Greta Garbo

...a gorgeous blonde sitting next to me. "I vant to be alone," she said with a flick of her cigarette holder. Yes, the reclusive Greta Garbo was among the movie stars who sought seclusion at the Spanish hacienda-style retreat that Walter H....

In this article: It Happened One Night, Frank Capra, Joshua Tree National Park, Academy Awards, and Morgan Stanley

...would settle for an active, accessible, visible mayor. The "less is more" act might have added to the celebrity intrigue of Greta Garbo or Michael Jackson, but avoiding the press doesn't work with the roll-up-your-sleeves job description...

In this article: Gavin Newsom, Delusion, Oakland, Examiner, Michael Jackson, San Francisco, and Hawaii

...a quality that fluently illuminates this thematically haphazard collection of essays and lectures, variously devoted to Kafka, Greta Garbo, the craft of writing, Liberia, her late father and British comedians. In a chapter paying homage...

In this article: Zadie Smith, Middlemarch, Penguin, Henry James, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston, George Eliot, EM Forster, and Katherine Hepburn

...with his infuriatingly believable portrayal of Mat, while newcomer Opie has the much bigger challenge channeling her inner Greta Garbo (star of the 1930 film). The mumbling Tim Fishbaugh and Alana Opie have some slight father-daughter...

In this article: Anna Christie, Eugene O'Neill, Coal, and Dog

The British writer reflects on Greta Garbo, literary trends, Oscar parties and a trip to Liberia, among other things, in a lively, unselfconscious, rigorous, erudite collection. The Penguin Press: 306 pp., $26.95 Reviewing Zadie Smith's...

In this article: Zadie Smith, James Wood, Katharine Hepburn, David Foster Wallace, Anxiety, Roland Barthes, White Teeth, and Charles Dickens

...to write for the magazine as a contributing editor. He's written several TV documentaries on such legendary stars as Greta Garbo and Elizabeth Taylor. He's no stranger to film festivals, having served on juries around the world, including...

In this article: David Ansen, Los Angeles Film Festival, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Elizabeth Taylor, and Los Angeles

...in the 1920s by the late Salvatore Ferragamo who started out designing footwear and made shoes for the likes of Marilyn Monroe, Greta Garbo and Audrey Hepburn. Visitors can browse through Ferragamo archives as well as book tickets to the...

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"Garbo Speaks" were the headlines when Greta Garbo appeared in her first talking picture. Now we have "Snyder Speaks." In a rare address to the press yesterday, the Redskins owner said that the team was "disappointed" and "embarrassed" by...

In this article: Oxygen, NFL, and Redskins

...Trafficante Jr., was its first lady. While Martin schmoozed the casino crowd, Ofelia wined and dined the VIPS: Liberace, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Ernest Hemingway, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn, Marlon Brando, Edith Piaf, Elizabeth Taylor,...

In this article: Miami, Florida, Nat 'King' Cole, Havana, Stroke, Chevy Impala, and Miami Dade College

...and titillation - within limits. There needs to be privacy rules to stop us stalking celebs to despair or death. Remember - Greta Garbo didn't actually say "I want to be alone." She said "I want to be let alone" - and there's a world...

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