One of the highlights of breakfasting in the dining room of the lovely Jinjiang Hotel in Shanghai, was the cognitive dissonance of reading the International Herald Tribune’s coverage of North Korea possibly restarting its…
Year: 2013
Blog posts
A 10 Second Video Channelling Shelly Winters on The Great Wall of China
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Quote of the Day: David Niven from His Autobiography The Moon’s a Balloon
“There was an excitement and generosity of spirit in Hollywood—a minimum of jealousy and pettiness, everyone felt they were still pioneering in a wonderful entertainment medium. The premieres of the big pictures were black…
Guest Columnist John Frazier Interviews R&B Legend Dee Dee Sharp
Many may not know or realize that she was the first black female teen pop idol, with hits like Mashed Potato Time, The Gravy, Do the Bird, Ride, and my personal favorite I Really…
Movie Quote of the Day: Scarlett Johansson on Cinematic Expectations
“We can very easily disappear into these (cinematic) worlds, these fantasy worlds, living vicariously through them. They set the bar for the expectations in our personal lives. She feels like the movies and stories…
Orson Welles’ 12 Best Movies of All Time (and Their Directors)
1. City Lights, 1931, (Charles Chaplin) 2. Greed, 1924, (Erich Von Stroheim) 3. Intolerance, 1916, (D.W. Griffith) 4. Nanook of the North, 1922, (Robert Flaherty) 5. Shoeshine, 1946, (Vittorio De Sica) 6. The Battleship…
A 1980s Lesbian Music Video that is Hypnotically Awful
If you’ve ever pondered what a group of theatrically inclined lesbians with big dreams, a song in their hearts, and a video camera might do for fun in 1987, prepare to rejoice for your…
Eating With the Stars: Marlene Dietrich’s Coffee Mousse
Marlene Dietrich’s Coffee Mousse 2 cups strong black coffee 1/2 pound (36) marshmallows 1/2 cup heavy cream 1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts Cook coffee and marshmallows together, stirring occasionally until marshmallows are melted.…
Karen Black: “My Top 10 Favorite Moments in All of The Sci-Fi/Science-Fantasy/Horror Films I Have Seen”
While Stargayzing was on hiatus we lost the great Karen Black. A major star in the 1970s who enjoyed leading roles in important films that came to define the New Hollywood (Five Easy Pieces,…
Stargayzing Returns: “I Turn My Back For a Minute and All Hell Breaks Loose,” Says Munk
I’m back after a short hiatus and even though I was quite busy, I must tell you how much I missed writing Stargayzing. There were so many times I had the impulse to comment…
Hey Stargayzers…See You in September!
Stargayzing is truly a labor of love for me. The pleasure of writing and sharing my words with you is the overarching reason I work so hard. But the time required to post as…
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