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Bettie Page Story: The Fetish And Fashion Icon's Strange Biography

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  Bettie Page left an indelible mark on popular culture -- first as an in-demand model and later as a symbol or template of the mid-century American good girl/vixen -- yet saw little to no compensation or credit for it during her lifetime. The Bettie Page look, even just her trademark bangs, came to denote an edginess with fetish overtones, reflecting the free and subversive career of a '50s model who posed not only in swimsuits, but nude and in bondage settings as well. The image of Bettie Page shines like a beacon in an era known for its repressive social attitudes, not unlike magazine mogul  Hugh Hefner  and  Sex And The Single Girl  author  Helen Gurley Brown , Page's persona seemed to ask  what if?  What if, in the midst of all these rules, we just...  didn't follow the rules? In famous photo sessions with Bunny Yeager, the appeal of Bettie Page found its clearest expression. Wearing leopard-print swimsuits and eyeing the camera hungrily...

'Bonnie And Clyde:' A Gangster Flick That Gave Us A New Hollywood

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  Bonnie and Clyde  changed American cinema. The film didn’t just serve as a dividing line between new and old Hollywood, but it created a shockwave of freedom both on and off screen that lasted well into the ‘90s, long after the American New Wave era was in the taillights of modern filmmakers. The unique nature of  Bonnie and Clyde  isn’t just in its paradigm-shifting romanticizing of violence or the way that it makes the audience fall in love with a group of criminals. The biggest demarcation that sets this Warren Beatty film apart from major film produced in the United States before the late ‘60s is that the Beatty and his team were in charge of the movie, not the studio.  Bonnie and Clyde  was the beginning of a glorious era of filmmaking where anyone with a dream and the drive to make something could become a star. The studio was falling apart by the 1960s source: Warner Bros. Every major movie produced in the United States prior to the 1960s is consid...

Candice Bergen: Young Cover Girl And 'Carnal Knowledge' Star, Then And Now

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  Candice Bergen in a Vogue photo shoot from 1967. Hair by Carrie White. (Photo by Fouli Elia/Conde Nast via Getty Images) Candice Bergen's Hollywood journey from then to now began in Hollywood; included cover photo shoots for the likes of  Vogue  and  Mademoiselle ; films with Jack Nicholson, Steve McQueen, Sean Connery and Ben Kingsley; and culminated in network sitcom dominance with  Murphy Brown . Gifted with an effortless yet regal beauty, Bergen was a pretty face who was destined to be more than a hobnobbing Tinseltown it-girl. As an actress, she has won Golden Globes and Emmys, and received an Oscar nomination; on the political front she participated in Yippie pranks with Abbie Hoffman in the '60s and drew the ire of the U.S. Vice President in the '80s. Candice Bergen's Father Was The Famous Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen Candice Bergen, born to be a star. Bergen graced the cover of many magazines with her jaw dropping beauty. (vintagenewsdaily) The phrase ‘H...

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