Turner Classic Movies pays tribute to Star of the Month Stewart Granger with 22 films airing Tuesdays in July. As I've mentioned here previously, Granger is one of my favorite actors ; my favorite Granger film, KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1950), airs on July 7th. This is the film that made Granger a big star outside England. He is absolutely marvelous in a charismatic performance as safari guide Allan Quartermain....
I am blissed out, baby. The last few days have provided almost more giddy rapture that this delicate frame can bear. After a couple of fun-blast days in Pittsburgh, where Laura did a couple of sterling readings of her new...
The Talk Show In Heaven This week there's going to one heck of a Talk Show originating in Heaven... Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon will be hosting it, and you just can't get a better combination then that. There won’t be guys like George Clooney and Rosie O'Donnell there and not even Sean Penn or Whoopi Goldberg to turn you off . You'll be able to stay awake for this one, as I heard that tonight's...
Go away. Why do you still stand there? Did you not understand the simple, two-word request I made? Your vocabulary is that limited? Go. That means do not stay. Away. Someplace not here. Simple enough? You want something before you leave. And what would that be? A reading. If I give you one, will you be happy and shuffle off to Lackawanna, or wherever? Hot diggety! Here you are: Ignorance is bliss --...
Camille Paglia sees Judge Sotomayor's "wise Latina" comments as an example of an old-fashioned male-bashing that thankfully we don't hear a lot of nowadays (except, I'd mention, in every ad trying to sell anything to women-hubby's always stupid in those). She even throws in some apt pop culture references: "But Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina'...
It’s common knowledge that celebrities often change their names because they want a more memorable moniker or a name that will look great on a marquee (or movie poster, these days). But why did they pick the names they would be known by for the rest of their lives? Let the Q10 fill you [...]
American Idol generally sucks. I’ve gone to church with literally hundreds of folks who can sing a billion times better than almost every one who has ever appeared on that show. The most under appreciated talent show on the air is So You Think You Can Dance? I can read music, [...]
MedusaMorlock of the TCM Blog has a lovely birthday tribute posted to the wonderful Betty Garrett , who turned 90 years old a few days ago. Click the title of this post for the story. As musical fans know, Garrett was a marvelous high-energy presence in a handful of classic MGM musicals of 1948-49, WORDS AND MUSIC, TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME, NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER, and ON THE TOWN. She also starred...
The Herve Leger by Max Azria Collection Launch party held at West Hollywood's Live! (excitement, theirs) brought out Hilary Duff, Taraji P. Henson, the entire cast of One Tree Hill, and, yes, bandage... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
The Herve Leger by Max Azria Collection Launch party held at West Hollywood's Live! (excitement, theirs) brought out Hilary Duff, Taraji P. Henson, the entire cast of One Tree Hill, and, yes, bandage... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
I have to admit it, those Texans are a creative bunch. Texas is the home state of creative people, such as songwriters Willie Nelson and Don Henley, dancer Cyd Charisse, actors Larry Hagman and Eva Longoria, and even the writer Katharine Anne Porter, just to name a very few. There are many more, too many to put in one blog post. Very creative people. Why, even lawyers in Texas show their creativity...
By David Lambert - This past January saw the DVD release of the first part of the second season. Now Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that The Love Boat - Season 2, Volume 2 is setting sail... (more)
In D.L. Garfinkle's Storky: How I Lost My Nickname and Won the Girl , narrator Michael Pomerantz befriends a senior citizen, Duke, at a local nursing home. Cyd Charisse, the main character in Rachel Cohn's Gingerbread and its sequel, Shrimp , visits an elderly lady at a nursing home. The winner of this year's Newbery Award, Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins , features Debbie, who helps out and becomes...
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