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Little Edie Beale's Diary To Be Published

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:30:00 EDT

This is huge news for Grey Gardens fans: the nephew of Little Edie Beale is publishing her 1929 diary—in which the then 11-year-old wrote a detailed entry every day—titled I Only Mark the Hours that Shine. More »

"Grey Gardens: Paintings By Lois Wright Of East Hampton"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Lois Wright lived with the Beales at Grey Gardens in 1975 (and appears briefly in the documentary). Last night I attended the opening of her exhibit of paintings based on her time there. More »

LOL Grey Gardens

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:00:00 EDT

Last week, The New York Times posted a slide show of the interior of Grey Gardens, photographed in 1979, just after it was sold. We've captioned them with Edie-isms, LOL style. More »

Grey Gardens Behind The Scenes: Edie's Grandkids Talk About The Beale Family

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EDT

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In these behind-the-scenes clips, writer/director Michael Sucsy discusses his extensive research (which included reading Little Edie's journals), and the Beales' descendants fondly remember the Edies. More on costume and production design, after the jump. More »

Grey Gardens, The Movie Fashions: The Best Costumes For The Day

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EDT

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Little Edie Beale was famous for her creativity with scarves, bathing suits, and skirts. (Today's LA Times says if she were alive today she'd be a stylist.) Check out how faithfully HBO recreated her looks. More »

More On HBO's Grey Gardens: "The Hallmark Of Aristocracy Is Responsibility"

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EDT

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HBO's Grey Gardens — premiering April 18 — satisfies the hunger fans have for more on the Beale women better than pâté, ice cream and hotplate-boiled corn. We know, cause we got a copy. More »

Extended Grey Gardens Trailer

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:40:00 EDT

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This trailer gives us a full two-minute glimpse at the forthcoming HBO movie, which will delve into the Beales' money problems, Edie's jealousy over Jackie O, and Easthampton's raid on the estate. More »

It's official—Drew Barrymore and Jessica...

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:30:00 EDT

It's official—Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange will play Little Edie and Big Edie Beale in an HBO adaptation of the our fave documentary Grey Gardens. We're not sure how Drew could possibly live up to Christine Ebersole's insanely pitch-perfect portrayal of Little Edie in the Broadway production, but we're excited to see the costumes of the day. [Reuters] More »

Marc Jacobs Channels 'Grey Gardens'? We Beg To Differ

Tracie Egan Morrissey — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:00:00 EDT

Marc Jacobs showed his collection last night, and word on the street is that it's very Grey Gardens. We weren't allowed to attend, because we're bloggers. (We're not joking—that's what other bloggers told us by way of explanation for our exclusion.) Anyway, as soon as we heard that Spring 2008 was shaping up to be Grey, we figured that we'd be the judges of that, considering we're experts on everything Beale. Frankly, we don't really see it, other than the use of a lace cape. First of all, the models have hair, and nobody wore head scarves, and most importantly, there were no upside down skirts. But still, when we saw the looks we couldn't help but review the clothes in "Edie speak". Click on our Edie-annotated gallery, below.

[Images via AP]