Tag: Movie stars

February 7, 2013 /

PAULETTE GODDARD – PORTRAIT BY DIEGO RIVERA – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 7, 2013 /

GENE TIERNEY – A TECHNICOLOR GIFT – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 7, 2013 /

WHY LANA TURNER TURNED MEN’S HEADS – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 7, 2013 /

GENE KELLY LOVES LUCY – HAPPY VALENTINE’S

February 6, 2013 /

ICON – DAVID BOWIE

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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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