I get it. Everybody loves to dance. But, when a seventy-year old director has a slew of children with previous wives wouldn’t it be prudent if someone introduced the idea of birth control into the equation? It’s not like he’s some ethically challenged tycoon that actually needs the lightening quick…
Category: Short Stories
A remembrance by Ruth Reichl: Danny Kaye didn’t cook like a star. He didn’t coddle you with caviar or smother you in truffles. He had no interest in complicated concoctions or exotic ingredients. His taste was absolutely true, and he was the least-pretentious cook I’ve ever encountered. The meals he…
Q: You’ve intrigued me with your comment on blogging, I wonder what you *thought* it’d be? A: Hm! Got a minute? No, seriously I’ll try to be succinct. Blogging is completely different than I expected. In a way it strikes me as belonging to another era, like a bunch of…
Edith Head worked on some 780 films either assisting or designing. I believe this silent film was one of the first – the ladies are part of some decadent jazz age tale and their dresses are bedecked with marshmallows! “The Golden Bed” (1925) This is in reply to: Bohemian rhapsody……
My angels, this has been a whack-a-do year… And, I am going to take a short break from blogging to confer with the publishers of my… ro·man à clef /rōˌmän ä ˈklā/ Noun A novel in which real people or events appear with invented names. If I were still young…
Here’s the dealio – these Oscars are heavy. At first glance there’s no way she can be toting the statuette around with that delicate gloved grip of hers, especially with a cigarette between her fingers. Look closely: That’s John Wayne, the presenter of the Oscar standing behind her, immediately after…