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I was hooked from the name of the first chapter: "Celeste Solange and Her Fifteen-Thousand-Dollar Shoes." Each chapter is similarly named ("Lydia Albright and Her Alexandra Neel Pumps," "Jessica Caulfield and Her Balenciaga Sandals"), making me truly look forward to each new chapter so I could see who it would be about and what shoes they would be wearing. What a fun book this was. Can't wait to start Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club next!
  
Madeline Bean is catering the Hollywood party this Halloween. But things take a bad turn when the host, producer Bruno Huntley, dies in the middle of the festival. This debut features great characters and lots of fun twists to the plot and started what is still a top notch series. I just wish there were more than seven books.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-sympathy-for-devil-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #8)
Cherry Cheesecake Murder (Hannah Swensen, #8)
Joanne Fluke | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery
8
8.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
While Hannah tries to deal with the double marriage proposals from Mike and Norman, a Hollywood production company comes to town. However, the director is a jerk, and he is murdered by a rigged prop gun. This is another fun book, although it was slow getting started.

You've got to try the title recipe. It's wonderful!

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/03/book-review-cherry-cheesecake-murder-by.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
  
Black Panther (2018)
Black Panther (2018)
2018 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Landmark film
A landmark film for Hollywood that has a great significance for the industry.
To the film and I did worry it might not quite live up to the hype. Thankfully I can say it is a very good film for many reasons. It has some great action scenes, Sfx, for the suit especially. Also featuring a strong complex villain and with some funny moments. One of the better stand alone character films from the MCU.
  
First Album by Miss Kittin &amp; The Hacker
First Album by Miss Kittin & The Hacker
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Album Favorite

"I first heard 'Frank Sinatra' when Erasure where recording the album Erasure in 1994 at the Strongroom in Shoreditch East London, which has now become metrosexual electro Grand Central. I love her completely nonchalant don't give a fuck attitude on Hollywood Star, it kind of reminds me of my pre-Erasure work with Pierre Cope - very minimal. On 'Frank Sinatra' she sounds like a Russian Mafia gangster that would kill you stone dead. They're also brilliant live."

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Cynthia Nixon recommended The Band Wagon (1953) in Movies (curated)

 
The Band Wagon (1953)
The Band Wagon (1953)
1953 | Classics, Comedy, Drama
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Movie Favorite

"I love The Band Wagon. You just can’t go wrong. Singin’ in the Rain is great. The Sound of Music is great. But I think it is the number one MGM movie musical. It just has endlessly inventive numbers. And everyone in it is great and it’s so witty. Then again it’s very New York. A very New York story. Hollywood actor kind of fallen on hard times comes to New York to revive his career."

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Written on the Wind (1957)
Written on the Wind (1957)
1957 | Classics, Comedy, Drama
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Movie Favorite

"During the 1960s I spent my time going to Hollywood movies, following the spirit of the Cahiers du cinéma. Written on the Wind is an explosion of cinematic style and of melodramatic excess. It stands for my love of Sirk but also for the extraordinary genius of all those 1950s directors whose careers came to an end before their time. And Sirk also leads forward to the great R. W. Fassbinder, especially to Ali: Fear Eats the Soul."

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