John Farr | Posted 04.01.2012
As we kick off Oscar month tomorrow, we also honor the birthday of Clark Gable, who picked up a statuette at the seventh Academy Awards ceremony in 1935.
Posted 01.19.2012
Let's hope Rick Santorum doesn't have any wire hangers in his closet. YouTube user HollywoodStew has resurrected the ghost of Hollywood legend Joa...
Govindini Murty | Posted 02.19.2012
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.
Marshall Fine | Posted 12.07.2011
Dirty Girl barely elicits a chuckle and, indeed, provokes groans with its obvious use of '80s artifacts.
Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.20.2011
Before undergoing this increasingly common masculine procedure, which women get all the time, I had, indeed, only one eyebrow.
HuffingtonPost.com | Naughty But Nice Rob | Posted 11.14.2011
Broadway, hide your wire coat hangers. Joan Crawford's daughter, Christina Crawford, is developing a one-woman show where she not only plans to reveal...
dnainfo.com | Posted 09.12.2011
MANHATTAN -- Before they were stars, Grace Kelly, Joan Crawford, Liza Minnelli, Candace Bergen and many others seeking fame in New York lived at the B...
Telegraph | Viv Groskop | Posted 07.13.2011
When Rona Jaffe's fast-paced, sassy tale of New York girls' office life, The Best of Everything, came out in 1958, it was an instant bestseller. Jaffe...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011
Todd Haynes has spent his filmmaking career working far outside the mainstream -- yet he seems surprised when a reporter refers to his new miniseries, HBO's Mildred Pierce, as surprisingly conventional for him.
Steve Lake | Posted 05.25.2011
Between 1936 and 2010, Best Actress winners were 63 percent more likely to get divorced than non-winners.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
To paraphrase a famous quote: "Hilary -- I've seen you act, and I've seen Faye Dunaway act, and Miss Duff -- you're no Faye Dunaway." This truth is of course self-evident if you watch Faye in her prime.
Donald Spoto | Posted 05.25.2011
"The biographer is obliged to tell the truth--even when it means saying something good about someone." This is not always a popular position to stake.
Mary Hall | Posted 05.25.2011
Pictured: The designer, Sue Wong at her Los Angeles Spring 2011 show. (Photo: M. Hall) You really can't say that LA Fashion Week is really L...
Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011
Love Ranch is neither a nostalgic look back at a simpler time nor a modern take on emerging or changing sexual standards. Instead, it's just another tawdry soap opera, tarted up with bigger names.
Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011
Napoleon Perdis | Posted 05.25.2011
Thin is not in -- at least when it comes to eyebrows. At the recent round of shows, makeup artists on both sides of the Atlantic showcased the most resplendent brows we've seen for decades.
Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011
Korean director Joon-ho Bong may have created the ultimate image of matriarchal generosity for his new movie, Mother. Determined to prove her mentally...
Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011
GLSEN is battling cold-blooded hate of children against children -- and it is rampant. Time and time again, that hate is against children who are perceived as homosexual.
Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011
"Vanity Fair Portraits" is the first major exhibition to unite the magazine's historic archive of rare vintage prints with its contemporary photographs.
Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011
I know we buy petroleum from a terrorist nation or two, but must Americans give this guy our dollar?
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
Who was the bigger star -- Bette Davis or Joan Crawford? Maybe reviewing some highlights of their respective careers can help resolve this thorny question.
Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011
Kate Winslet is standing on Joan Crawford's padded shoulders when she turns in the performance of a lifetime in the gritty, raw Revolutionary Road.
John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011
Over the years, movies built on strong female characters have consistently entertained and inspired us. Instinctively, we root for these characters as we do for all non-conformists.
Tom Gregory | Posted 05.25.2011
MGM held a movie magazine contest to rename their "next big thing." The winning entry: Joan Crawford. I hope Obama keeps this in mind before he considers putting "Obama Bayh" on bumper stickers.
Tom Falco | Posted 04.04.2012