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Monday, September 14, 2009
Nutty Moonman Drama at the VMAs
Kanye West got nutty at last night's MTV Music Video Awards. Taylor Swift was accepting her "Moonman" award for best female music video when Kanye grabbed the mic to deliver this semi-smackdown:
Yo Taylor. I'm, I'm really happy for you, I'm a let you finish... but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!Followed by Kanye handing back the microphone, Swift looking confused, and reaction shots of Beyoncé and the audience with "What? Was that staged?" looks on their faces.
(If only John Wayne had done the same thing to, say, Audrey Hepburn at the 1953 Academy Awards. "Little lady, I'm happy for yuh. But Ava Gardner in Mogambo was one of the great performances of all time. Of all time!")
Later, in a nice dramatic touch, Beyoncé invited Swift onstage to finish her speech, and they shared a hug, to wild applause.
Which is why the MTV Awards seem like more fun than the Academy Awards these days. Didn't nutty things used to happen at the Oscars, too?
Labels: Audrey Hepburn, Ava Gardner, John Wayne, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, The Oscars, The Video Music Awards
Posted by Mr. Holznagel at 6:57 AM 
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Rare Audrey Hepburn Stamp Sold
In Germany somebody paid $93,800 for a rare postage stamp that shows Audrey Hepburn with a cigarette holder in her mouth.The stamp was printed in 2001 by Germany, but Hepburn's son objected to the image of her smoking and didn't give his permission so the stamps were destroyed. Most of them, anyway. They say an employee scampered off with some and used them as regular postage stamps. Since 2004 five of the stamps have been found.
You can see the stamp in this exceedingly dull video from the Associated Press:
Better yet, go here for the story, and while you're there look at the slide show of other crazy prices paid for a variety of things, from gems and art to cars and corn flakes (well, one corn flake, anyway, in the shape of Illinois).
Labels: Audrey Hepburn
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Happy 80th Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.
Born on this day in 1929.Others born in 1929: Four-minute-miler Roger Bannister, jazz man Bill Evans, and actress Audrey Hepburn.
Distinguished company. But even in that crowd, MLK stands out.
Labels: Audrey Hepburn, Bill Evans, Martin Luther King, Roger Bannister
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