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Our Holiday Favorites: Little Women
13 December 2011 8:00 AM, PST | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
I love to watch Little Women in December. Perhaps because the story begins at Christmas, when the genteel-y poor March girls decide to give their Christmas feast to a family even poorer than they are, and use their Christmas money to buy presents for their dear Marmee. That does sound uncharacteristically sentimental of me, doesn't it? I confess I always cry at That Tragic Scene in the movie, too. (I won't spoil it for the few Joey Tribbianis out there who haven't read the book or seen any of the films.) Really, I like Little Women because Jo is so very wonderful.
But which movie version of Little Women to watch? My favorite Jo is Katharine Hepburn in the 1933 adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott book, directed by George Cukor. Hepburn is convincingly boyish and delightful, I could watch her in this role for twice as long. But in recent years, »
- Jette Kernion
Kathie Lee Gifford's Favorite Books
15 June 2011 1:53 PM, PDT | The Daily Beast | See recent The Daily Beast news »
When she's not busy on TV, Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford is an avid reader and writer. With her ninth book, The Legend of Messy M'Cheany, debuting this summer, we asked her to pick her favorite novels.
Daytime talk show hosts will sometimes dabble in memoir (see Barbara Walters or Rosie O'Donnell), but the Today show's Kathie Lee Gifford has published a total of nine books in a variety of genres. Her latest is a children's book called The Legend of Messy M'Cheany, about a little boy who can't stay clean.
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"Since I'm post-menopausal, and I don't sleep, I might as well write all night long," Gifford says.
This whimsical story was based on a hymn that she recorded for a CD years ago. Gifford says she based the parable on her own daughter, Cassidy, now 17, but changed »
- The Daily Beast
Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood
9 June 2011 1:00 PM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
Everett
Recently, I was the surprise commencement speaker at the promotion ceremony for a Seattle alternative high school. I spoke to sixty students, who’d come from sixteen different districts, and had survived depression, attempted suicide, gang warfare, sexual and physical abuse, absentee parents, poverty, racism, and learning disabilities in order to graduate.
These students had read my young adult novel, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” and had been inspired by my autobiographical story of a poor »
- Sherman Alexie
The Princess and the Terminator: Arnold and Maria's Return to Adolescence
15 May 2011 8:17 PM, PDT | The Daily Beast | See recent The Daily Beast news »
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver's decision to separate over his admission to fathering a love child is part of a trend among older couples calling it quits and starting over-liberated by a 30-year growth in our life expectancy, Susan Cheever writes in this week's Newsweek.
When Maria Shriver married Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1986, it was a real live Wtf moment. The Austrian joke and the flower of the Kennedy tree? As the years went by, we doubters had to admit we were wrong; together Shriver and Schwarzenegger were more than the sum of their disparate parts. He went from celluloid bully to bully pulpit as California's governor; she won Emmys and a Peabody, wrote bestselling books, and made powerful documentaries.
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Now in their 50s and 60s, Shriver, 55, and Schwarzenegger, 63, appear to be asking themselves »
- Susan Cheever
Elizabeth Taylor: The Movies
25 March 2011 10:56 AM, PDT | Extra | See recent Extra news »
Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor started her film career as a child, hitting it big when she starred as a 12-year-old girl hoping to become a jockey in "National Velvet." The violet-eyed beauty went on to star in some of cinema's classics, including "Giant," "Cleopatra" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Take a look back at her filmography, along with great quotes and trivia!
The Best Elizabeth Taylor Movies'National Velvet' (1944)
Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor »
Obituary: Saluting Elizabeth Taylor, 1932-2011
23 March 2011 10:01 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Elizabeth Taylor, 1932-2011
Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor died early this morning in Los Angeles of complications from congestive heart failure. She was 79 years old.
Certainly there was much about the glamorous Ms. Taylor outside of her motion picture work that could prompt her “legendary” status, namely her eight marriages, tabloid-saturated romances and tireless philanthropic work in combating the AIDS virus.
But the legend of the gorgeous, violet-eyed Ms. Taylor was created in the movies, which is where it will endure.
So many memorable performances in so many unforgettable filims. Here are a bunch of our favorites…
National Velvet, 1944
National Velvet (1944)
Everyone’s favorite equestrian endeavor introduced much of the world to its fresh-faced, rising star, a violet-eyed 11-year-old who quickly proved that she wasn’t horsing around. And don’t forget she won a special children’s Oscar for her performance!
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Little Women (1949)
MGM bleached Ms. »
- Laurence
Why couldn't I quote Charlotte's Web on stage?
3 March 2011 8:30 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Eb White's classic is a fine example of literature helping children deal with death. So why couldn't I use it in my new play?
There's a heart-wrenching scene in Eb White's much-loved book, Charlotte's Web, where Charlotte (a spider) tells Wilbur (a pig) that she's going to die. I wish I could quote it. But, after having the fear of God struck into me by the American lawyers who control the rights to the book, I daren't even paraphrase it.
When I started writing my new play, Notes to Future Self, I had no idea what a sticky, tangled web I'd find myself in.
The play was a commission by Birmingham Rep which would, under the auspices of the Barry Jackson Trust, tour schools and community centres as well as theatres. I knew from the start that I wanted to try to write something similar to the books and films I'd loved when growing up. »
Oscar Nominee Trivia File: Christian Bale
8 February 2011 5:56 PM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »
"Extra" is highlighting the Best Supporting Actor nominees, and today we shine the spotlight on Christian Bale, who went from being a child actor working with Steven Spielberg, to becoming an accomplished performer, willing to take risks (and lose weight) for his art.
Find out more about this fascinating actor!
Oscar Nominee Trivia File: Christian BaleLondon West End Debut
Bale made his professional debut opposite British comedian Rowan Atkinson on the London West End stage. »
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