether as Betty Jones in Barnaby Jones

Best TV Actor – Comedy or Musical
Winner: Alan Alda as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in M*A*S*H

Alan Alda as Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce

Nominees:

  • Ed Asner as Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford in Sanford and Son
  • Bob Newhart as Robert Hartley, Ph.D. in The Bob Newhart Show
  • Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker in All in the Family

Best TV Actress – Comedy or Musical
Winner: Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern in Rhoda

Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern

Nominees:

  • Carol Burnett as Various Characters in The Carol Burnett Show
  • Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • Esther Rolle as Florida Evans in Good Times
  • Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker in All in the Family

Monday, 25 June 2018

1975, Music: Belgian Single Charts 26/04/1975 (BRT, Radio 2, TOP 30)

N° 30
10cc with "Life Is A Minestrone"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Eric Stewart, Lol Creme
- Highest Position: N° 15
- Weeks in the charts: 5



N° 29
Bay City Rollers with "Bye Bye Baby"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Bob Gaudio, Bob Crewe
- Highest Position: N° 15
- Weeks in the charts: 12



N° 28
Zangeres Zonder Naam with "Keetje Tippel"
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Johnny Hoes, Adrianus Klaris
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 9


N° 27
George McCrae with "Sing A Happy Song"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Harry Wayne Casey, Richard Finch
- Highest Position: N° 27
- Weeks in the charts: 2


N° 26
Telly Savalas with "If"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: David Gates
- Highest Position: N° 12
- Weeks in the charts: 5



N° 25
The Osmonds with "Having A Party"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: B. Massey, H.B. Barnum, C. Brown
- Highest Position: N° 20
- Weeks in the charts: 3



N° 24
Mud with "Oh Boy"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West
- Highest Position: N° 3
- Weeks in the charts: 11



N° 23
Jack Jersey And The Jordanaires with "I Wonder"
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Jacques Verburgt, Jack de Nijs
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 11


N° 22
Albert West with "You And Me"
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Gerrit den Braber, Job Maarse, Jacques Zwart
- Highest Position: N° 22
- Weeks in the charts: 5


N° 21
The Shadows with "Let Me Be The One"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Paul Curtis
- Highest Position: N° 21
- Weeks in the charts: 5



N° 20
Will Tura with "Je zien huilen kan ik niet"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Nelly Byl, Will Tura
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 13


N° 19
Ann Christy with "Could It Be Happiness"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Mary Boduin
- Highest Position: N° 16
- Weeks in the charts: 5


N° 18
Joe Dassin with "Si tu t'appelles mélancolie"
- Country: France
- Music/Lyrics: Pierre Delanoë, Claude Lemesle, Peter Dibbens, Michael Shepstone
- Highest Position: N° 8
- Weeks in the charts: 14

N° 17
Barry White with "What Am I Gonna Do With You"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Barry White
- Highest Position: N° 15
- Weeks in the charts: 5


N° 16
Joey Dyser with "100 Years"
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Dick Bakker, Josje Duister
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 10



N° 15
Cunningham with "Norma Jean Wants To Be A Movie Star"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Johnny Cunningham
- Highest Position: N° 10
- Weeks in the charts: 3

N° 14
Cindy with "Een avontuurtje"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Cahelo, Ramon Smith, Andy Free
- Highest Position: N° 13
- Weeks in the charts: 11


N° 13
Status Quo with "Down, Down"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Francis Rossi, Robert Young
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 11



N° 12
Spooky & Sue with "You Talk Too Much"
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Joe Jones, Reginald F. Hall
- Highest Position: N° 9
- Weeks in the charts: 8



N° 11
Willy Sommers with "Souvenir"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Armath
- Highest Position: N° 11
- Weeks in the charts: 8



N° 10
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel with "Make Me Smile"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Steve Harley
- Highest Position: N° 7
- Weeks in the charts: 9


N° 9
The Sweet with "Fox On The Run"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Andy Scott, Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Mick Tucker
- Highest Position: N° 4
- Weeks in the charts: 13


N° 8
The Rubettes with "I Can Do It"
- Country: UK
- Music/Lyrics: Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 10



N° 7
Ann Christy with "Gelukkig zijn"
- Country: Belgium
- Music/Lyrics: Mary Boduin
- Highest Position: N° 6
- Weeks in the charts: 8



N° 6
Gloria Gaynor with "Reach Out, I'll Be There"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland
- Highest Position: N° 5
- Weeks in the charts: 12


N° 5
Shirley And Company with "Shame, Shame, Shame"
- Country: USA
- Music/Lyrics: Sylvia Robinson
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 14


N° 4
Teach-In with "Ding-A-Dong"
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Dick Bakker, Eddy Ouwens, Will Luikinga
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 9



N° 3
ABBA with "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do"
- Country: Sweden
- Music/Lyrics: Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus
- Highest Position: N° 2
- Weeks in the charts: 12



N° 2
George Baker Selection with "Paloma Blanca"
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Hans Bouwens
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 17


N° 1
Johnny & Orquesta Rodrigues with "Hey mal yo"
- Country: Netherlands
- Music/Lyrics: Traditional, J.A. Rodrigues
- Highest Position: N° 1
- Weeks in the charts: 12

Saturday, 30 January 2016

1969, Film: The Assassination Bureau Limited

The British black comedy "The Assassination Bureau Limited" (US: "The Assassination Bureau") premieres in London on 10 March 1969. The film, directed by Basil Dearden, is based on the unfinished novel "The Assassination Bureau, Ltd" by Jack London. The novel was, after Jack London's death (1916), finished by Robert L. Fish. It was published in 1963. Main stars are Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell and Clive Revill. Unlike London's original novel, which is set in the United States, the film is set in Europe.

Synopsis
London early 1900s, the aspiring journalist Sonia Winter (Diana Rigg) uncovers an organisation that specialises in killing high placed people for money, the Assassination Bureau, Limited. To destroy the bureau she hires the organisation to murder the bureau's own chairman, Ivan Dragomiloff (Oliver Reed)...
Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter
Oliver Reed as Ivan Dragomiloff and Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter
Warren Mitchell as Herr Weiss and Oliver Reed as Ivan Dragomiloff
Main cast
  • Oliver Reed as Ivan Dragomiloff
  • Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter
  • Telly Savalas as Lord Bostwick
  • Curd Jürgens as General von Pinck
  • Philippe Noiret as Monsieur Lucoville
  • Warren Mitchell as Herr Weiss
  • Beryl Reid as Madame Otero
  • Clive Revill as Cesare Spado
  • Kenneth Griffith as Monsieur Popescu
  • Vernon Dobtcheff as Baron Muntzof
  • Annabella Incontrera as Eleanora Spado
  • Jess Conrad as Angelo
  • George Coulouris as Swiss Peasant
Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter and Philippe Noiret as Monsieur Lucoville
Diana Rigg as Sonya Winter and Telly Savalas as Lord Bostwick
Nominations
  • Golden Globe (US) for Best English-Language Foreign Film, lost to "Oh! What a Lovely War"
  • Golden Laurel (US) for Female New Face (Diana Rigg), lost to Ali MacGraw in "Goodbye, Columbus"
Purrr Link


The Assassination Bureau, Sample clip (1969)