Here’s A Terrific New Memoir Of Hollywood In The 70’s! I love stories about Hollywood, especially during the fascinating decade of the 70’s. Now, a new memoir takes us there again, and this Wednesday Bookmobile is hitting the road to… Read More ›
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“Mistakes Were Made!” Cult Actress Fiona Lewis Drives Wednesday’s Bookmobile From The Swinging 60’s To A Chateau In France!
Celebrating Cult Movie Star Fiona Lewis! Here’s how watching a movie leads me to a great new book! I came across Actress Fiona Lewis when I watched the classic 70’s Vincent Price film “Dr. Phibes Rises Again!” Curious about her,… Read More ›
RIP To Eve Babitz, Hollywood’s Iconic “IT” Girl…Here’s A Tribute With Her Books And A Biography Too…
Eve Babitz – Hollywood’s “IT” Girl Has Died At 78 Years Old… Very sad news…Eve Babitz was one of the most unique and mysterious Writers of the Hollywood fast lane, and she has died at the age of 78…no details… Read More ›
70’s Icon Eve Babitz Is Once Again Hollywood’s “IT” Girl! New Biography And All Of Her Books Are Out!
Eve Babitz – Hollywood’s “IT” Girl Is Back! She was one of Hollywood’s most famous “IT” girls of the 60’s and 70’s – a terrific Writer and Artist who famously posed for the photo below in 1963, at the age… Read More ›
An “Exploitation Primer”! Your Guide To The World Of Classic Cult “Spoitation” Genres! Cult Movies To Make You Blush!
Say Hello To The Face Of Exploitation Cinema! Someone asked me to explain the phenomenon of exploitation cinema – an era from the late 60’s to the mid-80’s when movies pushed boundaries and broke taboos…and resulted in some of the… Read More ›
Best 2015 Holiday Gift Ideas! Food! Family! Travel! “IT” Girls! Runaways! Five Great Memoirs As Holiday Gifts!
Looking For A Great Book? It can be daunting to stare down stacks and stacks – er, I mean page after page of online choices…so here are five terrific books to give as holiday gifts! “Eve’s Hollywood!” In the swinging… Read More ›
The Sex Life Of A 70’s “IT” Girl! Wild Eve Babitz Memoir Of Hollywood Excess! The Beatles’ “Best Girl!”
“Eve Babitz is a little like Madame de Sevigne, that inveterate letter-writer of Louis XIV’s time, transposed to the Chateau Marmont in the late 20th-Century–lunching, chatting, dressing, loving and crying in Hollywood, that latter-day Versailles.” –Mollie Gregory, L.A. Times This… Read More ›
Sex! Violence! Sexy Nun Raquel Welch! Enter The Twisted World Of ’70’s “Euro-Sleaze”!
It’s Awards Season! As Hollywood celebrates the best films of the year, I am reminded of movies that are destined for A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RECOGNITION – um, INFAMY – need proof? Is This Wrong? Is there ANY justification for… Read More ›