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Natalie, Natalie, let down your hair…
God knows why children love gruesome fairy tales, but they do. One of my favorites was the hair-raising story of Rapunzel, the girl in the tower. In the nice version, a witch (her mother, a bad fairy,...
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Edith Headquarters 2: The Collector
The classic film fan/fashion freak Venn diagram has a pretty huge overlap area…so many classic film lovers I’ve met either came to old movies because of the costumes and stayed for the content, or...
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Model Behavior: Tinseltown Trousseau for TCM Film Festival 2013
When you’re a nearly 6 ft tall teenaged girl, family, friends, and well-meaning strangers provide a looped soundtrack of suggestions for your life’s work. After the routine lame inquiries about the...
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Extra! Extra! Sentinel Suffragette Scores Scoop, Snags Swain!
Nobody does girlish indignation like Natalie Wood—her huge dark eyes widen, her whole body stiffens, her pretty mouth drops open in angry astonishment, then snaps shut in sheer determination. Natalie...
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Sweater weather in Hollywood
There’s a big difference in pulling on a shapeless mass of wool and donning a sweater. And since the temperatures around here just plunged from forget-your-jacket-it’s-still-practically-summer to...
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Retro Red Carpet Review
Last year, I launched a new Oscar Night annual party–my Red Carpet Rant n’ Rave. It’s a hen party. We gather to eat, drink, and be judgy. I set out my myriad vintage fur pieces and sparkly junk...
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Preparing for TCM Film Festival: Paparazzi-Proof Prettiness
My first photographic “oh, dear” happened in 3rd grade. I’m sure if my mother had known I’d planned to wear my junior fire marshal badge proudly on my pretty school dress on school picture day, she...
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Plaid tidings I bring
Just about everyone goes plaid mad when the weather turns cooler, whether you reach for a high-end swanky coat… or a downmarket bomber.. or snuggle into a vintage dressing gown… Or perhaps your taste...
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