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Katharine Hepburn

  • Blogs

    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

    January 26, 2012

    The Weirdest Portrayals of Asians In Movie History

    Hollywood used to have a habit of putting slanty-eye makeup on non-Asian stars and passing them off as from "the Orient." Here are some of the more egregious examples:

  • Home

    October 26, 2011

    Education Supplement Listings

    Hollywood used to have a habit of putting slanty-eye makeup on non-Asian stars and passing them off as from "the Orient." Here are some of the more egregious examples:

  • Voice Choices

    September 28, 2011

    Undercurrent

    Hollywood used to have a habit of putting slanty-eye makeup on non-Asian stars and passing them off as from "the Orient." Here are some of the more egregious examples:

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Joan Crawford Accepts Oscar For Anne Bancroft

    christies.com​In 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 19, 2011

    Even More Cross-Dressing Movie Stars!

    John Hansen, The Christine Jorgensen Story​There seems to be a bottomless well of these. Screen fame obviously equals a throbbing desire to get into heels if you're a man and a bowler hat if you're a dame. These are thanks to the J.C. Suares-edited book, Hollywood Drag. Let the glamorous, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2011

    Katherine Hepburn's Childhood Home for Sale for $18M

    ​Do you love Katherine Hepburn? Do you have $18 million? If so, her childhood home in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, could be yours! It features six bedrooms and 7.5 baths, plus a private dock and beach. Plus, the forever coolness of being able to tell people you live in the house where Katherine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Who's The Greatest Drag King Ever In Movies?

    Barbra Streisand, 'Yentl'​I gave the guys their turn at drag validation. Now let's go for the guys who happen to gals. Which of these screen ladies convinced you, intrigued you, and really grabbed you in their macho getups? By the way, in the above photo, Barbra's the one on the right.

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2011

    Bringing Up Baby

    Barbra Streisand, 'Yentl'​I gave the guys their turn at drag validation. Now let's go for the guys who happen to gals. Which of these screen ladies convinced you, intrigued you, and really grabbed you in their macho getups? By the way, in the above photo, Barbra's the one on the right.

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    Katharine Hepburn Felt Sorry For Marilyn

    ​Four-time Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn had a public persona so different from her real self that she called it her Creature. We all have one. In fact, I'm looking at photos of my Creature and getting aroused as we speak. But Hepburn knew how to feed, groom, and tame her Creature whereas a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Sex Parties and Pot Debase Katharine Hepburn's Park Bench

    ​There is a really strange, only-in-New-York-type sentence in today's New York Post and it conveniently includes sex, drugs and Katharine Hepburn, all in one place. Here, just read it: "A Manhattan park bench donated by the late actress' heirs has become a recent hotbed for raunch and pot, wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Live Like Katharine Hepburn for $27,500 a Month

    ​You, too, can live like Katharine Hepburn, except, really, nowhere near as elegantly or Oscar-winningly, for $27,500 a month! According to Curbed, the home at 244 East 49th Street where the actress spent more than 60 years as a resident has come down in price from $39,500 a month in 2007 and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Five & Diamond's Bar Food: Burger, Fries, Shrimp

    ​When Five & Diamond opened in March, the most alluring items on the menu came from the bar food category. Early write-ups spoke of shrimp and grits hush puppies and deviled eggs on pork toast. Now, about two months later, that section of the menu has been scaled down to a few plates -- mac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    The New Katharine Hepburn Stamp

    ​The calla lilies are in bloom again--and so is the new postage stamp of four-time-Oscar winner Katharine Hepburn, darlings. It's suitable to any occasion.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2010

    Martin Scorsese and Leo DiCaprio: Today's Astaire and Rogers!

    ​The people have spoken: Shutter Island grossed $40.2 million this weekend. Olympic ice-dancing aside, the movie didn't face much competition (no other newbies in the top ten) but, hey, the numbers are best evah for director Martin Scorsese as well as his star Leonardo DiCaprio! With four su ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    Who's The Best Movie Actress of the Sound Era?

    ​In the "top five" list I'm about to share, I wish I could have squeezed in some more of my old favorites, but their filmographies had some holes in them. I also wish I could have included a few more current names, but I can't honestly say Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, or Cate Blanchett have e ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 15, 2009

    Adam's Rib

    ​In the "top five" list I'm about to share, I wish I could have squeezed in some more of my old favorites, but their filmographies had some holes in them. I also wish I could have included a few more current names, but I can't honestly say Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, or Cate Blanchett have e ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 8, 2009

    Holiday

    ​In the "top five" list I'm about to share, I wish I could have squeezed in some more of my old favorites, but their filmographies had some holes in them. I also wish I could have included a few more current names, but I can't honestly say Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, or Cate Blanchett have e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Coco Before Tautou: Katharine Hepburn Sings!

    Get out your Tums, kids, because this one's gonna hurt. You see, in 1969, screen legend Katharine Hepburn played designer Coco Chanel in the splashy Broadway musical Coco.

  • Voice Choices

    August 11, 2009

    The Philadelphia Story

    Get out your Tums, kids, because this one's gonna hurt. You see, in 1969, screen legend Katharine Hepburn played designer Coco Chanel in the splashy Broadway musical Coco.

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2009

    Holiday

    Get out your Tums, kids, because this one's gonna hurt. You see, in 1969, screen legend Katharine Hepburn played designer Coco Chanel in the splashy Broadway musical Coco.

  • Voice Choices

    July 8, 2009

    The Lion in Winter

    Get out your Tums, kids, because this one's gonna hurt. You see, in 1969, screen legend Katharine Hepburn played designer Coco Chanel in the splashy Broadway musical Coco.

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Wiiging Out With Kristen Wiig

    I really enjoy Kristen Wiig, the Saturday Night Live comic who specializes in needy, neurotic, attention-grabbing weirdos who play with their hair and shatter you with their voices. The material Wiig's given may be uneven, but she's always willing to take wild chances, from her excitable Target la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Guess How To Shock Broadway?

    Have you ever seen Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?, the 1967 film with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as well to-do parents of a girl who brings home kindly Negro Sidney Poitier? The premise was reversed for a 2005 comedy called Guess Who, with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac, but now it's been u ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 4, 2009

    Bringing Up Baby

    Have you ever seen Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?, the 1967 film with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as well to-do parents of a girl who brings home kindly Negro Sidney Poitier? The premise was reversed for a 2005 comedy called Guess Who, with Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac, but now it's been u ... More >>

  • Film

    November 26, 2008

    Welcome to Baz Luhrmann's Australia

    Somewhere over the dateline, the not-quite-marvelous land of Oz

  • Voice Choices

    September 10, 2008

    Bringing Up Baby

    Somewhere over the dateline, the not-quite-marvelous land of Oz

  • Columns

    September 3, 2008

    Prepping for Fashion Week 2008

    The usual heels, but knock off the complaining

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2008

    'Hollywood Chinese' Documentary Won't Make You Hungry an Hour Later

    The usual heels, but knock off the complaining

  • Film

    August 15, 2006

    Judy Holliday: The Smart Dumb Blonde

    The usual heels, but knock off the complaining

  • Screens

    February 7, 2006

    Rack Focus

    The usual heels, but knock off the complaining

  • Columns

    January 31, 2006

    Horoscope

    The usual heels, but knock off the complaining

  • NYC Life

    September 20, 2005

    Hide-and-Seek

    Aping Gwen Stefani’s style—or what to smuggle in your big, fall pants

  • NYC Life

    July 26, 2005

    Dove's Big Business

    Aping Gwen Stefani’s style—or what to smuggle in your big, fall pants

  • NYC Life

    March 1, 2005

    Spin Cycle

    From Marc Spitz's Talking Heads to Interpol and Joan Rivers

  • Film

    February 8, 2005

    A Place in the Sun: Retro Remembers RKO's Renaissance Man

    From Marc Spitz's Talking Heads to Interpol and Joan Rivers

  • NYC Life

    January 25, 2005

    Vintage for Dummies: The Idiot's Guide to Old Clothes

    From Marc Spitz's Talking Heads to Interpol and Joan Rivers

  • Film

    December 7, 2004

    The Life Aeronautic

    Sky captain and the world of yesterday: Scorsese's epic OCD portrait stalls in midflight

  • Columns

    November 2, 2004

    Horoscope

    Sky captain and the world of yesterday: Scorsese's epic OCD portrait stalls in midflight

  • NYC Life

    May 18, 2004

    Turtle Diary

    Living near Ginger, Ray, Greg, Cindy, Dag Hammarskjold, and all that

  • Columns

    December 30, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Living near Ginger, Ray, Greg, Cindy, Dag Hammarskjold, and all that

  • Columns

    December 23, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Living near Ginger, Ray, Greg, Cindy, Dag Hammarskjold, and all that

  • Columns

    August 5, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Living near Ginger, Ray, Greg, Cindy, Dag Hammarskjold, and all that

  • Film

    July 29, 2003

    Ladies First

    Dorothy Arzner's Working Girls

  • NYC Life

    July 29, 2003

    Listings

    Dorothy Arzner's Working Girls

  • Film

    July 8, 2003
  • NYC Life

    June 25, 2002

    Star Trek

    Adrian at the Met

  • NYC Life

    December 11, 2001

    People in Glass Houses

    Holiday Windows in a Sad Season

  • Theater

    February 6, 2001

    All the World’s a Stage Door

    Holiday Windows in a Sad Season

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