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30
Oct
2009
Candy Corn and Halloween Costumes

9 days ago by TrueLife

Since Halloween is my favorite holiday, I thought I’d share something about one of my all-time favorite candies. Candy corn! Yeah, I know…most people think they’re disgusting, but for some reason I can eat them until my stools look like a colorful swirl of white, orange and yellow. Thinking about ca ...

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26
Oct
2009
How would you compare SUNSET BOULEVARD to CITIZEN KANE?

13 days ago by Go Compare #1

Peter Jackson asked: How would you compare director Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950 to director Orson Welle’s CITIZEN KANE (1941)? Are there any personal themes to it? How would you compare Norma Desmond to Charles Foster Kane? Be specific with detail and give some evidence that best supports ...

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06
Oct
2009
e se…

32 days ago by priscila

…eu fosse um herói? seria o homem codorna. cer-te-za. não achei em português, mas tá valendo: …eu fosse um conto de fadas? conto de fadas não é beeem a minha praia, mas uma das trilhas favoritas da minha vida hasta hoy é essa: …eu fosse um personagem de ficção masculino? seria romain duris em alberg ...

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25
Aug
2009
~Be your own mirror~

75 days ago by successdiva

My great uncle once told my mother that he believed there are two types of people in the world: “givers” and “takers”. Although I would never be so quick to stack individuals into two boxed-in categories, I think the point he was trying to make was a valid one. As a diva of success, it would probabl ...

Successdiva's Blog - successdiva.wordpress.com · 1 reference

13
Aug
2009
RETIRO DOS ARTISTAS

87 days ago by MF

Depois de uma carreira de muito luxo, dinheiro, glamour e sucesso, só me restou vender iogurteiras, cogumelos e câmeras de vídeo baratas em programas vespertinos…vou ligar pra minha amiga Norma Desmond e ver como ela está lidando com esse afastamento da silver screen pra ver se me dá uma luz!!! Ahhh ...

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11
Aug
2009
Orchid Track #5: Salt

89 days ago by Christopher

5) Salt – 2:23 Not available since 1999 Dance ye merry wench Salt is an abbreviation of the word `Saltarello’ which is an Italian Medieval dance circa 14 th century. The dance is a fast pace where skipping is the dancer’s motif. The inspiration for `Salt’ is from the Medieval players group `Hesperus ...

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10
Aug
2009
ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES: SUNSET BOULEVARD

90 days ago by Hollywood Outbreak

On this day in 1950, PARAMOUNT PICTURES released SUNSET BOULEVARD. Directed and written by BILLY WILDER, this ultimate classic tale of Hollywood starred GLORIA SWANSON, WILLIAM HOLDEN and ERIC VON STROHEIM. A masterpiece of film noir, SUNSET BOULEVARD. should be required viewing by anyone claiming t ...

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16
Jul
2009
Mature Women Want Their Stories On Screen

115 days ago

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15
Jul
2009
ready for my closeup

116 days ago by nick

Video under-the-stars screening otherness otherwise afforded only to primates

I just returned from an uproarious under-the-stars screening of Sunset Boulevard, which I hadn’t seen before but which I now love a lot. We cheered and laughed and piled sloppily on blankets, but we were given pause when we thought of our Norma Desmond, our Norma Jean, our MJ, whose post-gender irid ...

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03
Jul
2009
“with one look” — a tribute to norma desmond

128 days ago by yellow peril

pop!kultuur returns from a long hiatus with a tribute to one of our favorite screen figures, Norma Desmond, as played by the eternally glamorous Gloria Swanson, whose life paralleled the film noir legend featured in Billy Wilder’s Oscar-winning film. The soundtrack is “With One Look” sung by yet ano ...

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