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Fluffed and folded actor Nicolas Cage as seen during an Italian TV interview on Saturday (left), and Broadway belter Ethel Merman (right).
One played a soldier who thought he was Ethel Merman.
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in bad hair, lookalikes, stuff I like, unfortunate
The spooky-looking Woodlawn Club on Woodlawn Ave. at 64th St., destroyed by fire in 1919… making way for this magnificent structure…
The outstanding Wedgewood Hotel, built on the same parcel across from the church, as it stood in its Beaux Arts grandeur in 1923. Designed by Lewis E. Russell, whose architectural claim to fame is as one of the designers of the prototype for White Castle hamburger stands. This was his largest-known building, an 11-story “flatiron” masterpiece.
It was demolished sometime in the mid-20th Century. Now it’s a …
parking lot for a dozen cars.
Bonus! Here’s Russell’s White Castle landmark at 43 E. Cermak Road, now a chicken shack.
Mmm… sliders.
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in Real Gone Places, architecture, unfortunate, white buildings
Madonna, as she appeared last night at the NYC premiere of her film, “W.E.” at the Ziegfeld Theatre.
One of the pitfalls of Botox is that you can’t tell how far you’re stretching your facial muscles, because they’ve been deadened, leading to expressions like this when a photog yells, “Big smile, Madonna!”
Speaking of facial immobility, Kim Kardashian co-hosted “Live with Kelly and Not Regis” yesterday, where she was snapped while attempting to smile.
I don’t know if you’ve heard… she’s single.
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Lindsay Lohan (left) as seen yesterday in an L.A. courtroom where the judge checked up on her parole, and a 1965 Glamour Misty from the Ideal Toy Corporation (right).
One has atrocious man-made hair, painted eyebrows and plastic lips. Look at her.
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First Lady Wannabe Callista Gingrich and her hair (left) as she appeared at an Iowa rally yesterday, and a safety helmet (right).
One is constructed of fiberglass and plastic, reinforced with Kevlar and carbon fiber. The other is a helmet.
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Barbara LaMarr (formerly Reatha Watson) was known as “The Girl Who is Too Beautiful,” and you can see why right here with her in this glittery turban.
She wrote at least seven screenplays for UA and Fox, starred with Douglas Fairbanks in 1921′s “The Nut” (that name!), and danced in musical comedies on Broadway, making numerous dance shorts with various partners in NYC, CHI and L.A. She was making $5,000 a week — which would be like making $63,000 a week today.
LaMarr married 5 times and had one child, Marvin Carville LaMarr… all before she was 29, when she died of TB and nephritis (reportedly brought on by drugs and alcohol — possibly the first drug-related death in filmdom).
Her son was adopted by her friends, character actress ZaSu Pitts and her husband, Tom Gallery. Little Marvin became Don Gallery (link is a PDF), an actor who occasionally dated Elizabeth Taylor.
LaMarr’s lovely beach house was blown up for a scene in “Inside Daisy Clover,” starring Natalie Wood. You can see LaMarr’s Hollywood house here.
Her famous quote: “I like my men like I like my roses… by the dozen.”
for Nina Zivancevic. Happy Birthday!
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in cinema, legends, turban tuesday, unfortunate
Alleged designer Patricia Field as seen last night at a Children of Armenia benefit in NYC, and the RL Fisher Ballroom Plaid Window Tailored Valance, 52 x 16 from SEARS.
One may cause you to jump.
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in chexy's fashion report, disasters, lookalikes, oh the horror, oh yes he did, unfortunate, whatever
As seen today in Hollywood.
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Talent-free celebuspawn Kelly Osbourne as she appeared yesterday at “FOX & Friends,” and Scientolo-yo-yo dieter Kirstie Alley.
One of them gave $5 million to the Church of Scientology in 2007. It wasn’t Kelly.
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"If the phone doesn't ring, it's me.”
--Jimmy Buffett
