George Christy Talks About Glenn Close, Sunset Boulevard, Gloria Swanson and...
Download PDF Birds of a feather flock together, and they are flocking to Broadway. With the death of enticing and challenging film roles, above-the-title Hollywood talents of a certain age are exiting...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Vanity Fair, Cleavage City, Conde Nast, The Oscars...
Download PDF Couture designs come and go, but cleavage is forever. Always at full gallop. Every year, Cleavage City takes over the Oscar madness, as it did Sunday at our Oscarcast in the Dolby...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Meryl Streep, Chanel, Joan Crawford, Feud and more
Download PDF Such a shame. That Meryl Streep, among our leading actresses, and Karl Lagerfeld, a Paris couturier for the ages, are at odds. They got off on the wrong footings, when Meryl could –...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Tom Ford, Betsy Bloomingdale, The Big Easy and more
Download PDF Dear Tom, you have a good thing going. Tom Ford, the designer, director and architect, dropped $38.75 million for the Betsy and Alfred Bloomingdale 3.5 acre estate on Delfern Drive in...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Bette Midler, Hello Dolly, Wally’s Wines, Tom Ford...
Download PDF Bette Midler’s Hello, Dolly has raked in more than $35 million at the box office for producer Scott Rudin’s revival for this forever-flush goldmine. Composed by Jerry Herman and written...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About The Odyssey Ball, Harper’s Bazaar, Paris Jackson...
Download PDF How tall is he, we wondered, and Tess Csiszar, a special event planner at Saint John’s, replied, “Six feet seven inches tall.” We were talking about honoree Dr. Steven O’Day, a resident...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Ginny Mancini, David Bohnett, Steve Wallace, Chez...
Download PDF “The Night of the Thousand Mancinis,” quipped our irrepressible wit George Schlatter. Paraphrasing the 1930s MGM catch phrase of being the studio with “a hundred stars.” George and...
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Paris Jackson, along with Teri Polo and Sherri Saum, were on hand to enjoy the 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards – honoring members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Kathleen Turner, Shera and Peter Falk, Baseball...
Download PDF “Baseball’s a gentleman’s sport … without any violence, as there is in football,” says Erin O’Connor. massage therapist and Little League coach, whose book Song of the Little League...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Ann and Jim Gianopulos, Easter Fete, Greek...
Download PDF Neighbor Maria Shriver arrived with family. Joining, as they did, the Greek-Americans during the annual Sunday afternoon fete celebrating Easter with Ann and Jim Gianopulos in the...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Hello, Dolly, Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand,...
Download PDF The Dolly Divas. And ho, ho, ho, they are a celebated bunch. Two weeks ago at The Shubert Theater in New York, Bette Midler opened in the Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical, Hello,...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Wolfgang Puck, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Spago,...
Download PDF Wolfgang, O Wolfgang, you are the Pied Piper who introduced Los Angeles to fine and adventurous dining when you and your innovative designer wife, Barbara Lazaroff, opened Spago above the...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Nancy Davis, Race To Erase MS, MTV Movie Awards...
Download PDF Every month of May finds the blossoming jacaranda trees purpling the landscape of Los Angeles. And every month of May, Nancy Davis hosts her Race to Erase MS galas, which, over these...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About S.T.A.G.E., Il Pastaio, Elgart Asher, A Romantic...
Download PDF Thirty years is a lo-o-o-ng day’s night. Troopers that they are, Beverly Hills real estate investors, Elgart Asher and Paul Swerdlove (also known as Paolo) haven’t missed an annual...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About SHARE, Glorya Kaufman, Joanna Carson and more
Download PDF Joanna … Joanna … Joanna Carson! The beautiful and beloved. Bicoastal, too. Commuting between her mansionette in Bel-Air and “the oasis” with its sweeping aerial views of Central Park at...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Arnold Kopelson, Dr. Peter Kopelson, Dermatology...
Download PDF Dr. Peter Kopelson’s roommates are three West Highland terriers and a rescue Boxer mix. He prides himself on his 1920s Spanish Colonial hacienda in West Hollywood with its garden of...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Barry Avrich, Blurred Lines: Inside The Art World,...
Download PDF Sages say we should learn something new every day to build our knowledge bank and to keep the mind fresh and active. As we did one night this week when we were informed about “chandelier...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Canada, The Toronto International Film Festival,...
Download PDF On July 1, Canada celebrates its 150th year of independence from the U.K. And during the mid-1960s, Canada fell into our lap, where its remained forever to our delight. The flight was...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Debbie Reynolds, Brad Krevoy, Spiderman and more
Download PDF Call it, if you will, computer chicanery. In our BHC column last weekend about Canada’s 150th anniversary on July 1 celebrating its independence from the U.K., we discussed our 30 years...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About The Loire Valley in France, Carole and Bill Haber,...
Download PDF Midsummer. Paris. Several hours south, by train, awaits the verdant Loire Valley with its favorable year-’round climate. Cherry orchards. Vegetable gardens growing prized artichokes...
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