Showing posts with label Actress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Actress. Show all posts

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Decor: Drew Barrymore’s First-Ever Home Collection

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Actress Drew Barrymore certainly is a free spirit --- divorced 3 times already, what?!! 

Her stuff she designed for Walmart (Flower Home Collection) are nice, though. 

 So far, I've only bought the cute ceramic side-table in blue ombré  (also shown in the Walmart photo).  On my radar is her PINK sofa.

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Saturday, June 1, 2019

Actress Marilyn Monroe & Joe DiMaggio House Tour

Marilyn Monroe would have been 93 years old on June 1, 2019.  This gorgeous recently sold home ($2.7+ million) was once shared with husband no. 2,  baseball legend, Joe DiMaggio. It has 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.




This was the marilyn monroe and joe dimaggio honeymoon home in 1953! Reminiscent of the beautiful Amalfi Coast, this walled and gated Mediterranean home is located on one of the best streets in the Outpost Estates. Majestic deep canyon views from all rooms. The living room features vaulted wood-beamed ceilings and opens out to a huge terrace with breathtaking views; the perfect place for al fresco dining and entertaining! A remodeled kitchen and dining room flow seamlessly together. The romantic tower room has unlimited possibilities. Flat grassy yard with a picturesque grotto-like pool and spa overlooking the full canyon. You won't find a better value. - Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage











where is the tub faucet??
















Sunday, October 21, 2018

A Parisian Taxi Driver Remembers French Actress Catherine Deneuve

Happy Birthday (October 22) to actress, Catherine Deneuve!  

I remember Catherine Deneuve in my youth being touted as the most beautiful woman in the world (something about being blond and the perfect symmetry of her facial features). She was once the face of  Chanel No. 5 and caused sales to soar in the USA. Supposedly, her friends have even said that she is much more beautiful in person than her pictures can convey.  So, of course, while in Paris she was on my mind. She must have  driven around town, walked these streets, eaten at these bistros, mobbed by the crowds like the beautiful Helen of Troy would have been ...

On our way  to the train station, we were driven by a friendly French taxi driver. 
Our conversation:

Me: Do you ever see Ms Catherine Deneuve? What is she like in person?

Friendly Taxi Driver: *turns around and points to my spot by the taxi's window*
                       
She was once my passenger and sat where you're sitting  now. 

Me:  Was she very beautiful?

Friendly Taxi Driver: No.
 *shakes his head for emphasis*
Not nice.  
Not pretty on the inside. 



Though I had just met Mr Taxi Driver and was not prepared for his blunt answer, there was something about his choice of words, tone of voice, and demeanor that made him believable to me. 
Oh, Ms Deneuve -- what did you do or say to this man??!

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Monday, July 9, 2018

Actress Brigitte Nielsen & List of Moms Over 50 Years Old

Happy Birthday, 
Brigitte Nielsen! 

The Danish actress (born 15 July 1963and her hubby, Mattia Dessi, welcomed a baby girl in June 2018 and named her Frida. She was 54 at the time.  I do not need to delve into her long history of various lovers. That's water under the bridge.  Based on the little bit of update-info I read on her, I see a sober woman who wants to start anew.  I hope she does not blow the opportunity. I hope even more that God intervenes in her life.  And no, she is not too old to be a Mom.  At 54 y.o. she is almost 2 decades younger than the oldest mother who has ever conceived in modern history.


IG: realbrigittenielsen
In biblical history, there was a miraculous birth for an even older Mom; topped only two thousand years later by the truly phenomenal (virgin) birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. 


Sarah, Abraham's wife, was 90 years old!!!!!!
written by the prophet Isaiah approx. 700 years before the birth of Christ

See the List of the 7 Oldest Mothers in the world  H E R E

Read the story on Brigitte Nielsen H E R E




Is She Too Old For a Baby?


Brigitte Nielsen, actress


Sarah, Abraham's Half-sister




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Monday, May 21, 2018

Guy and Pip License Plate: Happy Birthday Nora Aunor!

I have a strong feeling that the car owner is from the Philippines.

"Guy" refers to actress Nora Aunor (birthday, May 21st) and "Pip" is actor Tirso Cruz III . They were a mega-popular couple back in the day.


Nora was a nobody -- born poor, but catapulted to fame & fortune thru her singing ability.  Tirso sang also; so handsome that every girl from Housemaid to Grandma had a crush on him.  If Nora the plain-looking girl could attract such a handsome prince,  there was hope for the rest of us common folk. Sort of reminds me of the  Meghan Markle and Prince Harry romance, LoL.



Filipino Love Team


Nora Aunor





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Saturday, August 5, 2017

Hollywood: Living in a Bubble, Part 1

There is no easy cure for the L.I.B. syndrome which ails certain Celebrities and Liberals.

Would it help if they knew the possible modern cause of L.I.B?  Maybe, but I think delusional living has been around since way before the 1970s ... since the beginning of time, actually. I myself can catch it easily, especially when I am in a proud, contemptuous mood.

 Pauline Kael Syndrome:
When President Nixon was reelected in a landslide in 1972, film critic Pauline Kael famously said in disbelief, "I live in a rather special world.  I only know one person who  voted for Nixon.  Where they are I don't know.  They're outside my ken.  But sometimes when I'm in a theater I can feel them."
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Her statement has come to symbolize the insulation of the liberal elite, living in a bubble and hearing only the opinions of fellow liberals.  It has become known as Pauline Kael Syndrome  and its most virulent strain has been discovered in the late 2016, complete with paranoid delusions of Russian hacking.

Liberals are so committed to their ideology that they confuse it with morality or religion.  It often takes the place of moral objectivity in their lives.  If you disagree with a liberal, it's not merely a disagreement; you are morally wrong and mean to do harm to the world.  Trump and his supporters represent not merely a different prescription for what ails the country, but a ghastly evil.  This childish view produces no coping skills, so liberals largely became unhinged in the wake of Trump's historic victory. 


(The Making of the President 2016 by Roger Stone).



link -- > Film Critic, Pauline Kael


link --> The Making of the President 2016: How Donald Trump Orchestrated a Revolution


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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Natalie Wood's Favorite Scent



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Lovely Natalia/Natasha Zakharenko, aka Natalie Wood the actress, drowned under mysterious circumstances in 1981.  That  was a sad November day for my sister and me as we were fans of the actress.  My younger sister even copied her hair-cut.  Our youngest daughter shares her birth day; and if I were to name the girl-crush of my teen years, it would have been the beautiful Ms Wood. 

Ms Wood's favorite perfume was Jungle Gardenia  by Tuvaché.  Her daughter,  Natasha Gregson-Wagner, had fond childhood memories of her mom wearing it often; and has recently honored her thru creating a new fragrance called Natalie.  Her mom's favorite scent, gardenia  was combined with hers, orange blossom Ms Gregson-Wagner has described it as  "a nice, happy smell."  I bought a sample before fully committing. I was running low on my Jo Malone collection; and I did not want to completely run-out of  Eau Des Merveilles by Hermes (I consider it a precious farewell gift from my now-living-in-Europe son). 















Not bad. It's a thumbs-up from me and hubby. It reminds us of the land of our birth. Gardenias were a common garden plant and a familiar aroma in our country.  I need to know other people's thought, though. I am especially interested in its staying-power. I will begin its official use tomorrow, and see how it goes during morning church services.









Shop  Natalie fragrance HERE