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Fabulous Friday: "MacArthur Park"
I'm getting this in just in the nick of time! My apologies for being so late but someone left the cake out in the rain.
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Jul 7, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for July 5, 2023
The Best Song Oscar for 1978 went to "Last Dance" from *Thank God It's Friday.* It's a pulsating disco classic, a total diva moment....
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Jul 5, 20231 min read
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CDA: Alan Arkin
Actor Alan Arkin died the other day at the age of 89. He was priceless, there was no one else like him. I could show a clip from his...
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Jul 3, 20231 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PR 20, ep 3
The challenge: create a formal gown fit for royalty. The designers were randomly placed in teams of two: Vitor and Kayne Anna and...
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Jul 1, 20233 min read
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Fabulous Friday: clip from *The Turning Point*
*The Turning Point* was all about the two divas, Anne Bancroft and Shirley MacLaine, but it marked the big screen debut of two...
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Jun 30, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for June 28, 2023
The Best Picture winner for 1977 was *Annie Hall,* a funny and touching Woody Allen movie, one of his best, a love letter to his old...
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Jun 28, 20231 min read
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CDA: Julian Sands
Heavy sigh. My brother Howard just alerted me to the death of Julian Sands, who died at the age of 65 after months of having been...
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Jun 27, 20231 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PR20, ep 2
Ah, the audience favorite and designer dread! The unconventional materials challenge! We all look forward to this, am I right? They do it...
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Jun 26, 20233 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Liv Ullmann honorary Oscar
Her speech is so sweet and funny. Her story about chasing Greta Garbo down the street is a scream.
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Jun 23, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for June 21, 2023
We had another juicy Best Actress diva/mensch duo in 1976: Diva: Faye Dunaway in *Network* Mensch: Liv Ullmann in *Face to Face*
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Jun 21, 20231 min read
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Ryan on the Runway: PR20, ep 1
A hearty thank you to my best friend Karen for TELLING ME ABOUT THIS! My DVR died a couple weeks ago so I might have not even known it...
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Jun 18, 20234 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Kristen Wiig on SNL
Our Ann-Margret moment this week made me think of these two hilarious bits by Kristen Wiig on Saturday Night Live. First, "Ann-Margret...
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Jun 16, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for June 14, 2023
We had two dazzling diverse Best Actress nominees in 1975: Diva: Ann-Margret as the mother in *Tommy.* Diva in excelsis, white satin and...
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Jun 14, 20231 min read
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CDA: Treat Williams
Let me get something out of the way first. I will not be doing CDAs for Silvio Berlusconi, Ted Kaczynski, or Pat Robertson. I don't...
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Jun 13, 20231 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Isabella Rossellini interview
This is a cute interview with Isabella Rossellini when she was promoting the movie *Joy,* which I was referring to at the time as "The...
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Jun 9, 20231 min read
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CDA: Gilberto, Gilot, and Saariaho
A triple header! First, one of my favorite singers, Astrud Gilberto. She died the other day at the age of 83. There are a few versions of...
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Jun 8, 20232 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for June 7, 2023
I've been looking forward to this one! The Best Supporting Actress winner in 1974 was Ingrid Bergman in *Murder on the Orient Express.*...
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Jun 7, 20231 min read
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CDA: Kent and Quant
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of stuntman Gary Kent, who died at the end of May at the age of 89. Here's a bit from the...
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Jun 5, 20231 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Ella, "I Can't Give You Anything But Love"
I know I usually link my Fabulous Fridays to the Diva/Mensch pair for the week, but I woke up this morning with the Ella Fitzgerald...
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Jun 2, 20231 min read
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Diva/Mensch pair for May 31, 2023
*The Exorcist* and *Paper Moon* went head-to-head in three categories at the 1973 Oscars: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Sound (*The...
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May 31, 20231 min read
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Sybarite5 and Curtis Stewart, Nov 3 2025
I heard Sybarite5 at Music Mondays on Nov 3, 2025. They're a string quintet - - two violins, viola, cello, and bass. I heard them in an online concert during lockdown n 2020. I just read that review and I appeared to enjoy the 2020 concert more than this latest one. Maybe I was more eager for a satisfying cultural experience? Or maybe it was just better. They opened with "Movement and Locations" by The Punch Brothers. It had a great energy but the cello solo at the beginning
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2 days ago3 min read
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Fabulous Friday: Aretha Franklin
I had a tribute to Wanda Jackson a few weeks ago. My brother Howard has a signed picture of her in his locker at work! I told him, "That's not Wanda Jackson, that's Lynn Redgrave in a bad wig." Bless her heart. Or in this case, rest her soul! OK now for this week's fierce rock and roll woman: the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, an American treasure. One of a kind, the world would not be the same without her. Can we all agree that this was one of the greatest moments in televi
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3 days ago1 min read
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