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CDA: Shannen Doherty
I was surprised to read about the death of actor Shannen Doherty in The NY Times. I think this might be the first for a divamensch CDA -...
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Jul 131 min read
CDA x 3: Simmons, Viola, Westheimer
My friends Jessica and Dianna alerted me to the death of fitness superstar and 80s icon Richard Simmons, who died at the age of 76....
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Jul 121 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Angela Lansbury's Smoking Hot 18th Birthday"
Wouldn't you be drawn in with a title like that? Here's the perennially charming Angela Lansbury on Letterman in 1994. Thirty years ago!
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Jul 111 min read
CDA: Shelley Duvall
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Shelley Duvall, age 75. She’s known for two major Robert Altman movies, Nashville and Popeye...
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Jul 101 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 10, 2024
Hello possums! Last week was the end of the long movie/Oscar theme, that lasted over a year. I’m going to start another long theme in...
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Jul 51 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Here's Lucy* fashion show
I loved Here's Lucy when I was a kid, it was in reruns - - I warmed up to that more than I Love Lucy because it was made in the late 60s...
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Jul 31 min read
Diva/mensch pair for July 3, 2024
My friends we have come to the end of this movie/Oscar theme! Woo hoo! I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have. I dug through my...
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ladiesvoices
Jun 281 min read
Fabulous Friday: Vlasta Krsek on *The Tonight Show*
You know how YouTube takes your current search and suggests other related things? Monday I was watching a clip of Yugoslavian soprano...
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Jun 261 min read
Diva/mensch pair for June 26, 2024
I'm looking at the nominees for Best Costume Design for 2022. The winner was Ruth E. Carter for her fabulous full diva designs for Black...
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Jun 221 min read
CDA: Donald Sutherland
I read in the NY Times obits the other day about the death of actor Donald Sutherland, 88. He's best known for MASH, Invasion of the Body...
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Jun 211 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Someday My Prince Will Come"
My friend Nick sent me this video recently. It's all kinds of wrong, it's so ridiculous. First of all, Elaine Stritch totally...
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Jun 203 min read
Kronos Quartet, June 15, 2024
I saw a concert by/film about the Kronos Quartet at Alice Tully Hall on June 15. The performance was called *A Thousand Thoughts* - - it...
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Jun 191 min read
Diva/mensch pair for June 19, 2024
The Best Director winner for 2021 was the great Jane Campion, who won for a moody, understated, intense, menschy film called The Power of...
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Jun 181 min read
CDA: Anouk Aimée
Yikes, another icon of 1960s France - - my brother Howard just told me that Anouk Aimée died, at the age of 92. I first encountered her...
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Jun 171 min read
CDA: Françoise Hardy
I was sad last week to read of the death of Françoise Hardy, the French singer and actor. She was 80. She's best known for this enduring...
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Jun 141 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Calcutta"
Did you grow up watching The Lawrence Welk Show? I did. I wonder if I watched it with true enjoyment or with irony, an awareness of the...
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Jun 1326 min read
Chris Ryan's Top Five Fave movies for 2023
I'm severely behind in writing this, my apologies. Top Five Asteroid City Barbie May December All Of Us Strangers Anatomy of a Fall...
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Jun 121 min read
Diva/mensch pair for June 12, 2024
The Oscars in 2020 were odd - - it was high Covid so the show was super scaled down. The Best Picture Oscar went to a mensch of a movie,...
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Jun 102 min read
CDA: Ben
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Fluxus artist Ben, aka Ben Vautier, who died recently at the age of 88. I asked Howard to...
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Jun 71 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Did you see the PBS series about the history of disco? It was fantastic. They featured this version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"...
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3 days ago1 min read
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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