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The Woman with a Whip
A typically bizarre hotch-potch of "names" were born on this day - not least our beloved Dame Shirley Bassey and David Bowie - including Gypsy Rose Lee, Graham Chapman, Stephen Hawking, Elvis Presley,...
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But now you shall play in the market square, 'till you'll be a man
From a post by by "Cherrybomb" on the ever-wonderful Dangerous Minds:Though it’s not actually from Mars (BOO!), a David Bowie Monopoly-themed game does exist, and yes, you can have one.The Thin White...
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A Beard, a blowjob and a bon vivant
I must confess I had never heard of James Beard - apparently America's first "celebrity chef" and gourmand, whose recipe books expounded the virtues of fresh local produce and preparing tasty meals in...
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The higher the hair, the closer to god
Faye Dunaway (born 14th January 1941)Caterina Valente (born 14th January 1931)Ethel Merman (16th January 1908 – 15th February 1984)Marilyn Horne (born 16th January 1934)Eartha Kitt (17th January 1927 –...
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There's big hair...
...and then there's Dolly hair!All them other girls are mere amateurs in comparison...Our Patron Saint of wiggery, Miss Dolly Parton is 75 years old today!All hail.
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This weekend, I am mostly dressing casual...
...like today's birthday girl, the opera diva Rosa Ponselle - considered to have been one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th Century......who in this photo looks surprisingly modern. Shades of Katy...
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Born to Rule
Chita Rivera (born 23rd January 1933)Etta James (25th January 1938 – 20th January 2012)Alan Cumming (born 27th January 1965)
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Golly, gee, fellas! Find her an empty knee, fellas!
A centenary to celebrate today, dear reader - our Patron Saint of "Raspberries", Miss Carol Channing. All hail!Carol Channing once said that she hoped to die like David Burns, her original co-star in...
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Sparklies of the day
Bollywood superstar Helen (Helen Ann Richardson Khan) in Prince (1969).
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Everything was beautiful at the ballet
Jean Babilée (3rd February 1923 – 30th January 2014)
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His Imperial Majesty
From the faboo website of the trust established in his name:On 17th September 1859, the following Proclamation was published in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin:At the peremptory request of a large...
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Overacting? Moi?
It's the centenary today of the unequivocal Queen of Melodrama, Miss Lana Turner (8th February 1921 - 29th June 1995)!
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It's a lovely day for saying it's a lovely day
Another centenary today - the magnificent big-screen dance sensation of the 1950s Vera-Ellen, star of On The Town (with Gene Kelly), The Belle of New York (with Fred Astaire), Call Me Madam (with...
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A spark to pierce the dark
Sharing her birthday with another odd assortment of names that includes Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Lola Montez, Ed Sheeran, Rory Kinnear, Ron Goodwin, Ruth Rendell, Brenda Fricker, Karl...
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Are your outfits shameless, smart, quaint or ridiculous?
click to embiggenThe other day, over at my daily blog Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle I posted a typically gaudy and OTT snippet from the (rare for a Dame Julie Andrews film) massive commercial flop...
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Incendiary Blonde, indeed
Another centenary today, dear reader - that of the unstoppable Miss Betty Hutton!From one of my previous tributes over at my other blog Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle:Betty was never a conventional...
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