LIZ SMITH: "Unconditional Love" ...
A podium POV of two hundred people cheering "We love Nora!" Linda was cheering because two hundred people showed up on a night it was ten degrees out. Take THAT, Mother Nature!Ruben Studdard Gives...
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Lip-locked: Jon Peters and Barbra Streisand at the 1979 Golden Globes. Photo courtesy of BE Images.Whatever Happened to ... Jon Peters? (It's a Possibly Hair-Raising Story!) Monday, February 3, 2014by...
View ArticleLIZ SMITH: Remembering and Celebrating ...
Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman ... Celebrating Vanessa Redgrave. Tuesday, February 4, 2014by Liz Smith"MISTAKES are part of the dues one pays for a full life," said the star actress Sophia Loren....
View ArticleLIZ SMITH: In Her Own Words! ...
Marilyn — In Her Own Words! Sort Of. Charles Casillo's "The Marilyn Diaries" is Fascinating Fiction ... Liza Minnelli is A-OK ... Elaine Stritch Returns ... Gossip Gets A Lie Detector Test ......
View ArticleLIZ SMITH: “Food, glorious, food!”
AS They Sing in The Musical “Oliver” — “Food, glorious, food!” On these days of snow, sleet and wind, let’s think of something warm and delicious ... Thursday, February 6, 2014by Liz Smith“NEARLY...
View ArticleNo Holds Barred — Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
No Holds Barred — Don’t Get Around Much Anymore By Blair SabolI wouldn’t blame it on the recent Arctic Blast or the overall 2014 winter malaise or the flu epidemic or even the roller coaster nerve...
View ArticleLIZ SMITH: Delightful, Delicious, De-Lovely, Deluxe ...
Chuck Close Polaroids in Vanity Fair.Delightful, Delicious, De-Lovely, Deluxe— The Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue ... Oprah: I Want to Act, But Don't Make Me Kill Anybody! ... Justin Bieber — a Case for...
View ArticleFashion Week 2014: Day 1 and before
by Ellin SaltzmanSLUSH RUSH ICE NICE PRICEFashion Week: Day 1 and beforeCan it be contagious? Does being a member of NYSD creative team make you susceptible?My diagnosis — " torpor." I have felt so...
View ArticleLIZ SMITH: Awash With Emotion ...
Grace Jones performing at last week's Amfar New York Gala.Pussy Run Riot In NYC ... AmFAR Event Awash With Emotion — and With Bulgari! ... The Picasso Curtain Saved ... Justin Bieber's Bad Influence —...
View ArticleEllin's Fashion Week Diary, Day 2,3, & 4
Comic relief: A streaker at Prabal Guring.Ellin Saltzman's FASHION WEEK DIARY DAY 2, 3 & 4Day 2, but feeling like 5!!!Awakened to the sunshine and excited about some shows of designers I follow and...
View ArticleLIZ SMITH: In the Volcanic Mix ...
In the Volcanic Mix: Shia LaBeouf ... Harvey Weinstein ... Doris Day and — "Pompeii" Tuesday, February 11, 2014by Liz Smith“I AM not Famous Anymore!” Actor Shia LaBeouf wore a paper bag on his head...
View ArticleEllin's Fashion Week Diary, Day 5
Tina Fey, Graydon Carter, Anna Carter, and Reinaldo Herrera holding court at Carolina Herrera's Fall 2014 Collection.by Ellin SaltzmanMonday Morning. My morning started very happily as Uber arrived on...
View ArticleArchitects for Animals
The Time Machine for Kittens, created by Two One Two Design has open and closed resting areas, a scratch pad and angled outer edges for increased visibility.Architects for Animals by Delia von...
View ArticleLIZ SMITH: Bright Eyes ...
Shirley Temple in "Bright Eyes" (1934) where she sings her most famous song, "On the Goodship Lollipop."Carole Radziwill, The Merry (Eventually) Widow Novelizes Her Own Sad/Funny Experiences ......
View ArticleEllin's Fashion Week Diary, Day 5 con't & Day 6
Donna Karan and Louis Dell'Olio in the Anne Klein workroom in New York City. Photo: © Rose Hartman, 1979.by Ellin SaltzmanDONNA KARANIn the early 1970s I had left my ten wonderful years at Glamour...
View ArticlePASTE FOR THE AGES
Schreiner (circa 1960s), United States, from Fashion Jewelry: The Collection of Barbara Berger.PASTE FOR THE AGESby Tracey JacksonThere is a terrific museum in Columbus Circle called theThe Museum of...
View ArticleLIZ SMITH: I Want to Hold Your (Peter) Hand ...
The Beatles arrive in the United States for the first time, 7 February 1964.Literacy Partners Wants Peter Brown to Accept His "Lizzie." (Insult Me At Your Own Peril, Mr, Brown!) ... 2014 Is The Year of...
View ArticleEllin's Fashion Week Diary, Day 6 & 7
Michael Kors does it again.by Ellin SaltzmanTAHARI Elie Tahari gave a very nice wearable presentation in his big Fifth Avenue boutique. I confer to having a problem with presentations. It seems many...
View ArticleLiz Smith Remembers Halston
Halston out on the town with La Liz and Liza.LIZ Remembers Halston — His Genius, The Era, Those Divine Clothes. Friday, February 14, 2014by Liz Smith“YOU ARE only as good as the people you dress,” said...
View ArticleEllin's Fashion Week Diary, Day 7 & 8
Happy days are here again at MARC JACOBS Fall 2014 Collection.by Ellin Saltzman Morning of Day 8 (February 13). Big decisions to be made: the Ralph Lauren show is on Washington Street between Spring...
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