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Diva/Mensch pair for Feb 1, 2023
The Best Picture winner for 1956 was *Around the World in 80 Days.* Judging from the trailer, it looks like a tiresome Technicolor...
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Jan 31, 20231 min read
CDA: Cindy Williams
My buddy Mike alerted me to the death of Cindy Williams, age 75. We had seen her in a production of the female version of *The Odd...
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Jan 27, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: Doris Day on *The Tonight Show*
I love Doris Day and Johnny Carson but dear Lord they have such a hard time getting started in this conversation. Is it possible that...
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Jan 25, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Jan 25, 2023
The 1955 Oscar for Best Song went to "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," the theme song for the movie of the same name. The song was a hit...
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Jan 20, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: Gina L on David L
I was lured by the title of this video.
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Jan 19, 20231 min read
CDA: Sister André
I have to be honest and say I hadn't heard of this person until I read her NY Times obit - - she was the oldest person on earth, she died...
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Jan 18, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Jan 18, 2023
We're at 1954 and what this YouTube pundit calls one of the greatest upsets in Oscar history. The story goes that everyone thought that...
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Jan 17, 20231 min read
CDA: Lollobrigida and Presley
Stephanie alerted me to the death of Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, who died the other day at the age of 95. Her first English...
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Jan 13, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: Head and Givenchy
Here's a pair of features about this week's duo. First, an appearance by Miss Head on some cheesy morning show. And a classy little doc...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Jan 11, 2023
The 1953 Oscar for Best Costume Design went to Edith Head for *Sabrina,* one of her eight Oscars. But there was a bit of scandal attached...
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Jan 10, 20234 min read
*Fedora,* Jan 7, 2023
Stephanie, Lenny, Richard, and I saw *Fedora* at the Met on Jan 7, 2023. It's a new production of an 1898 opera by Umberto Giordiano. It...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Lana Turner
Miss Turner appeared on the show twice. Here's her first appearance, in 1959. She comes on at 21:38. And again in 1966. She comes on at...
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Jan 4, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Jan 4, 2023
One of the nominated movies for 1952 was *The Bad and the Beautiful,* an overheated little epic directed by Vincent Minnelli. It's a...
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Jan 1, 20231 min read
CDA x 4: Pope B, Pelé, B Walters, V Westwood
Wow, so many celebrity deaths to report! First off, Pope Benedict, who died the other day at the age of 95. Thanks to Stephanie Jutt for...
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Dec 30, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest Jose Ferrer
Oops! Last week I sent out a Fabulous Friday connected to this week, *Streetcar Named Desire.* So today I'm sending out a Fabulous Friday...
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Dec 28, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Dec 28, 2022
I'm highlighting one of the fly-over awards from 1951: Best Art Direction. They split them into color and black and white back then. The...
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Dec 23, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Streetcar* dir by Ivo van Hove
I'm a big fan of the Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove. Years ago, before I knew who he was, his production of *A Streetcar Named...
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Dec 21, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Dec 21, 2022
We've arrived at 1950. I'm highlighting two nominees for Best Actor (Ferrer was the winner): Diva: Jose Ferrer, *Cyrano de Bergerac*...
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Dec 18, 20225 min read
*The Hours,* Dec 15, 2022
Karen, Renée, Stephanie, Richard, and I saw *The Hours* at the Met on December 15, 2022. It's a brand new opera with music by Kevin Puts...
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Dec 16, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Olivia de H x 4
Miss de Havilland appeared as the mystery guest four times! Bless her heart. Either she really enjoyed it or her agent was very...
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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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4 days ago3 min read
*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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