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Natalie Wood: Autopsy Shocker

Posted in Natalie Wood, PEOPLE, STAGE & SCREEN, tagged biographies of actresses, biographies of actresses who died, biographies of women, Natalie Wood autopsy report, Natalie Wood drowning, natalie wood's death, pictures of natalie wood, suspicious deaths on January 16, 2013| 3 Comments »

From the Daily Beast: FOUL PLAY? Wood Autopsy Hints at Assault “A year after the LAPD reopened the 1981 drowning case of Natalie Wood, a new autopsy report suggests the late actress may have been assaulted before she plunged into the Pacific Ocean. The coroner has amended Wood’s cause of death from accidental drowning to […]

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Natalie Wood: Screams in the Night

Posted in Natalie Wood, PEOPLE, STAGE & SCREEN, tagged biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Natalie Wood, natalie wood's death, Natalie Wood's drowning, pictures of natalie wood, pictures of Natalie Wood's boat, Robert Wagner, suspicious death, the Splendour on November 20, 2011| 5 Comments »

According to a witness whose account has never been disclosed, Hollywood star Natalie Wood was screaming for help as she drowned in 1981. Retired stockbroker Marilyn Wayne said she tried to report the star’s ‘last desperate cries for help’ but was ignored. Los Angeles police last week said ‘substantial new evidence’ has led them to […]

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Natalie Wood: Death Case Reopened

Posted in Natalie Wood, PEOPLE, STAGE & SCREEN, tagged biographies of actresses, biographies of women, hollywood mystery, Natalie Wood, natalie wood investigation, natalie wood's death, Natalie Wood's drowning, pictures of natalie wood, pictures of Natalie Wood's boat, Robert Wagner, suspicious death on November 18, 2011| 14 Comments »

How did actress Natalie Wood, famous for her star turn in Rebel Without a Cause and West Side Story, end up drowning off Santa Catalina Island, California, in 1981 while boating with actor husband Robert Wagner and costar Christopher Walker? Though officially ruled an accident at the time, the circumstances that led to her death and the […]

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Star Child: Natalie Wood

Posted in Natalie Wood, PEOPLE, STAGE & SCREEN, tagged biographies of actresses, biographies of women, Claudette Colbert, Hollywood, Irving Pichel, Macy's, Miracle on 34th Street, Natalie Wood, Orson Welles, Robert Redford, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Tomorrow is Forever on January 7, 2011| 11 Comments »

“Ever since I was knee high,” Natalie Wood would say later, “I was waiting for my break.” Natalie’s mother – whom she called “Mud” – had convinced Natalie that the only thing that mattered in life was to be a great actress. Mud had moved her family to Hollywood for the sole purpose of getting Natalie (1938-1981) into pictures. By […]

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Who’s So Vain….Warren, Mick, Kris, or Yusuf?

Posted in Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, Mick Jagger, MUSIC & DANCE, Natalie Wood, PEOPLE, Warren Beatty, tagged Anticipation, biographies of women, biographies of women singers, Carly Simon, Cat Stevens, James Taylor, Kris Kristofferson, mick jagger, Natalie Wood, Splendor in the Grass, Warren Beatty, You're so Vain, You're so Vain and Warren Beatty on January 6, 2011| 12 Comments »

Carly Simon in 1973 In 1973, American singer Carly Simon scored the biggest global hit of her career with the release of “You’re So Vain.” That year, the song hit #1 on the U.S. Pop and Adult Contemporary charts and sold over a million copies in the United States alone. “You’re So Vain” is ranked at seventy-two on Billboard’s […]

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Sinatra: Pants on Fire!

Posted in Frank Sinatra, John F. Kennedy, Kennedys, the, Pat and Peter Lawford, PEOPLE, tagged Beverly Hills, biographies of singers, Frank Sinatra's temper, Gary Cooper, Hollywood history, John F. Kennedy, Natalie Wood, Palm Springs, Pat Kennedy Lawford, Peter Lawford, Robert Wagner, Romanoff's, Santa Monica, sinatra by al hirschfeld, Sinatra's Rancho Mirage Compound on December 2, 2009| 3 Comments »

It was New Year’s Eve, 1958, and Peter and Pat Kennedy Lawford were celebrating at a private party at Romanoff’s in Beverly Hills, a popular spot with Hollywood stars. The Lawfords sat at the most prestigious table in the room with Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood, and Robert Wagner. Pat was dazzled by Sinatra’s charm and basked […]

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Edith Head: The Dress Doctor is In

Posted in ART, PHOTOGRAPHY, FASHION, & DESIGN, Audrey Hepburn, Claudette Colbert, Edith Head, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly, Paul Newman, PEOPLE, Robert Redford, STAGE & SCREEN, tagged Academy Award winners, Alfred Hitchcock movies, Anne Baxter, Audrey Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck, biographies of women, biographies of women artists, biographies of women designers, Bob Mackie, Cecil b. DeMille, Chouinard Art School, Claudette Colbert, costume design, Dorothy Lamour, Edith Head, edith head costume design, Elizabeth Taylor, Famous Players-Lasky Studio, Gloria Swanson, Grace Kelly, Hedy Lamarr, Hollywood, Hollywood School for Girls, Howard Greer, Hubert de Givenchy, little black dress, Mae West, Mary Martin, Motion Picture Industry, movie Sabrina, movie The Sting, Paramount Pictures, Paul Newman, Raoul Walsh, Robert Redford, Show business, the golden age of Hollywood, The Golden Bed, The Wanderer, Veronica Lake, wardrobe design on June 11, 2014| 6 Comments »

It was summer vacation of 1924 and Edith Head, 27, wanted a new job. She was tired of making peanuts – $1500 a year – teaching French and art at the Hollywood School for Girls. She did have a husband but he was a heavy drinker. If Edith wanted to improve her quality of life, it was up to her […]

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