No 81: Anita Ekberg Sociologists and cultural historians agree that the 1950s was the decade in which the United States fetishised the breast. Jane Russell, for whom Howard Hughes had devised a special bra in the mid-40s, truly came into her own, and she was joined by Marilyn Monroe for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes in 1953, the year Playboy was launched. In 1952, Anita Ekberg was a Look magazine cover...
Ever since Anita Ekberg frolicked under the waters of Rome's Trevi Fountain in La Dolce Vita, the phrase and the city have become synonymous with the film's director, Federico Fellini. One man was lucky enough to experience this "sweet life" with Fellini in the 1950s and early 1960s – William Klein, the American photographer and film-maker. Fresh from acclaim for his unconventional...
When it comes to transferring Broadway musicals to the big screen, Rob Marshall is the go to man. He did it successfully with Chicago and he does it again with Nine.
This is the Anita Ekberg Christmas card I made for Gingeyginge one of my work colleagues, because as you know she is very into vintage. I printed the image from my Joanna Sheen CD-ROM entitled Hollywood Vintage where Anita is standing in front of a fireplace holding a tiny dog, a Christmas stocking is hanging from the mantlepiece. I used Crafter's Companion Spray & Sparkle silver glitter all over...
There are dresses, there are nice dresses and then there are little black dresses. When dressing to impress, nothing beats the LBD . It’s the ultimate fashion weapon, capable of fusing sophistication with sexiness, mystery with mischief and more besides. Audrey Hepburn wore hers with pearls and opera gloves in Breakfast at Tiffany’s , Anita Ekberg frolicked in a fountain in hers in La...
I just heard about Boccace 70 - directed by Visconti and Fellini among others and starring super stars like Romy Schneider, Sophia Loren and Anita Ekberg. Schneider is wearing Chanel and the ladies must be a simple joy to look...
Photos by Eljor Kerciku The new National Museum of the XXI Century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome. It may take the nation that invented Fellini to truly embrace Zaha Hadid, the whirlwind architect who is by turns sugar and spitfire. Italians stress the “z” in “Zaha” as they do in “czarina,” and treated her like one during last weekend’s opening festivities for the National...
A BITTER family feud over the legacy of Gianni Agnelli — the late chairman of Fiat whose lovers included Jacqueline Kennedy — will be fought out in a Turin courtroom this week. At stake are the dynasty’s prestige, a multi-billion-pound fortune and an enormous tax demand.
photo collection of Christoph Schifferli, Zurich, DR of the shooting of La Dolce Vita when the photographers arrive for the star of the film Dear Shaded Viewers, If you live or will visit Paris over the next 2 1/2 months...
(all apologies to the wonderful and potentially batshit crazy Anita Ekberg) The first quarter ends tied up 21-21. Mavs shooting 38%. I'm already impressed with the applause that Barea got when he was sent in. Mavs were 9-9 on free throws. But more disturbing to me was the endless pimping of Twitters and Facebooks. Bob's Twitter. Mark's Facebook. Bob and Mark's broadcast team's Facebook. Skin's Twitter...
IDLE RICH, IDLE TALK OCT 24, 2009 – WHAT MUST HAVE APPEARED the apotheosis of absurdity in 1960, the time of this film’s release, now seem weary truths of modern life – like how the famous star Sylvia (Anita Ekberg) is presented a pizza when ...
ANSA) - Paris, October 22 - The French capital is paying tribute to Italian cinema legend Federico Fellini with a series of initiatives marking the 50th anniversary of ‘La Dolce Vita’. Three months of events are planned, including exhibitions, conferences, debates, a DVD collection and a film fair. The centrepiece of the celebrations is an [...]
I could get a better-quality version of this picture if I bought it off Ebay, but I'm not a very good memorabilia-buyer. Still, this promotional still from Artists and Models appears to be the only one from the film that features the director, Frank Tashlin. He's talking to Anita Ekberg, in one of only three scenes she has in the movie. And the other two times she appears, I originally wasn't aware...
Step aside, dapper gentlemen of Sterling Cooper. “The Souvenir” was Betty’s episode to shine – if only for that updo, a soft and sweeping tower of golden blond hair. She could’ve wandered onto “La Dolce Vita” and elbowed Anita Ekberg...
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