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29 March 2012

Bill Cunningham, milliner, photographer

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Concerns Bill Cunningham New York the fashion documentary. [...]

29 March 2012

Vintage Hollywood photos of Bison Archives find a happy new home @ the Academy

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A glorious addition to the visual holdings of the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences comes from the purchase of 70,000 print photographs from the private collection of Marc Wanamaker of Bison Archives. [...]

26 March 2012

Jean-Paul Gaultier “Snow White’ costumes recycle Cher’s thong from 1989

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As fashion … and bad taste … cycle round, so does Gaultier’s costume in Preljocaj’s “Snow White” remind of us of something we have seen before. [...]

26 March 2012

Julie Andrews granted “Gypsy” award by Professional Dancers Society

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An amazing line up of talent turned out to honor Julie Andrews at the Professional Dancers Society 25th anniversary gala luncheon. [...]

22 March 2012

Parent organization, Pickford Foundation, de-funds Mary Pickford Institute

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An unfortunate internecine squabble has the Mary Pickford Foundation defunding an Institute that does much to promote the creative and philanthropic mission of the pioneering female filmmaker. [...]

22 March 2012

Faded Los Angeles beauty to get a facelift: Lasky-DeMille Barn

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We all reach the day when we need a beauty treatment. Luckily, Paramount Pictures is heeding the call of the old girl herself, the Lasky DeMille Barn. [...]

17 March 2012

A horse is a good clean animal, says Betty Grable

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Stylish, grown up, funny, dirty, great. That’s Jack Cole’s work with Betty Grable, this time in “Meet Me After the Show” (1951). [...]

5 March 2012

“L.A. RAW” film night

A film night in tandem with a much-lauded show of Pacific Standard Time. [...]

29 February 2012

Remembering Marilyn

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Concern two recent screenings of film about Marilyn Monroe, presented in the year marking the 50th anniversary of her tragic death. [...]

26 February 2012

A masterpiece of dance on film: Jack Cole’s “Happy Ending”

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Jack Cole had it going on in so much of his work, but never more so than in “Happy Endings” from ON THE RIVIERA. [...]