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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…
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!”
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…
Movie Quote of the Day: John Huston’s Beat The Devil (1953)
“The only thing standing between you and a watery grave is your wits, and that’s not my idea of adequate protection.” – Humphrey Bogart in Beat the Devil I feel so grateful that…
Quote of the Day: Jack Nicholson
“With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60.”…
“Always Wanted to be Like Clint Eastwood…”
I found this incredible mural in the Neve Tzedek area of Tel Aviv, which I learned is one of the older neighborhoods created when modern Tel Aviv began to be settled beyond the old…
After Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen, 1925
I realized a few days ago that I am officially at the age where I need diffusion on the lens! Indeed, shooting through a veil resolves a myriad of problems, as any student of Old…
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