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Breakfast at Tiffany's Director Blake Edwards Dead at 88

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 13:36:57 CST

Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, poignance, and occasional belly-laugh sight gags in Breakfast at Tiffany's , 10 , and the Pink Panther farces, is dead at age 88. Edwards died from complications of pneumonia, with wife Julie Andrews and other family members at his side. A third-generation...

8 Comebacks to Watch in 2010

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:58:00 CST

Sure, Britney Spears staged an amazing comeback last year—but that's nothing compared with the sure-to-be-epic return of Tiffany, coming to (country) music charts this year. The Frisky singles out eight former household names returning in 2010: Mayim Bialik : Better known as “Blossom” from the eponymous TV show, she has...

Film's Best Cross-Dressers

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:41:02 CDT

Liev Schreiber was “giddy” playing an ex-Marine transvestite in Taking Woodstock , and in his honor, Nerve lists the best cross-dressers in film history: John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig and the Angry Inch: He "is the epitome of ferocity and theatricality that drag queens around the world aspire to.” Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie...

Austria Scraps Plans to Make von Trapp Villa a Tourist Trap

Peter Fearon — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:56:10 CST

Fans of The Sound of the Music won't be able to stay at the von Trapp family villa in Austria now that authorities have blocked a plan to turn the villa into a hotel. An astonishing 40% of overnight stays in Salzburg are booked by Sound of Music fans. But...