Michael Tilson Thomas, Renowned Conductor, Dies at 81
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Michael Tilson Thomas, Renowned Conductor, Dies at 81
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Just watched "Charade" with Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant (and later-to-be-quite-big-stars like Walter Matthau and Lee Marvin, the latter with a preposterous "Texan" accent and on at least one occasion definitely forgetting his lines).
It's a really good movie, with several excellent twists and turns. Obviously of its time, which means having to wince and move on a few times, but still some very funny and some very tense moments.
Recommended!
Vespa's 80th birthday: Scooter adored by stars has eye-watering valuation

Meandering Easter Monday. Following an article in the Guardian about Audrey Hepburn: biography by her son Sean Hepburn, I realised how few Audrey's movies I had watched. One movie caught my attention: The Children’s Hour (1961). I just finished it. What a movie!
Inevitably, I went into rabbit hole that brought me right back to Edinburgh's West end and the Great 1811 Drumsheugh Case. The story was based upon.
Everyday is a school day.
https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/jane-pirie-a-woman-ahead-of-her-time
New book by Sean Hepburn Ferrer about his mother Audrey Hepburn:
"Ever since Audrey died, Sean has been in the business of preserving his mother’s legacy, which means distributing funds to charity, mostly via the Audrey Hepburn Children’s Fund, and a constant vigilance over her image, protecting it from opportunistic cash-ins and licensing it to the right people."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/06/audrey-hepburn-sean-hepburn-ferrer-biography

The heroine of Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s knew war and poverty, riches and fame, love and betrayal – yet claimed to have lived a ‘terribly boring’ life. Sean Hepburn Ferrer paints a very different picture in his new biography
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Reminder that Lily Collins will play Audrey Hepburn in a new film about the making of the 1961 classic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” Hopefully Alena Smith will direct.
Collins will also serve as a producer for the project, which is based on the Sam Wasson book “Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the Dawn of the Modern Woman.” Alena Smith, best known for creating the Apple TV series “Dickinson,” will write the script.