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Tag Archives: Drew Barrymore
For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love
I post edited versions of this every year. I add names. I take names off sometimes, not because I now dislike the person but just because I feel like it. I enjoy compiling it but it’s not just about enjoyment. … Continue reading →
Posted in Actors, Art/Photography, Directors, Personal, writers
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Tagged A.S. Byatt, Abigail Adams, Agnes Varda, Aline MacMahon, Amy Heckerling, Ann Savage, Anna Karina, Anne Frank, Anne V. Coates, Annie Proulx, art, Aubrey Plaza, Australia, Austria, Barbara Bel Geddes, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Bibi Andersson, Brazil, Britney Spears, Busby Berkeley, Camille Paglia, Canada, Carole Lombard, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Rampling, China, Croatia, Diane Keaton, Dolly Parton, Drew Barrymore, Dubravka Ugrešić, Edie Sedgwick, Ellen von Unwerth, England, Etta James, Eve Babitz, France, Frances Farmer, Gena Rowlands, George Eliot, Georgia, Germany, Gloria Grahame, Golshifteh Farahani, Greta Garbo, Greta Gerwig, Harriet Andersson, Hediyeh Tehrani, Hong Kong, Ida Lupino, Ingrid Thulin, Iran, Ireland, Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, Italy, Janet Malcolm, Japan, Jean Arthur, Jeanette Winterson, Jill Clayburgh, Joan Crawford, Joan Didion, Joan Jett, Joanna Hogg, Josephine Decker, Judy Garland, Julie Christie, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kay Francis, Keri Hulme, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, L.M. Montgomery, Laura Dern, Laurette Taylor, Leila Hatami, Lily Tomlin, Liv Ullmann, Louise Glück, Madeleine L'Engle, Madeline Kahn, Maggie Cheung, Maggie Smith, Marianne Moore, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Graham, Mary Oliver, Maud Gonne, Mélanie Laurent, Mia Hansen-Løve, Nancy Savoca, Natalie Portman, Nina Hoss, Nina Simone, Olivia Laing, Olympia Dukakis, Patricia Highsmith, Pauline Kael, photography, Poland, Rebecca West, Romania, Rosalind Russell, Russia, Sandrine Bonnaire, Shabnam Toloui, Shirley Jackson, Sophia Takal, South Korea, Spain, Supernatural, Sweden, Tana French, Taraneh Alidoosti, The Netherlands, Tiffany Haddish, Tina Turner, Tuesday Weld, Wanda Jackson, women directors
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Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2015
For Rogerebert.com: R.I.P. Edward Herrmann. “The moment lasts two seconds and consists of only two words: “Welcome home.” Two seconds and two words is all an actor like Edward Herrmann needs to get the job done.” On Seth Rogen’s controversial … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Maysles, Angelina Jolie, Asghar Farhadi, Christian Petzold, Corneliu Porumboiu, Drew Barrymore, Elvis Presley, Gena Rowlands, Guillermo del Toro, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Hugh Grant, Ida Lupino, Jafar Panahi, Jennifer Aniston, John Wayne, Marion Cotillard, Mélanie Laurent, Mia Hansen-Løve, Nina Hoss, Nirvana, Richard Linklater, Seth Rogen, Tom Hardy, year in writing
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20 Questions
Got this from the ever-fantastic Elegant Variations (even though I wasn’t asked to play. ha!) 1. What’s the first thing(s) you read in the morning? Either aldaily.com or my email. 2. What’s your favorite guilty pleasure website? I have very … Continue reading →
Ellen von Unwerth: Drew Barrymore
Why I love Ellen von Unwerth. Part 3. Drew Barrymore again. This one’s kind of famous – it was a huge layout in Interview mag. Now I do not know Drew Barrymore – except for my random encounter with her … Continue reading →
Ellen von Unwerth: Drew Barrymore
Why I love Ellen von Unwerth. Part 2 Drew Barrymore again. It captures a moment, and yet there is her obvious teased glamorous wig, the blurry guy in the background … It’s heightened. Ellen von Unwerth is DEFINITELY into the … Continue reading →
Ellen von Unwerth: Drew Barrymore
Why I love her. Part 1. Drew Barrymore on Coney Island.
Dear Condescending Europeans:
If you come to my site by Googling “Drew Barrymore’s boobs,” then you don’t have a leg to stand on when you start railing in my comments section about how shallow Americans are. Love, Shallow and Proud of it. An … Continue reading →
Golden Globes Notes
— The beginning song is so dumb that I am embarrassed for everyone involved. “I hope the cast of Lost can find their seats inside …” Stupid. — Eric Bana is smokin’ hot. — Queen Latifah – you’re kind of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Patricia Arquette, Shirley MacLaine
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