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Year: 2013
Blog posts
On Peter Bogdanovich—Plus His List of the Top American Films of 1939
By 1973 Peter Bogdanovich was one of Hollywood’s true wonder boys. I have heard it expressed thusly—and I paraphrase: “taken as a group, Peter Bogdanovich’s first three major films, The Last Picture Show, Paper…
Eating With the Stars: Barbara Walters’ Mother’s Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
God bless Barbara Walters! For a great deal of the population, the 83-year-old news veteran has simply always been there, like our favorite sad song or a beloved shrub. Having announced her imminent retirement…
Stargayzing Quote of the Day: Marlene Dietrich
“I am at heart a gentleman”…
Eating With the Stars: Marie Osmond’s Orange Chicken
This shocking recipe, which calls for both margarine and frozen orange juice from concentrate, was thoughtfully sent to me by my friend and Stargayzing reader Jana Marimpietri. It seems that Jana’s grandmother Bessie Marimpietri…
Frank Langella on Billie Burke
When I was a young boy I was obsessed with Billie Burke. If you think there is something odd about a six-year-old boy fantasizing about the image of a 55-year-old woman in a film…
Dolly Parton’s Unbelievable 1960s Beehive!
You will also enjoy: 12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Four: Dolly Parton’s, “Hard Candy Christmas”…
Eating With The Stars: Liberace’s Meatball Soup
With HBO’s Liberace biopic Beyond the Candelabra imminently due, there is certain to be a resurgance in all things “Lee.” Though it remains to be seen if Steven Soderbergh’s film will feature Michael Douglas in…
Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time! #4: Susan Anton’s Cover of Bob Dylan’s Forever Young
4. Susan Anton, Forever Young The willowy Susan Anton shot to fame in the late 1970s in a commercial for Muriel cigars and parlayed that exposure into a multimedia career that included TV, film, and…
Stargayzing Mix Tape: The Most Unbelievable Cover Songs of All-Time! #3: Steve & Eydie’s Version of Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun
3. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé, Black Hole Sun In 1997 Hollywood Records released Loungeapalooza, an uneven attempt to breath some ironic energy into lounge music (or maybe it was to make fun of…
How Many Times was Lucille Ball on the Cover of TV Guide?
According to Wiki, Lucille Ball was on the cover of TV Guide 39 times, more than any other person, including its very first issue in 1953. Additionally, TV guide voted Ball the greatest TV…
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