#Carol Grace

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Mikey and Nicky (1976) Elaine May

January 6th 2023

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MIKEY AND NICKY:

A frustrated man

Tries to protect friend from mob

Night with a train wreck

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20 luglio … ricordiamo …

20 luglio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2021: Françoise Arnoul, nata Françoise Annette Marie Mathilde Gautsch, attrice francese. Figlia dell’attrice di teatro Janine Henry. Sposò Georges Cravennee e, dopo il divorzio, il regista e scrittore francese Bernard Paul. (n. 1931) 2019: Ilaria Occhini, è stata un’attrice e imprenditrice italiana. (n. 1934) 2017: Claude Rich, attore francese. Sposò l’attrice Catherine Renaudin. La coppia ebbe…

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Raise a glass to Sean Persaud!

Happy Birthday, Sean!!! Thank you for creating delightful stories and for being a wonderful human! Here's to a year full of exciting opportunities!

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Carole Lombard, her ex-husband William Powell (shortly after their divorce), and guest of honor singer Grace Moore (known as the "Tennessee Songbird") at a Hollywood Party in October 1933.

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Happy birthday, Shipwrecked.

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Cate Blanchett in Carol (2015)

Grace Kelly prepares Christmas presents on the floor of her bedroom, 1960s

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N°2 for the book asks

Thanks for the ask kind anon and sorry for taking forever to answer! (this one was not easy!)

Top 5 books of all time?

In no particular order:

1. Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

Set in an interesting historical period (Canada in the 1800s) + partially based on real events + focuses on women's issues + from a female perspective + includes complex, morally grey characters + unreliable narrator trope + criminal (sub)plot + weird historical psychoanalysis & psychiatry + some really great writing. Need I say more?

(Also the show is actually really good as well, if you don't feel like reading the book!)

2. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

I mean, it's a classic for a reason. Gay yearning. Corruption. Murder. Beautiful descriptive prose. But hey, this is Tumblr, so I feel like I'm preaching to the choir here.

(Still need to get my hands on the uncensored version at some point!)

3. The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

I've reread this one more times than I can count. Duffy draws on the classics (mostly Greek mythology, but also fairy tale characters and even Faust) but reimagines them through a more contemporary, as well as female perspective. That could go wrong really easily, but this book in fact does a stellar job in my opinion.

Just read Eurydice, my favourite (I don't think I've ever felt quite as represented by a poem before). Or Medusa. Or Pygmalion's Bride.

Or, you know, and poem that is not Mrs. Tiresias - I like to pretend that one is not there.

4. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

Very much my teenage obsession. It's a gripping read written from the point of view of a teenage criminal that speaks in a strange mix of English and Russian that is at first barely coherent. It's raw, it's brutal, but it also asks some very interesting questions about the nature of morality and free will in a way that does not feel forced.

Oh, and the movie's great as well. Possibly the best soundtrack of all time. So good and so problematic that it's been banned in the UK until the 2000s.

5. The Great Cat Massacre (and Other Episodes in French Cultural History) by Robert Darnton

A collection of essays focusing on the microhistory of 18th century France? It's a real mystery why I like it so much, huh.

It's actually a bit insane how much I owe to this book. It arguably helped to spark my Rousseau and Diderot (and, in general, enlightenment era) obsession. I also sneakily reapplied Darnton's argument to justify my thesis (it's totally necessary to study 18th-century mental health approaches, give me all the funds now, please! /s).

Darnton is not only a hilarious author, but you also get a sense that he truly cares about the people he writes about. If you get your hands on it, I recommend reading chapter 4 (includes police description of the key enlightenment figures, like V, Rousseau, and Diderot!) or chapter 6 (the Rousseau stan culture analysis).

Maybe skip the titular chapter, especially if you are fond of cats. I'm afraid the name is, in this case, quite literal.

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Grace Kelly (Lisa Carol Fremont) in a green suit created by Edith Head for the film "Rear Window" directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1954.

Grace Kelly ( Lisa Carol Fremont) en tailleur vert créé par Edith Head pour le film "Fenêtre sur cour" réalisé par Alfred Hitchcock en 1954.

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Carol braids.

That's the post.

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A L I E N S but make it fashion

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EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES (1993)

Director: Gus Van Sant Cinematography: John J. Campbell & Eric Alan Edwards

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Raise a glass to Sinéad Persaud!

Happy Birthday, Sinéad!!! I hope you have a fabulous day and year. Thank you for sharing your brilliant, clever, creative stories with the world. Here's to another year of TV writing and Shipwrecked projects and dreams coming true 🥂

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An original gouache and ink on paper costume sketch by Edith Head from the production of Alfred Hitchcock's classic film Rear Window (Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions, 1964), depicting Grace Kelly as Lisa Fremont wearing an ivory peignoir. In the film Lisa removes the peignoir from a Mark Cross traveling case and wears it to seduce L.B. Jefferies (James Stewart). Head has signed the piece to the bottom right in her hand. The paper has two rips to the top edge, left and right.