Christian Dior Me

πš‚πš‘πšŠπš›πš˜πš— πšƒπšŠπšπšŽ'𝚜 π™²πš‘πš›πš’πšœπšπš’πšŠπš— π™³πš’πš˜πš› πšπš›πšŽπšœπšœ πšœπš‘πšŽ πš πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽ π™»πš˜πš—πšπš˜πš— πš™πš›πšŽπš–πš’πšŽπš›πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš˜πš–πšŠπš— π™Ώπš˜πš•πšŠπš—πšœπš”πš’'𝚜 𝟷𝟿𝟼𝟼 πšπš’πš•πš– "π™²πšžπš•-𝚍𝚎-πš‚πšŠπšŒ" πš’πšœ πš‹πšŽπš’πš—πš πšŠπšžπšŒπšπš’πš˜πš—πšŽπš 𝚘𝚏𝚏 πšπš‘πš’πšœ πš πšŽπšŽπš”πšŽπš—πš 𝚊𝚝 π™Ήπšžπš•πš’πšŽπš—'𝚜 π™°πšžπšŒπšπš’πš˜πš— π™·πš˜πšžπšœπšŽ πš’πš— π™±πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš•πš’ π™·πš’πš•πš•πšœ. π™Έπš'𝚜 πšŽπšœπšπš’πš–πšŠπšπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πšπšŽπšπšŒπš‘ $𝟷𝟻,𝟢𝟢𝟢 - $𝟹𝟢,𝟢𝟢𝟢. π™Ήπšžπš•πš’πšŽπš—πšœ πš‘πšŠπšœ πšœπš˜πš–πšŽ πš’πš—πšœπšŠπš—πšŽ πš˜πš•πš π™·πš˜πš•πš•πš’πš πš˜πš˜πš πš–πšŽπš–πš˜πš›πšŠπš‹πš’πš•πš’πšŠ πš˜πš— πšπš’πšœπš™πš•πšŠπš’ 𝚊𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πš˜πš–πšŽπš—πš - π™ΌπšŠπš›πš’πš•πš’πš— π™Όπš˜πš—πš›πš˜πšŽ'𝚜 πšŒπšŠπš›, πš’πšŒπš˜πš—πš’πšŒ π™±πš˜πš‹ π™ΌπšŠπšŒπš”πš’πšŽ πšπš˜πš πš—πšœ, πš‘πšŠπš—πš-πš πš›πš’πšπšπšŽπš— πš•πšŽπšπšπšŽπš›πšœ πšπš›πš˜πš– π™Ώπš›πš’πš—πšŒπšŽπšœπšœ π™³πš’πšŠπš—πšŠ, πš‚πš‘πšŠπš›πš˜πš— πšƒπšŠπšπšŽ'𝚜 πš πšŽπšπšπš’πš—πš πšπš›πšŽπšœπšœ! π™Έπš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšŠπš— 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πš˜πšπš’ πšŽπš‘πš™πšŽπš›πš’πšŽπš—πšŒπšŽ. πš‚πš˜πš–πšŽπš˜πš—πšŽ πš πšŠπš—πš 𝚝𝚘 πš•πšŽπš—πš πš–πšŽ $𝟹𝟢,𝟢𝟢𝟢? 

Natalie Wood and Robert Redford

"π™°πš•πšŸπšŠ πš›πšžπš—πšœ 𝚘𝚞𝚝 πš’πš—πšπš˜ πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŠπš’πš—, πšŒπš›πš’πš’πš—πš."

Natalie Wood and Robert Redford star in the 1966 film β€œThis Property is Condemned.”

Natalie Wood and Robert Redford star in the 1966 film β€œThis Property is Condemned.”

A Tale of Two Harbors

It’s never too early to start planning for Thanksgiving and with Natalie Wood’s latest movie, β€œBrainscan” with Christopher Walken winding down, Wood has the long holiday weekend to unwind before heading into rehearsals for her next movie, β€œAnastasia.” Her secretary and good friend, Peggy Griffin, usually comes over on Thanksgiving around 6PM for dessert, but can’t this year due to a friend’s hospitalization. Peggy later says, β€œEverything about this whole sad time to me was so ironic… My whole Thanksgiving got kind of turned around.” Natalie and her husband, actor Robert Wagner, decide to spend the holiday weekend moored off the coast of Catalina Island. Wood’s co-star, Christopher Walken, joins them…

Deathiversary: Steam McQueen

πš‚πšπšŽπšŠπš– π™ΌπšŒπš€πšžπšŽπšŽπš— πš–πšŠπš”πš’πš—πš πš‘πš’πšœ 𝚠𝚊𝚒 πš‘πš˜πš–πšŽ... πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš›πšŽπšŠπš πšŽπšœπšŒπšŠπš™πšŽ... πšπš’πšŸπšŽ πš‘πš’πš– πšœπšπšŽπšŠπš–... 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚊 πš•πš’πšπšŽ πš πš’πšπš‘ πšπš‘πš’πšœ πšπš›πšŽπšŠπš–πšŽπš›πšœ' πšπš›πšŽπšŠπš–...

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Research By the Beach

It's November 2nd and 82 degrees in L.A. We drive over to Venice Beach and get stoned in the car before walking the canals to the beach. I've spent the last week or two consumed by all things Halloween and River Phoenix - River's deathiversary is October 31, 1993 - so it was nice to jump back into Natalie Wood's life story... and on the beach! I was not expecting to spend the first weekend in November high by the beach. I arrive at the chapter where Wood is planning her ill-fated Thanksgiving weekend on Catalina Island. This Thanksgiving, my husband and I are spending Wood's deathiversary on Catalina Island. Anyone up for a seance over Thanksgiving dinner?

Deathiversary: Harry Houdini (October 31, 1926)

Magician Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix. He was 52. His last words before dying: "I'm tired of fighting." Witnesses to an incident in Houdini's dressing room at the Princess Theatre in Montreal speculated that a McGill University student, Jocelyn Whitehead, caused Houdini's death. Whitehead repeatedly struck Houdini's abdomen after asking the magician "if he believed in the miracles of the Bible" and "whether it was true that punches in the stomach did not hurt him." Whitehead then delivered "some very hammer-like blows below the belt" to Houdini who winced at each blow before stopping Whitehead in the midst of a punch. He had not expected Whitehead to strike him so suddenly and forcefully. Houdini performed that evening in great pain. He was unable to sleep and remained in constant agony for the next two days but did not seek medical help. When he finally saw a doctor, he was found to have a fever of 102 Β°F and acute appendicitis and was advised to have immediate surgery. He ignored the advice and decided to go on with the show.

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Dead in Hollywood: The River Jonny (issue 4.5)

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