| 词条 | Bob Thomas (reporter) |
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|name = Bob Thomas |birth_name = Robert Joseph Thomas |birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|1|26}} |birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|3|14|1922|1|26}} |death_place = Encino, California, U.S. |death_cause = |occupation = Biographer, reporter |spouse = Patricia (m. 1947–2014; his death) |children = Three }} Robert Joseph Thomas (January 26, 1922 – March 14, 2014) was an American Hollywood film industry biographer and reporter who worked for the Associated Press from 1944. As of 2014, he was twice listed in the Guinness World Records, for the longest career as a reporter, and for the most consecutive Academy Awards shows covered by an entertainment reporter.[1] Personal lifeBorn in San Diego in 1922,[1] he grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a film publicist. He attended UCLA. He lived in Encino with his wife, Patricia. They had three daughters.[2] Thomas, aged 92, died on March 14, 2014 at his home.[3] Writing careerThomas made his mark by engaging celebrities in activities that brought out their personalities, whether by measuring their waistlines after childbirth (as he did with Betty Grable) or testing just how tall a leading lady needed to be by kissing her himself (as he did with June Haver). Acclaimed as the dean of Hollywood reporters, Bob Thomas had been writing about the movie business for the Associated Press since the days when Hollywood was run by the men who founded it: Jack L. Warner, Darryl F. Zanuck, Harry Cohn, and Louis B. Mayer.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}} During his long history of reporting for the AP, Thomas authored at least 30 books. Many in the film industry credit his 1969 biography of producer Irving G. Thalberg as sparking their interest in pursuing a career behind the scenes. Other Thomas biographies include Liberace, Joan Crawford, Marlon Brando, David O. Selznick, Walter Winchell, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Howard Hughes, Abbott & Costello, Walt Disney, and a children's book, Walt Disney: Magician of the Movies.[2] His biographies on Howard Hughes[4] and Abbott & Costello[5] have been made into television movies.[2] AwardsFor contributions to the motion picture industry, Thomas received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (the first author-reporter to be given this honour[3]), which was paid for by his friends in advance and placed at 6879 Hollywood Boulevard.[6] In 2009, in recognition of over 60 years of covering the entertainment business for the Associated Press, the Publicists Guild awarded him its Lifetime Achievement Award.[7] Bibliography{{Col-begin}}{{Col-break}}Nonfiction
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References1. ^"California Births, 1905 - 1995". FindMyPast.com. 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book |title=Joan Crawford: A Biography |last=Thomas |first=Bob |year=1978 |publisher=Simon & Schuster|location=New York |isbn=0-671-24033-1 |oclc= |page= |pages= |url= }} (author notes from end jacket cover) 3. ^1 2 {{cite web |last=Rogers |first=John |title=Bob Thomas, dean of Hollywood reporters, dies |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/14/4765535/bob-thomas-dean-of-hollywood-reporters.html |date=March 14, 2014 |publisher=charlotteobserver.com |accessdate=March 14, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314192005/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/14/4765535/bob-thomas-dean-of-hollywood-reporters.html |archivedate=March 14, 2014 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite web |title=The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977 TV movie) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075670/ |date= |work= |publisher=Internet Movie Database |accessdate=21 September 2009}} 5. ^{{cite web |title=Bud and Lou (1978 TV movie) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077279/ |date= |work= |publisher=Internet Movie Database |accessdate=21 September 2009}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hwof.com/star/motion-pictures/bob-thomas/2423|title=Bob Thomas; Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=HWOF.com}} 7. ^{{cite web |last=Cohen|first=Sandy|title=AP's Bob Thomas wins lifetime achievement award |url=http://www.timesherald.com/article/JR/20090219/ENTERTAINMENT01/302199980|date=February 19, 2009|publisher=The Times Herald, Associated Press |accessdate=August 13, 2017}} Sources
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