A lot of heartfelt notes poured in about our tribute to Natalie on what would have been her 80thbirthday, including a nifty piece on Wood’s 1966 film, “This Property is Condemned” from Rick Gould’s “Ricks Real/Reel Life” blog. (In case you don’t know it, the movie, which c...
Radical chic - term coined by journalist Tom Wolfe in his 1970 essay "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's," to describe the adoption and promotion of radical political causes by celebrities, socialites, and high society. The concept has been described as "an exercise in double-tracking one...
The article focuses on Hollywood gossip columnist Mike Connolly, who wrote for the "Hollywood Reporter" from 1951 to 1966. He used his "Rambling Reporter" column to harass communist sympathizers and to inform those in the know...
then fell to the natty, elfin neal travis, a new zealand-born product of the australian tabloid scene. his recruits included a young post reporter named anna quindlen, who already had one foot in the door of the new york times. most popular politics global leaders mourn the death of jimmy...
It feels like the perfect moment for these straight-talking rebel rousing icons to reunite at a time when the political, cultural, gender and sexuality issues that fired and inspired Gossip's anthems are so much a part of the zeitgeist....
REST IN POWER: Jonathan Valania, writer and Philadelphia music and cultural scene fixture, dies at 55 The Phawker founder reviewed acts from Iggy Pop to Celine Dion, always with a strong point of view and language that “sparked off the page,” said Sam Wood, a former Inquirer reporter and...
German cinema has a rich history and has produced some truly remarkable films over the years. From thought-provoking dramas to captivating comedies, German movies have made their mark on the international film scene. In this blog post, we will explore the top 10 most popular German movies at ...
Always a bit of an odd fit – the middle-aged, self-imposed leader of a political youth group who hated school kids (seriously, she really fucking seem to loathe us). Go figure. Given her personal qualities, I imagine that she will slither into life at SW1A 0PW rather well. Leave a...
We know you were all waiting to see how they dealt with the departure of actress Kim Cattrall and her character Samantha Jones from the series. And Just Like Thatdid not waste any time addressing the issue. The very first scene – even before the opening title – the remaining characters ...
His fall from grace in 1954 likewise denotes the return to moral order and political sanity. McCarthy did not introduce the practices and policies of political repression and sexual oppression that constituted the domestic cold war, and many of those practices and policies outlasted him. ...