Categories
Archives
-
-
-
Recent Posts
- “I never told a joke in my life.” — Andy Kaufman
- “In France, I’m an auteur; in Germany, a filmmaker; in Britain; a genre film director; and, in the USA, a bum.” — John Carpenter
- Shadow and pools of light
- “Precision and accuracy are necessary for both white and black writers. ‘A black aesthetic’ should not be an excuse for sloppy writing.” — poet and publisher Dudley Randall
- “When I was discovered, everything happened like dominos. I don’t know how to talk about it now because it’s too mindblowing. It’s so unreal, and yet it’s real.” — Faye Dunaway
- Mirrors #24
- Turn on the goose
- “As long as they pay me my salary, they can give me a broom and I’ll sweep the stage. I don’t give a damn. I want the money.” – Kay Francis
- “Fear urged him to go back, but growth drove him on.” — White Fang, by Jack London
- “I can pick a good song, but I sure couldn’t pick a good man.” — Ruth Brown
Recent Comments
- Melissa Sutherland on “I never told a joke in my life.” — Andy Kaufman
- Leena Myller on “It wasn’t there, and then it was there.” David Lynch on Elvis
- Leena Myller on “It wasn’t there, and then it was there.” David Lynch on Elvis
- sheila on “When I was discovered, everything happened like dominos. I don’t know how to talk about it now because it’s too mindblowing. It’s so unreal, and yet it’s real.” — Faye Dunaway
- Maddy on “When I was discovered, everything happened like dominos. I don’t know how to talk about it now because it’s too mindblowing. It’s so unreal, and yet it’s real.” — Faye Dunaway
- sheila on “When I was discovered, everything happened like dominos. I don’t know how to talk about it now because it’s too mindblowing. It’s so unreal, and yet it’s real.” — Faye Dunaway
- Maddy on “When I was discovered, everything happened like dominos. I don’t know how to talk about it now because it’s too mindblowing. It’s so unreal, and yet it’s real.” — Faye Dunaway
- sheila on “I can pick a good song, but I sure couldn’t pick a good man.” — Ruth Brown
- Clary on “I can pick a good song, but I sure couldn’t pick a good man.” — Ruth Brown
- sheila on Colm Tóibín, Gary Indiana, and Los Angeles
- Maddy on Colm Tóibín, Gary Indiana, and Los Angeles
- sheila on Colm Tóibín, Gary Indiana, and Los Angeles
- sheila on Colm Tóibín, Gary Indiana, and Los Angeles
- Scott Abraham on Colm Tóibín, Gary Indiana, and Los Angeles
- sheila on Colm Tóibín, Gary Indiana, and Los Angeles
- Scott Abraham on Colm Tóibín, Gary Indiana, and Los Angeles
- sheila on “Boredom is very important in life. It helps you feel when something is wrong.” — John Strasberg
- Marta on “Boredom is very important in life. It helps you feel when something is wrong.” — John Strasberg
- sheila on “We’re not breaking new ground. We’re trying to be entertaining within a format that’s familiar.” — Walter Hill
- Dan on “We’re not breaking new ground. We’re trying to be entertaining within a format that’s familiar.” — Walter Hill
-
Tag Archives: Lena Horne
“I don’t have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I’d become. I’m me, and I’m like nobody else.” — Lena Horne
It’s her birthday today. Mitchell and I – in yet another of our series of conversations – discuss Lena Horne. Weirdly, we had an enormous discussion about her one night when I was staying with him in Chicago. We watched … Continue reading
Conversations with Mitchell, Part 1: Justin Timberlake, Lena Horne, Doris Day, Jill Clayburgh, Cary Grant, Don Rickles.
Mitchell and me. Years ago, in a photo booth at Lounge Ax, a grubby music club on Fullerton in Chicago, across the street from the fabled Biograph. This is an interview that has been in the works, at least in … Continue reading
Posted in Actors, Movies, Music
Tagged Cary Grant, Doris Day, Jill Clayburgh, Justin Timberlake, Lena Horne
30 Comments
R.I.P. Lena Horne
American legend Lena Horne has passed away at the age of 92. Big generous awesome NY Times obituary here. The Siren remembers Lena Horne here. Jackie has a very nice post with a good overview of Horne’s career. Nathaniel R. … Continue reading
Happiness is:
sitting in Mitchell’s green and white striped chair, listening to him talk about: – Lena Horne – Ella Fitzgerald – Pearl Bailey (uhm – have you heard her version of “Jingle Bells”? At one point, she is shouting, in this … Continue reading