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I am reminded of this when reading the obits of Yves St. Laurent, who died this past week.
About fifteen years ago as part of co-authoring Marvin Traub's memoirs, I accompanied on his last visit to the Paris collections as head of Bloomingdale's. At one event, a cocktail party, I found myself talking to a very nice, very well put-together and ageless seeming older woman who was, in fact, Yves St; Laurent's mother. She had a sparkle to her and it was clear that she was a force in her son's life. She was the first one he showed his drawings and designs to, the first he designed dresses for... and I noted in the obituaries that she survives him.
I did not watch the globes last night – Instead I was
riveted by the first installment of “Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles”
– If I were THE
As for the Globes, although we all know that the Hollywood Foreign Press association is actually less than 100 journalists – I always bought into the big party idea – Actors from film and TV in the same room, getting looped on cocktails and saying things they might not say at other awards show – that is until that was seized upon by the forces of marketing – a forced/fake ploy ”Watch out – anything can happen!"
But the reason for my soft spot for the Globes is that the night my daughter was born, the waiting area outside the delivery room featured a TV that was playing the Globes. There was a very disparate group assembled there (there’s a whole other story there, but I’ll save that for another time) but the Globes provided us with fodder for conversation – a common ground – to discuss and relate to. Everyone, including the nurses at the desk, embraced the show as a distraction, as a celebration at a time of celebration… and so the very notion of The Golden Globes brings a smile to my face.
This year,
however, I will miss my favorite part of the Globes – seeing how fast the
fashion worn by the (female) winners makes into the window of
BY THE WAY – WHY IS IT…. British and Australian actors and actresses have no trouble ditching their accents to play Americans (the afore-mentioned Ms. Headey, as well as Hugh Laurie, Rachel Griffiths, Frances O’Connor) but Americans….can only seem to adopt a British accent as an affectation (Madonna).
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