Ah, the Paris designer shows during Fashion Week! The elegance, the money, the glamour, the je ne sais quoi. Or perhaps not: Then there’s always Wizard of Oz retro: And modesty: Enough, enough. For a palate cleanser, let’s go back … Continue reading →
Just to help you out—the first two are one person, the second two another.
Continue reading →Two actors I really like (or is it really one?), each with Judi Dench:
Continue reading →The “Republicans are racist” propaganda program continues apace, along with other revisions of history. The Soviets would be so proud! Mona Charen writes: The latest entry appears to be “The Butler,” which misrepresents President Reagan…as, at best, insensitive to blacks, … Continue reading →
I was watching the movie “Broadcast News” last night, a film I’d seen in a movie theater when it first came out (1987), but didn’t remember all that well—except, that is, for the scene where wannabee news anchor Albert Brooks … Continue reading →
Three actors. Hint: two are German.
Continue reading →Another day, another Gatsby movie, and I will go out on a limb to predict another mediocrity. They keep trying to make this story into a film, but the book is just too gossamer for that to be done successfully. … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following case is one of the reasons I think the ricin letters may have been sent by someone out for revenge.] “High Noon” is such a dramatic movie, it’s easy to forget what starts the whole thing rolling: … Continue reading →
When I was very young I was fascinated by the book The Three Faces of Eve, one of the first accounts of multiple personality. Let’s put aside for a moment whether some skepticism about the disorder is sometimes warranted (it … Continue reading →
…than to ever ever ever post another thread that has anything whatsoever to do with dieting. But I guess I just lack willpower :-), because I couldn’t resist this news [emphasis mine]: Gwyneth Paltrow’s new cookery book will be based … Continue reading →
…for all these long years, that his obituary would feature the fact that he was the designer of the Edsel. My guess is that, at 96, he’d made his peace with that: Roy Brown Jr., a car designer for Ford … Continue reading →
…a long line of illustrious inventors of mythical countries when he referred to the non-existent “Kyrzakhstan” instead of our ally Kyrgyzstan (good thing he’s not a stupid Republican). Of course, most of these inventers were entertainers and writers, not secretaries … Continue reading →