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Kubrick Documentary To Screen At College
The life and work of one of the most acclaimed and controversial filmmakers of all time will be looked at in close-up when the Bermuda College holds a special screening of the 2001 documentary “Stanley Kubrick: A Life In Pictures” on Thursday [May 16]. Mr. Kubrick [1928–1999] — pictured here — was an American film director,... Read more of this article
When Bermuda Was Touched By An “Angel”
Bermuda was touched by an angel — in a manner of speaking — in the summer of 1978. Model/actress Shelley Hack — soon to become a cast member of the ’70s TV sensation “Charlie’s Angels” — was photographed at Bermuda’s Southampton Princess Hotel for a fashion spread called ”Turquoise... Read more of this article
Thompson: Fear & Loathing In Bermuda, ’60
The godfather of what he called “Gonzo journalism” — a rollicking, first-person narrative style which dispensed with traditional objectivity and, very often, with objective facts — Hunter S. Thompson [1937- 2005] remains best-known for his brace of lacerating ’70s comic memoirs, “Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas”... Read more of this article
Manuscript Based On Bermuda’s O’Neill Sold
Truman Capote’s 1958 typed manuscript of “Breakfast At Tiffany’s – built around the flamboyant heroine Holly Golightly, modelled in part on Bermuda-born Oona O’Neill [pictured] — sold for about $306,000 at auction to a Russian billionaire it was announced on Friday [Apr. 26]. The manuscript, expected to net at least... Read more of this article
Actor With Bermuda Ties Reprises “Trek” Role
American actor Garrett Wang — who grew up in Bermuda — will be reprising his signature role as Harry Kim when a group of “Star Trek” fans boldly go where no Trekkies have gone before and create a pilot for a new series based on the long-running science fiction franchise. Mr. Wang [pictured], was born in California to Chinese... Read more of this article
Richie Havens’ Bermuda Performance Recalled
Richie Havens [pictured], the veteran folk-rock singer whose frenetic guitar strumming and impassioned vocals made him one of the defining voices and faces of Woodstock and who famously played an epic set lasting several hours at a 1979 Bermuda music festival, died Monday [Apr. 22] at his New Jersey home. The Brooklyn native, best known for his intense... Read more of this article
Steve Hackett’s “Matilda Smith-Williams” Song
Place names have inspired songs as diverse as the Beatles’ “Penny Lane” and Simon & Garfunkel’s version of the traditional ballad “Scarborough Fair” — as well as former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett’s salute to a Bermuda senior citizens residence, “Matilda Smith-Williams Home For The Aged.” The... Read more of this article
Nicholas Christopher Makes His Broadway Debut
Bermudian actor/singer Nicholas Christopher made his Broadway debut in “Motown: The Musical” yesterday [Apr. 14] in front of a wildly appreciative opening night audience which included many of the legends his new show celebrates — including Diana Ross, her former Supremes partner Mary Wilson and Stevie Wonder. The iconic stars were... Read more of this article
Faulkenberry Greets Bronx Second Graders
A group of second graders from the Bronx’s PS 69 Journey Prep school attended the Wednesday [Apr. 10] matinee performance of “Spider-Man Turn: Off the Dark” at Broadway’s Foxwoods Theatre and afterwards got to meet and greet friendly neighbourhood Bermudian co-star Rebecca Faulkenberry. Following the performance, the class enjoyed... Read more of this article
Irving Berlin And Bermuda’s Easter Parade
Quintessential American songwriter Irving Berlin [pictured] — and his battered piano — arrived in Bermuda in 1933 in time for the Easter season and the annual floral pageant which used to wind its way through the streets of Hamilton. He left the island five weeks later with one of his hallmark songs sketched out — the seasonal classic... Read more of this article
Layfield On Quest To Help Bermuda Children
World Wrestling Entertainment superstar John Layfield told a Boston newspaper today [Apr. 8] about his global quest to climb the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents to raise money for Bermuda’s needy children. Mr. Layfield [pictured] — who lives part-time on the island — remains best known by his ring names Justin “Hawk”... Read more of this article
Life’s A “Cabaret” For Bermuda’s Christopher
While brother Nicholas prepares for his Broadway debut in “Motown: The Musical” later this month, Bermudian baritone Jonathan Christopher has been taking a break from his duties as resident artist at the Syracus Opera in upstate New York to remind Iowa theatre-goers that life is indeed a cabaret, old chum. Mr. Christopher won rave reviews... Read more of this article
Actress Recalls Her “Bermuda Love Triangle”
She played one of the most captivating and intriguing femme fatales in the history of daytime television — and the mystery of Cassandra Rawlins was finally resolved at the conclusion of what remains one of the medium’s top-rated storylines, “The Bermuda Love Triangle”, shot on location on the island. With her sculpted Scandinavian... Read more of this article
Christopher Appears On “Good Morning America”
Bermudian actor/singer Nicholas Christopher was dancing in the street — quite literally — when the cast of the upcoming Broadway show “Motown: The Musical” appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” this week [Apr. 4]. Now in previews at New York’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, the much anticipated show officially... Read more of this article
“Star Trek” Actor Who Boldly Came To Bermuda
He boldly went where no “Star Trek” actor had gone before — Bermuda. American actor/director/producer LeVar Burton — who shot to fame in the 1970s with his portrayal of enslaved African Kunta Kinte in the historic ABC mini-series “Roots” and then went on to become best known as Commander Geordi LaForge in the longrunning... Read more of this article
Capote’s Holly Golightly: An All-Bermudian Girl
Holly Golightly — the cheerfully non-conformist heroine of Truman Capote’s novella “Breakfast At Tiffany’s” — was witty, naive, achingly beautiful and part Bermudian, at least in spirit. A composite of Bermuda-born Oona O’Neill [pictured] and her girls-about-town friends Gloria Vanderbilt and Carol Marcus,... Read more of this article
