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DIED. GAVIN LAMBERT, 80, keenly observant critic, screenwriter and chronicler of Hollywood; in Los Angeles. An ex-assistant to director Nicholas Ray, he became editor of the influential British film journal Sight & Sound before turning out such screenplays as The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone and I Never Promised You a Rose Garden and writing biographies of such Hollywood stars as Norma Shearer and Natalie Wood...
...meals. Since Swanson had a post-Thanksgiving bird surplus, he devised a multi-compartment tray for the turkey and accompanying side dishes. Introduced in 1954 with a package resembling a TV set, the dinners took off, selling 10 million that year and earning Thomas a raise, a spot on Hollywood's Walk of Fame and hate letters from husbands who wrote, he said, that "I was ruining their lives...
...with Nicole briefly at the swanky hotel where she was staying to get her pre-show sentiments. Her measured excitement reminded me of my own, and I got a lift over to the Kodak Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard...
...reached when one chump, trying to clarify an inane question about Hollywood mixing with sports, asked Indy driver Danica Patrick why she was at the show. Confused, she put her arms up and scanned the room for help. He thought she was an actress, and slender-shouldered and pretty though she is, the mistake was unforgivable...
...while the governor may be your average hyper-driven American with 22-inch biceps and a ridiculous accent, the rest of Sacramento is firmly rooted in the Bizarro World. The Hollywood-ready wackiness does not come from the Mr. Universe-turned-governor. Instead, it is provided by the legislature, the bureaucrats, and the generally bizarre attitude of California’s two-hours-from-anywhere (including the ocean) center of government...