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LBB
07/08/09

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Anyone who's interested in film history and the badass women of early Hollywood needs to read Without Lying Down... the book focuses on screenwriter Frances Marion, who wrote many of Mary Pickford's films.
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RubyStanwyck
07/08/09

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I adore Pickford for her intelligence, incredible business savvy, and her wonderful acting. Her life was so incredible and should seriously be made into a film. It's so tragic that alcoholism controlled her life in her later years.

If anyone's interested in her, be sure to read her autobiography, Sunshine and Shadow!

I'm still upset that Pickfair was demolished. :(
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brendastarlet is on it
07/08/09

@RubyStanwyck: who could play Mary? Hillary Swank? Naomi Watts?
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DexterHaven
07/08/09

@RubyStanwyck: The amazing thing about her was that she made over 230 films! She also wrote, directed and produced. Incredible.
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otherginger
07/08/09

@brendastarlet is on it: Someone who could play little girl roles at 28, 33, 36....

Maybe Watts. NOT Swank.
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RubyStanwyck
07/08/09

@otherginger:

Yeah, I'm trying to think of an actress that fits that "woman-child" thing Pickford had going, but totally drawing a blank.
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LBB
07/08/09

@RubyStanwyck: Drew Barrymore?
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brendastarlet is on it
07/08/09

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She founded the Motion Picture Relief Fund, which in turn founded the Motion Picture Home. Without Mary Pickford, many retired actors, grips, stagehands, etc., would have a dismal end to their lives. Hail, Mary!
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hortense
07/08/09

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Oh, that is the best!

I wish more people appreciated silent films. They are ridiculously beautiful.
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brendastarlet is on it
07/08/09

@hortense: Flesh and the Devil, with Greta Garbo and John Gilbert. Very, very sexy.
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NellMood
07/08/09

@hortense: One of those old movie channels, TCM or AMC, used to have Silent Movie Sundays every week starting at midnight. I used to stay up when I was in high school and watch them. I love that whole era of Hollywood, Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish and Clara Bow.
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Caitfish
07/08/09

@NellMood: TCM! They just stopped doing that like two months ago or something. I was really upset when I noticed they decided to stop doing it for some reason.
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KiddyKat
07/08/09

@NellMood: I totally used to do that too! I think TCM still has those. I hope they do, alas, I cannot afford the channel.
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LBB
07/08/09

@Caitfish: They stopped??? No fair! I used to watch those all the time, especially anything with Louise Brooks or Joan Crawford.
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NellMood
07/08/09

@KiddyKat: @LBB: I am so happy to know that other people were up watching those movies at 2am, too!
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Lumbercath
07/08/09

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I love that America's Sweetheart was actually Canadian born.

I wrote an essay on her in history class in grade 10!
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CrankyOldBroad
07/08/09

@Lumbercath: A Toronto gal! She was a true powerhouse.
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ObtuseIntolerant
12/16/08

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Go Lily Allen!

Outgrowing your friends is hard...and it sounds lonely...but when you become more comfortable with yourself, it is harder to feel lonely.
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STICKSnSCONES
12/16/08

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Pete Wentz I live in the Boogie Down and I am pretty sure that if the Bronx knew you, it wouldn't like you. So enough already.

You gave your kid a stupid name- stop trying to justify it!
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morninggloria
12/16/08

@STICKSnSCONES: HA
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Majrhoulihan
12/16/08

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OH NOES! Colombo!
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morninggloria
12/16/08

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Good thing Naomi and Liev named their new son Samuel Kai, because if they would have named him Cobra Kai they probably would have had some problems with the little guy karate chopping all over the place.
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heykoukla
12/16/08

@morninggloria: And boy would he show NO MERCY!!!
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theruraljuror
12/16/08

In reply to Britney On Hunger Strike?
Man, if I was rich, I'd have leftovers all the time. EVERYTHING is better the day after. I'd have my chef make food, hold it for a day, then reheat it upon meal time. For serious.
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million.dollar.mouth.
12/16/08

@theruraljuror: WORD. Especially chilli, and soups and stews. Oh, yeah, and homemade pasta sause. Mmmmm.....
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tscheese
12/16/08

@sammyboombaladdy: OMG. Soups, stews, curries, etc are ALWAYS better the next day. The veggies get even tenderer and all the flavors mingle in more and oh nom nom nom nom.
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BabyJane
12/16/08

@theruraljuror: Food is almost always better the next day ESPECIALLY when eaten for breakfast.
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hellosunshine
12/16/08

@theruraljuror: I made a ridiculously good casserole last night, and I'm so excited because now I have leftovers this week!
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happymisanthrope
12/16/08

@BabyJane: especially cold pizza... now, excuse me but i have to order from pizza hut just so i can have breakfast for the week.
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BabyJane
12/16/08

@happymisanthrope: My husband ordered a pizza last night so I actually have 4 slices in the fridge! Guess which room I'm going to right now? If you answered the kitchen you would be correct!
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theruraljuror
12/16/08

@hellodarling!: mmm casserole.

i'm partial to mac and cheese leftover. and pizza.
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Plum-Pie
12/16/08

@theruraljuror: @sammyboombaladdy: @tscheese: I'm having friends round for dinner tonight - they're getting chicken and chorizo stew with roasted peppers, smoked paprika and chili flakes, tomatos, onionsandgarlic, potatos, carrots, butternut squash. I made it yesterday.

The NY Times told me to squeeze lemon juice on cold leftover pizza for picnic food. I say, too good to save for a fine day.
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TriedandTrue
12/16/08

In reply to Britney On Hunger Strike?
Pete Wentz just cemented his D-Bag status for me with that last quote.
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BeAgrestic
12/16/08

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I really wish Reese would do a dark comedy a la Freeway or even Election. I'm tried of seeing her in (mostly) cutesy/tearjerker roles.
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Plum-Pie
12/16/08

@BeAgrestic: Mama Flick is one of the greatest evil movie mothers ever.
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tscheese
12/16/08

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Dear J-Lo:

Making a movie about your uterus and its contents will not make me care about it more.

No love,
-tscheese
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georgina
12/16/08

@tscheese: And wasn't that story line already more or less done on Will & Grace?
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DangerMouse
12/16/08

@georgina: YES.
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BabyJane
12/16/08

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I think Britney is on a hunger strike because her father ran out of sprinkle-cheese for the cheese grits.

*Thanks Joel McHale
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royaume de coeur
12/16/08

@BabyJane: Wasn't Jamie Spears a personal chef for someone on a reality show, too? I wanna say it was one of the surgeons on Dr. 90210. FAIL.
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BabyJane
12/16/08

@royaume de coeur: I think he had a restaurant and then he was a private chef and then he quit to care for Britney. I don't know who he worked for though.
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BeAgrestic
12/16/08

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Oh Britney. Sigh...

I hope that she's able to surround herself with people that will help her learn the tools she needs to cope with whatever it is she has going on.

She's acting like a angsty teenager, not that this behavior is anything new. I know that her family is supporting her, but it doesn't look like she has any room to grow or evolve.
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