Viola Davis Honored As Harvard Foundation's 'Artist Of The Year' 2017
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51-year-old actor Viola Davis accepted Harvard Foundation's Artist of the Year 2017 award from Harvard Professor of Neurology, Dr S. Allen Counter
The awards for actor Viola Davis continue to pile up, as she was named Harvard's Artist of the Year 2017. Davis, who was named Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'Fences' at the Oscars earlier in the week, acknowledged her award at the Harvard Foundation's Cultural Rhythms Festival.
In her acceptance speech, Davis talked about her years at Julliard, a transformative experience she had as a student abroad in the Gambia, and the power of the arts. The New Yorker focused on Davis' Gambia experience in a December 2016 profile on the artist.
. .. the summer after her second year, Juilliard gave her a grant for a two-week study of dance, music, and folklore in Gambia. The experience was an antidote to the school’s orthodoxy. In Gambia, witnessing traditional ceremonies—baby naming, food preparation—Davis experienced communities in which art was not separated from life. “It wasn’t about technique; it was about the soul. In their zest for life, their need to connect to each other and to God—everything they did was done with extreme passion,” she said.
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Banksy Opens Walled Off Hotel In West Bank With Hopes Of Enticing Israelis & Other World Travelers
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Banksy Opens Walled Off Hotel In West Bank With Hopes Of Enticing Israelis & Other World Travelers
British activist artist Banksy has launched Walled Off Hotel with the hope of enticing Israeli tourists -- and dialogue -- to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Banksy says his Walled Off Hotel has "the worst view of any hotel in the world."Worse yet, the hotel's 1- rooms get just 25 minutes of direct sunlight a day.
Nestled against the controversial wall separating Israel from the Palestinian territories, Banksy's latest act of brilliance is a hotel, museum, protest site and art gallery all in one.
'Feud: Bette and Joan' Debuts March 5 On FX With Jessica Lange & Susan Sarandon
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Town & Country dives into one of Hollywood's long-simmering rivalries, brought to life in the FX series 'Feud: Bette and Joan', premiering March 5. (Find your channel here.) Susan Sarandon plays Bette Davis, with Jessica Lange in the role Joan Crawford.
Neither Bette Davis or Joan Crawford ever publicly admitted to their hardly ladylike rivalry.
Crawford dismissed gossip about their feud in a 1947 magazine article entitled "Can Women Trust Each Other?" by saying, "Why should there be a feud? I believe there is a place for every actress in this wonderful business. Certainly Bette and I don't fear each other."
It's tempting to dismiss the mind-boggling sexism of that magazine title— especially in today's Hollywood where women do seem to increasingly stand together. But when one Google's the title, it's unclear just how real the changes are.
Why Don't Women Trust Each Other Anymore? Institute for Feminine Leadership
Should You Trust Other Women? Huffington Post
The Broken Link: Women Trusting Women Psychology Today
T&C writes that Crawford made a significant effort to build bridges with Davis on the set of 'Baby Jane', the only movie the two legends ever made together. Crawford brought her small gifts until Davis sent her a note to please desist -- "I do not have time to go out and shop." Robert Aldrich, director of 'Baby Jane' said about the duo: "They were like two Sherman tanks, despising each other."
In payback for the years of being snubbed and sneered at, Crawford, who discreetly laced her perpetual glasses of Pepsi with vodka, may have decided the time had come for payback. A scene called for Baby Jane to carry her sister Blanche, bound and gagged, out of her bed. After Davis carried the slender Crawford out of bed, she screamed, "My back! My back!" The story goes that Crawford had strapped a special weightlifter's belt lined with lead beneath her costume. As Davis sobbed, in agony, Crawford returned to her dressing room, a tiny smile on her face.
In the 90-second trailer spot, Catherine Zeta-Jones's Olivia de Havilland recounts the tale of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford's unrivaled rivalry, lamenting, "For over half a century they hated each other—and we loved them for it." The 90-second spot introduces 'Baby Jane' director Alfred Molina's Robert Aldrich, a jarringly dramatic Stanley Tucci as Warner Bros. president Jack L. Warner --"You want me to work with her again? Are you crazy?! Never!" -- and Judy Davis as the notorious actress and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper. Kathy Bates joins the cast as actress Joan Blondell.
10 New Or Revamped California Revamps From C Magazine March 2017
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Hotel Indigo Los Angeles
C Magazine's March 2017 issue calls out 10 New Weekend Escapes in the Golden State. We're torn between Hotel Indigo or glamping at Ventana Big Sur. Then again, a room facing the Beringer Vineyard in Las Alcobas, St. Helena gets our attention. Tempt yourself with these fab fantasy C Magazine getaways.
Supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley hits the road in C Magazine's March issue. Read on at AOC: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Is Glam Outdoors, Lensed By Michelangelo di Battista For C Magazine
Ventana Big Sur. Calif
Rihanna Is Lady Liberty In Sebastian Faena Images For Paper Magazine March, 2017
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Rihanna Is Lady Liberty In Sebastian Faena Images For Paper Magazine March, 2017
Badgal, who stars in the upcoming all-female cast 'Ocean's Eight' and will show her third Fenty x Puma collection next week, was honored this week by the Harvard Foundation. Read on at AOC: Dior Supports Rihanna's CLF Foundation With Sales Of Feminist Tees As Harvard Foundation Honors Her Humanitarian Work
