2014 | Stargayzing

Music for Dusting: A Gay Man’s Guide

Music June 18, 2014

I would have liked to call this piece “A Gay Man’s Guide to the 10 Best Songs to Listen to While Doing Housework,” but since it is very hard to hear music over a vacuum cleaner, I have created this list to accompany the most quiet of household tasks, the dreary, dreaded, dolorous and thoroughly disagreeable removal of dust.

Movie Quote of the Day: Nora Ephron

Film June 12, 2014

“People who look at these action movies and complain that the plots make no sense are completely missing the point, because they don’t have to make sense. They’re not made for people who care…

A Letter From Film Scholar Leonard Maltin Regarding His Fanzine <i>Film Fan Monthly</i>

A Letter From Film Scholar Leonard Maltin Regarding His Fanzine Film Fan Monthly

Film June 4, 2014

Recently I was rummaging through an old book store on 9th avenue and I happened upon an issue of Film Fan Monthly, an intriguing fanzine dating from January 1969 with Laurel and Hardy on the cover. It…

Ann B. Davis’ Needlepoint: A <i>Stargayzing</i> Tribute

Ann B. Davis’ Needlepoint: A Stargayzing Tribute

Television June 2, 2014

“According to Ann, ‘Ruth Buzzi was the one who started me on it, and I started Florence Henderson. Everybody starts somebody. There are six children in the show, and now they’re all playing around with it, including the fellows.'”

Martin Scorcese on Movie Palaces: <i>Stargayzing</i> Quote of the Day:

Martin Scorcese on Movie Palaces: Stargayzing Quote of the Day:

Film May 29, 2014

“When I was a child there was a promise of wonder in the movie theater experience. The nicest theaters were spectacles themselves and the screens were huge. This is something that has been lost…

Saying Goodbye to My Dog Oscar

Munk's Junk (Everything Else) May 27, 2014

There are few things more painful than saying goodbye to your dog. On Friday morning, Oscar, my beautiful Brussels Griffon, died from congestive heart failure. He was just over nine years old. Though he…

On Happiness: An Excerpt from Toni Morrison’s 2011 Rutger’s Commencement Speech

Munk's Junk (Everything Else) May 22, 2014

It’s graduation time so I thought it was the propitious moment for Stargazying to share something uplifting and commencemenntish. I found this lovely nugget from the May, 2011 commencement speech at Rutger’s University delivered by…

<i>“To Cher, Love David”:</i> A Letter Never Sent

“To Cher, Love David”: A Letter Never Sent

Film May 20, 2014

In 1986 and 1987, I worked on the Martin Ritt film Nuts at Warner Bros. in Burbank. It was my first job out of film school and I was in a happy state of…

<i>Eating With the Stars:</i> Bea Arthur’s Cream of Carrot Soup

Eating With the Stars: Bea Arthur’s Cream of Carrot Soup

Eating With The Stars May 19, 2014

“Cooking is fun and relaxing. I love to invent recipés.” Cream of Carrot Soup The Bea Arthur Way Ingredients 1 medium onioni, peeled, sliced 2 tbsps. butter or margerine 1 stalk…

Notes From the West Coast: Can Anyone Identify the Actors in This Bad Mural?

Film May 15, 2014

I was going through some old photos and happened upon this selfie from a 2012 trip to Los Angeles. I love the murals that pay tribute to the city’s rich cinematic history, peppering…

11 Celebrity Inventors (from <i>The Book of Lists, 1990s Edition</i>)

11 Celebrity Inventors (from The Book of Lists, 1990s Edition)

Munk's Junk (Everything Else) May 14, 2014

1. Edie Adams, model and actress In 1963 the widow of television comic Ernie Kovacs invented, and later patented, a cigar-holder ring. It was the one she used in her famous Muriel Cigar commercials,…

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