Category: Life

February 6, 2013 /

ICON – ELIZABETH TAYLOR

. Icon, practically asleep on set…

February 6, 2013 /

ONLY MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN

Here’s the historical context. That’s David Bowie, during a decade he reports to have forgotten, nabbed in Upstate New York on a coke charge. Talk about aplomb. He looks impossibly elegant under obviously trying circumstances. Contrast that with any mug shot you’ve seen recently of errant celebrities and then just…

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February 6, 2013 /

AN UNLIKELY PAIR – DAVID BOWIE AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR

Terry O’Neill Photography – from a session in 1975: . .

February 5, 2013 /

LUCILLE BALL’S GOULASH SUPPER FOR TWO OR TWENTY

We’ll do a little updating on this later in the day, something suitable for a wintery Valentine’s dinner, but for now, with love from Lucy: Note: I think “Accent” was MSG — unless you want a banging headache leave it out.

February 5, 2013 /

IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN, BUT…

They ushered in the sit-com and Desi ended up buying RKO and organizing their own studio, Desilu. They cared about each other throughout their lives, but sometimes the greatest love of your life doesn’t make the greatest spouse. Drinking, whoring, these things tend to get in the way – at…

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February 5, 2013 /

LUCILLE BALL – FROM CONTRACT PLAYER TO TV PIONEER

But, she started her career as a model:

February 4, 2013 /

I DON’T HAVE THE FOOTBALL GENE

Am I allowed to say the high point of the Super Bowl, so far, has been a goat yelling at a man for more Doritos?

February 3, 2013 /

ZERO GRAVITY FOOTBALL – 1948

Wow… They really were the greatest generation.

February 3, 2013 /

DO YOU THINK THESE WERE THE CHEERLEADERS FOR THE TROJANS?

Once upon a time… 1936:

February 3, 2013 /

ALERT THE MEDIA – I HAVE SEEN THE NFL LIGHT

According to this fellow: …it involves his old team and the Raven’s of Baltimore, who apparently like their cheerleaders: …very slender. The Ravens’ cheerleader and her telltale waistline – latimes.com.