Celebrity Culture

"In the winter of 1965, writer Gay Talese arrived in Los Angeles with an assignment from Esquire to profile Frank Sinatra. The legendary singer was approaching fifty, under the weather, out of sorts, and unwilling to be interviewed. So Talese remained in L.A., hoping Sinatra might recover and reconsider, and he began talking to many of the people around Sinatra — his friends, his associates, his family, his countless hangers-on — and observing the man himself wherever he could. The result, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold,” ran in April 1966 and became one of the most celebrated magazine stories ever published, a pioneering example of what came to be called New Journalism — a work of rigorously faithful fact enlivened with the kind of vivid storytelling that had previously been reserved for fiction. The piece conjures a deeply rich portrait of one of the era’s most guarded figures and tells a larger story about entertainment, celebrity, and America itself. Here are a few choice excerpts from the original Esquire story–" <333 - Live4Emma (L4S)

"From South Africa (Clint Eastwood) to Santa Monica (Governor Schwarzenegger) to Jack Nicholson's house (um, Jack Nicholson), Empire trotted the globe to deliver you 27 of the planet's biggest stars, recreating iconic performances from two decades in film, for a unique 20th birthday celebration..." <333 - Live4Emma (L4S)

forever mel gibson - burcudandin

still painful. - Caroline

Carole Lombard is awesome. - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

damn.... <333 - Live4Emma (L4S)

robbie... - Emel Senkul

me either cecily...pretty intense stuff - Live4Emma (L4S)

A boy's proud moment in history... - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

Fawcett, her smile lights up a room, but Tiegs was easy on the eyes - RAPatton from iPhone

"Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don’t have any.” - Jane Russell, here posing for The Outlaw’s (1943, dir. Howard Hughes) poster art - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

“I’d marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me and guarantee that he’d be dead within a year.” - Bette Davis - Bluesun 2600 from Bookmarklet

:D <333 - Live4Emma (L4S)

:D <333 - Emma

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i think for Jazz especially, it works...think dark club...spotlight on the artist...perfect! seems easy enough...pitch black room and spotlight or single light source, no? - Live4Emma (L4S)

"What do you think about health care? Would you take the public option? Have you ever heard me play guitar? I'm really fucking good. You know what I'm bad at? Answering questions about public health care. This is not in my wheelhouse. Do you have any questions about music? I almost got a mad need to lighten up. You need to lighten up, because the questions you asked me were all troublemaking questions. If someone gave me the Nobel Peace Prize, and I didn't deserve it, I would just shut my mouth and enjoy the hell out of it." - Brad Williamson from Bookmarklet