Aretha Franklin wasn’t just a soul singer. Aretha’s soulful pursuits extended well beyond the stage and recording studio. Spirituals weren’t just songs to Aretha – spiritual discipline was a
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First Lady Barbara Bush…Mad Respect!
Barbara Bush would not put up with your shit. Or mine. That’s why we love her. Along with Abigail Adams, she is the wife of one President and the
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Cynthia Heimel: So Much More Than “Sex Tips”
Like a lot of women who became women in the 1980s, Cynthia Heimel’s Sex Tips for Girls was my bible. It wasn’t my guide to having sex, but it
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Bring Back the Dame!
Check it out! I couldn’t have put it better than E.A. Hanks in her piece in Time Magazine — Enough With the Kooky Ingenues — Bring Back the Dame!
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Guest Post: Ava Gardner and Me
By Guest blogger Deborah Ingles Schwalbach Met Deb, 65-years-old and still getting all hot and bothered (but mostly hot) when she discovers a classic film she haven’t seen before.
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I Was Totally Wrong About Teresa Wright!
I always thought Teresa Wright was talented and sweet, but kind of an ineffectual limp noodle. She plays the good girl well, and I guess that was my problem.
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Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel (The Most Interesting Star You’ve Never Heard Of )
What would you do if you had to choose between becoming a famous movie star or traveling the world with the love of your life? When she was just
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Mary Astor and Her Dirty Diary
I learned about blow jobs from Charlie Chaplin. (Yes, that Charlie Chaplin.) I was about 12 and with my babysitting earnings I bought the book Hollywood Babylon. As a
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Sippie Wallace: A Mighty Tight Woman
According to F. Scott Fitzgerald, “there are no second acts in American lives.” Clearly, F. didn’t know f—, and he certainly didn’t know 1920s Blues singer and writer, “Sippie”
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The Scandalous Suicide of Hollywood’s Carole Landis
Carole Landis is known primarily as the bosomy blonde movie star who offed herself over Rex Harrison. Of all the schmucks who’ve driven ladies to leap, the idea of
