February 2, 1925- Elaine Stritch is one of my favorite show biz figures and my Doppelgänger. I wish that she was still here. I grieved something terrible on that summer day in 2014 when news of Stritch’s final curtain call came through on that Internet thing. I was sad because … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Angela Lansbury
October 16, 1925- Angela Lansbury: “Actors are not made, they are born.” In Seattle, 1984, the producer/writer & the director of a brand new TV show had contacted me through the theatre where … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Designer, Isaac Mizrahi
October 14, 1961- I would love to have my own line of fashion & lifestyle designs products, QVC show, spots as a guest on TV shows & a gorgeous apartment, culled from 3 individual units, in … [Read more...]
Catherine Zeta-Jones is batshit berserk
If you caught her performance of "Send in the Clowns" on last night's Tony Awards, you might have thought she was having a Grand Mal seizure, or perhaps trying to signal the FBI for help by blinking in Morse code. You … [Read more...]