In the new book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington, author James Kirchick exposes how fears and prejudices around homosexuality shaped presidential politics for decades, from the Cold War-era purge of gays and lesbians from every level of government to the rise of the conservative movement.
This exclusive excerpt goes behind the scenes of Ronald Reagan’s Washington to meet the powerful Dolan brothers: Terry the fiery founder of the notorious National Conservative Political Action Committee (Ncpac), which pioneered the 30-second attack ad; older brother Tony the Pulitzer...
This exclusive excerpt goes behind the scenes of Ronald Reagan’s Washington to meet the powerful Dolan brothers: Terry the fiery founder of the notorious National Conservative Political Action Committee (Ncpac), which pioneered the 30-second attack ad; older brother Tony the Pulitzer...
- 7/28/2022
- by James Kirchick
- Rollingstone.com
She died at age 85 in 2014, but Shirley Temple's children and fans gathered in La on Monday, April 23 to celebrate what would have been her 90th birthday. "We had a lot of parties," the late star's daughter Susan Black exclusively told Closer Weekly of her mom, who was a licensed interior decorator for most of her life. "We had a lot of fun decorating the dining room," Susan continued. Shirley took her domestic responsibilities just as seriously as she did being a movie star or, later a Us ambassador. "Being a wife and mom is the greatest of her achievements," Susan said. "We were shopping and travel buddies. We went many places together. She was one of my very best friends." Shirley with two of her children in 1957. (Photo Credit: Getty Images) Being raised by Shirley and her husband, Charles Black, "seemed very normal to us," her son Charles Black Jr. said.
- 5/3/2018
- by Closer Staff
- Closer Weekly
The child star was the youngest person to win an Oscar and the first white girl to dance with a black man on film. Her toys, costumes and more are for sale 14 July
She once shot Eleanor Roosevelt in the backside with a slingshot, and she was the first white girl to dance with a black man in the movies. Around the time Graham Greene was sued for commenting on her “desirable little body”, she became the object of a papal inspection to determine if she was a dwarf. She counted J Edgar Hoover as a close friend from the time she became the youngest person ever to win an Oscar, right through her failed run for Congress. Only one person could make such fantastical claims: Shirley Temple. A year and a half after she succumbed to emphysema at the age of 85, the screen legend’s costumes, dolls and childhood...
She once shot Eleanor Roosevelt in the backside with a slingshot, and she was the first white girl to dance with a black man in the movies. Around the time Graham Greene was sued for commenting on her “desirable little body”, she became the object of a papal inspection to determine if she was a dwarf. She counted J Edgar Hoover as a close friend from the time she became the youngest person ever to win an Oscar, right through her failed run for Congress. Only one person could make such fantastical claims: Shirley Temple. A year and a half after she succumbed to emphysema at the age of 85, the screen legend’s costumes, dolls and childhood...
- 7/11/2015
- by Jordan Riefe
- The Guardian - Film News
What had ETonline readers buzzing this week?
What had ETonline readers buzzing this week?
1. Shirley Temple Black Dies
Legendary child actress Shirley Temple Black passed away on Monday night, Feb. 10. She was 85.
The actress, perhaps best known for her 1930s films Little Princess, Bright Eyes and Heidi, died in her Woodside, Calif. home, her nephew Richard Black told The Hollywood Reporter. She had recently begun hospice care.
Temple is survived by her three children, her daughter Linda from her marriage to John Agar, and her son Charles and daughter Lori from her marriage to Charles Black.
Temple, who served as a foreign ambassador and diplomat for four U.S. presidents, won a Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award in 2006. "When I was 3 years old, I was delighted to be told that I was an actress, even though I didn't know what an actress was," she said during her acceptance speech. "I have one...
What had ETonline readers buzzing this week?
1. Shirley Temple Black Dies
Legendary child actress Shirley Temple Black passed away on Monday night, Feb. 10. She was 85.
The actress, perhaps best known for her 1930s films Little Princess, Bright Eyes and Heidi, died in her Woodside, Calif. home, her nephew Richard Black told The Hollywood Reporter. She had recently begun hospice care.
Temple is survived by her three children, her daughter Linda from her marriage to John Agar, and her son Charles and daughter Lori from her marriage to Charles Black.
Temple, who served as a foreign ambassador and diplomat for four U.S. presidents, won a Screen Actors Guild's Life Achievement Award in 2006. "When I was 3 years old, I was delighted to be told that I was an actress, even though I didn't know what an actress was," she said during her acceptance speech. "I have one...
- 2/15/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
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