Fay Wray by James Cameron to play the part of Rose Dawson Calvert for his 1997 blockbuster "Titanic" with Kate Winslet to play her younger self, but she turned down the role, which was then won by Gloria Stuart. She was a special guest at the 70th Academy Awards, where the show's host, Billy Crystal, introduced her as the "Beauty who charmed the Beast". She was the only 1920s Hollywood actress in attendance that evening (with fellow 1930s actress Gloria Stuart winning an award, while male contemporaries Bob Hope and Milton Berle, with Sid Caesar were present).On October 3, 1998, she appeared
Blockbuster LLC a new system would be introduced where customers could return their movies to a Blockbuster store. Before the deal could be realized, investor Carl Icahn interfered. Icahn refused to let the company lose more money through Total Access. Antioco was pushed out and replaced with James Keyes, who rejected Hasting's proposal, raised the price on online DVD rentals and put an end to the free movie deal. As a consequence, Blockbuster Online's previously massive growth quickly stopped. In July Antioco left the company, reportedly due to continued controversy over his compensation. He left with a $24.7 million severance package. On