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Ryan on the Runway: M the C, season 3 ep 5
Oh goody, this is the episode where Jeremy has a big temper tantrum! The bread and buttah of every competiton series. Remember the...
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Sep 12, 20223 min read
Fabulous Friday: John Legend, "Feeling Good"
Such a tremendous moment!
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Sep 9, 20221 min read
CDA: Queen Elizabeth II
I can't remember the last time a celebrity death made me tear up. Maybe Peggy Lee? Maybe not. I got a phone call from Richard - - a text...
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Sep 8, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Sept 7, 2022
EGOT #15 is John Legend. Diva: "Ordinary People" Mensch: *Cornerstones: Founding Voices of the Black Church* Oh Lord he is so handsome,...
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Sep 7, 20222 min read
Ryan on the Runway: M the C, season 3 ep 4
The challenge: they needed to collaborate as a team to create a cohesive seven-look collection. Heidi stressed that they also needed the...
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Sep 5, 20223 min read
Travelogue from London trip a few weeks ago
Hello beloved readers! I just posted a travelogue from a trip that Richard and I made a few weeks ago, to London....
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Sep 3, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: Tim Rice interview
He seems like a charming chap!
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Sep 2, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 31, 2022
EGOT #14 is Tim Rice. If you look at his list of awards below, you'll see that 8 of the 12 awards are for either *Evita* or *Aladdin.* So...
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Aug 31, 20221 min read
Ryan on the Runway: M the C, season 3 ep 3
I felt like we still had a lot to learn about our designers. It was only the third episode so I guess that’s to be expected. The...
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Aug 28, 20223 min read
Fabulous Friday: ALW Love Trio
I saw this on a PBS special years ago and while I didn't love all three of the songs I loved the women who were singing them and was...
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Aug 26, 20221 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for Aug 24, 2022
September 17, 2018 was a momentous day in the history of the EGOT. There were THREE new EGOTs made that night! Can you imagine. Andrew...
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Aug 24, 20221 min read
Ryan on the Runway: Making the Cut, season 2, eps 1 & 2
I got a text from my beloved friend Laura the other day saying that season 3 of *Making the Cut* had started on Amazon. Hell to the yes!...
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Aug 21, 20226 min read
Fabulous Friday: "Let It Go"
Don't worry, I won't actually make you listen to that song. Here's a clip of Lopez when he closed the deal on the EGOT, when he and his...
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Aug 19, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 17, 2022
EGOT #12 is Robert Lopez. It was Lopez who got me into the phenomenon of the EGOT. I heard that he was probably going to finish his EGOT...
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Aug 17, 20223 min read
CDA: Anne Heche
Actor Anne Heche died the other day. This is the first time, I think, that I’ve done a CDA for someone who’s younger than I. She was 53....
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Aug 15, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: *The Boys in the Band*
Scott Rudin got one of his most recent Tonys for the revival of *The Boys in the Band.* For the record, the guy has won 18 Tonys, the...
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Aug 12, 20221 min read
CDA: Lamont Dozier
My brother Howard alerted me to the death of Lamont Dozier, who died the other day at the age of 81. I didn't know his name but certainly...
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Aug 11, 20221 min read
Diva/Mensch pair for Aug 10, 2022
EGOT #11 is Scott Rudin. He's been on the Naughty list for a few years - - it's easy to do a little shorthand and think of him as a...
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Aug 10, 20222 min read
CDA: Olivia Newton-John
I got THREE alerts on this one, from Patrick, Dianna, and Stephanie. Patrick takes the prize, his was 12 minutes before Dianna. Patrick...
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Aug 9, 20221 min read
Fabulous Friday: W Goldberg, Oscars 1999
The African Queen! I know Billy Crystal is the gold standard for Oscar hosts in my generation, but I really loved Whoopi, too.
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Aug 5, 20221 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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4 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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