Unforgettable Memories Captured

Elizabeth Taylor - Whoa This Is Real Beauty! Genuine Stuff!

Elizabeth Taylor with the pigeons at Trafalgar Square, London

Elizabeth Taylor

Hugh Hefner and Doris Day. This is the first pic of Hugh Hefner I have seen in which he looks so young. He was pretty cute but I don't like him much :P

Elvis Presley and Anita Wood on a ferris wheel. I am loving the expressions!

Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire

A very young Sean Connery

Peter Mayhew and Mark Hamill hugging each other on the sets of Empire Strikes Back

Of course that's Heath Ledger

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Jennifer Aniston when she was 3 years old.

Steven Spielberg having fun on the sets of his movie JAWS.

Audrey Hepburn with her pet fawn Pippin and her Yorkshire terrier Mrs. Famous.

Marilyn Monroe

Paul Newman and his many faces

Carrie Fisher and her stunt double Tracey Eddon sunbathing on a break during the shoot of Return of Jedi.

Jane Fonda

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro on the sets of Taxi Driver.

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and humanitarian. (1929-05-04)(1993-01-20)

Soon after Hepburn's final film role, she was appointed goodwill ambassador to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Grateful for her own good fortune after enduring the German occupation as a child, she dedicated the remainder of her life to helping impoverished children in the poorest nations. Hepburn's travels were made easier by her wide knowledge of languages; she spoke seven languages fluently, including French, Italian, Spanish, English, Dutch, and German.

Curio: Rich Pellegrino's Portraits

"Marty McFly" gouache
on hardboard, 5 x 7

Alexa here with your weekly art appreciation.

Nathaniel shared a link to this artist's work with me and I just had to blog it. Rich Pellegrino is a painter, RISD graduate, and child of the 80s. He paints in watercolor, acrylic, or gouache, straight out of the tube, creating richly textured portraits that are almost musical. ("I want a brush stroke to sound like a distorted A chord. You know -- something loud and visceral.")

It's not surprising that many of his subjects are musicians, but he's also inspired by film (especially the work of Guillermo Del Toro, who he calls a master of color and light).

Here is a selection of some of his colorful film characters. You can buy prints at his shop, too!

"Jack" (from The Darjeeling Limited) and "Audrey"

"Willy Wonka" and "Sobchak"

(Both from Gallery 1988 Crazy4Cult Group Show)

"Rosario Dawson/Zooey Dechanel"

Timeless beauty

I have never been fascinated by the beauty of Helen of Troy but these are some of the women who are genuinely very beautiful…at least in my opinion. In the film & modeling industry, most women who aren’t even beautiful…are being raised to the level of alluring goddesses. On top of it, they also think they are very beautiful.

Marilyn Monroe once said:

“No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.”

It’s ironic that such a beautiful woman gave this statement & we have women like Kajol, Bipasha, Kareena, Vaneeza, Nirma, Gia Ali etc etc who seriously think they are extremely gorgeous, sexy & beautiful.