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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 8h

Up until pretty recently, four-letter words were a very different thing from a woman. That’s why Carole Lombard’s vocabulary became part of her legend; women weren’t supposed to talk like that. (Warner’s quote is pretty funny in that light.)

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Adam B. Vary @adambvary.bsky.social · 9h

Behemoth!’s exclamation point is this year’s Thunderbolts* asterisk, guaranteed to launch copy editors across the globe into a “vanity punctuation“ rage spiral.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 9h

Rest in peace, lovely Eva Marie Saint. As we pay tribute, let us remember how she once reacted to a bunch of compliments she thought went overboard. She was as down-to-earth as stars ever get. (Louella Parsons sternly told Saint to apologize; as far as I know, she never did.)

AP story, 1/26/1960: Actress Says Four-Letter Word Not Slip of Tongue
HOLLYWOOD (AP)-"I'm embarrassed only because of all the fuss," Eva Marie Saint said Monday.
The blonde actress said it wasn't a slip of the tongue Sunday night when she shocked a fancy, black-tie banquet of the movie industry's biggest names by using a four-letter word.
"The dinner was a private af-fair, and if I had thought for a moment that the newspapers would have reported the incident, I wouldn't have said it," said Miss Saint, one of the screen's favorite nice girls.
After a flowery introduction by Jack Benny at the annual Screen Producers Guild dinner, Miss Saint stepped daintily to the mi-crophone, smiled sweetly and said: "Aw, ----!"

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 12h

Farewell to Eva Marie Saint. ❤️

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 13h

Farewell to Eva Marie Saint, the sharpest and sexiest of the Hitchcock blondes who got to wear one of the best dresses in cinema history

Full shot of Eva Marie Saint in NORTH BY NORTHWEST wearing the red roses dress

Side mid shot of Eva Marie Saint in NORTH BY NORTHWEST wearing the red roses dress, sharing a drink with Cary Grant

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Raquel Stecher @raquelstecher.bsky.social · 11h

God speed Eva Marie Saint

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Reflections in a CineEye @msorrento.bsky.social · 11h

Saw her give a talk after a screening of NORTH BY NORTHWEST in the 2010s. So delightful, especially when calling out Ben Mankiewicz for some lengthy interview questions. RIP to a screen legend. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

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Eva Marie Saint, ‘North by Northwest’ Star, Dies at 102

Oscar-winning actress Eva Marie Saint, who starred in such memorable classic films as “On the Waterfront” and “North by Northwest,” has died.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Never heard of this one but it DOES look unnerving, at that.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I can't imagine, but it very much sounds like the start of a 1960s comedy. Nebbishy suburban commuter guy must use his self-improvement book in real life when he is mistaken for a CIA agent ...

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Same! It made Ulysses look like Harry Potter. 🤣

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I can't speak for the man reading it — but I loved it. It's not the sleek, sturdy construction of The Moonstone—but I was so enthralled with Magdalen I didn't care.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Not a doubt in my mind it was Margaret Hamilton's Wicked Witch of the West — nor that I have millions of others for company.

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William Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rereading this before I watch the series. Can’t remember where I scored this great edition—must’ve been at a library sale somewhere along the way.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've seen someone reading The Moonstone several times, The Woman in White at least once or twice, but No Name is a deep cut. I wanted to ask him about it, but he clearly wanted to be left alone with Wilkie.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🤣 Your "hey chat" is not far off from some posts I've seen, but even if only 1/4 of their followers read a good book (as opposed to posing with it) that still feels like an unalloyed good?

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Beautiful photo. Raising a glass to your father.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's such a great one. I know some people are suspicious of influencer boosts for classics but frankly I'm all for it. Here in the U.S. the big social-media books right now seem to be East of Eden, The Count of Monte Cristo, and The Brothers Karamazov.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm virtually positive it was not you on the subway, but I wish it had been. ❤️

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

“Just a cat”. Rude! Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black and white photo of a lovely shorthaired grey cat standing on a line of smooth rocks that look like they may have been placed there to border a driveway or something. The cat is looking at the camera with its tail up, obviously friendly. Cursive handwriting in the upper left corner reads “Just a cat”.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I love to spy on what people read on the subway. Last week, I had a first: I saw an older gentleman reading NO NAME by Wilkie Collins. About 1/3 through and deeply absorbed in it! What's the most interesting or unusual book you've seen someone reading in public lately?

This was the edition the gentleman was reading.

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Old School Cool @oldschoolcoolsub.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Blondie - 1976

Gary Valentine, Clem Burke, Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri

Credit to the original poster RadioStar1211 who posted this on r/OldSchoolCool on October 5th, 2026 at 12:49 AM UTC.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If you can get blocked for calling a sleeping cat "adorable" I am in deep, deep trouble.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I bet Mowu stops a lot for investigations when you're walking him!

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I thought so, but I am not the best at dog breed ID. This little clip gives "smart" too. What's his name?

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

RIP Marjoe Gortner, an American original - child preacher who once he grew up, revealed all the tricks of the evangelist trade in an Oscar winning documentary and then transitioned into acting and was ubiquitous in the 1970s... MARJOE the documentary is on Tubi!

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes, and his overall slurring has gotten phlegm-ier.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Dolores del Rio with dog. Some kind of bull terrier? It looks happy. Del Rio was an animal lover.

Dolores appears to be on her front lawn with the dog on a leash. She is wearing a simple gingham-check dress, is giving vogue face to the camera and looks all kinds of fabulous.

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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#oldhollywood #moviesky #filmsky #silents #Damfino “A lovely person. A supreme artist. One of the most beautiful people that was ever photographed." — Orson Welles about Buster Keaton #botd

Buster Keaton circa 1928. He’s sitting sleeping on the running board of a car.

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Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Sidney Paget, Illustrator, #BornOnThisDay in 1860, in Clerkenwell, London He was responsible for the illustrations accompanying the original publication of Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories in ‘The Strand Magazine’.

“Holmes gave me a sketch of the events.”

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Every once in a while you wake up with an urge to search for Dolores del Rio photographs.

Studio publicity portrait, probably early 1930s although that is just a guess. Extreme closeup with hair falling slightly over one eye; hand under chin with a multi-strand bracelet on del Rio's wrist.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ICYMI — country music star Zach Bryan and his band wore “Free Palestine” shirts at Robert Kraft’s stadium (From @yasharali.bsky.social )

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maysaa and her daughter Maria were laid to rest at St. Porphyrius Church after an Israeli strike on their Gaza City home killed them on 2 October. According to statistics, Gaza's Christian community was 1,017 before the start of Israel’s genocidal war in 2023, but has since decreased by 40%

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“After the 51-year-old British author's lifeless, rain-drenched body was found on the moor, the manner of his demise was not entirely certain, but one look through the camera roll on his phone offered several clues.”

A dappled cow getting all up in my grill.

A rain-wet pony inspects my body, trying to work out if I am till breathing.

A donkey marching towards me, annoyed, because I have told it the song 'Cannonball' by Damien Rice is fucking awful.

A sheep looking at me with doleful eyes after I made an allusion to its weak ancestry.

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Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrisstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Richard Hell Tropicana LA 1977 Happy birthday Richard

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bringing a bright note to Friday & an #1840s dress that is pink in more ways than one. Not only is it a brilliant rosy shade, it also has pinked edges, cut with special shears to create additional forms. Some self coloured satin stitch embroidery is the final touch #HistDeerfield #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Side view of a deep pink ballgown from the 1840s. It has a slop shouldered, horizontally pleated short sleeved bodice and then a layered bell shaped long skirt. Each layer has scalloped edges created with pinking shears and the layers are embroidered with floral satin stitch embroidery

A detail of the floral satin stitch embroidery that decorates the pinked flounces of the 1840s pink ballgown

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

never heard this before in my life, and it's delicious

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

last night at dinner we were talking about how much tracey sucks and the server overheard and was like are you talking about michael tracey? that guy fucking sucks, and it was very satisfying

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The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 02/10/2026

Mary Louise Weller, who portrayed Mandy Pepperidge, the Pi House sorority sister and object of future U.S. senator John “Bluto” Blutarsky’s affection in Animal House, has died. She was 79.

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Mary Louise Weller, Actress in ‘Animal House,’ Dies at 79

Mary Louise Weller, who portrayed Mandy Pepperidge, the Pi House sorority sister and object of future U.S. senator John “Bluto” Blutarsky’s affection in Animal House, has died. She was 79.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's not my nickname, they have only themselves to blame LOL

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