Tidbits

This ‘n‘ that…
Can you believe that Michael Jackson is 50 years old?!! Hello?!!  FIFTY? Damn Sam, when did I get this old?!!!!  I remember watching him as a little kid with his brothers! aggggggg!
(I thought the below photo was a good one considering that I just joined the RIP Challenge that is to read creepy [...]

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Silent to Talkies

The Movies, Mr Griffith and Me by Lillian Gish

Amazon:
By today’s standards, Lillian Gish’s performances in silent film seem mannered–but during the 1910s and 1920s they were nothing short of revolutionary, for unlike most actors of the era Gish was determined to perform in as natural a manner as possible. In doing so, she literally pioneered [...]

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It’s RIP Time Once Again!

Silly me… I knew the RIP Challenge held by Carl would begin soon.  I figured ..next month, so I began one more book (The Movies, D W Griffith and Me by Lillian Gish) also figuring I’d have finished reading it before RIP began.
Well, true to form (for me) I have NOT finished my book [...]

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Book 2 Does Not Disappoint

The Magician (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott.

Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (June 24, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0385733585
Amazon, Product Description
After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenell is still locked [...]

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What’s It Like to Make a Movie?

Making Movies by Sidney Lumet

Paperback: 218 pages
Publisher: Vintage (March 19, 1996)
ISBN-10: 0679756604
Amazon.com
It’s well known that a vast number of people work on any given movie in roles as varied as writing scripts, choosing locations, dressing sets, costuming the players, lighting scenes, manipulating the camera, directing actors, editing film, working on sound, advertising the finished [...]

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The End of a Trilogy

In the Coils of the Snake by Clare B Dunkle

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks (December 26, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0805081100
From School Library Journal
In the final volume in the trilogy, the action moves to the next generation. Marak, the goblin king, is dying, and his son, Marak Catspaw, is taking over the throne. [...]

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Update

Aside from book reviews (which have been pretty pathetic) I have been pretty quiet lately… and there’s a reason for that.
For most, who don’t know, my brother has been back in the hospital for 3 weeks now.  He went in with cellulitis (which he seems to go in for about once a year).  Then he [...]

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Who the Hell’s In It?

Who The Hell’s In It: Conversations with Hollywood’s Legendary Actors by Peter Bogdanovich.
A name that doesn’t exactly roll off your lips… He’s a man who acted in some 32 movies, wrote 10 screen plays and directed 30 movies, among them, The Last Picture Show 1971, What’s up Doc? 1972, and Nickelodeon 1976. 
So why did I [...]

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Close Kin

Close Kin by Clare B Dunkle

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks (December 26, 2006)
ISBN-10: 0805081097
From School Library Journal
Years have passed since the events of The Hollow Kingdom (Holt, 2003), and Kate is happily married to the Goblin King, Marak. As a human who has always thought of goblins as exciting and [...]

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Thank You Turner Classic Movies

Just the other day I mentioned to David a little fact that there was a commercial on television, that had Jimmy Durante singing “Make Someone Happy” (voice only, no visual) …. I was wondering if anyone besides the older generation even knew who Jimmy Durante was.
    For anyone even remotely interested, this is Jimmy Durante.  AKA: [...]

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