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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 13, 20242 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 10, 20241 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 9, 20243 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 8, 20241 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 6, 20241 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 3, 20241 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 2, 20241 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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May 1, 20241 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 26, 20241 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 24, 20241 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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Apr 17, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Feb 14, 2024
The Best Supporting Actor winner for 2011 was mensch Christopher Plummer in Beginners, a lovely, delicately shaded performance by a...
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Feb 14, 20241 min read
Fabulous Friday: Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
My friends Debbie and Bob got me into Noir Alley on TCM, a show that happens on Saturday nights at midnight and Sunday mornings at 10am,...
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Feb 9, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Feb 7, 2024
The Best Actress winner for 2010 was Natalie Portman in a fabulous diva performance in Black Swan. I adored that movie, it was so out...
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Feb 7, 20241 min read
CDA: Chita Rivera
My friend Dianna alerted to me the death of Broadway legend Chita Rivera, who died the other day at the age of 91. I feel so fortunate to...
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Feb 1, 20241 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Jan 31, 2024
The 2009 Oscars had a fantastic diva/mensch face-off in the Best Picture category. The diva was Avatar, a colorful, splashy box office...
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Jan 31, 20241 min read
*Carmen,* Jan 27, 2024
Susan and I saw Carmen at the Met on Jan 27, 2024. This was Susan's first visit to the Met so it was a thrill for both of us. I was...
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Jan 30, 20245 min read
CDA: Melanie and Charles Osgood
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Melanie, who died last week at the age of 76. I know her from "Brand New Key" ("I got a...
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Jan 29, 20241 min read
*Vertigo,* Jan 24, 2024
Susan and I saw Vertigo at the NY Philharmonic on Jan 24, 2024. It was a screening of the Hitchcock movie with the orchestra playing the...
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Jan 27, 20243 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Smothers Brothers
We haven't had a Mystery Guest in ages! Here are the Smothers Brothers, in memory of Tommy. They come on around 16:25.
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Jan 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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18 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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