Jazz-Age writer F. Scott Fitzgerald has some jazzy suggestions for leftovers from The Crack-Up, a terrific posthumous collection of the great writer's essays, notebook excerpts, and letters. Under the heading Turkey Remains And How To Inter Them With Numerous … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “It is Better to Be Hated for What You Are Than to Be Loved for Something You Are Not.” -André Gide
Bob Dylan refused to attend the 2016 Nobel Prize Award Ceremony, so did Alice Munro in 2013. In 1958, Soviet dissident poet Boris Pasternak refused the Nobel Prize he was awarded for his popular novel Doctor Zhivago. In 1964, Jean-Paul Sartre declined his … [Read more...]
Twin YouTubers get a surprise live visit from Barack Obama
YouTubers Tim and Fred Williams, aka TwinsthenewTrend, just learned of Bob Dylan … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: Ann Marie and Marlo Thomas
Marlow Thomas can't understand men who are surprised by women with opinions, an issue she dealt with when her television series That Girl debuted in 1966. Thomas: "I think they're Neanderthals. I mean, where the hell have they been? We've been speaking up since 1961! I don't … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Look, I Know Lots of Gays in Hollywood, and Most of Them Are Nice Guys. Some Have Tried It On Me, but I’ve Said, ‘Come On, Now. You’ve Got the Wrong Guy.” – Rock Hudson
In Iron Man (1951), photo by Ed Estabrook, Universal Pictures via YouTube The quote is from an interview in 1980 when Hudson was asked if he were gay. We all know how that turned out. Mr. & Mrs, Rock Hudson in 1955 Phyllis Gates worked as a clerk in a department … [Read more...]
‘Waiting to Exhale’ Will Be a TV Series
Waiting to Exhale, the beloved book by Terry McMillan that became a beloved 1995 film, will soon be adapted into a television series. Phoenix friends Savannah, Robin, Bernadine, and Gloria will return to the small screen in the series produced by Lee Daniels. Announced via … [Read more...]
Trump May Get a $100 Million Book Deal After He Leaves Office
Well, that might go a long way in paying off Russian oligarchs... Page Six is reporting that loser president Donald Trump just may trot off with a maaaaaaajor book deal … [Read more...]
#WomenWeLove: “Bazazz”, Kay Thompson
November 9, 1909 - Kay Thompson She was one of the most uniquely fascinating women in showbiz. When they both passed away on July 2, 1998, Roy Rogers got most of the attention. None of her obituaries got it right and the failing New York Times didn't even try. She was … [Read more...]
Margaret Atwood Show Her Support for Trans People – While Shading JK Rowling – in New Interview
Last month, The Handmaids Tale author put her name to a letter from “members of the writing and publishing community of the United States and Canada” announcing that they stood “firmly in support of trans and non-binary people and their rights”. This weekend, in an interview … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, J.R. Ackerley
Queenie and Ackerley, public domain November 4, 1896– J.R. Ackerley: "Unable to love each other, the English turn naturally to dogs." I love canines. Sometimes I feel a twinge of guilt that I like dogs more than people. I started collecting dog books around the time … [Read more...]
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