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Diva/Mensch pair for June 5, 2024
I was tempted to choose Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland and Saoirse Ronan as Jo March as the diva/mensch Best Actress duo for 2019 but...
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Jun 41 min read
CDA: Janis Paige
Broadway, film, and TV start Janis Paige died the other day at the age of 101. She's best known for creating the role of Babe in the...
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May 311 min read
Fabulous Friday: D Kirsten on *The R Clooney Show*
Here's opera star Dorothy Kirsten on The Rosemary Clooney Show. Here's the program: Clooney: "There'll Be Some Changes Made" The Hi-Los:...
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May 291 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for May 29, 2024
The Best Actress winner for 2018 was Olivia Colman for The Favourite. Major diva role, with all the queenly finery and all those damned...
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May 242 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Kiss Me Again"
"Kiss Me Again" is a bewitching song from a Victor Herbert operetta, Mlle. Modiste. Here's the cute background story courtesy of...
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May 221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for May 22, 2024
The Best Supporting Actress winner for 2017 was Alison Janney for I, Tonya. That's a definite diva of a performance, with her coarse...
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May 201 min read
CDA: Dabney Coleman
I just read in the NY Times that Dabney Coleman died at the age of 92. I will always love him for his role in Tootsie, a movie that holds...
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May 171 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Straight Shooter"
My friend Holly was in town early this week from Seattle and we met for breakfast on Monday at the SoHo Diner. I hadn't been there and...
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May 161 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for May 15, 2024
I'm a day late with this, my apologies! We're at 2016 and the two Best Picture winners that year are a perfect diva/mensch duo - -...
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May 132 min read
CDA x 3: Corman,
A veritable deluge! First off, Roger Corman died at the age of 98. He was a giant of 1960s and 70s B movie cinema, as a director and...
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May 101 min read
Fabulous Friday: Dorothy on *The Golden Girls*
Don't you love how YouTube knows you so well? The other day it suggested I watch this.
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May 93 min read
*El Niño,* May 8, 2024
Stephanie and I saw John Adams's *El Niño* at the Met on May 8, 2024. This show was littered with Met debuts: The opera itself Conductor...
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May 81 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for May 8, 2024
The Best Actress winner for 2015 was Brie Larson for Room. That role doesn't really fit in with our duality so I'm featuring two other...
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May 61 min read
CDA: Frank Stella
Frank Stella died on Saturday at the age of 87. He was one of the major figures of the second half of the 20th century in the art world,...
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May 31 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Come On-a My House"
I saw lucky enough to have seen Eartha Kitt in performance three times. The first time was at the Cafe Carlyle sometime in the 90s. The...
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May 21 min read
CDA: Paul Auster
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Paul Auster. I'm not so familiar with him so I asked him to write something. He calls it...
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May 11 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for May 1, 2024
This week we're looking at 2014 and I'm going off brand a bit. Up to this point I've looked at pairs from the Oscar nominations for the...
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Apr 261 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Roll With the Changes"
Last week I had a craving for a movie I love, The Cabin in the Woods. It's become one of my favorite movies of this century - - it's both...
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Apr 241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for April 24, 2024
The Best Actor winner for 2013 was Matthew McConaughey in The Dallas Buyers Club. I didn't really go for that movie or his performance in...
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Apr 171 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for April 17, 2024
I'M BACK! How is it possible that I haven't sent a post or updated my site since February 14? Well, if you honestly don't KNOW where I've...
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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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