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Diva/Mensch pair for Jan 11, 2023
The 1953 Oscar for Best Costume Design went to Edith Head for *Sabrina,* one of her eight Oscars. But there was a bit of scandal attached...
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Jan 11, 20231 min read
*Fedora,* Jan 7, 2023
Stephanie, Lenny, Richard, and I saw *Fedora* at the Met on Jan 7, 2023. It's a new production of an 1898 opera by Umberto Giordiano. It...
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Jan 10, 20234 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Lana Turner
Miss Turner appeared on the show twice. Here's her first appearance, in 1959. She comes on at 21:38. And again in 1966. She comes on at...
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Jan 6, 20231 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Jan 4, 2023
One of the nominated movies for 1952 was *The Bad and the Beautiful,* an overheated little epic directed by Vincent Minnelli. It's a...
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Jan 4, 20231 min read
CDA x 4: Pope B, Pelé, B Walters, V Westwood
Wow, so many celebrity deaths to report! First off, Pope Benedict, who died the other day at the age of 95. Thanks to Stephanie Jutt for...
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Jan 1, 20231 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest Jose Ferrer
Oops! Last week I sent out a Fabulous Friday connected to this week, *Streetcar Named Desire.* So today I'm sending out a Fabulous Friday...
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Dec 30, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Dec 28, 2022
I'm highlighting one of the fly-over awards from 1951: Best Art Direction. They split them into color and black and white back then. The...
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Dec 28, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: *Streetcar* dir by Ivo van Hove
I'm a big fan of the Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove. Years ago, before I knew who he was, his production of *A Streetcar Named...
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Dec 23, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Dec 21, 2022
We've arrived at 1950. I'm highlighting two nominees for Best Actor (Ferrer was the winner): Diva: Jose Ferrer, *Cyrano de Bergerac*...
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Dec 21, 20221 min read
*The Hours,* Dec 15, 2022
Karen, Renée, Stephanie, Richard, and I saw *The Hours* at the Met on December 15, 2022. It's a brand new opera with music by Kevin Puts...
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Dec 18, 20225 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Olivia de H x 4
Miss de Havilland appeared as the mystery guest four times! Bless her heart. Either she really enjoyed it or her agent was very...
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Dec 16, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Dec 14, 2022
Olivia de Havilland won the Best Actress Oscar in 1949 for *The Heiress.* It's a movie I dearly love, I've seen it 10 or 15 times. It...
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Dec 14, 20221 min read
CDA: Kirstie Alley and Angelo Badalamenti
Kirstie Alley died the other day at the too-young age of 71. Of course she's best known for *Cheers* but I was always a Shelley Long guy...
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Dec 12, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: more buttons, more bows
Oh my goodness, another post a day late! Twice in one week! I am thoroughly ashamed. Slapping my wrist right now, really and truly....
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Dec 10, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Dec 7, 2022
So sorry this is a day late! The winner for the Oscar for Best Song in 1948 was "Buttons and Bows" from *Paleface,* sung by Bob Hope to...
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Dec 8, 20221 min read
Chanticleer Christmas, Dec 4, 2022
I heard *A Chanticleer Christmas* at St Ignatius Loyola on December 4, 2022. They're a 12-voice all-male singing group that I've heard...
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Dec 6, 20223 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, R Widmark
Mystery Guest, Richard Widmark! He looks lanky. Also rather cute. And Steve Allen, I think he emptied a whole bottle of Brylcreem in his...
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Dec 2, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Nov 30, 2022
The year is 1947. I've chosen two nominees for Best Supporting Actor: Diva: Richard Widmark in *Kiss of Death* Mensch: Edmund Gwenn in...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read
CDA: Irene Cara
Richard alerted me to the death of Irene Cara, who died at the too young age of 63. Here she is singing "Fame" on Don Kirshner's Rock...
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Nov 28, 20221 min read
*The Piano Lesson,* Nov 26, 2022
Tom, Ed, Richard, and I saw *The Piano Lesson* on Broadway on Nov 26, 2022. It's a play by August Wilson from 1987, set in Pittsburgh in...
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Nov 27, 20223 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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8 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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