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Post by Farrar on Jun 15, 2023 15:04:13 GMT -5
RIP to literary editorial giant Robert Gottlieb. Who is that, you might ask? Just the man who convinced Simon & Schuster to publish an eccentric novel, by an ex-pilot, named Joseph Heller, called Catch-22 (after changing it from Catch-18, to avoid confusion with Leon Uris' recently published Mila-18. It was a mild success, until one of Gottlieb's other writers, humorist SJ Perelman, convinced a New York Herald Tribune critic to read it. Gottlieb edited such works as Toni Morrison's Beloved, Robert Caro's Power Broker series of LBJ writings, Chaim Potok's The Chosen, spy novels by Len Deighton and John Le Carre, Michael Crighton's The Andromeda Strain, Charles Portis' True Grit, John Lennon's In His Own Write and Bob Dylan's book of his song lyrics. He edited Nora Ephron and memoirs by Katherine Hepburn and Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham. The works of doris Lessing and VS Naipul. He had his share of mistakes, like passing on Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove and being unable to get John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces into a publishable shape. That is one hell of a legacy. Ah, sorry to hear this. I have enjoyed his arts-related writing & criticism for many, many years. I have a lot of books he either authored or edited including ones on Balanchine, Sarah Bernhardt, Margot Fonteyn, and many others. A couple of years ago I bought his book on Greta Garbo; and even though I have quite a few other books about her, his book still managed to make me see new things about her. He will be missed. |
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Post by Farrar on Jun 15, 2023 15:18:35 GMT -5
RIP to actress and former Member of Parliament Glenda Jackson...  She came from poor working class origins, near Liverpool, but found her voice through acting. She became a name to recon with at the Royal Shakespeare Company, which led to film. A staunch Labor Party supporty, she ran for and won a seat in parliament, stepping down in 2018. She was a fierce critic of the Thatcher government, while noted for being the female version of the "Angry young man" acctor, compared to Michael Caine and Albert Finney, both of similar roots. She won two Oscar, three Emmys and a Tony Award, which is a pretty unbeatable resume. Oh man, what a sad day for arts-lovers--first Robert Gottlieb, now Glenda Jackson  I've seen several of her films ( Hedda is probably my favorite), but I've also had the privilege of seeing her on Broadway a few times, the most recent time was in Three Tall Women. I'm not much of an Albee fan but she was--to use a cliché--transcendent. Many years earlier, back in the '80s, I saw her in Strange Interlude and again, she was mesmerizing. And then I saw her and Christopher Plummer (another favorite of mine) in Macbeth; they were probably the best pair in that play that I've ever seen. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 16, 2023 16:07:23 GMT -5
Just saw the news that Daniel Ellsberg - best known as the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers - has died at the age of 92 (from f-in cancer). RIP. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Jun 17, 2023 3:22:45 GMT -5
Glenda Jackson will always be Queen Elizabeth I to me.
Cei-U!
I summon the summer of '72!
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Post by Farrar on Jun 17, 2023 11:33:13 GMT -5
^^^
Yes--I just finished rewatching Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) and plan on doing the same with Elizabeth R!
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Post by Dizzy D on Jun 17, 2023 16:04:30 GMT -5
Glenda Jackson will always be Queen Elizabeth I to me. Cei-U! I summon the summer of '72! Cleopatra to me. |
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Post by Farrar on Jun 21, 2023 10:21:51 GMT -5
LOL--I have a hunch you're not referring to her Cleopatra for the RSC, with Alan Howard as Antony  {Spoiler: Click to show}
For those who may not be aware: Glenda Jackson had a memorable turn as Cleo on the classic Morecambe and Wise show. Check out YouTube! |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 21, 2023 10:57:09 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 21, 2023 11:13:28 GMT -5
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Post by foxley on Jun 24, 2023 2:03:22 GMT -5
R.I.P. to lyricist and songwriter Sheldon Harnick, best known his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as Fiorello! and Fiddler on the Roof, who has passed away at the age of 99.
As I mentioned after the passing of Topol, Fiddler on the Roof was a favourite show of my father, who had a beautiful, but untrained, singing oice and who used to sing songs while working on the farm; especially while milking the cows. As a result, songs like "If I were a Rich Man" were part of my life before I had any idea of what they were or where they came from. Even today, I will still find myself humming some songs from Fiddler without realising I'm doing it.
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Post by foxley on Jun 25, 2023 1:45:48 GMT -5
R.I.P. to actor Frederic Forrest who has passed away at the age of 86. Forrest is best known for playing Jay "Chef" Hicks Apocalypse Now and Huston Dyer in The Rose: a role for which he received Academy and Golden Globe Award nominations in the Best Supporting Actor category. A frequent collaborator with Francis Ford Coppola, aside from Apocalypse Now, he also appeared in The Conversation, One from the Heart, Hammett, and Tucker: The Man and His Dream. His other credits include The Missouri Breaks, The Two Jakes, and Falling Down, along with the television series 21 Jump Street, Lonesome Dove, and Die Kinder.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jun 25, 2023 20:37:35 GMT -5
Don't ever get off the boat!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 27, 2023 14:06:57 GMT -5
R.I.P. Bobby Osborne, the mandolin playing half of the legendary Osborne Brothers. A bluegrass and country music legend The Osborne Brothers were legends in their own right as well as being links to Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin and the rest of the founders of bluegrass music. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 27, 2023 14:24:10 GMT -5
And I missed this one a few days back. R.I.P. Jesse McReynolds. Another link to the distant past of bluegrass and country music, McReynolds was one half of what was variously called Jim and Jesse, The McReynolds Brothers and The Virginia Boys. A great mandolin player and consummate performer who was doing 60-70 shows a year in to his 80s. |
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Post by tartanphantom on Jun 27, 2023 14:40:41 GMT -5
R.I.P. Bobby Osborne, the mandolin playing half of the legendary Osborne Brothers. A bluegrass and country music legend The Osborne Brothers were legends in their own right as well as being links to Bill Monroe, Jimmy Martin and the rest of the founders of bluegrass music. And I missed this one a few days back. R.I.P. Jesse McReynolds. Another link to the distant past of bluegrass and country music, McReynolds was one half of what was variously called Jim and Jesse, The McReynolds Brothers and The Virginia Boys. A great mandolin player and consummate performer who was doing 60-70 shows a year in to his 80s.
Dang it. The world of us 8-stringers just got a little smaller. I was a fan of both, Bobby slightly more so than Jesse, but they will both be missed.
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