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Dior Fashion and Beauty Ads
Eddie Pensier writes: A less outré selection than the YSL ads but still gorgeous.
Posted in Commercial art, Photography, Shopping, Women men and fashion
Tagged charlize theron, christian dior, dior, dovima, jude law, mila kunis, monica bellucci, Natalie Portman, suzy parker
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Amahl and the Night Visitors
Eddie Pensier writes: I hope all our readers had a merry Christmas. Gian Carlo Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors was the first opera composed especially for television. It was commissioned by NBC for a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation … Continue reading
Quote Du Jour
Eddie Pensier writes: When Theodora was still too immature to sleep with a man or to have intercourse like a woman, she acted as might a male prostitute to satisfy those dregs of humanity who remained some considerable time in … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Sex
Tagged ancient history, books, byzantium, exotic dancer, john julius norwich, prostitute, theodora
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Quote Du Jour
Eddie Pensier writes: If that were true, I’d wear it on my ass. — Biophysicist and fragrance writer Luca Turin, when asked about Gabrielle Chanel’s dictum that perfume should be worn “wherever one wants to be kissed”.* *It sounds ever … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, The Good Life, Uncategorized, Women men and fashion
Tagged coco chanel, Eddie Pensier, gabrielle chanel, Luca Turin, Perfumes and Scents
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Art Du Jour
Eddie Pensier writes: John Singer Sargent, Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth (1889), oil on canvas Related Blowhard, Esq. shared another enigmatic Sargent portrait in this Gilded Age image gallery. So did I, in my first post. Read about Terry and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Performers, Women men and fashion
Tagged Ellen Terry, Ellen Terry as Lady Macbeth, John Singer Sargent, Lady Macbeth
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Alcohol Abstainers Die Sooner
Eddie Pensier writes: In news that will be welcome to much of the UR crew, turns out that teetotalers don’t have much to live for. Controlling only for age and gender, compared to moderate drinkers, abstainers had a more than … Continue reading
Lesbian Pulp Fiction Novels
Eddie Pensier writes: Images from Retronaut, via Tex of the late WhackingDay.
Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Commercial art, Sex, Uncategorized, Women men and fashion
Tagged cheesecake, lesbians, Pulp, sex
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“My prime responsibility is to get out the way of the piece.”
Eddie Pensier writes: There are opera directors with decades of experience who fail to understand this essential truth articulated by first-timer Christoph Waltz. Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier, directed by the double-Oscar winner, is playing in Antwerp until 28 December, then moves … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Performers
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The Camera Loves…
Eddie Pensier writes: …Joan Fontaine (22 October 1917 − 15 December 2013) …Peter O’Toole (2 August 1932 – 14 December 2013)
Posted in Movies, Photography
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