Richard Avedon 1923 – 2004

What do Jean Genet, Jimmy Durante, Brigitte Bardot, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jacques Cousteau, Andy Warhol, and Lena Horne have in common? They were a few of the many personalities caught on film by photographer Richard Avedon. For more than fifty years, Richard Avedon’s portraits have filled the pages of the country’s finest magazines. His stark imagery and brilliant insight into his subjects’ characters has made him one of the premier American portrait photographers.
American Masters bio HERE
New York Magazine article HERE
official website HERE

Nudies in Movies - The Game

As far as movie nakedness goes, do you prefer the comedic kind (think of Mike Meyers, John Cleese or Will Ferrell) or do your tastes run more towards the sexy stuff like Daryl Hannah, Brigitte Bardot and Phoebe Cates (above)?
Well then, Entertainment Weekly has the game for you...
play HERE

Hollywood Women - and How they Aged

Jane Russell 1921 -Hedy Lamarr 1913 - 2000

Grace Kelly 1929 - 1982

Fay Wray 1907 - 2004

Elizabeth Taylor 1932 -

Claudette Colbert 1903 - 1996

Brigitte Bardot 1934 -

Audrey Hepburn 1929 - 1993

Bigot Bardot

PARIS, France — A French court has fined former film star Brigitte Bardot, 73, 15,000 euros ($23,000) for inciting racial hatred.
She was prosecuted over a letter published on her website that complained Muslims were "destroying our country by imposing their ways".
It is the fifth time Ms. Bardot been convicted over her controversial remarks about Islam and its followers.
story is HERE