theater – Page 3 – BEGUILING HOLLYWOOD

July 22, 2013 / Vickie Lester

D. FINCHER BY WAY OF BERKELEY (BUSBY)

Babies, you know I love an homage. Hats off to David Fincher. . .

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

July 12, 2013 / Vickie Lester

MID-CENTURY? GOOGIE? OKAY, LET’S JUST CALL IT A COFFEE SHOP

July 12, 2013 / Vickie Lester

HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT COFFEE?

Poppets, Los Angeles is home to some fine blends. And, the older I get the more I rely on that velvety smooth, slightly chocolatey/butterscotchy jolt in the morning. As in, if I don’t get it I’m likely to snarl. We do the French press thing at home. For awhile the…

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July 1, 2013 / Vickie Lester

1929 – THEATER IN THE GOLDEN STATE – DORIS KEMPER APPEARS IN THE FRONT PAGE

May 22, 2013 / Vickie Lester

In Conversation | Bruce Weber and Kathleen Turner on Becoming Mentors – NYTimes.com

TURNER: Another thing I want to do, and I hope I do, is to pass on a kind of ethics, you know, a professional ethics: Don’t be late. Your job is to be physically able to do this, the role that you have taken on. Don’t keep people waiting. Treat…

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May 22, 2013 / Vickie Lester

In Conversation | Bruce Weber and Kathleen Turner on Becoming Mentors – NYTimes.com

How did you approach working with your students? WEBER: I decided not to just take photographers. I wanted filmmakers, because I’m a filmmaker myself, but also painters or writers. It seemed like a lot of the people were also writers. And I learned so much about looking at things in…

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April 30, 2013 / Vickie Lester

JOHN BARRYMORE SITS FOR A PORTRAIT BY KATHERINE STUBERG – 1941

January 8, 2013 / Vickie Lester

CONSTANCE BENNETT AS AUNTIE MAME

Auntie Mame Counts No Calories. –

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