Mommie Dearest News

ST. MARIES, Idaho -- Actress and writer Christina Crawford, who wrote the book "Mommie Dearest," has been appointed to the Benewah County Commission by Gov.

I'll just say it right off. The new Christmas-themed play at Burien Little Theatre, "Christmas With the Crawfords" is a hoot, and believe me, that's a good thing in this, the dark time of the year in the Northwest.

The old saying that you should never judge a book by its cover certainly seems to apply to Enid Blyton.

Ask yourself: What would Joan do? NEW YORK --"I, Joan Crawford, believe in the dollar.

The last time I interviewed Oscar winner Faye Dunaway , I asked her what was taking so long with her proposed film adaptation of Master Class , in which she would recreate her L.A. stage role of opera diva Maria Callas.

Academy Award-winning actress Faye Dunaway is at work shooting a film adaptation of Terrence McNally's Tony-winning 1995 play Master Class in Detroit, according to the Detroit Free Press.

This week in the Picture Palace, we highlight Claire Makes It Big , Jeremy Workman's short following the travails of a talented actress and her difficulties landing a decent movie role.

As even casual movie buffs are likely to know, "Mommie Dearest," the 1981 Faye Dunaway psycho-drama about the abusive relationship between Joan Crawford and her adopted daughter Christina, is regarded as a camp classic of unintentional awfulness.

The former Atomic Kitten's life story is in the frame for the biopic treatment. Could Reese Witherspoon bring the right qualities to the lead role? Perfect match? a Kerry Katona and Reese Witherspoon.

Originally printed 9/3/2009 Haynes and Winslet bring 'Mildred Pierce' back to life One thing you can definitely say about visionary gay filmmaker Todd Haynes is that he's unpredictable, bouncing from the chillingly unsettling acclaimed '90s drama "Safe" to the Douglas Sirk homage "Far From Heaven" to the Dylan biopic fantasia "I'm Not There." Now ...

The August 2009 Bingomania featured Ms. Joan Crawford paying tribute to Mr. Michael Jackson.

"Life sure is wacky," says bespectacled beach bunny Berdine at the end of "Psycho Beach Party." Berdine is right - life is wacky, especially among the '60s-era surfers dreamed up by playwright Charles Busch and brought to camptastic life for the Cameo Theatre by director Rick Sanchez.

The Canadian photographer simply known as Karsh built his career on shooting portraits of what he called "people of consequence." His images of American presidents, European royalty, religious leaders, movie stars, pioneering scientists and other headliners often became the most familiar semblances of their subjects.

A blonde. blue-eyed character player of American films and TV, Diana Scarwid had a natural quality and keen instinct for underplaying roles to exemplary fruition.

This is the sort of Irony that Hollywood understands: Joan Crawford spent her entire life in the painstaking construction of an image, only to have a movie reveal the things she tried to hide behind the image.

Julie & Julia is going to be great, not only because the effervescent Amy Adams is in it, but also because Meryl Streep somehow found a way to do a Julia Child impression that wasn't embarrassing.

Julie & Julia is going to be great, not only because the effervescent Amy Adams is in it, but also because Meryl Streep somehow found a way to do a Julia Child impression that wasn't embarrassing.

Julie & Julia is going to be great, not only because the effervescent Amy Adams is in it, but also because Meryl Streep somehow found a way to do a Julia Child impression that wasn't embarrassing.

Put away those wire hangers and show up for the classic "Mommie Dearest" starring movie legend, and gay face, Joan Crawford, screening on the patio at Joe's on Juniper today as part of the bar's Movie Mondays.

I'M NOT MAD AT YOU, I'M MAD AT THE DIRT. Why haven't Madonna and Angelina Jolie paid proper attention to Mommie Dearest? Madonna is planning to have a Kabbalah commitment ceremony with Jesus.