September 25, 1949– Pedro Almodóvar is one of cinema's considerably celebrated contemporary filmmakers. He has Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay for the comedy All About My Mother (1999) and the drama Talk To Her (2002), plus … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, John Logan
September 24, 1961– John Logan: "The thing that made me monstrous to some people is also the thing that empowered me…" Back in spring 2012, I caught an excellent, rather thrilling production of Red, an exciting and intense two character play about a slice in the … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor / Singer / Writer / Director, Mary Kay Place
September 23, 1947- Mary Kay Place: "Right now, there seems to be this incredible variety of nicely written, nicely layered work that involves women our age. It's a blessing, I have to say." She first came into my orbit in 1976 as a wannbe country-western singer who … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Rocker, Joan Jett
September 22, 1958– Joan Jett: "I am all-inclusive. These days, everybody writes about everything. They feel they have the right to know. It goes back to that thing about not being bullied, not being told what to do. In fact, if you tell me what to do, I’m gonna put up … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer / Actor, Fannie Flagg
September 21, 1944– Fannie Flagg: "Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead." Her novel Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe was the beach book in the summer of 1987. The Husband and I both really took to it and passed … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Screen Great, Sophia Loren
September 20, 1934– Sophia Loren: "Everything you see I owe to spaghetti." She is Italy’s Greatest Cinema Icon, an eternal Diva, and I wish to nominate her to the status of Gay Icon. See if you agree. Loren’s exciting life has taken her from being a … [Read more...]
#Flashback74: Thinking Back on the Death of (Mama) Cass Elliot
On a late summer night in 1974, Cass Elliot finished one of her stunning sold-out concerts of her two-week gig at the London Palladium, when she was found dead in Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place in the Mayfair neighborhood of London. The flat belonged to … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Brian Epstein, the Real Fifth Beatle
September 19, 1934– Brian Epstein Hey, You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away… John Lennon: "I was on holiday with Brian Epstein in Spain, where the rumors went around that he and I were having a love affair. Well, it was almost a love affair, but not quite. … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Roddy McDowall
September 17, 1928– I ran into Roddy McDowall two times. The first time was at the 50th Anniversary of MGM Gala at the Beverley Wilshire Hotel in 1973, which I had successfully crashed. He was there as Elizabeth Taylor’s date, or Taylor as his beard. He could not have … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Lauren Bacall
September 16, 1924– Betty Joan Perskey: "You know you don’t have to act with me, Steve. You don’t have to say anything, and you don’t have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together … [Read more...]
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