“Celebrity poverty, that's the hidden scandal in Blair's Britain. You can't help but worry for them. A girl I knew developed X-ray eyes for celebrity sorrows. She taught me to read the subtext of the down-market celebrity interview, she knew all the Hollywood codes, and followed the deep backgrounds.” HelpingEyeGirlPovertyWorryTaughtSorrowHollywoodBackgroundsCodeInterviewsBritainRaysScandalBlairSubtext Author:Peter York
“I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.” PeopleThinkingDifferentAmericaBeautifulGirlBlackRaceNiceModelsBackgroundsCastingBeautiful GirlEthnic Background Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“You "have a date," you "go out with a date," you "groan because there isn't a decent date in town." A situation defined as containing a girl - or boy - of the right social background, the right degree of popularity, a little higher than your own.” MenFirstsLittlesTwoProblemGirlSocialSituationBoysSawsHigherDegreesMajorsMen And WomenDatingTownsBackgroundsDefinedDecentPopularityOngoingContainingMajor ProblemsMead Author:Margaret Mead
“with a country of rare picturesqueness for a background, a people of rare beauty for actors, everybody more or less permeated with the artistic instinct and everybody more or less writing poetry - California has a pageant for breakfast, a fiesta for luncheon and a carnival for dinner. They are always electing queens. In fact any girl in California who hasn't been a queen of something before she's twenty-one is a poor prune.” PeopleWritingCountryFactsGirlActorsPoorTwentiesInstinctDinnerBackgroundsArtisticCaliforniaQueensBreakfastTwenty OneWriting PoetryPageantCarnivalsPrunesFiestaRare Beauty Author:Inez Haynes Irwin