moviedearest.blogspot.com - 8/18/2008
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Movie Dearest continues our daily previews of Turner Classic Movies' month long "Summer Under the Stars" celebration: Now Playing Star Profile for Barbara Stanwyck - Stardates : Born July 16, 1907, Brooklyn, New York; died 1990. Star Sign : Cancer. Star Qualities : "Bruised velvet" voice, Roman nose, impeccable poise contrasted with emotional volatility. Star definition : "I ...
What's On Tonight: Olympics, Food Detectives, ECW —
TV Squad
NBC has the Olympics all night.
TCM is showing Barbara Stanwyck movies all night.
At 8, ESPN has two new episodes of The World Series of Poker .
Over on ESPN2, more coverage of The Little League World Series .
At 9, CBS has a new Big Brother .
Bill Maher is the guest on Larry King Live , on CNN at 9.
Sci-Fi has a new Eureka at 9, then a new ECW .
There's ...
Give Stella Her Groove Back, Y'all —
my new plaid pants
Why isn't Bette Midler's 1990 film Stella heralded as more of a camp classic? I haven't seen the original Barbara Stanwyck film from 1937, but why should I when I can say the following without reservation: Bette's version is wonderful. I love this film. I mean, it's horrible... totally horrible... but it's also just wonderful. It makes me smile, it makes me cry, it makes me want to barf ...