Farrah Fawcett – An Uncommon Angel
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Farrah Fawcett

An Uncommon Angel

Apr 3rd 2013 by Patricia Greenwood

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Television I’ll never forget that summer day in 1976 when I walked into my boyfriend’s pad and saw the poster of a blond in a red bathing suit pinned up on the wood paneling. “Really?” I asked. “Are you kidding me?” He grinned at me rather sheepishly and replied, “She’s really hot.” “Oh brother.” Rolling my eyes, I continued “I thought you were more mature than that!” And besides, for an intellectual gal who immersed herself in the satires of Kurt Vonnegut and had training in method acting, superstar Farrah Fawcett of Charlie’s Angels appeared shallow and trite to me. Never mind that I had attempted to emulate her blonde mane, though a few blow dryers ( continue reading... )

The Cocktail Nation - Queens Of Vintage

Episode 266    May 12th 2013

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene. Plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the globe.

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Marilyn Monroe – Beautiful Misfit
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Marilyn Monroe – Beautiful Misfit

Mar 9th 2013 by Patricia Greenwood

Film My first encounter with Marilyn Monroe was when I was eight or nine years old and the babysitter had allowed my brothers and I to stay up late to watch The Misfits (1961) on our little Black and White TV. I remember clearly a scene of Marilyn sitting in between two men, an ethereal foil for the beat up looking cowboys played by Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift as they drove across the Nevada desert in the unforgiving heat and dust. I don’t remember much else about the plot or even the ending, but I do remember being mesmerized by ( continue reading... )

The Most Popular Feature Films Released in 1950

Mar 5th 2013 by Guest

The Most Popular Feature Films Released in 1950
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Film Films from the 1950 made a big impact on pop culture as Disney’s Classic Cinderella and the first Father of the Bride starring Elizabeth Taylor were released. These timeless classics make us believe that movies from that generation were indeed golden and had a magical quality to it. Here are the Most Popular Feature films released in 1950. Cinderella A perennial Disney classic based on ( read more... )

Mad Men Season 6 – Celebrating the April 7 Premiere

Jan 30th 2013 by Christopher

Mad Men Season 6 – Celebrating the April 7 Premiere
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Television The newest season of AMC’s period drama Mad Men is back and what better way to celebrate its return than to throw a swank party with all your favorite Mad Men characters. The promotional black and white photo set is right out of a 1960s photo book and everyone looks to be in good spirits, spite of Lane Pryce (Jared Harris) death. Series creator Matthew ( read more... )

Computer Aided Animation – How did it all start?

Nov 25th 2012 by Christopher

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Film Ever wonder how early computer animations was created? This video from 1971, complete with spacey synthetic music, demonstrates not only one of the first ineractve computer systems for animation, one used for production, it was also an outstanding example of early user-centred design, including one of the first computer mice. The system was developed by Marceli Wein and Nestor Burtnyk, both of whom won Academy ( read more... )

A Celebration of Polish Cinema & Poster Design in London

Oct 4th 2012 by Christopher

A Celebration of Polish Cinema & Poster Design in London
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Film Iluzjon is an exhibition that showcases the very best of Polish film and theatre posters from the 1960s and 1970s, collected by Eye Sea Posters. These posters were commissioned by state controlled film and theatre institutions during the communist era in Poland, in order to create alternative imagery to the foreign originals they deemed inappropriate to use as advertising. Often they had little visual reference ( read more... )