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Fabulous Friday and CDA: Sinéad O'Connor
I'm doing a combo platter today, mixing the Fabulous Friday with a CDA for Sinéad O'Connor, who died the other day at the age of 56. The...
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Jul 28, 20231 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 20, ep 6
My apologies for my column being so late this time. I'm getting it in just under the wire, before the new episode airs tonight... The...
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Jul 27, 20235 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 26, 2023
The Best Picture winner for 1981 was *Chariots of Fire.* Two other nominees were *Reds,* a sprawling epic about revolutionary Russia, and...
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Jul 26, 20231 min read
CDA: Tony Bennett
My friend Dianna alerted me to the death of Tony Bennett, who died the yesterday at the age of 96. I immediately brought up this video of...
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Jul 22, 20232 min read
Fabulous Friday: Catherine Deneuve
Here's Madame Deneuve on Craig Ferguson. Hilarious. Two tips: at 6:15 she's talking about being a judge at Cannes and it took me a few...
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Jul 21, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 19. 2023
We're in the 80s now, people! The 1980 award for Best Foreign Language Film went to the Soviet Union and a film with the menschy title...
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Jul 19, 20231 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 20, ep 5
Of course the episode opened with a rehash of the Anna repeat drama from the previous challenge. It was nice of Korto to sort of...
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Jul 17, 20234 min read
CDA: Jane Birkin
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Jane Birkin at the age of 76. I first knew her from her supporting roles in two divine...
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Jul 16, 20231 min read
CDA: André Watts
Stephanie alerted me to the death of classical pianist André Watts, who died the other day at the age of 77. I know him as a figure in...
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Jul 15, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Kansas City"
The other day I had a drinks date with my good friend Susan. Of course I showed up early. Something made me remember seeing Peggy Lee on...
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Jul 14, 20233 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for July 12, 2023
The Best Actor winner for 1979 was Dustin Hoffman for *Kramer vs Kramer.* A menschy role and performance, I suppose, but the supreme...
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Jul 12, 20231 min read
Ryan on the Runway: PR 20, ep 4
This week's challenge was devised by none other that Christian Siriano. The designers were tasked with making their runway look from a...
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Jul 9, 20234 min read
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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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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1 day ago1 min read
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