A.J. Cook
Alan Menken
Albert Brooks
Alex Trebek
Danny Glover
David Spade
Don Henley
Franka Potente
George Clinton
Irene Bedard
Joanna Going
John Leguizamo
Keith Sweat
Louise Fletcher
Oscar de la Renta
Rhys Ifans
Rob Estes
Rufus Wainwright
Selena Gomez
Sharni Vinson
Terence Stamp
Willem Dafoe
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July 22, 1973- Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
“Let the little fairy in you fly!”
I am a reluctant fan of Rufus Wainwright. As I typed that I realized I have all his albums, so let me qualify. He makes music that sounds ornate. I like that. He is certainly not what you might call a writer of spare folk music. At his best he is breathtaking: his rich baritone can soar more powerfully than his slurred lyrics, and his piano is filled with rococo quavers without sacrificing the point of his songs. Wainwright’s music is never far from being pretentious, but I must admit that he creates magnificent, baroque, spiraling songs. He is equal parts Gershwin, Sondheim and Pet Shop Boys.
His album All Days Are Nights (2010) was written and recorded while Wainwright’s mother, musician Kate McGarrigle, was dying of that damn cancer. It is somber and mournful, with a big punch of humor. With Wainwright it is drama that I desire and it is drama I get (but never melodrama).
“My mother’s in the hospital
My sister’s at the opera
I’m in love, but let’s not talk about it”
When Wainwright moved to NYC in 1998, fresh from a debut album that received good reviews and solid sales, he partied with models and actors, drag queens, celebraties and club kids. Wainwright:
“It was a glorious moment in my life. Drugs were abounding. I was the It Boy.”
But, he was still grappling with his first teenage gay encounter where he was robbed and beaten up, and he wanted badly to find love:
“I had a string of straight boyfriends. Guys I would occasionally have sex with, maybe only make out with, but never be allowed to say they were my boyfriend.”
Now he suggests that this era was his inspiration for songwriting, because he would always seemed be longing for something.
“The serious downside was that I would need to satisfy myself sexually. To get to that other place I would do drugs; there is this kind of Babylonian village that exists in this city. I am happy it does exist, but it is not where you want to end up.”
He ended up in some very compromising situations, but he did get a brilliant little ode to addiction out of it, Cigarettes And Chocolate Milk, my favorite of his recordings. His drug of choice was crystal meth, and it almost killed him. Wainwright had tried the drug a decade earlier, then the next year he did it a few times:
“If you walked down to Chelsea, the gay area, every second billboard on the street is about the dangers of crystal meth. It is like speed, but the effect it seems to have on gay men is that decades of anxiety about sex and fear of disease just goes away and you are just off to the races.”
Wainwright had many a lost weekend:
“At one point, I can’t remember whether it was in the act of sex or just before, this single thought came into my head: the ultimate orgasm is death. And I knew that was where I was heading. I wanted it in some way, this highly sexualized death.”
The drug had already caused him to lose his sight on occasion, and to hallucinate.
“I realized suddenly just how unhappy I was. I believed I had two choices. I was either going to rehab or I was going to live with my father. I knew I needed an asshole to yell at me, and I felt he fitted the bill. I wanted to become him in some way.”
His father is Loudon Wainwright III, the Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter, humorist, and occasional actor.
Wainwright wasn’t sure who to call for help. Wainwright:
“Then I thought: gay, songwriter, drug addict. That kind of narrowed the field. I knew Elton John, I’d sung with him before, so I called him up and he was incredible. He said, ‘Rufus I know exactly where you are: you have to get to a clinic’; he offered to book me in.”
In 2003, Wainwright did time at Hazelden Clinic in Minnesota, detoxing and beginning therapy. Since then, he has recorded eight albums of original music, plus numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written a pair of operas and he has set Shakespeare sonnets to music for a theater piece by Robert Wilson. Wainwright has also appeared as an actor in films and on stage, including Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator (2004).
With sheer audacity, Wainwright performed a pair of sold-out Carnegie Hall shows in June, 2006 in which he performed the entire famed Judy Garland Concert Album (1961) from 45 years earlier. He later repeated his performance at The London Palladium, The Paris Olympia and Hollywood Bowl. I have the DVD, Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! and the album, Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall. He certainly gets Garland’s energy down, even in the stage banter. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in 2009.
With a history of bad behavior, plus drug and alcohol problems in the manner of Judy Garland, Wainwright seems to have found solace in marriage and family now that he is in his 40s. In 2012, he became a father with Lorca Cohen, daughter of singer/poet Leonard Cohen, giving birth to a baby, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen. Wainwright lives in NYC with his husband Jörn Weisbrodt and Viva.
“My relationship with my husband has defined me. In the past 10 years, he has taught me to chill out and not take myself so seriously. He’s eternally patient. He’s also very tall, and everything is in proportion.”
His newest album, released this past spring is rather remarkable. Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets features adaptations of William Shakespeare‘s sonnets with guests Helena Bonham Carter, Carrie Fisher, William Shatner, Florence Welch, and his sister, Martha Wainwright. The album commemorates the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.
Wainwright seems happy and productive these days. No longer a party boy, he writes:
“I’m doing battle with middle-age spread. It’s the first thing I notice on other men these days. Do they have a belly? Are they working out? I’m right on the edge of getting fat and I don’t want to be the only one.”
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“Like a bird, like a bird, like a bird. Like a bird, like a bird, like a bird. Like a bird like a bird like a bird”…
Tiffany Trump, the 22-year-old daughter of Donald Trump with second wife Marla Maples, put out a pop single in 2009 and, omg, you guys, it is EVERYTHING. Truly, a delight to behold. Lush and airy with a definite EuroVision vibe, she could be the next Enya if this whole “first daughter” gig does’t work out. She recorded it with big stars Sprite and LogiQ, and although it didn’t become a hit when it first came out (despite being featured on Oprah), the internet rediscovered the tune after she spoke in support of her father on Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention.
Listen to it below – ALL THE WAY THROUGH – then just TRY and get that hook out of your head.
“Diamonds are so shiny
Special things I got on me
You know what you say
Baby, baby don’t you go
Everybody’s partying
Obessin’ over crazy things
I just want serenity
While living it up”
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It’s hot. Voldemort just accepted the Republican nomination. We’re a whole year away from new Game of Thrones episodes. The whole world is going to hell. So to help bring a smile to your face, here are some pics of little Prince George in honor of his third birthday. The photos – showing the heir to the British throne standing on a swing and adorably feeding the royal pooch some ice cream – were released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. They were taken at the family’s Norfolk home in mid-July by Matt Porteous.
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Supermodel of the world Gigi Hadid celebrated her first Vogue cover by FaceTiming with photographer Mario Testino, driving around Los Angeles listening to Zayn Malik, getting some In-N-Out… and hitching a ride with none other than Mama Ru! Yes, RuPaul picks her up in a car, while Gigi explains to the camera that he is her ‘supermodel mentor’.
As the two drive around town, Ru offers some sage advice: For the best disguise, he says, wear a medical mask and a skull cap while out in public. Gigi jokes that if she did that, paparazzi would still find her — and the headline would be ‘Gigi: Deathly Ill’. RuPaul then drops Gigi off on Rodeo Drive, where she changes into more outfits to model while walking down the street. Fabulous!
She ends the video by diving into a pool wearing a pink sequin dress. How very SUPERMODEL. (via Daily Mail)
Watch below.
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From Hollywood Boulevard, it’s The WOW Report for Radio Andy on SiriusXM! That’s right WOWers, World of Wonder Co-Founder Fenton Bailey, Executive VP of Development Tom Campbell, and WOW Report Editor James St. James have collaborated with reality TV guru and WOWlebrity Andy Cohen on a weekly Top Ten Countdown of the things from the past week that make us go…WOW!
It’s a pop-culture obsessed hour complete with colorful diatribes, opposing opinions, and a dissection-like discussion that will make your drive home from work more fabulous!
We air TODAY at 4PM EST on SiriusXM and repeat at 4PM PST (7PM EST). You can also catch “Top Ten Things That Make Us Go WOW!” on the SiriusXM app.
Without further adou, here’s our Top Ten of the things that made us go WOW this week:
10) Remembering Garry Marshall
We lost a television and movie icon this week. We discuss what Garry Marshall meant to us and how he changed Hollywood.
9) Stranger Things: Your Crazy New Netflix Obsession
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. Stranger Things is our new obsession!
8) From Israel with Love
Fenton Bailey recently took a trip to the Holy Land to screen our Emmy nominated HBO documentary Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures.
7) Size Queens in Ancient Greece
Why did all the men represented in ancient Greek art have tiny penises? We delve in and discuss why, and what this has to do with Donald Trump.
6) FLOTUS Melania Trump
Can you imagine a world where Melania Trump is the First Lady of the United States of America? We try to…
5) Confessions of Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter for Art of the Deal
SHOCKER! Apparently Donald Trump had a ghostwriter write his bestseller Art of the Deal, and now the man who wrote the book feels like he’s a traitor to America.
4) Diana Ross at the Hollywood Bowl
Ms. Diana Ross recently performed at the world famous Hollywood Bowl and our very own Tom Campbell was there to bring you all the details.
3) What Happened to Michael Rockefeller?
The documentary on Netflix about the mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, son of one of America’s wealthiest families.
2) “We Are the Champions”
Donald Trump used Queens’ queer anthem “We Are the Champions” for his introduction at the Republican National Convention.
1) ???
What could top all of these? You’ll have to FIND OUT at 4:00PM EST and again at 4:00 PST (7 PM EST) on SiriusXM!
Thanks for tuning in! Be sure to give your ears the gift of THE WOW REPORT on Radio Andy SiriusXM EVERY Friday.
And remember, do something this weekend that makes YOU go WOW!!!
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Hope springs eternal in the hearts and minds of Berniacs everywhere, who truly believe that Bernie Sanders’ endorsement of Hillary Clinton two weeks ago was all part of a larger plan to snatch the nomination from her at the Democratic National Convention next week. The reasoning is a bit convoluted, but this helpful FAQ, which has been circulating around Facebook, will break it down. Basically, he ENDORSED but did not CONCEDE. By endorsing, he is able to attend the convention, but by not conceding he is able to keep his delegates and still have a chance at winning. Bernie supporters are betting on MORE EMAILS causing MORE TROUBLE… or maybe something nefarious with Clinton Foundation being exposed… or her profligate voter fraud coming to light…. SOMETHING, ANYTHING… And then Bernie will be there like a knight in shining armor to save the country from her evil clutches.
“Anyone trashing Bernie needs to wake up and respect the masterful chess move he just made”
Will it work? Tune in next week to see.
Read the Facebook FAQ (and the relieved comments) below.
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Ms. Candy Blog, YouTuber and WOWPresents partner, is a candy reviewing EXTRAORDINAIRE. Week after week Ms. Candy Blog reviews those candies that you’ve have been wanting to try, but just aren’t so sure about. But not only is she the queen of sweets, she’s a loyal fan of RuPaul and all things fashion! Her channel is a fun new trend and we just can’t stop watching. Check out some of her cavity inducing videos below and don’t forget to subscribe to her channel here. “Where candy is always in vogue!”
Ms. Candy Blog Trying Canadian Candy, Eh?:
Ms. Candy Blog Trying Edible Bubbles??:
Ms. Candy Blog Tries Japanese Kit-Kats:
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This is PERFECT timing!!! Urban poet/queer rapper/the truth Mykki Blanco is finally putting out her first official album…just in time to save the world! After releasing her first EP Mykki Blanco and the Mutant Angels back in 2012, second EP Betty Rubble: The Initiation in 2013, and Spring / Summer 2014 EP, the activist has taken some time to travel the world and reevaluate herself and the the state of queerdom. At one point, she even wrote on her Facebook that she would be quitting music altogether, to pursue a career in investigative journalism. Thankfully, that didn’t happen. Her debut album Mykki LP (produced by Jeremiah Meece) is due out September 16 (pre-order HERE). In the meantime, you can check out the full tracklist, and stream the first single The Plug Won’t below, where she kinda indicates that she’s spent some time lately with a love interest…which always fucks things up.
1. “I’m In A Mood”
2. “Loner” feat. Jean Deaux
3. “High School Never Ends”
4. “Interlude 1”
5. “My Nene”
6. “The Plug Won’t”
7. “Hideaway feat. Jeremiah Meece”
8. “Interlude 2”
9. “You Don’t Know Me”
10. “Fendi Band”
11. “For The Cunts”
12. “Shit Talking Creep”
13. “Rock N Roll Dough”
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Annie Sprinkle
David Steinberg
Monica Lewinsky
Alison Krauss
Charisma Carpenter
Daniel Radcliffe
Edie McClurg
Eriq La Salle
Joel Stein
Kathryn Hahn
Marlon Wayans
Michelle Williams
Monica Lewinsky
Paul Wesley
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Slash
Stephanie Seymour
Woody Harrelson
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July 23, 1924– I met Gavin Lambert in autumn 1973 at a coke fueled, debauched, all-male party at the Hollywood Hills home of a famed Academy Award nominated, Tony Award winning producer. I won’t give up the name of the host, but I will tell you kids that I held the 1953 Tony statue that he received for producing the Leonard Bernstein musical Wonderful Town as he did unspeakable things to my 20 year old body. This was the only period in my life when I was considered an ingénue. I actually didn’t mind being objectified and passed around by older guys. I liked being the object of desire, and being a bit of a slut. I was feeling very democratic and especially open-minded in those days. I was hungry for experiences, and was not above putting out my crack for my crack at show business.
I had smoked a joint that had been enhanced with something extra, because I don’t remember how I ended up in bed with the handsome 50 year old gentleman. He seemed impossibly old, but I also found him to be impossibly desirable. In the early morning hours, we started in on round two, when the little strands of conversation revealed that this man had written the novel and screenplay for one of my favorite films from childhood, Inside Daisy Clover (1965). The movie featured my muse Ruth Gordon. I went absolutely nutty, stuttering and muttering:
“Oh my god, oh my god, that is my favorite movie, I love that film so much! Oh yeah, that feels so good. Tell me about working with Ruth Gordon! Oh, I can’t believe you created that film, I love it so much! Will you sign an autograph?”
I think I totally ruined the hot mood with my sudden outburst of fandom.
For 50+ years, the go-to-guy for bitchy, witty and perceptive gossip about Hollywood was screenwriter, novelist and biographer Gavin Lambert. For much of the 1950s and 1960s, he lived in Hollywood, the inspiration and setting for most of his novels, including The Goodbye People (1971), The Slide Area (1960) and of course, Inside Daisy Clover.
Tales Of the City author, Armistead Maupin wrote of him:
“Decades before it was fashionable, Gavin Lambert expertly wove characters of every sexual stripe into his lustrous tapestries of Southern California life. His elegant, stripped down prose caught the last gasp of old Hollywood in a way that has yet to be rivaled.”
Lambert wrote the biography Mainly About Lindsay Anderson (2000) about his friend and roommate at Oxford University, film and theatre director Lindsay Anderson, famous for This Sporting Life (1963), O’ Luck Man (1968), If (1973). Lambert and Anderson founded the short-lived, yet influential film journal Sequence (1949-51) while they were students at Oxford. Unlike Anderson, who was tortured throughout his entire life by guilt about his homosexuality (he always fell for happily married, heterosexual young men), Lambert was gaily gay. Lambert was able to have a series of fulfilling relationships.
He had an affair with director Nicholas Ray, whose films Bigger Than Life (1956) and Bitter Victory (1957) Lambert contributed the screenplays. His longest relationship was with Mart Crowley who wrote the influential gay themed play The Boys In The Band (1968). The couple had a home together in Hollywood.
Lambert wrote and directed the seldom seen film Another Sky (1955), shot in Morocco. This rather modest film tells the story of a young English woman who discovers her sensuality in North Africa, a reflection of Lambert’s own sexual liberation living in Tangier earlier in the decade. He lived off and on in Morocco from 1954 to 1989 on the suggestion of gay writer Paul Bowles, whom he met in LA at the home of gay author Christopher Isherwood and his partner, artist Don Bachardy.
Inside Daisy Clover was directed by Robert Mulligan. It tells the tale of how the fame and fortune of a young star, perfectly played by Natalie Wood, leads to misery and a nervous breakdown. Lambert first met Wood when he went to Hollywood as an assistant to Ray on Rebel Without A Cause (1955). The parental units took me to see it at a drive-in theatre when I was just 12 years old and it fried my little pre-teenage brain.
Lambert wrote a revealing biography of Wood, Natalie Wood: A Life (2004) admitting they had shared at least one lover. According to Lambert, 17 year old Wood had lost her virginity to Lambert’s then boyfriend Ray. Lambert’s juicy biography includes details of Wood’s relationships with Elvis Presley, Robert Wagner, Warren Beatty, Paul Mazursky and Leslie Caron. In the book, Lambert claims that Wood frequently dated gay or bisexual men, including Nick Adams, Raymond Burr, James Dean & Tab Hunter. Lambert also claims that Wood helped financially support his own lover Crowley, making it possible for him to write the infamous The Boys In The Band.
Lambert’s best screenplays were adaptations of novels with gay overtones: Sons And Lovers (1960) based on the novel by D.H. Lawrence was Oscar nominated, The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone (1961) was from Tennessee Williams’ novel, I Never Promised You A Rose Garden (1977), and Liberace, Behind The Music (1988).
I own copies of his smart biographies of show biz figures: On Cukor (1972), Norma Shearer: A Life (1990), and Nazimova: A Biography (1997), the first detailed account of the private life and acting career of lesbian Alla Nazimova. He also wrote GWTW: The Making of Gone With The Wind (1973). Lambert was able to interview and gain personal remembrances of those involved with the classic 1939 film, including his friends, dismissed director George Cukor and the picture’s star Vivien Leigh.
I have reason to believe that before he left this world in 2005, Lambert was working on a book The Greatest Sex In Hollywood: The 1970s, where I am the subject of the chapter Live Fast And Fly High, but I was probably just as a footnote. Lambert was every inch the gentleman to me. He would have been 92 years old today. I would have like to have taken him out for a nice lunch with a toast of Champagne to those zany 1970s.
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Maya and Marty, NBC‘s 6 episode summer replacement, starring Maya Rudolf and Martin Short is finished now. It had an excellent SNL comedy pedigree with many writers and performers from the show making some summer cash. Sean Hayes guest-starred in this noir detective thriller spoof is called Burt Cassidy: Gay Detective. Amazing this idea had never been done before. It’s an instant classic. Could be a series…
“I knew this dame was trouble when she walked through my door… she had legs for days, but an A-line dress with a kitten heel? Nuh-uh, girl!“
Watch.
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A Melania Trump impression was ripe for the picking after the potential FLOTUS plagiarized her speech from the current First Lady on the first night of the RNC. Actress Laura Benanti killed it on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. New York magazine interviewed her on how it came to be, how she nailed the accent, and whether she’d do it again on SNL…
What were you thinking when you first saw her speech?
My immediate reaction was I hope I get to do something with it!And then how did you find yourself on the Late Show doing it?
In March, I had been a guest on the show to promote She Loves Me, a musical I was starring in on Broadway, and Stephen pointed out my similarities to Melania. He put a picture up of her and then I did her squinty pout. Then we had joked, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if I came back as Melania!’ But that was that.Monday morning, I had driven with my family down to Delaware, for my grandma’s 92nd birthday, and then Tuesday morning I got a call from Vinnie Favale who is a producer on the show and one of my biggest supporters asking if I would come do a sketch for Melania, so I traveled hours back.
Had you worked on the voice before then?
Oh, no. Monday night was the first night I really heard her talk. It’s not like she’s done a whole lot of talking. So on the train back to New York, I studied her voice and studied her movements, much to the confusion of the man sitting next to me on the train.You were just rewatching the video over and over again?
Over and over again and like zooming in on her mouth to see how her mouth moved. It was all very creepy.What did you notice about her?
The first thing I wanted to do was master the accent. And then obviously she has that sort of squint and a very pouty mouth. Also it sounded to me like she was a person who’s not used to giving speeches. Even though there was a microphone, she was shouting. I thought that was funny in and of itself. I just tried to embody that all in a plausible way and obviously make it comedic.I got to rehearsal around 6, we ran through the sketch once, they made some trims, and then we did it. There wasn’t a lot of back and forth. It was a live show, so it all moved really, really quickly. At 9 in the morning I was on vacation and at 11:30 at night I was Melania Trump.
I had no notes. It was brilliant to begin with and, as with all comedy sketches, you just pick out the meatiest, funniest bits to make it as tight as possible, and that’s what they did. I didn’t improv anything, but the impression of her was mine — the way that I moved and all of that stuff.
You mentioned the movements, when you did the turn and look back, was that you or was that in the script?
Yeah. I hadn’t even done that in rehearsal. The multiple kisses on the cheeks, too, that kind of just happened. That’s why I love being in front of a live audience, because they light a fire under me at least. They teach you what they want to see, and if you’re attuned to them, they’re like the partner in the scene.From the minute I walked out, they were like, ‘Yes, please!’ They were such a receptive audience and Stephen was standing just to my right, so I could feel his positive energy and how excited he was. It was genuinely fun.
…would you like to keep on doing her?
I would. I would love to do it on Colbert because I really love those guys. And they certainly started this whole thing. I would love to do it on SNL because that’s an incredible show with incredible actors.…if he ends up winning, the silver lining will be you’ll have a long back-up comedy career.
Yeah … hopefully not.
Here it is again (I’ve watched it 4 times and I always laugh.)
Watch.
(via Vulture)
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Comedienne Gracie Allen told her husband, George Burns one day,
“I’m tired of knitting this sweater. I think I’ll run for president this year.“
So, began the spoof campaign of a big radio star who injected some fun into American politics at the end of the Great Depression and the dawn of World War II.
Allen was the co-star of The Burns and Allen Show, on which Allen’s persona was an innocent, bubble-headed dame. With quips like,
“When I was born, I was so surprised I didn’t talk for a year and a half.“
In 1940, war loomed in Europe and into these serious times stepped Gracie Allen who created a new party called the “Surprise Party” and Allen’s campaign took off. Soon she got an endorsement from Harvard University and the duo embarked on a nationwide train campaign, promoting their party with a new mascot (the kangaroo) and optimistic slogan,
“It’s in the bag.“
Her first announced platform was titled “Unemployment and where to get it,” and she also suggested putting members of Congress on a commission basis. What started as a publicity stunt had became a national phenomenon, and by Election Day, beloved candidate Allen actually received an estimated 42,000 votes, but failed to beat out Franklin D. Roosevelt who snagged an unprecedented third term in office.
Here’s the two on their radio show and Gracie singing her theme song. Say goodnight, Gracie.
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Randy Rainbow has been giving it to Donald Trump, as well as all of the GOP foes he vanquished for the past year. Sung to a tune from The Music Man he paints a funny picture of our terrible woes. We got Trump trouble!
Watch.
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This letter has been making the rounds on the internet lately. It is (supposedly) written by Joan Crawford complaining about Bette Davis’ (allegedly) offensive body odor, saying
“…I found myself gagging on several occasions…“
It’s dated August 11, 1962, so that WOULD have been during the filming of their film, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?. It’s addressed to “Bob”, (director Robert Aldrich?) Who knows? Could be a hoax, but if it’s real, it’ll surely show up in Ryan Murphy‘s Feuds about the filimg of Baby Jane. Crawford, played by Jessica Lange and Davis, played by Susan Sarandon will be chewing the scenery, no doubt.
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The Neighbors – Kimye, left; K-Griff, right
Kathy’s was built in 2003 and was recently updated and renovated. The lower level has a billiard room, a wine cellar, and a home theater as well as a large swimming pool. She paid $10.5 million for the 13,377-square-foot home with 9 bedrooms and 12 baths. She is rolling large, these days, huh? Her next stand-up special might just be called, “The Next Door Neighbors.”
(via Architectural Digest)
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Musician and producer Pharrell Williams just sold his Miami showplace for $9.25 million after several years on and off the market. In 2007, he bought it at the height of Miami boom for $12.525 million. (That’s a big loss, even if you’re rich.) He first put it on the market in 2012 for $16.8 million and it saw several price reductions before it was dropped to $10.999 million. It was taken off the market for much last year while the building was undergoing renovations.
At 9,000 square feet, the five-bedroom 40th floor penthouse is located Bristol Tower in Brickell. With 360-degree views, the circular living room has 30-foot ceilings and Williams capitalized on the layout and wall space to exhibit his extensive art collection, including work by Takashi Murakami, Keith Haring, KAWS and Andy Warhol. Williams told W magazine in 2011,
“It’s like living in a very interesting fishbowl, but since no one can see up here, it’s like a fishbowl with a limo tint.”
The staircase leads up to billiards room and a gym, and a mezzanine under the dome. It also has 5,000 square feet of outdoor spaces on three levels, including a jaw-dropping outdoor pool area.
(T/Y Tad; via WSJ)
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Staten Island was always the forgotten step-child of the 5 New York City boroughs. The consistent butt of jokes, it’s always been just a (free) ferry ride from the tip of Manhattan. Well, kids, you might just want to check out living there…
Urby Staten Island is a new residential development that puts a big emphasis on community. On the North Shore waterfront, it’s the largest new construction development on the island, with 900 apartments and 35,000 square feet of commercial space. It’s the first in a planned series of developments set to open in other cities, with the next Urby to open in another place just across the river from Manhattan, Jersey City.
It was conceptualized by real estate firm Ironstate and dutch architecture and interior designers, Concrete in order to offer a better rental-housing product. The concept is geared towards ‘contemporary urban residents’. Alongside studios, and one and two-bedroom apartments, Urby offers a range of social spaces that encourage neighborly interaction, like a pool, an urban farm (New York’s first!) communal kitchen, and even an apiary that has several beehives.
Check out the architecture, restaurant, on-site farm and grounds. Studio apartments start at $1760. For more info, go here.
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WOW’s social media guru Jake Thompson is out here in sunny San Diego for the annual #SDCC2016. Here are his favorite looks from Day 2 of the convention. Lots of Pokemon, Marvel, and above all SICKENING costumes were seen, gagged over, and still processing today. There’s one day left of the convention, so grab a wig, your girlfriends, and get out there!
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