“….What a bundle of joy!” (via WhatAboutTheBeatles)
Author: The Junk Drawer of Shawn's Mind (Page 15 of 23)
Game face: Marlon Brando (with Francis Ford Coppola) during the filming of “The Godfather” (via PickledElephant)
Heavyweights: Warhol vs. Basquiat
When our love was young: Opening Night, 2011 #rctid
We’ll always have Vancouver at home, 2011 (even Pong smiled). Adieu, Spenny. #rctid
“….I think you’ll understand….” (via SerenadeFromHell)
Ernest Borgnine, who died today at age 95, visited Portland in April to introduce “Marty” and wowed a crowd with stories. He stood to shake my 12 year-old daughter’s hand when they met and spoke to her in the voice of his “SpongeBob SquarePants” character Mermaid Man. He was a gentleman. I miss him already.
That girl (and that chick): Quvenzhané Wallis
Only the shirts change: Iniesta vs. Italy; Iniesta vs. Croatia
That girl: Anjelica Huston (and a Happy Birthday to the Divine Miss H….)
Last summer I met one of my heroes. (I’m the wee one.)
The irresistible Billy Preston!
A great tale of Oregon filmmaking: the climax of Buster Keaton’s “The General” (visit bustrkeatn for the whole story)
That girl: Tina Turner (via ClassicalAllure)
Shawn Levy's books include the best-sellers The Castle on Sunset, Rat Pack Confidential, Paul Newman: A Life, King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis, and Dolce Vita Confidential.
He also wrote and narrated the podcast Glitter & Might. The former film critic of The Oregonian and KGW-TV, he has written for Sight and Sound, Film Comment, American Film, Interview, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, and The Black Rock Beacon. He jumps and claps and sings for victory in Portland, Oregon.
