One of the most strangely affecting things that i recall from "Autobiography" is Morrissey's queerly fond remembrance of Richard's ring ~
circa. August 1986
"Backstage in Los Angeles, the actor Richard Davalos walks towards me, and, saying nothing, places a square-faced silver ring on the third finger of my left hand. Looking not an hour older than when he played James Deans's screen brother in East of Eden in 1955, Davalos now lives in Echo Park and tends to his garden. A series of beautifully printed letters arrive from Richard at Cadogan Square:
by way of thanks for your magnetic performance here in Los Angeles. It was a truly remarkable evening. You are so very special. RICHARD.
Richard's ring fastened itself to my finger for the next few years, until I suddenly wondered what it was doing there."
Rest in Peace.
At least James Dean was attractive. And Brando requires subtitles.
Wanna bet? JT is nothing to sneeze at. He is übertalented and multidimensional. Check it out:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/barry-gibb-talk-show/n12498
And his sick moves here:
I saw him and Britney at a party when he wasn't all that famous yet. She had really thick legs, and he still had that nasty NSync permfro. Amazing how ugly some celebrities are in person. George Clooney was gross up close. Morrissey is probably better looking in person - he seems to have that aura about him.
You're reminded me to read Autobiography again.
I've never seen this pic. It's great.
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What did you expect James Dean to do for you?
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I can't make sense of any of this drivel. Anyone else?
That's rich coming from someone who thought a photomontage was a montage. Idiot.
Wanna bet? JT is nothing to sneeze at. He is übertalented and multidimensional. Check it out:
http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/barry-gibb-talk-show/n12498
And his sick moves here:
I saw him and Britney at a party when he wasn't all that famous yet. She had really thick legs, and he still had that nasty NSync permfro. Amazing how ugly some celebrities are in person. George Clooney was gross up close. Morrissey is probably better looking in person - he seems to have that aura about him.
At least James Dean was attractive. And Brando requires subtitles.
Big Justin Timberlake fan are we?
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Is this a joke? That twit Timberlake? Sweetheart, my taste is much more refined and cultivated than yours, I am afraid. I just won't settle for some Disney Mickey-mouse product. I stay firmly behind my comment that there won't be another Morrissey. Just yesterday I wanted to expand my record collection by something new. So I went through a long list of current international indie artists and was checking out their music, one by one... And what a disappointment I encountered! The same fashion, image, haircuts and the music not even worthy mentioning; truly forgettable. What's more disturbing is that they all sounded the same, as though it was being sang by the same person/group. There really is nothing out there right now (or about last 20 years) that is worth listening to.
Big Justin Timberlake fan are we?
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f*** off you queer. No, I actually think JT blows like you. It was something called sarcasm. Look it up in that big book.
...and you are??
Oh that's right - a smelly shitlister whose music, image, and name is unrecognizable to at least 99% of the US and European population. You suffer from MASSIVE delusions of grandeur, you sick schizo.
One handsome dude. This pic made one hell of a Smiths cover art, even if it only made it's way to the Best... l & ll compilation and The Complete Picture.
While we're on the Davalos/Dean theme - I've tried and failed to locate a Dean documentary from at least 20 years ago in which an interviewed person describes Dean as "...a tough kid who swallowed nails"
yes!! his is like the face you sketch on paper without knowing it exists until you actually see it. for me, the first time was when i saw him in antonioni's l'eclisse, which i was originally watching for monica vitti. such a perfect face, such clean lines, just like a line drawing.My favorite actor of old films is Alain Delon. He was like a dream
I think you are referring to James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975) where composer and friend Leonard Rosenman said he was introduced to James Dean as "a tough kid who sleeps on nails."