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Diva/Mensch pair for May 10, 2023
The 1970 winner for Best Actor was George C Scott in *Patton.* Now that's a diva of a performance if ever there was one, on such a grand...
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May 10, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Paul Newman
It's been so long since I've had a mystery guest! I figure since we had "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" this week, why not have the...
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May 5, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for May 3, 2023
The Best Original Song winner for 1969 was "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" from *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,* written by my...
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May 3, 20231 min read
CDA: April Stevens
First off, don't even think about me doing a CDA on Jerry Springer! I'm not going to waste my time with that business. April Stevens died...
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Apr 30, 20233 min read
*Champion,* Apr 25, 2023
Jessica and I saw *Champion* at the Met on April 25, 2023. It's the first opera written by Terence Blanchard, it had its premiere at...
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Apr 29, 20233 min read
Fabulous Friday: Ruth Gordon interview
She is so sweet!
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Apr 28, 20231 min read
CDA: Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte died the other day at the age of 96. I read his NY Times obit - - I knew him as a singer and actor but didn't know about...
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Apr 27, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Apr 26, 2023
The Best Supporting Actress winner for 1968 was Ruth Gordon for *Rosemary's Baby.* I've seen that movie at least ten times and it gets...
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Apr 26, 20231 min read
CDA: Barry Humphries
Barry Humphries, the man who created the gigastar Dame Edna Everage, died the other day at the age of 89. I was lucky to have seen Dame...
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Apr 24, 20231 min read
Voices of Ascension Fauré *Requiem,* Apr 20, 2023
Susie and I heard Voices of Ascension on Apr 20, 2023. They're a professional chorus based at the Church of the Ascension - - I've been a...
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Apr 22, 20233 min read
Fabulous Friday: D Hoffman's screen test for *The Graduate*
This is such a cute story.
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Apr 21, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair - - EEK! Revision!
Oh my dear! I have a spreadsheet that I use to lay out the D/M pairs for the coming weeks. This morning I saw that I had lined up Anne...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Apr 19, 2023
The 1967 Oscars had a genuine rarity - - a TIE. There were two winners for Best Actress: Diva: Barbara Streisand, *Funny Girl* Mensch:...
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Apr 19, 20231 min read
*Good Night, Oscar,* April 14, 2023
Scott, Richard, and I saw *Good Night, Oscar* on Broadway on April 14, 2023. It's a new play by Doug Wright about Oscar Levant. Wright...
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Apr 18, 20233 min read
*Leopoldstadt,* April 12, 2023
Alisa and I saw *Leopoldstadt* on Broadway on Apr 12, 2023. It's a new Tom Stoppard play that premiered in London in 2020 and opened on...
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Apr 17, 20234 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Georgy Girl"
Hey there, Georgy Girl! Here's The Seekers singing the song on The Ed Sullivan Show. The arrangement is a little too bombastic for my...
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Apr 14, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Apr 12, 2023
It's 1966 and we're back at Elizabeth Taylor. This is the Oscar she actually EARNED. Diva: Elizabeth Taylor in *Who's Afraid of Virginia...
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Apr 12, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: Vaughan and Fitzgerald, "The Sh of Your Sm"
I was going to use this Sarah Vaughan performance of "The Shadow of Your Smile" as my example for the Diva/Mensch post on Wednesday, but...
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Apr 7, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Apr 5, 2023
The Oscar for Best Song in 1965 went to "The Shadow of Your Smile" from *The Sandpiper.* A gauzy, tender, heartfelt little ballad written...
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Apr 5, 20231 min read
CDA x 3: Heklina, R Sakamoto, S Stein
My brother Howard alerted me to three celebrity deaths - - three people I hadn't heard of but we all have a lot to learn, right? First,...
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Apr 4, 20231 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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11 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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1 day ago1 min read
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