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Category Archives: Actors
The Books: Sex, Art, and American Culture; “Elizabeth Taylor: Hollywood’s Pagan Queen,” by Camille Paglia
NEXT BOOK on the essays shelf: Sex, Art, and American Culture: Essays, by Camille Paglia. When Elizabeth Taylor died it felt like the end of an era. Something vital had left the landscape. One of our Movie Goddesses, and unlike … Continue reading
R.I.P. Alan Rickman
I paid tribute to the late (so hate saying that) Alan Rickman over at Rogerebert.com, including my memory of seeing him onstage in the unforgettable Broadway production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives, opposite Lindsay Duncan. I still have the poster, … Continue reading
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The Best Performances of 2015: List from Rogerebert.com contributors
A fun feature over at Rogerebert.com, written by the regular contributors. We had all been polled about our favorite performances in 2015. The polls were tallied, and then we each were assigned one to write about. As the introduction clearly … Continue reading
Actor/Director Kentucker Audley: Transparent and Mysterious At the Same Time
Kentucker Audley Director, writer, actor, editor Kentucker Audley has been working in independent film in various capacities for a while now. A self-starter, he began as a director and a writer, but he’s mostly becoming known now for his acting. … Continue reading
The Books: Baseball: A Literary Anthology; from Tallulah, by Tallulah Bankhead
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Baseball: A Literary Anthology Tallulah Bankhead’s autobiography, Tallulah: My … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, Baseball A Literary Anthology, essays, Tallulah Bankhead
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Gena Rowlands: A Life in Film
For Roger Ebert, I discuss Gena Rowlands’ extraordinary 6-decade career in all its facets, not just the productive Cassavetes years. She did a lot of television, and, as she got older, smaller parts in movies with large ensembles, but these … Continue reading
Gena and Spike
Gena Rowlands and Spike Lee with their Honorary Oscars. Look at their hands. As my friend Felicia commented: “Game recognize game.”
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Gena Rowlands’ Oscar Speech Last Night
Listen to that ovation. Feel the emotion in that room! The explosion when she mentions “my late husband …” She is one of a kind and every single person – even big stars and A-list actresses – know it. The … Continue reading
Governors Awards Last Night: Gena Rowlands, Spike Lee, Debbie Reynolds
The Motion Picture Academy’s Governors Awards happened last night, honoring Spike Lee and Gena Rowlands with Honorary Oscars, and Debbie Reynolds (who was too ill to attend) with the Humanitarian Award. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President of the Academy, started off … Continue reading