News about Thomas Mitchell

Fran Kelly has promised that her new show would feature some of her favorite names. Kelly was announced as the host of a new Friday night television primetime arts and culture talk show Frankly on the ABC. Tim Minchin, Richard E. Grant, Adam Goodes, Shaun Micallef, and Jimmy Barnes will appear on the 64-year-old's show.

Fran Kelly, a veteran radio national broadcaster, has enraged some younger figures in the media who are accusing the national broadcaster of playing it safe and attracting a Boomer audience rather than unearthing or promoting new talent for a younger audience. With Osman Faruqi (pictured right) saying the appointment was a joke at first, nine journalists have led the charge. Kelly, who hosted Radio National's Breakfast show for 17 years before he resigned in December, has her supporters who point to her extensive knowledge and expertise in the arts, cultural, and entertainment industries.

Virginia Patton, Jimmy Stewart's sister-in-law, Ruth Dakin Bailey, in the classic film It's a Wonderful Life, has died. She was 97 years old. The actress was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 25, 1925, and she was niece of General George S. Patton. When she was still an infant, her family moved to Portland, Oregon, where she was destined to attend the University of Southern California. She worked with playwright turned screen writer William C. deMille, who was a founder of the USC film academy while she was there. He was the older brother of director Cecil B. DeMille. It was this connection that resulted in Patton's appointment with director Frank Capra.