But in the meantime he had fun. Tons of French aristocratic frou frou fun. Marie Antoinette and the whole gang at court were nuts for him with his BRAINS and his CRAZY FUR HAT.Maria Kalman sketches the genius of Benjamin Franklin.
We had our two cars in an empty lot in East Palo Alto where they were both broken. Neither of them ran anymore but we were living in them. Hunter had these big tins of crushed pineapple that he’d gotten from the Army, like five or six big tins, and I had this glove compartment full of plastic spoons, and we had this little cooperative scene eating this crushed pineapple day after day and sleeping in the cars and walking around.
Our series continues. From late 2008: Paris Hilton and Bongo the Monkey.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip shelter from the rain as they arrive at the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace last Tuesday.What a great shot. A day in the life.
Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., Sergeant James Crowley, and President Barack Obama clink beer glasses at the start of their meeting in the White House rose garden on 30 July 2009.
How popular was crooner Bing Crosby in his day?
Amy Adams‘s special gift is that she can smile like this and still look just swell. Adams was arriving at Monday night’s LA premiere of Julie and Julia. Her co-star …..
Elizabeth Short, the ill-fated “Black Dahlia,” would have been 85 today. She was only 22 when she died in January of 1947 — the same month that Al Capone passed out.
Given the normal image of Babe Ruth as a hard-drinking, skirt-chasing home run machine — and given that he played major league baseball from ages 19 through 40 — this …..
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis would have turned 80 years old today. She was born on 28 July 1929, and was only 64 when she died in May of 1994. (By comparision, actress Dakota Fanning was born in 1994.)We’ve just added new photos of Mrs. Kennedy for the birthday — including this swell 1963 shot with the family dogs.
Reese Witherspoon at the London premiere of Monsters vs. Aliens in March of this year. More Witherspoon photos here.(Credit: Zibi / WENN)
Analyzing the beer selection for this week’s Obama-Crowley-Gates drinking session.
“I feel great,” she said. “It was a smooth transition of power as it should be, and a good advancement for the state.”Sarah Palin, on her Sunday resignation as governor of Alaska.
2 billion copies sold worldwide.Affairs, betrayal, and heartbreak.Novels translated into 105 languages.A bizarre 11-day disappearance in 1926 that has never been explained.So reads the breathless back cover of Duchess of Death, the nifty new biography of Agatha Christie by Richard Hack.
I have entered the New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest almost weekly virtually since it began, and have never even been a finalist. Mark Twain advised: “Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you.
Yes. Yes, she is.I am reminded, and it’s a stretch, of Judy Garland, whose real name was Frances E. Gumm. (Supposedly George Jessel suggested the name change.)Well, Mr. Gummer looks like a good egg. Dude is a sculptor.(Image from the 2004 Academy Awards courtesy of WENN.)
“Kourtney is 5’0″ and Kimberly is 5’2″, and I’m 5’10”. So, when I stand next to them everybody thinks I’m like 6’5″. They think I’m this big girl. When people meet me that’s the first thing they say, ‘Oh, you’re skinny. You’re just normal.” They meet Kourtney and Kim and they’re like, ‘You guys are midgets.'”
So let me be clear: This isn’t about me. I have great health insurance, and so does every member of Congress.President Barack Obama, talking about health care reform on Wednesday night. Full transcript here.
Gidget, the Taco Bell chihuahua, has died.
This slide show from Vanity Fair is fun — photos by Mary Ellen Mark from behind the scenes of famous movie people. The photos include shots of stars like Jack Nicholson, Katharine Hepburn and (young) Sean Penn.