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Fabulous Friday: "I Didn't Know About You"
The Diva this week is Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington's recording of a song Ellington wrote with lyricist Bob Russell, "I Didn't Know...
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Aug 9, 20242 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 7, 2024
I'm starting a new long-term theme. I looked at movies and the Oscars in my last theme - - now I'm going to look at music and the...
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Aug 7, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Invitation"
Do you know the movie and/or the song "Invitation"? The movie Invitation is a slight 1952 drama directed by Gottfried Reinhardt. I only...
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Aug 2, 20242 min read
*Oh, Mary!* July 29, 2024
David Jay and I saw Oh, Mary! on Broadway on July 29, 2024. It's a play written by and starring Cole Escola. I saw them (they use the...
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Aug 1, 20243 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 31, 2024
Let's revisit the big hit movie from last summer (no, I'm not talking about Oppenheimer): Diva: Barbie Mensch: Ken
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Jul 31, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: "My Sharona"
Tuesday night I was talking to a friend and adding his contact info to my phone. I asked him: ME: And please tell me your wife's name....
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Jul 26, 20241 min read
Diva/mensch pair for July 24 ,2024
A few weeks ago I saw the Kronos Quartet in concert morphed with a film about them. https://www.divamensch.com/kronos-quartet-june-2024...
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Jul 24, 20241 min read
*Titanique,*
Karen and I saw Titanique off Broadway on July 6, 2024. I explained the premise to my mother the day before: ME: It's about Celine Dion...
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Jul 21, 20242 min read
CDA: Bob Newhart
I was saddened to hear about the death of Bob Newhart, age 94. He was known for Newhart and his recent appearances on The Big Bang...
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Jul 20, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: Tallulah Bankhead double feature
What could be better than Bette Davis talking about Tallulah Bankhead? Well how about Tallulah Bankhead talking to Marlene Dietrich? Here...
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Jul 19, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 17, 2024
With apologies to the immortal Stendahl: Diva: red Mensch: black
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Jul 17, 20241 min read
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 16, 20241 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 13, 20241 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 12, 20241 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 11, 20241 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 10, 20241 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 5, 20241 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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Jul 3, 20241 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 28, 20241 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 26, 20241 min read
CDA x 4: Barrie and Stewart
I never like reporting on FOUR celebrity deaths! My brother Howard alerted me to three of them and my friend Jessica on the fourth: Barbara Barrie (95), Donnie Iris (83), and Patrick Stewart (86) from Howard and Elke Sommer (85) from Jessica. I first encountered Barbara Barrie playing Dennis Christopher's mom in Breaking Away. She was nominated for an Oscar for that movie. I later knew her from the original cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's Company, in which she and her hu
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20 hours ago3 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Then Came You"
I was on the stairmaster at Planet Fitness yesterday morning - - it wasn't an actual Stairmaster, it was a LifeFitness brand knockoff, but it's the easiest way to explain the thing I was using. Don't you say Kleenex rather than "facial tissue?" Anyway, I was on the stairmaster looking for something inspiring to listen to on my iPod. I needed a break from my usual picks (Boston, Earth Wind and Fire, Shirley Bassey) and somehow landed on this song. Which I ADORE. The four minut
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2 days ago1 min read
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