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Ryan on the Runway: PR 20, ep 9
A Project Runway first - - the challenge is to do whatever they want. The runway show was being held at Four Freedoms Park. The title of...
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Aug 11, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Evangeline"
Here's one of my favorite moments in *The Last Waltz* - - Emmylou Harris and The Band doing "Evangeline."
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Aug 10, 20232 min read
CDA x 4: Friedkin, Koray, Robertson, Rodriguez
Four alerts today! The doors to the pearly gates (if you believe in such a thing) are swinging wildly. First, on Monday my brother Howard...
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Aug 9, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 9, 2023
I don't think I've highlighted a Best Cinematography pair yet, have I? In 1983 the winner was Ingmar Bergman's lush, colorful film *Fanny...
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Aug 7, 20234 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 20, ep 8
The Real Client Challenge! Their clients were the crew of *Below Deck.* I've seen commercials for this show and it looks like pure...
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Aug 4, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Tequila"
This is one of the high points of *Pee-wee's Big Adventure,* a movie chock a block with high points! I hope those shoes are in a museum...
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Aug 2, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 2, 2023
The Best Supporting Actress winner for 1982 was Jessica Lange for her touching, understated, menschy performance in *Tootsie.* Another...
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Jul 31, 20231 min read
CDA: Paul Reubens
I'd never gotten so many alerts in such a short amount of time! First my brother Howard at 1:24pm, then Stephanie at 1:27pm, then...
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Jul 30, 20236 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR20, ep 7
The episode started with Brandon talking with the designers in the green room immediately after Fabio's auf in the previous episode. He...
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Jul 28, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday and CDA: Sinéad O'Connor
I'm doing a combo platter today, mixing the Fabulous Friday with a CDA for Sinéad O'Connor, who died the other day at the age of 56. The...
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Jul 27, 20235 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 20, ep 6
My apologies for my column being so late this time. I'm getting it in just under the wire, before the new episode airs tonight... The...
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Jul 26, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 26, 2023
The Best Picture winner for 1981 was *Chariots of Fire.* Two other nominees were *Reds,* a sprawling epic about revolutionary Russia, and...
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Jul 22, 20232 min read
CDA: Tony Bennett
My friend Dianna alerted me to the death of Tony Bennett, who died the yesterday at the age of 96. I immediately brought up this video of...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: Catherine Deneuve
Here's Madame Deneuve on Craig Ferguson. Hilarious. Two tips: at 6:15 she's talking about being a judge at Cannes and it took me a few...
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Jul 19, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 19. 2023
We're in the 80s now, people! The 1980 award for Best Foreign Language Film went to the Soviet Union and a film with the menschy title...
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Jul 17, 20234 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 20, ep 5
Of course the episode opened with a rehash of the Anna repeat drama from the previous challenge. It was nice of Korto to sort of...
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Jul 16, 20231 min read
CDA: Jane Birkin
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Jane Birkin at the age of 76. I first knew her from her supporting roles in two divine...
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Jul 15, 20231 min read
CDA: André Watts
Stephanie alerted me to the death of classical pianist André Watts, who died the other day at the age of 77. I know him as a figure in...
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Jul 14, 20233 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Kansas City"
The other day I had a drinks date with my good friend Susan. Of course I showed up early. Something made me remember seeing Peggy Lee on...
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Jul 12, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 12, 2023
The Best Actor winner for 1979 was Dustin Hoffman for *Kramer vs Kramer.* A menschy role and performance, I suppose, but the supreme...
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Fabulous Friday: Suzanne Charny
Last week I sent out the big dance sequence from the movie of Sweet Charity. The lead female dancer was Suzanne Charny. She was damn...
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*Ainadamar,* Nov 6, 2024
Karen, Stephanie, and I saw *Ainadamar* at the Met on Nov 6, 2024. It's an opera by composer Osvaldo Golijov and librettist David Henry...
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