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March 15, 2012
Movie Stars Who Turned Down Legendary Roles
We all know about classic stuff like Cary Grant making sure they cast Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady instead of him, and Doris Day not tarnishing her image by doing The Graduate--a part that would have resulted in her still working today. But here are some other weird cinematic decisions, courtesy of ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2012
Rank These Three Legendary Screen Actresses
Rank them in order of their talent, their careers, their legend. In other words, who was/is the best? And second best? And third best? (With these three, even "third best" is pretty amazing, so don't be trepidacious about putting someone in that slot.)
Blogs
February 8, 2012
The Grammys' 53 Record Of The Year Winners, In Order
53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1999] 49. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey" [1966] 48. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Madonna vs. Elton And Gaga: This Reminds Me Of Something
Feuds have made Madonna exciting again, from Elton John snarling at her at every swivel to Lady Gaga appropriating Madonna's chord progression -- not to mention her spotlight -- in a "reductive" way. And I've figured out what this all reminds me of!
Blogs
September 24, 2011
100 & Single: The Increase In Hot 100 Rebounders, And The iTunes-Radio Tug Of War
The first week I remember ever hearing American Top 40 with Casey Kasem on the radio, back in the summer of 1981, the No. 1 spot was a real cliffhanger. As Kasem explained, the week before, Kim Carnes's synth-pop smash "Bette Davis Eyes" had ceded the top spot after about a month, to a song ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2011
Postal Service Is On The Verge of Collapse, And I Have a Problem With That
Not just because I'm old-school and still actually mail things, including an occasional thank you card for anyone who hasn't pushed me into traffic lately. But because, as is commonly known, postal workers are cuckoo crazy, sore-picking, bugger-chomping, eyeball-rolling, soul-deadened nutjob ... More >>
Blogs
August 15, 2011
How Bette Davis Lost Out on Gone With The Wind
In a Fringe Festival show called Bette Davis Ain't For Sissies, Jessica Sherr portrays the screen legend talking to her two Oscars in between indulging in flashback confrontations with various Hollywood moguls. And this is how Scherr's version of Bette's version of not getting to play Scarle ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
Joan Crawford Accepts Oscar For Anne Bancroft
christies.comIn 1963, the Best Actress race at the Oscars boiled down to a heated battle between Bette Davis for Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? and Anne Bancroft for The Miracle Worker (though the other nominees, Katharine Hepburn, Lee Remick, and Geraldine Page, all gave sterling performanc ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2011
What's The Best Fashion Show In A Movie?
Diana Ross, 'Mahogany'Cinematic fashion shows are so much fun because they're usually only about five minutes long. Which are the most radiant? Thanks to Christian Freedom for this blog idea.
Film
June 29, 2011
Marilyn Monroe: So Much More Than a Tragedy
Diana Ross, 'Mahogany'Cinematic fashion shows are so much fun because they're usually only about five minutes long. Which are the most radiant? Thanks to Christian Freedom for this blog idea.
Blogs
June 15, 2011
The Five Gayest Songs Ever Written
Happy Pride month! To celebrate, let's name the five gayest songs ever written--chosen because the LGBTS love 'em, not necessarily because they have specifically gay content in them: (5) "The Man That Got Away"--sung by Judy Garland When it was used by no fewer than two acts in the recent ... More >>
Film
May 4, 2011
It's a Baby! Male Midlife, With Child, in Octubre
Happy Pride month! To celebrate, let's name the five gayest songs ever written--chosen because the LGBTS love 'em, not necessarily because they have specifically gay content in them: (5) "The Man That Got Away"--sung by Judy Garland When it was used by no fewer than two acts in the recent ... More >>
Columns
May 4, 2011
The Brady Bunch, Loni Anderson and Jaws In The Same Room!
Sitcom stars of yore, starry-eyed autograph hounds collide in New Jersey
Blogs
April 24, 2011
Born Yesterday: My, Like, Intelligent Review
Billie Dawn--the corrupt tycoon's awakening girlfriend in Garson Kanin's Born Yesterday--is such a juicy part that it enabled Judy Holliday to beat no less formidable a duo than Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson for the 1950 Best Actress Oscar. But of course Holliday brought to the role an irr ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 6, 2011
GIRLS ON FILM
Experience the glamour of cinema
Film
February 9, 2011
Peeping at Susan Sarandon's Peepers at BAM
Experience the glamour of cinema
Blogs
November 24, 2010
Kim Kardashian: "I Love Being 30 and Single!"
CLICK HERE for my column in which I talk to the biggest star since Paris Hilton about her People cover, her taste in jewelry, and her advancing age. It's really kool! And by the way, she's not really single; she just started dating Calvin Klein model Gabriel Aubrey. Also in the column:
Blogs
October 5, 2010
Really Old Movie Gossip
*Joan Crawford had a lifelong sexual crush on her arch rival Bette Davis and once tried to seduce Marilyn Monroe, which promptly ended their friendship. *Bette Davis turned down Mildred Pierce, which turned out to be Crawford's Oscar role, jumpstarting her faded career.
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August 27, 2010
Brandon Flowers Sang "Bette Davis Eyes" (And, OK, A Lot Of His New Solo Songs) At Highline Ballroom
Brandon Flowers Highline Ballroom Thursday, August 26 But seriously, "Bette Davis Eyes"! Is that not a perfect fit for this guy? Blatantly nostalgic, a little serious, a little corny, a little, uh, smokey? You like it just a little more than you're willing to publicly admit? A perfect cover tune ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Week in Review: You Rejected the Youth
Goodbye to all that. Photo by Sam Horine.In the week one of our team successfully transitioned into the "expert" phase of her juggalo fascination, the rest of us just kind of got silly. Hence: the top ten songs named "Fuck You" or the immediate equivalent; Jay-Z's ten most shameful rock and r ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
The Bette/Joan/Faye Connection
In 1973, Joan Crawford told a paying audience that Faye Dunaway was the only current movie actress who "has the talent and the class and the courage to become a real star." Poetically enough, Faye went on to play Joan in the 1981 film Mommie Dearest.
Voice Choices
August 18, 2010
FLOWERS POWER
Brandon Flowers goes solo
Blogs
June 4, 2010
The Night I Met Gary Coleman
The pint-sized sit-com star hosted my birthday party at the Times Square club kid hangout Club USA sometime in the '90s, and he was utterly delightful. Here's Catherine McGann's amazing photo capturing the sight of Gary and I, fronted by Brit wit Quentin Crisp, Oscar nominated actress Sylvi ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2010
YouTube Treasure from 1962: Bette Davis Sings "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?"
This is one of the wildest things ever. After telling variety show host Andy Williams that her new record sounds like Chubby Checker, legendary Bette Davis proceeds to belt out a tune inspired by her new Granny Guignol film Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? as Williams runs offstage for cover. And ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 9, 2010
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
This is one of the wildest things ever. After telling variety show host Andy Williams that her new record sounds like Chubby Checker, legendary Bette Davis proceeds to belt out a tune inspired by her new Granny Guignol film Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? as Williams runs offstage for cover. And ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2010
Drag Queens Need To Update Their Acts
I love drag queens more than life itself, and I appreciate the timeless appeal of their Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, and Eartha Kitt impressions. It's important to keep those amazing legends alive! But if these impersonators don't mix it up and start updating their acts a little, they're goi ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2009
I Hate Splitting the Check!
My least favorite words to hear when out with friends at a restaurant are "Let's just split the check." It's not that I'm cheap--I mean it's not just that I'm cheap--it's that I don't drink and my culinary tastes are beyond humble, so chances are very high that I've charged up way less than ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 1, 2009
Waterloo Bridge
My least favorite words to hear when out with friends at a restaurant are "Let's just split the check." It's not that I'm cheap--I mean it's not just that I'm cheap--it's that I don't drink and my culinary tastes are beyond humble, so chances are very high that I've charged up way less than ... More >>
Blogs
September 11, 2009
YouTube Treasure: Tallulah in All About Eve
No, not All About Steve, the new Sandra Bullock vehicle that's not going to nab that many Oscars. I mean All About Eve, the classic 1950 movie starring Bette Davis as a brittle, aging diva whose entire life is supplanted by a young con artist with a smile and a psychological hatchet in her purse.
Blogs
June 3, 2009
The Campiest Movie Lines Evah!
Thanks to all my years spent watching hilarious works of cinema camp--some of them even intentionally funny--I've compiled my favorite lines, the kind that can only be uttered by over-the-hill divas in too much hair and makeup. My all-time faves: "So they drummed you out of Hollywood and you come ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2009
Some Wonderful, Old, Gay Gossip
At the Tribeca Film Festival last week, I met one of my icons, Mart Crowley, who wrote The Boys in the Band, the landmark 1960s play about a bunch of East Side gays having a party that leads to fight, tears, and line dances. I pop up in a documentary about the importance of that work (It's called Ma ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2009
Clip Job: Obies 1963
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMay 30, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 32The Village Voice 'Obies,' 1962-63The Voice handed out its Eighth Annual "Obie" Awards in a somewhat chaotic but spirited ceremony on Saturday afternoon at the Village Gate. Invited theatre people and well-wishers d ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2009
All About Eve vs. Sunset Boulevard
"All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up,"In 1950, two instant classics about the cruelty of show business, both starring older dames, went at it for Best Picture. Joe Mankiewicz's All About Eve--starring Bette Davis as an aging actress whose entire life is usurped by an unctuous fan--clob ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2009
The Greatest Gay Icons of All Time
Gay icon"These deeply personal, campy, and insightful essays illuminate the eternal bond between gay men and their fabulous diva icons," says the blurb on the back of a new book called My Diva. And you know it's true because that blurb was written by yours fucking truly! The book has 65 gay men bea ... More >>
Voice Choices
August 27, 2008
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Gay icon"These deeply personal, campy, and insightful essays illuminate the eternal bond between gay men and their fabulous diva icons," says the blurb on the back of a new book called My Diva. And you know it's true because that blurb was written by yours fucking truly! The book has 65 gay men bea ... More >>
Theater
April 22, 2008
A Catered Affair's Identity Crisis Management
Fierstein and Bucchino seek intimacy on Broadway; two Off-Broadway plays seek laughs in sorrows
Blogs
April 14, 2008
Holm Sweet (Celeste) Holm at All About Eve Screening
Fierstein and Bucchino seek intimacy on Broadway; two Off-Broadway plays seek laughs in sorrows
Blogs
March 12, 2008
When The Saint Comes Marching In, Circuit Queens Listen
Fierstein and Bucchino seek intimacy on Broadway; two Off-Broadway plays seek laughs in sorrows
Theater
January 29, 2008
Adrienne Kennedy Talks About Her Life
Lorca, London, and the Beatles: the doyenne playwright's new work
NYC Life
March 20, 2007
Cheers, Mate! The BBC Is the Future of Your Paper. Maybe.
Lorca, London, and the Beatles: the doyenne playwright's new work
Columns
November 29, 2005
NY Mirror
Lorca, London, and the Beatles: the doyenne playwright's new work
NYC Life
November 15, 2005
. . . And to All Some Good Nights
Festive fun that's both naughty and nice
Art
December 30, 2003
New York Films
Manhattan Babylon
Film
January 15, 2002
The Mother and the Whore
Manhattan Babylon
Columns
July 24, 2001
NY Mirror
Manhattan Babylon
Columns
July 17, 2001
NY Mirror
Manhattan Babylon
Film
August 10, 1999
Palace Walks
On the Road With the Theatre Historical Society
Columns
July 27, 1999
NY Mirror
Poor Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford, in the front row of the screening for Eyes Wide Shut, looked appalled; the film's a long, torturous meditation on adultery!
Film
November 17, 1998
Endgame
On The Ups And Downs Of Hollywood's Parting Shots
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