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Clifford Coffin took this photograph in an age when sitting on a California sand dune was a beneficial, or at least benign, experience. Stay cool.

August 11, 2018 by Vickie Lester

The heatwave broke yesterday and I finished the first draft of the manuscript. I was expecting some kind of elation, but instead I took a nap. Recharging for the revisions to come? Perhaps. I’ve sent it off to he who gives notes for a first impression, to be followed by much discussion and a lot of work. The novel is about a college-aged kid from the East Coast who goes to Hollywood to be a nanny, and ends up a […]

Categories: Art, Books, Culture, Design, Entertainment, fashion, Fiction, Film, Friendship, History, Hollywood, Literature, Los Angeles, Memoir, Movies, Photography, Truth & Rumors, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: #amwriting, California, Clifford Coffin, Editor, fashion photographer, Hollywood novel

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UNDER PRESSURE – CONTINUED

October 7, 2012 by Vickie Lester

As you might have gleaned by now, when there’s a story to tell about Hollywood, I’m inclined to change the names and mix it up a bit to protect the innocent. What follows is mostly true, except what’s not. “Okay. No baseball. What you’ve got to do is barge back down into the conference room,” she insisted before Bill interrupted. “I don’t barge. I’ve never barged.” “No! No! Like this!” Tessa jumped off the desk, scowled, adjusted her crotch, cocked […]

Categories: Books, Culture, Entertainment, fashion, Film, History, Hollywood, Humor, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: baseball, big break, BlackBerry, box office record, butch, cake, camera crane, Cary Grant, conference room, Cuban cigars, distress, dog, fashion photographer, film, first time film director, Irene Dunne, metaphor, movie still, novel excerpt, poise, production coordinator, promotions, scene, sharks, short story, Svengali, THE AWFUL TRUTH, viewfinder

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UNDER PRESSURE

October 7, 2012 by Vickie Lester

As you might have gleaned by now, when there’s a story to tell about Hollywood, I’m inclined to change the names and mix it up a bit to protect the innocent. What follows is mostly true, except what’s not. Bill Aagard, a first time film director, met Tessa Moynihan, a production coordinator, at a budget meeting for a film called, “Double Down”, it had something to do with Vegas and the mob and a group of card cheats. Bill had […]

Categories: Books, Culture, Entertainment, Film, History, Hollywood, Humor, Los Angeles, Movies, Photography, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: baseball, behind the scenes, big break, BlackBerry, butch, cake, camera crane, Clive Brook, distress, fashion photographer, film, first time film director, metaphor, novel excerpt, on set, poise, production coordinator, promotions, scene, short story