Published Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The house on Lily Pond Lane as seen in the documentary “Grey Gardens”
A historic house on Lily Pond Lane in East Hampton was destroyed by fire at midday on Saturday, February 9th.
Built in 1905 for Edward T. Cockcroft, the hose was designed by Harrie T. Lindberg and garnered much attention, appearing on the cover of House and Garden. “According to “Hampton’s Heritage: An Illustrated Architectural Record,” Lindberg designed four houses on Lily Pond Lane using a roof technique that became his trademark.
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Published Thursday, February 21st, 2008
In the March 2008 issue of Vogue, Drew Barrymore says she found the role of a lifetime portraying ‚Äö?Ñ??Little Edie‚Äö?Ñ?? Bouvier Beale in HBO’s upcoming production, “Grey Gardens”.
‚Äö?Ñ??Something about learning you can live without everything changes you. All my life, I‚Äö?Ñ?¥ve been waiting and waiting to become a woman, but I always felt like a little girl.
Edie did too, but I think she might have been the thing that made me finally become a woman. I thought for sure it would be a relationship with another human being, a love. Little did I know, it would be a posthumous relationship with… Edith Beale.‚Äö?Ñ??
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Published Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Miramax and Pathe are set to adapt the 1920s novel “Cheri” by French author Colette.
The story is set in 1920s Paris and follows the young son of a wealthy courtesan who is educated in the ways of love by a middle-aged friend of the man’s mother. When he is forced to give up the six-year relationship after marrying someone else, the young man can’t forget her and retreats into a fantasy world.
The movie is scheduled to start filming this April in France under the direction of Stephen Frears. Christopher Hampton wrote the script and Michelle Pfeiffer is negotiating to star, the three previously worked together on “Dangerous Liasons”.
Source: China Daily
Published Friday, February 8th, 2008
Entertainment Weekly reports that “Seinfeld” and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” writer, Larry David, has been cast as the lead in Woody Allen’s next, as-yet-untitled feature, which is scheduled to shoot in New York City this spring.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but David, who bares a resemblance to Allen, will star alongside Evan Rachel Wood (”Across the Universe”).
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Published Friday, February 8th, 2008
Topless Robot has a hysterical look at The 10 Star Wars Toys that Unintentionally Look Like Other Celebrities.
Published Thursday, February 7th, 2008
“For a long time Brendan Dawes’ saulbass.net was probably the most popular online destination for devotees of the great designer and film title director, Saul Bass. The website was lost when Dawes did what many of us do: neglected to renew the domain. Fortunately, it’s back again in most of its former glory at saulbass.tv.”
Source: Typographica
