The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
British character actor whose role in Waiting for Godot led to more than 50 years on stage, television and film Timothy Bateson, who has died aged 83, was a character actor of boundless versatility and great warmth of personality who will always be remembered for playing Lucky in the controversial British premiere of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot at the Arts Theatre, London, in 1955. The production,...
shakespeare wuz ere (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I was lucky enough thanks to a friend of mine to get hold of a ticket for this production by Stratford's Second Thoughts Theatre group and I have to say, 'who was a lucky boy then?' I also have to say that (head hung in shame), I originally I thought it would be fun to go just to listen to the Company mangle the American accents required. I stand corrected and I apologise. Not only were Second Thoughts...
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
70 years ago audiences first fell for the spirited love affair between southern belle Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh) and certified scoundrel, Rhett Butler (Clark Gable), and now, as the American civil war classic makes its Blu-Ray debut (out on 16th/ 17th November here in the UK and here in the US) it’s a great time to relive the splendor of the multi Oscar-winning epic with a trip to...
DCist (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
There’s a huge star at the center of the Sydney Theatre Company’s much-hyped, Liv Ullman-directed, wholly satisfying new staging of A Streetcar Named Desire, which sold out its Kennedy Center run before the curtain rose on the first preview. I speak, of course, of the dramatist Tennessee Williams. That’s no slight on Cate Blanchett, who fronts, fights, twirls and finally, crawls...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I was going to try out this new quickie daily birthday feature. Only it's not quickie it's longie. I can't even do filler without breaking my back. Sigh, I'll never be a mega famous blogger. I care too much ! Today's birthdays 11/05 For those prone to celebrating the filmic and famous. 1905 Joel McCrea undervalued 40s star. Read this great piece on his career 1913 Vivien Leigh , more on her soon 1931...
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
I'm guessing you're all vaguely aware of what happened on this day in 1605. In 1872, Susan B. Anthony cast a vote in the presidential election. She was fined $100 for her illegal vote two weeks later, but never paid the fine. In 1916, twelve members of the IWW from Seattle were killed when the boat they were on was fired upon by vigilantes trying to prevent them from attending a demonstration by striking...
Extra Weblog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
"Extra" brings you AFI's 100 Best Movie Quotes of all time! From "The Wizard of Oz" to "Taxi Driver," see if your favorites made the list! AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Gone with the Wind (1939) “Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.” —Said by Clark Gable as Rhett Butler to Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara. The Godfather (1972) “I’m...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
In the 1930s, that glorious first decade after the movies learned how to talk, Hollywood was the sum of its studios, each with its own distinct brand and personality. MGM, the glossiest of them all, boasted that it had "more stars than there are in the heavens," which hardly seemed an exaggeration.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The actress stars as Blanche DuBois at the Kennedy Center "So many people have condemned the play for its sordid theme," Vivien Leigh said in a 1950s interview about Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," the vehicle for one of her most indelible achievements as an actress. "To me it is an infinitely moving plea for tolerance for all weak, frail creatures, blown about...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The fashion crowd are used to being ahead of the curve, but when in September last year Balmain's Christophe Decarnin sent models down the catwalk in frogged, shoulder-padded jackets, to a soundtrack of Thriller , no one could have guessed how perfectly – and poignantly – the designer would nail the upcoming zeitgeist of spring/summer 2009.
San Diego Blog (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
November 1, 1935- Gary Player, PGA golfer November 1, 1942- Larry Flynt, magazine publisher November 1, 1957- Lyle Lovett, country singer,once briefly married to Julia Roberts November 1, 1960- Fernando Valenzuela, MLB baseball pitcher November 1, 1972- Jenny McCarthy, actress November 2, 1734- Daniel Boone, Kentucky frontiersman November 2, 1755- Marie Antoinette, queen of France [...]
Beaut.ie - The Irish Beauty Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Most wanted this week? You are LOVING the look of Bobbi Brown’s new Chrome Palette SOMEONE (not saying WHO) dyes her gee fur hot pink with Betty Beauty. No more to be said really. Beaut.ie’s hitting Easons in Cork and Galway - we’ll see you there! Kirstie’s Mad for Minx: the super tacky/cool (we can’t decide) [...]
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
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Beaut.ie - The Irish Beauty Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
When I met Daniel Chavez the other week, he let me in on a few other trends apart from his no-blush-no-bronzer mantra for autumn 09. One of the ones I liked the most was his pronouncement about eyebrows. “This season,” he said, “it looks great to exaggerate the brow slightly.” Smashbox have a couple of [...]
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