As far as I’m concerned, the only thing more camp than Faye Dunaway’s performance in Mommie Dearest is James Lipton and Faye Dunaway on Inside the Actors Studio discussing Faye Dunaway’s performance in Mommie Dearest, without irony:
Today’s Fabulous Image in Cinema: Karen Black in Day of the Locust
July 13, 2010
I’m not saying that we need a remake of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, and that’s because you really can’t improve upon Robert Aldrich’s masterpiece of high camp horror. That said, I would like the above image be exhibit A in that–if there were to be a What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? remake–John Schlesinger should helm it, and he should cast Karen Black in the role of Baby Jane AND Blanche Hudson. Sure, you might expect me to push for everyone’s favorite hard-boiled-egg enthusiast to reprise one of the roles (either would do, really), but is there a band devoted to the voluptuous horror of Faye Dunaway, or even just some slightly curvaceous creepiness? No, I didn’t think so.
And as usual, don’t hesitate to click to enlarge and appreciate the (garish) fabulousness of it all.
[Update: In an embarrassing oversight brought to light in the comments, John Schlesinger sadly passed away in 2003. Looks like a certain fantasy project just went from improbable to impossible.]
Damnit, Gossip Girl! How Did You Know That Hilary Duff’s My Kryptonite?
July 1, 2009
Really, for no fathomable reason whatsoever, I’ve loved Hilary Duff ever since the summer I worked at Media Play and this video played on loop ALL DAMN THE TIME:
Is that a rhetorical question? I don’t have the answer to such an existential question, Duff Duff! Perhaps I’m crippled by a constant fear of stepping out of my comfort zone and encountering failure? Maybe I just prefer color yellow over gold? Really, I can’t say! HELP ME UNDERSTAND!!!
Anyways, much to my utter (and utterly gay) delight, it’s being reported that Hilary Duff’ll be joining Gossip Girl this fall:
Duff, 21, will play a movie star named Olivia Burke who enrolls at NYU in search of a traditional, out-of-the-spotlight college experience. She will be roommates with Vanessa (played by Jessica Szohr).
Duff will first appear on the hit CW show during next season’s fourth episode, scheduled to air Oct. 5.
I can’t wait for this! Really, this news is absolutely fabulous in so many different ways. It means that Vanessa and her terribly styled “hipster” look will finally stop being relegated to selling us Dove soap during commercial breaks, which is nice because I really like her as a character even though the show never seems to know what the hell to do with her (except for disappearing to sell soap).
This also means that Vanessa’s holier-than-thou-‘cos-I’m-from-Brooklyn attitude is now going to have a head on collision with a bona fide celebrity. I smell GG catfight! We’re going to see her turn up her knows so high that we’ll be able to count her boogers, but then of course Vanessa and the Duffster will become besties two scenes after their conflict is established because the narrative slow-burn is an art completely lost on the Gossip Girl writers. Whatever.
Mostly, though, there’s something greater and infinitely more important that this news means, and do you want to know what it is?