Marlene Dietrich

Did Men Invent Art to Become Women? Must Women Become Men to Make Great Art?

G. Roger Denson | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: XY Chromosome, Transvestism, Hermaphodism, Gender, Matriarchy, George Eliot, Homosocial Divide, Eleanor Antin, XX Chromosome, Feminism, Jenny Saville, George Sand, Collier Schorr, Marlene Dietrich, Venus Figurines, Adrian Piper, Frida Kahlo, Deborah Kass, Epiphany of Paternity, Transsexualism, Greta Garbo, Sherrie Levine, Hatshepsut, Trangender, Crossdressing, Arts News
G. Roger Denson

Imagine you are a man living amid the Paleolithic millennia. If you were seeking great rewards from beyond the mortal realm, would you mutilate yourself, or submit to an order of mutilation, to become as much a woman as would be possible to you?

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The Myth of the Deadly Diva

George Heymont | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Marlene Dietrich, Il Fuoco, Film, Got Milk?, Pina Menichelli, The Woman Men Yearn For, Stephen Horne, Jill Tracy, Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, California Milk Processor Board, Giovanni Pastrone, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

From biblical temptresses to blood-sucking vampires, from the sirens of Greek mythology (whose seductive singing lured many a sailor to his death) to the succubi who appear in men's dreams, women have been portrayed as man-hungry predators throughout the history of literature.

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Happy 110th Birthday Marlene Dietrich!

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.27.2011

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Those eyebrows. Those cheekbones. That Marlene Dietrich. It's the screen goddess' 110th birthday, and to celebrate, we've put together some of the ...

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Twilight, and the Return of Women's Blockbuster Films

Govindini Murty | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Titanic, Women's Films, Gone With the Wind, Twilight, Mirror Mirror, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Hunger Games, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, Snow White and the Huntsman, Joan Crawford, Morocco, Mildred Pierce, Marlene Dietrich, Jezebel, Greta Garbo, Queen Christina, Bette Davis, The Thatcher Years, The-Thatcher-Years, Entertainment News
Govindini Murty

Hollywood is finally making an effort to give women and their stories the blockbuster treatment. In doing so, the film industry is hearkening back to what was once a strength of classic Hollywood: the blockbuster women's film.

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WATCH: Dior's New Ad Stars Charlize Theron and Late Hollywood Icons

The Huffington Post | Marielle Bingham | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, John Galliano, Video, Grace Kelly, J'adore Commercial, Charlize Theron, Dior, Marlene Dietrich, Style News

While many have fled from Chrisitan Dior in the past few months, Charlize Theron has stuck by the French company's side. As its longtime spokesmodel, ...

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When the World Was Small and Man Knew His Place in It: This Artweek.LA (May 30 - June 5)

Bill Bush | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Fred Stonehouse, Marlene Dietrich, The New York Dolls, Gary Baseman, Tom Wudl, John Lennon, Adonna Khare, L.A. Art Scene, Fayette Hauser, ARTWALK Culver City, Lady GaGa, Bette Midler, Elton John, Truman Capote, David Bowie, La Around Town, Arts News
Bill Bush

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Creative Cultural Cross Referencing (How to Link Stephen Sondheim to the Original Siamese Twins)

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, Scott Barry Kaufman, Peter Glazer, Bob Merrill, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Conjoined Twins, E. L. Doctorow, Fanny Brice, Stephen Sondheim, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Phd, Anna May Wong: In Her Own Words, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Jule Styne, Nick Arnstein, Flower Drum Song, Erika Chong Shuch, Gentleman Farmers, The Boys in the Band, Douglas Fairbanks, Chang and Eng Bunker, Philip Kan Gotanda, Yunah Hong, Side Show, Together (Wherever We Go), Edna Ferber, The Good Earth, UC Berkeley, Show Boat, Pearl Buck, Catch a Falling Star, Daisy and Violet Hilton, Marlene Dietrich, I Dream of Chang and Eng, Anna May Wong, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, Ragtime, Mart Crowley, The Thief of Baghdad, The Toll of the Sea, Funny Girl, Piccadilly, Rags, Film, Arts News
George Heymont

Let's look at two recent events, play a little cultural mashup, and examine the results.

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Gay Icons and American Dreams in New Documentary: Making the Boys

Penelope Andrew | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natalie Wood, Michael Cunninghan, William Friedkin, Edward Albee, Terrence McNally, Mart Crowley, Paul Rudnick, Robert Wagner, Stonewall Riots, Judy Garland, Crayton Robey, Dominick Dunne, Peter White, Laurence Luckinbill, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Roddy McDowall, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Marlene Dietrich, Tony Kushner, Entertainment News
Penelope Andrew

Crayton Robey's ambitious new documentary Making the Boys, about The Boys in the Band, chronicles the life, times and resonance of a cultural phenomenon.

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PHOTOS: Screen Siren And True Style Icon Marlene Dietrich

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Let's Bring Back, Style News, Marlene Dietrich, Fashion History, Style, Lesley M. M. Blume, Icons of Style Series, Fashion, Slidefullscreen, Celebrity Style, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Marlene Dietrich is one of my personal heroines. The epitome of Old Hollywood glamour, Dietrich also exuded sex appeal - and yet never veered into crassness. Mystery and subtext were Dietrich's forms of currency; today's bare-all stars could take a lesson or two from her.

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Heidi Klum Poses As Marlene Dietrich, Talks Eyebrows (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Video, Heidi Klum, Marlene Dietrich, Style News

Heidi Klum covers City's September issue channeling Marlene Dietrich, the famous German-American actress and singer. Klum had no trouble taking on the...

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Classic "Under the Radar" Gangster Movies

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gloria Grahame, John Dillinger, Stanley Kubrick, Glenn Ford, Edward G. Robinson, Sterling Hayden, Martin Scorsese, Pulp Fiction, Best Movies by Farr, Marlene Dietrich, Alan Ladd, Jules Dassin, Dick Powell, Underworld, Bonnie and Clyde, Elia Kazan, Fritz Lang, Al Capone, Humphrey Bogart, American Film Institute, James Cagney, Lee Marvin, Veronica Lake, Best Movies on DVD, Mafia, Claire Trevor, Goodfellas Movie, Raymond Chandler, Thirteen/WNET, John Huston, Francis Ford Coppola, Criiterion Collection, Rififi, The Godfather, Angie Dickinson, Quentin Tarantino, Josef Von Sternberg, Richard Widmark, John Garfield, Gangster Movies, Entertainment News
John Farr

2010-08-16-underworld.jpg Crime has not just been good to the criminals; it's been awfully good to Hollywood as well.

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Let's Bring Back: 10 Comeback-Worthy Looks From The Met's 'American Woman' Exhibit (PHOTOS)

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Let's Bring Back, Style News, Vogue, Metropolitan Museum, Style, Costume Institute Gala, Lesley M. M. Blume, Fashion, American Women, Nostalgia, Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Fashion History, Rita Lydig, Greta Garbo, Slidepollajax, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Today New York City's Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute will open its new exhibit, "American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity." Gazing at the glamorous finery of eras past, as usual I found myself wishing back certain flourishes and trappings, from hand-held fans to white gloves to turbans.

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Dining, Superbly, to Save St. Vincent de Paul Church

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benefits, Marie Antoinette, Landmarks, Queens, Brooklyn, French, Pierre Toussaint, Annet Lafont, Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf, Elizabeth Stribling, Catholic Church, St. Vincent De Paul Church, Religion, Olga Staz, French Heritage, French Counsel General Philippe Lalliot, Odile De Schiétère-Longchampt, Dinner, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

More than two centuries after Queen Marie Antoinette's sad demise, the French remain ingenious dispensers of the most regal hospitality. Tuesday night was a case in point.

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Your Boyfriend's New Shirt=Your New Shirt(SLIDESHOW)

Daphne Duquesne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Girlfriends' Guide, Kate Moss, Goldie Hawn, Katherine Hepburn, Brown University, Jack Robie, Boyfriend, Fashion, Shirts, Marlene Dietrich, Audrey Hepburn, Menswear, Slidepollajax, Style News
Daphne Duquesne

What does it mean when a menswear line launches, explicitly courting women into wearing their shirts?

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Glee's Message of Tolerance is Laudable: But it Works Both Ways

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Relationships, Morocco, Football, Civil Rights, Gary Cooper, Jane Lynch, Ram Productions International, Fox, Parenting, Marlene Dietrich, Happiness, Education, Cory Monteith, Gay Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Glee Club, Satire, Sex, Michael Russnow, Fox News, Fashion, Gay Marriage, Glee, Family, Chris Colfer, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Now back from my 5-week trip mostly abroad, I've been catching up and just watched "Theatricality," the latest episode of Glee on Fox. I'm a huge fan...

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Dancing Cheek To Cheek, Max Raabe's Palast Orchester Is Back In Town

Richard Z. Chesnoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Max Raabe, Dance Music, Germany, Entertainment, Entertainment News, Stern Auditorium, 1930s, Palast Orchester, Carnegie Hall, Marlene Dietrich, Noel Coward, Weimar Republic, New York News
Richard Z. Chesnoff

Ever fantasize you're in a smoke-filled Berlin cabaret in the pre-Hitler 1930s watching Marlene Dietrich smilingly seduce a very willing crowd?

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DVDs -- Rock N Roll Heaven

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Britcoms, Spongebob, Futurama, TV Shows, Simpsons, Marlene Dietrich, Movies, Dvds, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Nothing can replace being in the room, of course, but the 9 DVD set Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Museum Live takes some of the sting out of not being there.

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The Runways of Yesterday: 9 Designers Worth Revisiting

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, Madeleine Vionnet, CoCo Chanel, James Galanos, Marc Jacobs, Salvador Dali, Jean Harlow, Derek Lam, Oleg Cassini, Bob Mackie, Mary McFadden, Jackie Kennedy, Jason Wu, Chanel, Fashion Week, Lilly Dache, Calvin Klein, Marlene Dietrich, Donna Karen, Jean Cocteau, Style, Carmen Miranda, Thakoon, Lesley M. M. Blume, Josephine Baker, Paul Poiret, Greta Garbo, Elsa Schiaparelli, Fashion, Raco Rabanne, Nancy Reagan, New York Fashion Week, Diane Von Furstenberg, Joan Collins, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Fashion often looks to the past for inspiration. This fall, history is in great evidence: surrealist flourishes from the 1940s abound; shoulder pads and neons from 1980s saturate clothing lines at all levels.

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Shirt of Change

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Lawrence of Arabia, Moral Compass, Attention Must Be Paid, Oval Office, Gitmo, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Kate Hepburn, Barack Obama, Inherited Crises, Willie Loman, Wire Tapping, Habeas Corpus, Marlene Dietrich, Stem Cell Research, Fighting Terrorism, Shirtsleeves, Rosie the Riveter, Women?S Choice, Roll Up Your Sleeves, The Buck Stops Here, Green Economies, American Families, Hillary Clinton, Darth Vader, Fiscal Recovery, Scarlet O?Hara, Health Care, Global Warming, Torture, Fashion, Chaplin, Style News
Michael DeJong

Obama's brilliant photo of him in a crisp white shirt sans jacket will come to symbolize a new presidential power.

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10 Time-Hallowed, Recession-Proof Tips For Beautification

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Style, Cheap Beauty Tips, Recession Beauty Tips, Holly Golightly, Nan Kemper, CoCo Chanel, Economy, Diana Vreeland, Estee Lauder, Jackie O, Beauty Industry, Jackie Kennedy, Recession, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Luxury, Manolo Blahnik, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo, Fashion, Chanel No. 5, Shoes, Beauty, Healthy Living News
Lesley M. M. Blume

For many women, the cost of beautification has grown staggering. Each consecutive year ushers in a series of must-do rituals; every month the beauty ...

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Let's Bring Back...Part V

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Let's Bring Back, Robert Doisneau, Philip Treacy, Dita Von Teese, Jesus Christ, Diana Vreeland, Fashion, Louis Vuitton, Marlene Dietrich, Healthy Living News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Presenting: the latest installment of my Let's Bring Back series, which celebrates rituals, curiosities, and objects from times past. It is also a ...

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