In a culture that fetishsizes celebrity, are all meatballs the same? Anyone who knows me well, knows that I have dreams about celebrities with great regularity, but my unconscious predilections got out of hand…
Year: 2013
Blog posts
Lucille’s Ball’s Chicken Sauté in Eating With the Stars
It’s high time Stargayzing welcomed the great Lucille Ball to Eating With The Stars. In addition to her many other accomplishments, one suspects that Lucy was one actress who actually knew where the kitchen…
Bates Motel Debuts, but is Anyone Checking In? With so Much Out There, it’s Hard to Feel Connected Nowadays.
As an Alfred Hitchcock fan I’m always incredulous when anyone tampers with one of his classics, (Psycho 2 anyone?), but I have to confess I am a bit curious about A&E’s Bates Motel, which…
Psy-chosis! Will YouTube and the Rapacious 24-Hour News Cycle Make the One-Hit Wonder Obsolete?
On March 9 The Los Angeles Times ran a piece announcing the imminent release of K-Pop singer Psy’s follow-up to “Gangnam Style,” the novelty song that became the first YouTube video to be viewed…
Wonder Woman Lynda Carter’s “Rock ‘n Roll” Fantasy Tribute to Bette Midler, Tina Turner, and KISS!
When I found this clip of statuesque Lynda Carter, known to the world as Wonder Woman, performing a tribute to Bette Midler, Tina Turner, and KISS from her 1979 TV variety special I was…
Joan Crawford in 1969’s Big Rock Candy Mountain, the Actress’ Last Great Role
Though one could not accurately describe it as “good acting,” Joan’s work here is nevertheless fully committed and imbued with typical Crawford intensity as she announces to the child and anyone else within earshot of the supermarket entrance: “I’m making a Spanish dinner, gazpacho and paella, if I can find all of the ingredients!”
Stairway to Stardom Redux: Dante Sings the “Theme from ‘Exodus'” to Celebrate Stargayzing’s 201st Post!
I noticed over the weekend that Friday’s Woody Allen piece was the 200th blog post for Stargayzing, a milestone of sorts, and though I wanted to go on a rant today about the appalling,…
Quote of the Day: Woody Allen on Creativity and Self-Esteem
“You’ve got to keep selling yourself a bill of goods, and some people are better at lying to themselves than others. If you face reality too much, it kills you.” – Woody Allen quoted…
US Magazine Reports Maggie Gyllenhaal Visits Odd Twin Vintage! Scoop is Worth Being Called a “Clerk!”
Proving that Stargayzing is not just hung up on Old Hollywood, I placed this piece in US Magazine after the winsome Maggie Gyllenhaal stopped into Odd Twin Vintage in Park Slope with an infant…
Quote of the Day: Judy Holliday on Marilyn Monroe
Two of the biggest female movie stars of the 1950s were Monroe and Holliday. According to Jeffrey Lyon’s Stories My Father Told Me: Notes From “The Lyon Den,” the great Judy Holliday did a smashing…
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