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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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Leslie Combemale is One Animated Cinema Siren!
Imagine that you grew up loving movies and art—and the artists who made them; And as an adult you wanted to hang out with all the cool people who
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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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Ann Sheridan: The “Oomph Girl”
Look, one doesn’t get called the “Oomph Girl” for nothing. Ann Sheridan was fairly busting with oomph. Lots of classic Hollywood stars are cast as the tough but tender
