Displaying items 49-60 of 260
» View baltimoresun.com items only
< Previous
•
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-22
•
Next >
-
Review: 'Dropped Names' by Frank Langella dishes on fellow actors
Dropped Names Famous Men and Women As I Knew Them Frank Langella Harper: 356 pp., $25.99 Frank Langella's "Dropped Names" is a different kind of memoir. Rather than recapping his life story, the veteran stage and screen actor offers a series of...
Tags: Dinah Shore, Lee Strasberg, Roddy McDowall, Bette Davis, Celebrities
-
Remarkable people, remarkable meetings in 'Hello Goodbye Hello'
Liz Smith"When Arthur Miller shook my hand I could only think that this was the hand that once cupped the breasts of Marilyn Monroe," says Barry Humphries, the comic Dame Edna. SIT BACK, reader, especially if you're a curiosity seeker, minor historian, and...Tags: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rudyard Kipling, Barry Humphries, Peggy Lee, Prada
-
PASSINGS: Martin Pakledinaz, Marvin Traub, Leon Schlumpf, Robert Reno
Martin Pakledinaz Tony-winning costume designer Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz, 58, who was one of Broadway's most sought-after costume designers, died Sunday at his New York City home after a long battle with cancer, said Patrick Herold, his...
Tags: New York City, Periodicals, Opera (genre), Swiss Confederation, Tony Awards
-
Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies
In a world more to his liking, Gore Vidalmight have been president, or even king. He had an aristocrat's bearing — tall, handsome and composed — and an authoritative baritone ideal for summoning an aide or courtier. But Vidal made his...
Tags: Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Ceremonies, Christopher Hitchens, Dick Cavett
-
Perspective: Gore Vidal, connoisseur of empires
Los Angeles TimesIn March 2003, as U.S. forces were pouring into Iraq, I interviewed Gore Vidal at his elegant home in the Hollywood Hills. The conflict's opening days hadn't gone quite as smoothly as some Pentagon planners had anticipated, and Vidal, a self-described...Tags: The Pentagon, Separation of Church and State, Literature, Ethics, Gore Vidal
-
Marilyn Monroe's Star Shines Bright 50 Years After Her Death (PHOTOS)
Americans idolize their movie stars. They're a part of our pop culture. But few have earned the distinction of being timeless icons...like Marilyn Monroe.
She died exactly 50 years ago -- August 5th 1962 -- but she remains very much alive in the minds...Tags: STYLE (magazine), Marilyn Monroe, Celebrities, Arts, Photography
-
Getting the timing right for Capri, Italy
"Don't go there," a well-traveled friend said when I mentioned my plans to visit Capri, a sunny island off southern Italy. Why? "You're not going to want to come home," he said.
I laughed. My friend, a know-it-all author, loves to give advice. I didn't...Tags: Ford, Graham Greene, Marriage, Landforms, Italy
-
Warhol 'Double Elvis' goes for $37 million
CNNThe Andy Warhol classic painting "Double Elvis (Ferus Type)" sold Wednesday at Sotheby's in New York for more than $37 million, the auction house said. With commission, the sale price of $33 million totaled $37,042,500, short of the $50 million that...Tags: Auction Service, Mark Rothko, Arts, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Accomplishments
-
C. David Heymann dies at 67; controversial bestselling biographer
C. David Heymann, a bestselling biographer whose titillating accounts of famous lives often were criticized as inaccurate or dishonest, including a book on heiress Barbara Hutton that was recalled because of factual disputes, has died. He was 67.
Heymann...Tags: Robert Lowell, New York City, Farrah Fawcett, Book, Elizabeth Taylor
-
Test Kitchen tips: Testing baking soda and powder for freshness
Daily DishBaking soda and baking powder are only as good as their freshness when it comes to baking in the kitchen. Used to leaven everything from cakes and biscuits to doughnuts and waffles, they're the ingredients that help a dough rise as it bakes.... -
JFK Hearse Fetches $160,000 at Auction
CNNNEW YORK -- A Cadillac hearse that carried the body of President John F. Kennedy to Air Force One following his assassination in Dallas was sold at a Scottsdale, Ariz., auction for $160,000. The car was sold at Barrett-Jackson auction company's annual...Tags: Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Companies and Corporations, Assassinations, Auction Service, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
-
Author uncovers the mystery behind her books
Her career as a CBS desk assistant and obituary writer, the estate sales of items belonging to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Princess Diana, and the 1992 presidential campaign have all served as inspirations for books written by bestselling mystery...Tags: Literature, CBS Corp., Mary Anderson, Weddings, Weddings
Jun 3, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jul 19, 2012
|Story| Tribune Media Services
Jul 13, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Aug 1, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Aug 5, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Aug 3, 2012
|Story| WPIX-LTV
Feb 19, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 10, 2012
|Story| CNN
May 14, 2012
|Story| Los Angeles Times
May 8, 2012
| Los Angeles Times
Jan 21, 2012
|Story| KTLA-LTV
Jan 31, 2012
|Story| Burbank Leader
Original site for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis topic gallery.
