Paint Your Wagon

Talented cinematographer William A. Fraker has died after a battle with cancer at the age of 86. Fraker passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday May 31, 2010. Fraker was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the films including “Looking for Mr. Goodbar,” “Heaven Can Wait,” “1941,” “WarGames” and “Murphy’s Romance.” Fraker also earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for the movie “1941.” American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) honored the great cinematographer with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2000.
William A. Fraker was the cinematographer of the 1969 movie “Paint Your Wagon,” which was directed by Joshua Logan and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Marvin, Ray Waltson, Jean Seberg and Harve Presnell. Fraker other work as cinematographer include films such as “The President’s Analyst,” “Irreconcilable Differences,” “The Day of the Dolphin,” “Bullitt,” and “The Freshman.” Fraker was born on September 29, 1923 in Los Angeles, California. He served in the Navy during World War II and then he attended University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Fraker was the director of the movies including “Monte Walsh,” “A Reflection of Fear,” and “The Legend of the Lone Ranger.” William A. Fraker is survived by his wife named Denise. My condolences go out with the family and friends of William A. Fraker.

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Rush Limbaugh Wedding

It's just an avalanche of Rush Limbaugh news this week here in the Comedy Examiner's Office, isn't it?  Prior to the weekend, we reported that Rush's life story was slated to be the subject of a big-budget Hollywood biopic (which the producer in charge swears will be more like "Citizen Kane meets Private Parts" and nothing like, say, Saw IV).  Now comes the news that Rush enjoyed his fourth marriage ceremony this afternoon-- hey, congrats on that, Rush; you know what they say: fourth time's the charm-- and Gawker.com was there to make sure the ceremony didn't go by without a proper pranking.  Actually, they weren't on the ground for the wedding itself, but instead in the skies above.  See it for yourselves below, my gentle Examiner readers...
Oh, man, do I love stories where embarrassing things are happening to Rush Limbaugh.  A few months ago, we had the story of Rush Limbaugh being given a plane ticket to vacate the country-- in order to make good on a promise he'd made to do just that if Obama's health care bill passed-- and we all had a good laugh.  Then, earlier in the week, we learned that someone had decided to turn Rush's life into a big-budget Hollywood movie.  Again, there was much snickering to be had.

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