I got an email via the Fred Astaire mailing list saying that Robyn Astaire (widow of Fred) has claimed the domain name FredAstaire.net after taking legal action.  I’m not surprised, but it does seem unfair.  All she gets though is a ten dollar domain name and fans yet another reason to immensely dislike her.

So the address has changed to AlsoDances.net.  This is a setback for PJ but Robyn will never be able to stop fans from maintaining fansites about Fred. Even the arbritrator told her that she has no right to shut down a fan website.

I got the amazon.com reminder in my inbox this morning that the 3x glamour collections (Marlene Dietrich, Mae West & Carole Lombard) will be released on April 4. Apparently because I purchased the Cary Grant Signature Collection in late 2004 I would like the Marlene Dietrich one.

Wrong of course. I wanted the Carole Lombard one so I’ve ordered it. And using one-click made me feel so naughty… almost like not shopping at all. Click the button and instantly it will charge my VISA card on the release date and ship it to my address. Then in approximately 2 weeks it’ll turn up in my mailbox.

Hooray for me. That’s another chunk of the 750 Paramount films (owned by Universal) that I want to see which will be in my hot little hand.
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As well as non fiction, I love to read a bit of chick-lit too. Not too much, but enough to make me smile. Especially Marian Keyes - I have several of her books. So when I went to Whitcoulls on Thursday looking for the special edition King Kong set and saw her new novel…. I had to get it.

One thing I have always loved about her books is the ones she writes about the Walsh Family. I read Rachel’s Holiday first and that is still my favourite so it was really nice to see a bit more written about her character this time, even though she was sort of in the background. And getting to know one character at a time has been fun. Especially with later books as you get a pre-conceived notion about them… then the book changes that.
(and it’s not available on amazon.com until June 1? hmmmm…)

No passing go. No collecting $200.00.

Now back to plotting how I can get my hands on those eight songbook CD’s that Ella recorded in the fifties and sixties….

Tardy… tardy…. tardy.

The Marjorie Main biography that I won recently arrived last week. And it came with a little surprise… namely Children of Hollywood: Accounts of Growing Up as the Sons and Daughters of Stars. It’s been a rather pleasant introduction to Michelle Vogel’s books.

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I’ve pre-ordered both Season 3 of the Doris Day Show and her first CBS TV special.

I have been enjoying watching Doris’s television show since I got the first 2 seasons on DVD last year. It suits my attention span when it’s too short to watch a movie and it’s vastly different from what I normally see on TV.

I wonder when that boxed set promised by Warner Home Video is going to materialise too?

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