Today is the 113th birthday of Thelma Ritter. She is one of the actors that will make me want to watch the movie if she is
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Happy Birthday Jackson Pollock
Today is the 103rd birthday of Jackson Pollock. Some of his art pushes some people’s definitions of art because they do not see it as
Happy Birthday Andreas Feininger
Today is the 108th birthday of the photographer Andreas Feininger. His photography of New York City makes the viewer fall in love with the buildings
Happy Birthday Henry Miller
Today is the 123rd birthday of the author Henry Miller. I first was introduced to him through Arthur Miller, they were practically next to each
Happy Birthday Oscar Niemeyer
Today is the 107th birthday of Oscar Niemeyer, perhaps the last of the real modernist architects. His buildings look like film sets of what mid-century designers
Happy Birthday Louis Prima
Today is the 103rd birthday of Louis Prima. NAME: Louis Prima OCCUPATION: Actor, Trumpet Player, Singer, Songwriter BIRTH DATE: December 7, 1911 DEATH DATE: August
‘Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel’ by David Rakoff
I wish I could buy everyone David Rakoff‘s latest (and sadly last) book: Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel. Those of you familiar
Happy Birthday David Rakoff
Today is David Rakoff‘s 50th birthday. He is quite possibly the wittiest writer we have seen this century. The 2oth century had Dorothy Parker and
Happy Birthday Nora Ephron
Today is the 73rd birthday of the undeniably brilliant Nora Ephron. Here list of things she will and won’t miss after she dies is heartbreaking,
Hapy Birthday Jasper Johns
Tomorrow is the 84th birthday of the the best American Abstract Expressionist artist alive, maybe the best American Abstract Expressionist artist, maybe the best Abstract
Happy Birthday Cesar Romero
Today is the 107th birthday of Cesar Romero. There is a scene in “The Thin Man” where he (who’s character is Chris Jorgensen, I guess
Jasper Johns – Style Icon
NAME: Jasper Johns OCCUPATION: Painter, Sculptor BIRTH DATE: May 15, 1930 (Age: 82) PLACE OF BIRTH: Augusta, Georgia ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus Best Known For: Jasper
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