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Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Barbra Streisand
I kicked off my Streisand tribute in April with her first appearance on *What's My Line?,* in 1964. Here's her next appearance, in 1965:
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May 1, 20201 min read
CDA: Kerstin Meyer and Harold Reid
I know what you're thinking. This is a CELEBRITY death alert, and who are these bozos? The first one I'd barely heard of, but the...
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Apr 30, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 4/29/20
I'm closing out our CoViD-19 tribute with two performances that were specific to this crisis. Diva: Kristin Chenoweth, "Taylor the Latte...
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Apr 29, 20201 min read
Ryan on the Runway: Making the Cut, final eps
EPISODE NINE The final episodes, can you imagine! It all went by so fast. The assignment: create, design, and merchandise a pop-up store...
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Apr 27, 20206 min read
CDA: Betsy James Wyeth
We are huge Wyeth fans in my family, so the death of Andrew Wyeth's widow, Betsy James Wyeth, has made me sad. She was more than his...
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Apr 26, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: BS at BG
Today's Streisand treasure - - a sequence from a 1965 television special, *My Name is Barbra,* filmed at Bergdorf Goodman.
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Apr 24, 20201 min read
CDA: Shirley Knight
Ah, the lovely Shirley Knight. She was one of the three actors in the show the first time I saw *The Vagina Monologues* (I saw it five...
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Apr 23, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 4/22/20
Today's pair was conceived in the context of a Zoom or FaceTime call, but it applies in any context, really: Diva: talking Mensch:...
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Apr 22, 20201 min read
Ryan on the Runway: Making the Cut, eps 7 & 8
EPISODE SEVEN The challenge: make two looks for a digital marketing photo shoot, up to three photos in the campaign. Once again one of...
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Apr 21, 20203 min read
CDA: Brian Dennehy
What a marvelous actor. I was lucky to have seen him in a supporting role in *The Iceman Cometh* at BAM a few years ago, that was the...
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Apr 18, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Streisand 1963 "Happy Days Are Here Again" x 2
Two wonderful early TV performances by La Streisand, both from 1963. First, singing "Cry Me a River" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" on...
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Apr 17, 20201 min read
CDA: Victor Skrebneski
He was a renowned fashion photographer. As a special treat, for the first time on my site, I have a Celebrity Death Alert with a...
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Apr 16, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 4/15/20
Today's CoViD-19 D / M pair: Diva: ordering take out Mensch: cooking
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Apr 15, 20201 min read
Ryan on the Runway: Making the Cut, eps 5 & 6
EPISODE FIVE Welcome to Tokyo. Tim Gunn is SO CUTE in his chalk stripe coveralls, bucket hat, bright white sneakers, and side-mount fanny...
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Apr 12, 20204 min read
Fabulous Friday: Streisand '61 and '63
Today I'm sharing two early TV appearances by Barbra Streisand. First, an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jack Paar, 1961: And on Ed...
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Apr 10, 20201 min read
Diva / Mensch pair for 4/8/20
Continuing with our CoViD theme: Diva: FaceTime Mensch: phone call Here's a funny FaceTime situation with Kevin Hart and Jimmy Fallon. ...
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Apr 8, 20201 min read
CDA: Honor Blackman
You might not know the name Honor Blackman, but I bet you know the name Pussy Galore!
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Apr 6, 20201 min read
Ryan on the Runway: Making the Cut, eps 3 & 4
EPISODE THREE Such a treat seeing people standing next to each other, walking out in the world! Seems like such a long time ago. The...
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Apr 6, 20204 min read
CDA: Bill Withers
This is so bizarre - - yesterday I was writing my friend Nicola, suggesting we do a conference call with a few other peeps, and maybe...
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Apr 4, 20201 min read
Fabulous Friday: Mystery Guest, Barbra Streisand
I’ve decided to devote the Fabulous Fridays in April and May to Barbra Streisand, since I believe sporadic escapism is essential in times...
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Apr 3, 20201 min read
CDA: Catherine O'Hara
Oh my I was not prepared for this one. My brother Howard texted me yesterday to alert me to the death of the extraordinary Catherine O'Hara at the too young age of 71. Like many of my generation I first encountered her on SCTV. My favorite of her characters was Lola Heatherton, a dimly talented nightclub performer, her name pointing us to Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon mainstays Lola Falana and Joey Heatherton. She was delightful in Beetlejuice (1988) but I'm not so into
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3 days ago2 min read
Fabulous Friday: Alanis Morissette
I've asked my friend Jori Hume to write a few Fabulous Fridays in the Rock and Roll Woman series. Jori is a friend from high school, without a doubt the coolest person ever to attend Delavan-Darien High School. I was about to write "ever to graduate from" but I bet there are some cool people who were dropouts! Jori is cooler than any of them. I'll hand the baton to Jori: Do you remember the first time you heard “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette? Picture it: Kansas City.
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4 days ago2 min read
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