Happy 81st Birthday Miss Diahann Carroll : from Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess when you first started out in the 1950’s to your Golden Globe Award for your ground-breaking Tv series ‘Julia’ and then gaining ‘gay icon‘ status as Blake Carrington’s tough sister Dominique Deveraux intent on taking Alexis (Joan Collins) down in Dynasty, we … Continue reading
Barbra Streisand is taking no chances with the release on her new album and has recruited a whole host of stars to sing duets with her. The 74 year old diva who kicks off her North American Tour this Tuesday in L.A. ahead of the Aug. 26 release of “Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway,” her 35th … Continue reading
River Phoenix would have been celebrating his 46th Birthday today. 29 years after his untimely death after making 24 movies, he is still regarded as one of the most celebrated and influential young actors in the twenty first century. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Running on Empty (1988), it was his role … Continue reading
I’m playing my role in history Looking to find my goal Taking in all this misery But giving it all my soul …… so sang the late great Freddie Mercury in ‘Made in Heaven’. Two days shy of what would have been his 70th birthday, here’s a look at the many faces of Freddie who … Continue reading
Celebrated London based photographer Thomas Knights has been working on a personal project called RED HOT for some years now which aims to rebrand the ginger stereotype. He has been very successful in achieving this through a series of best selling books, exhibitions and calendars which has all become something of a global phenomenon. The … Continue reading