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Posted on July 26, 2016 at 9:52 am
We mourn the loss of singer Marni Nixon, whose provided the voice for musical numbers in films from “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” to “West Side Story.” She sang for Deborah Kerr in “The King and I.” She sang for Audrey Hepburn in “My Fair Lady.” She sang the operatic flourishes at the beginning of Marilyn Monroe’s …
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Posted on July 24, 2016 at 9:02 pm
I can’t believe it’s the last day of Comic-Con, but in part that is because I am too exhausted to muster the energy to think about it. More coming, including pictures of some of my favorite costumes, but for now, some of what I did today: Got my picture taken in a Walking Dead crashed …
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Posted on July 24, 2016 at 8:43 pm
From JK Rowling and the world of Harry Potter:
Posted on July 24, 2016 at 9:41 am
On Day 3 of Comic-Con 2016, I: Attended a panel of production designers whose work ranged from “The Avengers” to “Justified,” “True Blood,” and “America’s Top Model,” and learned that one of the most important distinctions between designing for movies and designing for television is: doors. For a movie, the entire story is spelled out …
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Posted on July 23, 2016 at 10:40 am
On Day 2 of San Diego Comic-Con, I: Attended a panel of writers and producers for one of my favorite television shows, “The Big Bang Theory,” moderated by Melissa Rauch, who plays Bernadette. The writers are genuine fanboys — and one fangirl — and spoke about how some of their own experiences and obsessions become …
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