Word: queene
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...took a trip on the Queen Mary 2 just before filming. Did you find yourself thinking, What would I do if this ship went down? That's what art has been doing for thousands of years, allowing people to vicariously drown, get eaten. Me? I would probably hold babies in front of me and strangle people and claw their flesh...
...Smith was inspired as a kid by the Scheherezade schlock of B-movie queen Maria Montez. As a director, he renamed one of his drag stars Mario Montez and starred him in no-budget avant-garde movies of delirious (and now endearing) Caligulan excess. Both Mario and Jack went to work for Andy Warhol, who called Smith "the only person I would ever copy. He?s just so terrific, and I think he makes the best movies." Warhol?s Factory and the films that emerged from it - Chelsea Girls and the rest - might not have existed without Smith?s influence...
...Soul.But, not surprisingly in our über-litigious country, the golden age of sampling didn’t last. In 1990, Vanilla Ice had his fifteen minutes of shame trying to explain the profound difference between his “Ice Ice Baby” beat and the Queen and David Bowie song “Under Pressure,” which apparently revolved on a grace note difference so subtle that only classically-trained musicians like Mr. Ice (but not the original musicians, with whom he settled out of court) could discern it. The era of free sampling...
...Over a number of years, I have met Queen Elizabeth both on formal occasions and less formally at family weddings and horse races. I have the greatest admiration for her sheer professionalism and charm but also for her sense of fun. She has the ability to put everyone at ease and has a phenomenal memory for places and people. The Duke of Edinburgh is still a ball of energy and, yes, thankfully, still positively flirtatious - though not inappropriately. They have given a lifetime of service not only to Britain and the Commonwealth but also to the whole world by their...
...this is not new. For every Franklin or Jefferson cited by Bollard, there were a dozen men like Dan Sickles, who seduced the Queen of Spain, or Robert Schenck, who as Minister to the Court of St. James taught the British to play draw poker and then cheated them out of millions. All were political figures, not professional diplomats. The U.S. did not have a professional diplomatic corps until the early 20th century. Many Americans remain ambivalent about it, in contrast to other professions like the military. It is hard to imagine the American people tolerating a high number...