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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 22, 20241 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 21, 20241 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 20, 20243 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 19, 20241 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 18, 20241 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 17, 20241 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 14, 20241 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 13, 202426 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 12, 20241 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 10, 20242 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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Jun 7, 20241 min read
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 5, 20241 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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Jun 4, 20241 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 31, 20241 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 29, 20241 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 24, 20242 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 22, 20241 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 20, 20241 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 17, 20241 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 16, 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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19 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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