Archive for December, 2011
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 [With the loss of my precious mother on Christmas, I'm obviously not in the mood to celebrate, except her life. But I don't want to impose my misery on you guys, so I'm re-printing my New Year's Eve suggestions from t
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NOTICE
SAD NOTICE On Christmas Day, Karen's precious little mother, May Rose Salkin, the most adorable woman who ever lived, passed away. Karen's beside herself with grief and has to take a little bit of time off. She'll publish a tribute to her
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HOLIDAY: HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2011
HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2011 Mr. X and I are spending the second Christmas in New York with my little mother, so we're warm and cozy here. And grateful. I hope all of you are, too. We're also getting to do a family Chanukah for the first time
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MOVIE REVIEW: LIKE CRAZY
LIKE CRAZY This love story is interesting enough, but fraught with pain. I'm sure very many people will relate to the story, in one way or another, if not nearly exactly, and I think there's something comforting in the pain to see it on
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LIST: FORMER DANCING WITH THE STARS CONTESTANTS WITH WHOM I WAS UNFAMILIAR
FORMER DANCING WITH THE STARS CONTESTANTS WITH WHOM I WAS MOSTLY UNFAMILIAR This list is similar to yesterday's list of former Dancing With The Stars contestants whom I had never even heard of before their appearances on the show. I find
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LIST: PEOPLE I NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE DANCING WITH THE STARS
PEOPLE I NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE DANCING WITH THE STARS I really have no idea what made me think of this list to begin with, but once I started musing about the many supposed “stars” who've appeared on this show in that guise, my mind ke
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CELEB SIGHTINGS: CELEB SIGHTINGS 13
CELEB SIGHTINGS 13 I'll be spending the rest of the year in New York with my little mother, (and Mr. X, too, of course!,) so this is my last Celeb Sightings column of the year. I promise to bring you all the ones from December at the begi
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MOVIE REVIEW: ALBERT NOBBS
ALBERT NOBBS Albert Nobbs is weird and slow. But Glenn Close may just deserve an Oscar nod for her performance. This film is like something from the mind of Ryan Murphy. For those of you not in the know, he's the creator-producer of G
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MOVIE REVIEW: YOUNG ADULT
YOUNG ADULT Young Adult premieres in Los Angeles tomorrow, so I figure I'll get a jump on the reviews now, if I can save even one person the price of admission. I feel that films at this time of year should be upbeat and fun, not slow and
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EVENT: DIVINE DESIGN GALA
DIVINE DESIGN GALA This was one event that could be truly called an "event!" There were several parts to the evening, and the entire shebang was looser than the rest of the big charity dinners I've been to, which was a pleasure. I'm abs
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