fantasy – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

March 16, 2014 / Vickie Lester

I went to a party last night, and while I haven’t developed gills or fins, I don’t feel quite myself.

It might have something to do with a lack of sleep, or it could be that I went wandering under a giant wisteria vine in ninety degree heat this morning… Yes, I bought tickets and went with friends. It’s amazing what passes for entertainment when you’re middle-aged. I think I’ll…

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November 16, 2013 / Vickie Lester

The Producers — “We’ll play the countessa and the chauffeur!”

LOVE Estelle Winwood — to have been alive when she was onstage and to have seen her perform… You know me chickadees, it’s never straightforward on Beguiling. Today’s theme is about make-believe/fantasy/imagination, and its significant role in romantic relationships. Anybody care to chime in?

October 30, 2013 / Vickie Lester

Trick or Treat – Welles Peaks – ‘The Stranger’ and PBS’s ‘War of the Worlds’ – NYTimes.com

Disturbing Aliens, Some From Space Welles Peaks: ‘The Stranger’ and PBS’s ‘War of the Worlds’ Orson Welles in 1938, rehearsing for “The Mercury Players on the Air,” the radio show behind his “War of the Worlds” broadcast that same year. By DAVE KEHR Published: October 24, 2013 It was all…

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July 28, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART SIX – THE MARTINI SHOT

A serialized story by, George Kaplan I was looking like we had never kissed before? If the kiss itself had been shocking, unexpected, impossible, this was something else again. When she’d kissed me, the feelings of heart-racing surprise and astonished euphoria had blanked everything else from my consciousness, there had…

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July 27, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART FIVE – THE ABBY SINGER

A serialized story by, George Kaplan When I saw her home it was like being hit by a whirlwind of sensations. The house was quite big but did not possess the crazily ostentatious “bigness” of some houses in California; it looked more like a home than a castle, and the…

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July 26, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART FOUR

A serialized story by, George Kaplan Weeks passed. Hana Koblish was chosen as the new Executive Assistant (a pretty absurd title I know, and I was one) while, amusingly, Bernie Birnbaum found himself saddled with Mendenhall and the two proceeded to drive each other crazy. I, on the other hand,…

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July 25, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART THREE

A serialized story by, George Kaplan . Our working relationship was excellent, we were both extremely verbal, often acerbic people with an underlying sensitivity; even if in Grace Mark’s case you might have to drill under the arctic tundra to find it – a failing she freely admitted with a…

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July 23, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART TWO

A serialized story by, George Kaplan . Work with the triumvirate was challenging and fun. The world of meetings, meetings, meetings and deals, deals, deals was often tiring but there was often a special energy about it, and an endless fascination to the workings of the industry and the disparate…

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July 21, 2013 / Vickie Lester

ALCHEMY: A SERIALIZED STORY BY GEORGE KAPLAN – PART ONE

A serialized story by, George Kaplan . What’s my name? You don’t need to know that, just call me, let’s see… David. It’s not exactly “Call me Ishmael” but it’ll do. . A few years ago I changed jobs, after spending close to a decade as an actor, mostly on-stage…

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July 21, 2013 / Vickie Lester

EVOCATIVE

What’s as evocative as your favorite bottle of perfume? “Alchemy” a serialized story by George Kaplan in six parts, starting Sunday at 8:00 a.m. Hollywood Time

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