Sirk (C) with Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman and Agnes Moorehead on the set of Magnificent Obsession (1954), via YouTube April 26, 1897– Douglas Sirk was not gay, but the German born, yet thoroughly American filmmaker made a particular kind of melodrama that explored the … [Read more...]
#GreatPerformances: Al Pacino as Roy Cohn in “Angels In America”
HBO via YouTube HBO's six-hour film version of Angels In America with Mike Nichols directing Tony Kushner’s adaptation of his own play about love in the AIDS-plagued time of Ronald Reagan is epic but intimate. Al Pacino's performance as Trump's nasty mentor Roy Cohn, the … [Read more...]
That Time Marilyn Monroe Came to the Rescue of Ella Fitzgerald
Photo from "Biography" via YouTube In 1947, Ella Fitzgerald joined Norman Granz's Jazz At The Philharmonic and toured the globe. Granz required promoters to ensure that there was no "colored" or "white" seating at the venues on the tour. He made certain that Fitzgerald … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, Cy Twombly
Photo montage via YouTube April 25, 1938 - Cy Twombly: I swear if I had to do this over again, I would just do the paintings and never show them. He was nicknamed "Cy" by his father, a pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, after Cy Young, another famous pitcher. … [Read more...]
#ArchitecturePorn: NYC’s Woolworth Building Was #BornThisDay in 1913
The Woolworth Building (center) April 25, 1913- The Woolworth Building When I lived in New York City in the 1970s, I didn't know anyone who lived below 12th street. On occasion, I would go to the Financial District at 5pm and watch the Wall Street men in suits leaving work … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Double Dose of Diva: Shirley MacLaine & Barbra Streisand
April 24, 1934– Shirley MacLaine: "It's useless to hold a person to anything he says while he's in love, drunk, or running for office." MacLaine has six Academy Award nominations, with a well-deserved win for Terms Of Endearment, (1983), Five Emmy Awards with one win for her … [Read more...]
Today, On Her Birthday, Let Us Raise a Glass to Shirley Temple For The Original “Mocktail”
Temple with Miss Joan Crawford and director Irving Cumming on the set of "Little Miss Broadway" (1938) via YouTube Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley Temple on the Good Ship Lollipop forever. Sooner … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: America’s First Gay President (maybe?), James Buchanan
Photograph via Wikimedia Commons April 23, 1791 - James Buchanan I am the last President of the United States! Pete Buttigieg as the first gay President? I'm telling you it's already been done. 80 years ago, we had Eleanor Roosevelt, the first woman President and first … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “Go Out in the World and F*ck it Up Beautifully.” – John Waters
Photo by Al from Edinburgh, Scotland via Wikimedia Commons John Waters is undoubtedly one of my favorite people on our pretty planet. One of my best reading experiences of the current decade was making my way through his memoir Role Models (2011), a collection of essays about … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Our Favorite Old Queen, Elizabeth II
April 21, 1926 – Queen Elizabeth II: ''It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained.'' Queen Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning monarch in British history. She ascended to the throne in February 1952, after her father died of lung cancer. She … [Read more...]
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