Larry Roberts' mother was mr. flea's next door neighbor when he was growing up in Cleveland. She was very proud of him and devastated by his death (I think he was her only child). She and mr. flea were actually surprisingly close for a women in her 80s and an unrelated teenage boy.
Oh, that's wonderful! And sad. And astonishing.
Hec and I were trying to piece together the gaps in his life story...all those years of great success onstage and all those tours with the USO, but completely invisible to the larger public because none of it was on film. Until that one spectacular role, and then he went back to Cleveland almost immediately, and never returned. Whatever the reason, I'm glad he was going back to a proud, loving mother.
I linked to this on LJ already, but for those who haven't come across yet: [link] Manohla Dargis from New York Times talks to Jezebel about difficulties women face in Hollywood, while hilariously dropping F-bombs all over the place. Heee. I like pissed-off Dargis quite a bit.
Huh. I just noticed the article was from Dec 14, 2009, not this week. Funny nobody had linked to it before. I was link-hopping from Slate's Oscar talk. (Wow, that guy on Slate really doesn't like An Education.)
Yeah...also, do you think she needs a "Lloyd"? Cause that's somebody whose abuse I'd take for a while.
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I don't know if this posted here before, but you can watch online, for free, all of the five Oscar Nominated Shorts. [link]
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I won't be able to see Coraline tonight. Sniff.
Aw. No surprise guest for javachik, then. More of me for megan and JZ.
Awww, who're you visiting? What a lovely surprise. I am sorry to miss you!
