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To be real
One of the very last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood and classical years of British cinema has departed up the glitering staircase to Fabulon... [as Mrs. Banks in Mary Poppins]...
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All Hale
Oh heavens. Another personal icon has gone!.I really couldn't say it any better than this from a super-fan:"Can’t even begin to express how much I loved Georgina Hale. She was a cross between Mae West,...
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"Openly left-handed?"
A joyful read, courtesy of Ryan Gilbey, writing in The Guardian:Andrew Scott is capable of many things but giving a dull interview seems not to be among them... in one of those cosy Hollywood Reporter...
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Let me do a good show!
We are distraught here at Dolores Delargo Towers! Our Patron-Saint-with-Attitude Señorita Chita Rivera has departed in a storm of glitter, jewels and twirling chiffon, to take centre stage (of course -...
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The "official photographer of the 1980s"
Any long-serving reader of my "regular blog"Give 'em the old Razzle Dazzle will know that one of "our gang"'s occasional divertissements is to attempt to photographically recreate those...
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A lovely way to spend an evening
"If my own experience had taught me anything, it was that, if a thing had to be done, it could be done."Gertrude Lawrence was destined to be a star from an early age. Despite having an incorrigible...
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Our Renee
Many happy returns to one of our favourite modern sopranos, Miss Renée Fleming, who is 65 years old today!Here are some of her finest moments...Renée Fleming - Song To The Moon [Dvořák: Rusalka]Renée...
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There is nothing like one...
...or, indeed a dozen! The acting dames above, back row, left-right: Dame Joanna Lumley, Dame Floella Benjamin, Dame Twiggy Lawson, Dame Harriet Walter, Dame Penelope Wilton, Dame Maureen Lipman. Front...
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Princess Tiger Eyes
The higher the hair, the closer to god...From the Telegraph:Princess Ira von Fürstenberg, who has died aged 83, was an Italian socialite, B-movie actress and fashion model, whose “profile of...
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The Kiwi Songbird
Heavens to Betsy!Dame Kiri te Kanawa is 80 years old...A "national treasure" here in the UK [despite being a born and bred New Zealander] since Charles and Diana's marriage way back in 1982, Dame...
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Liza!
...it's her world, we merely inhabit it.Many happy returns, Miss Liza May Minnelli (born 12th March 1946)!
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He pushed the boundaries of excess
From the fantastic tribute in the Evening Standard by David Johnson (editor of one of my fave websites Shapers of the 80s):The press called them the “New Romantics” and the “Blitz Kids”, declaring the...
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The Divine One
We have a centenary to celebrate... One of the most distinctive and remarkable singers ever, the much-missed magnificent Miss Sarah Vaughan was born one hundred years ago today!Suffice to say, her...
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Excess is success
"I really don't understand minimalism. It is so polite and boring. If you don't want anyone to notice you, you should stay home and grow your own vegetables.""Fashion should be something that in the...
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It's all about how you feel
"I don't care what birthday you're on. It's all about how you feel. There are days when I feel like 30. The oldest I go is 50 in my mind. The number doesn't matter. But I do have a sense that I have...
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