Three years ago I married this talented, witty, and wildly beautiful woman. Who says I’m not smart?
My off-screen lover and I ran into my on-screen lover! Yikes! @[100063559688171:Sarah Spiegel] and Jane Seymour.
First headshot? Maybe.
Opening gala, Turner Classic Movies Film Festival
In the 15th century, an Alsatian family formerly named de Beauvoir but now called Bieber, settled in the village of Hirschland, near Strasbourg. Over the centuries, the area belonged to France, the Holy Roman Empire, and Germany. (Currently it’s in France.) In the early 17th century, one of the Biebers brought his family to America, where he settled in Pennsylvania and where the family named transformed from the German Bieber to the equivalent word in English, Beaver. Today I visited Hirschland, still a tiny village in the green and gold rolling hill land of eastern France. To my surprise, five hundred years later, I’ve still got family here. None of them stood up when I came in, though.
In the 15th century, an Alsatian family formerly named de Beauvoir but now called Bieber, settled in the village of Hirschland, near Strasbourg. Over the centuries, the area belonged to France, the Holy Roman Empire, and Germany. (Currently it’s in France.) In the early 17th century, one of the Biebers brought his family to America, where he settled in Pennsylvania and where the family named transformed from the German Bieber to the equivalent word in English, Beaver. Today I visited Hirschland, still a tiny village in the green and gold rolling hill land of eastern France. To my surprise, five hundred years later, I’ve still got family here. None of them stood up when I came in, though.
In the 15th century, an Alsatian family formerly named de Beauvoir but now called Bieber, settled in the village of Hirschland, near Strasbourg. Over the centuries, the area belonged to France, the Holy Roman Empire, and Germany. (Currently it’s in France.) In the early 17th century, one of the Biebers brought his family to America, where he settled in Pennsylvania and where the family named transformed from the German Bieber to the equivalent word in English, Beaver. Today I visited Hirschland, still a tiny village in the green and gold rolling hill land of eastern France. To my surprise, five hundred years later, I’ve still got family here. None of them stood up when I came in, though.
In the 15th century, an Alsatian family formerly named de Beauvoir but now called Bieber, settled in the village of Hirschland, near Strasbourg. Over the centuries, the area belonged to France, the Holy Roman Empire, and Germany. (Currently it’s in France.) In the early 17th century, one of the Biebers brought his family to America, where he settled in Pennsylvania and where the family named transformed from the German Bieber to the equivalent word in English, Beaver. Today I visited Hirschland, still a tiny village in the green and gold rolling hill land of eastern France. To my surprise, five hundred years later, I’ve still got family here. None of them stood up when I came in, though.
Last day in Scotland. Having a meal at the most famous Scottish restaurant in the world.
I wept copiously last night at the memorial service for @[1079830031:Ed Asner]. It was a deeply moving experience and a splendid tribute to a man I loved so deeply. My thanks to @[676228396:Matthew] and @[1323554176:Katie Asner] for their graciousness and friendship, and to all the friends of Ed who were part of this extraordinary evening (not to mention the moving music from Jackson Browne). Somewhere there’s a recording of Ed talking with my dad. Better mentors and role models a fellow couldn’t have. I miss them so.
Cologne cathedral. Impressive.
Cologne cathedral. Impressive.
It’s Memorial Day, and I’m in France in the Alsatian town of Colmar. Nearby is the village of Holzwihr, on the outskirts of which is an open field surrounded by thick woods. At the border of these woods is a small monument dedicated to a 19-year-old boy from Texas who performed what one of his fellow soldiers called “the greatest display of guts and courage I have ever seen.” The young man, dreadfully wounded (and not for the first time), saved his outfit by conspicuous gallantry and was awarded the Medal of Honor. His name was Audie Murphy, and he received more awards for bravery than any other American. None of those awards, nor the high-profile career as a movie actor that incongruously followed, I suspect, made up for the anguish from PTSD that dogged him for the rest of his life. Read the statement from one of his men and consider not some mythical glory of war but rather what the brutalities of war require and what remarkable young souls sometimes step up to provide. Have a good Memorial Day. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299775
It’s Memorial Day, and I’m in France in the Alsatian town of Colmar. Nearby is the village of Holzwihr, on the outskirts of which is an open field surrounded by thick woods. At the border of these woods is a small monument dedicated to a 19-year-old boy from Texas who performed what one of his fellow soldiers called “the greatest display of guts and courage I have ever seen.” The young man, dreadfully wounded (and not for the first time), saved his outfit by conspicuous gallantry and was awarded the Medal of Honor. His name was Audie Murphy, and he received more awards for bravery than any other American. None of those awards, nor the high-profile career as a movie actor that incongruously followed, I suspect, made up for the anguish from PTSD that dogged him for the rest of his life. Read the statement from one of his men and consider not some mythical glory of war but rather what the brutalities of war require and what remarkable young souls sometimes step up to provide. Have a good Memorial Day. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299775
It’s Memorial Day, and I’m in France in the Alsatian town of Colmar. Nearby is the village of Holzwihr, on the outskirts of which is an open field surrounded by thick woods. At the border of these woods is a small monument dedicated to a 19-year-old boy from Texas who performed what one of his fellow soldiers called “the greatest display of guts and courage I have ever seen.” The young man, dreadfully wounded (and not for the first time), saved his outfit by conspicuous gallantry and was awarded the Medal of Honor. His name was Audie Murphy, and he received more awards for bravery than any other American. None of those awards, nor the high-profile career as a movie actor that incongruously followed, I suspect, made up for the anguish from PTSD that dogged him for the rest of his life. Read the statement from one of his men and consider not some mythical glory of war but rather what the brutalities of war require and what remarkable young souls sometimes step up to provide. Have a good Memorial Day. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299775
It’s Memorial Day, and I’m in France in the Alsatian town of Colmar. Nearby is the village of Holzwihr, on the outskirts of which is an open field surrounded by thick woods. At the border of these woods is a small monument dedicated to a 19-year-old boy from Texas who performed what one of his fellow soldiers called “the greatest display of guts and courage I have ever seen.” The young man, dreadfully wounded (and not for the first time), saved his outfit by conspicuous gallantry and was awarded the Medal of Honor. His name was Audie Murphy, and he received more awards for bravery than any other American. None of those awards, nor the high-profile career as a movie actor that incongruously followed, I suspect, made up for the anguish from PTSD that dogged him for the rest of his life. Read the statement from one of his men and consider not some mythical glory of war but rather what the brutalities of war require and what remarkable young souls sometimes step up to provide. Have a good Memorial Day. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/299775
This is the remarkable woman luck and coincidence guided my way and who has lodged herself deep within my heart. Happy birthday, my beautiful Sarah Spiegel.
I will be introducing the terrific John Garfield movie PRIDE OF THE MARINES this Friday at 3:15 pm at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood for the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. Join us! https://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/films/pride-of-the-marines/
Ancient Celtic religious site, thousands of years old. I remember when they started construction. The girl is a very recent addition
Last time I was in this room at the Chinese Theatre, Leonardo di Caprio was standing next to me and we were both missing the nude scene in TITANIC.
My sister and I are putting our resort condo in Puerto Peñasco on the market. It’s been a great vacation-rental investment, and maybe it will be for you, too! https://www.instagram.com/tv/Ccyo4JiAbPq/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
What movie is this?
I know it’s too late because she’s dead and all, but I do wish they’d made a movie of Rose Marie’s Baby.
George Hayes and Gary Cooper, both born on this date, May 7.
