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ISBN: 067089141X Book review by Amazon.com reprinted with permission
As everybody who's anybody knows (and the rest of us too), the most exclusive Hollywood party is Vanity Fair magazine's Oscar-night bash. Vanity Fair's Hollywood is like the ultimate movie party--and how inviting it all is! Flip through the thick, glossy pages and greet the greats of all ages. Lillian and Dorothy Gish share a spread with Blythe Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow. Ms. Deneuve, resplendent in scarlet, meet Mr. Valentino, in classy black and white. Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra, meet Liz Taylor as Cleopatra (and if it's not too catty, did you notice Claudette was better dressed?). The stunning photos are cleverly juxtaposed. Julia Roberts, posed naughtily in see-through undies in the water, is followed by a very properly attired Doris Day in a see-through skirt. Day holds six brightly dyed poodles by white leashes; the composition forms a visual rhyme with the six accusing fingers pointed at Peter Lorre in the next picture. The photo captions by Christopher Hitchens are as succinctly clever as Dorothy Parker, encapsulating entire careers in a punning paragraph. Even if you've seen a shot before, you learn things: in the most notorious still ever snapped at a Hollywood party--the one where Sophia Loren ogled Jayne Mansfield's voluminous bosom--Hitchens tells us the object of Loren's appalled regard was "the strategic dabs of makeup on [Jayne's] nipples."
Like any good party, this vast book offers sparkling talk as well as gobs of eye candy. The brilliant Peter Biskind evokes the '70s heyday of superagent Sue Mengers, D.H. Lawrence makes a stab at defining "sex appeal," Patricia Bosworth adds the patented VF dash of scandal in a piece on Lana Turner's gangster boyfriend's murder, and Hitchens gives a quickie history of the fabled Sunset Strip. Not everything rises to the august occasion: Carl Sandburg's poem about Chaplin and Clare Boothe Luce's snooty ode to Garbo are mostly of antiquarian interest. Most of the historic stuff is great (e.g., Fritz Lang directing a crowd scene in Metropolis), and the most austere cineaste should own this book. On practically every page, Vanity Fair's Hollywood dazzles. It's a keeper. --Tim Appelo
Hollywood Sign Photo by Gina McDaniel
El Capitan Photo by Gina McDaniel
Cientology Photo by Gina McDaniel
Walk of Fame - Batman Photo by Gina McDaniel
The Paladium
The Pantages Theatre 6233 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028
Walk of Fame Photo by Gina McDaniel
The 2003 ESPY Awards were held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers
were nominated for Best NBA Player. The 2003 Winners are below:
18 Fan Voting Categories (voting via internet)
Best Play -- LSU's Hail Mary(LA Laker Kobe Bryant was also nominated for Best Play)
Best NFL Player -- Michael Vick
Best Major League Baseball Player -- Barry Bonds
Best NHL Player -- Jean-Sebastien Giguere
Best NBA Player -- Tim Duncan
Best WNBA Player -- Lisa Leslie(from the Los Angeles Sparks)
Best Driver -- Tony Stewart
Best Bowler -- Walter Ray Williams Jr.
Best Boxer -- Roy Jones Jr.
Best Jockey -- Jose Santos
Best Male Golfer -- Tiger Woods(attended Stanford University in Northern California)
Best Female Golfer -- Annika Sorenstam
Best Male Soccer Player -- Ronaldo
Best Female Soccer Player -- Katia
Best Male Tennis Player -- Andre Agassi(from Las Vegas Nevada)
Best Female Tennis Player -- Serena Williams(from Southern California)
Best Male Track and Field Athlete -- Tim Montgomery
Best Female Track and Field Athlete -- Gail Devers
15 Cross-Cutter Categories (voted by ESPY Academy):
Best Male Athlete -- Lance Armstrong
Best Female Athlete -- Serena Williams
Best Team -- Anaheim Angels(after their first World Series Trophy)
Best Coach -- Jon Gruden
Best Game -- Fiesta Bowl (Ohio State - Miami)
Best Moment -- Pete Sampras winning US Open
Best Breakthrough Athlete -- Alfonso Soriano
Best Outdoors Athlete -- Jay Yelas
Best Action Sports Athlete -- Shaun White
Best Disabled Athlete -- Marlon Shirley
Best Sports Movie -- Bend it Like Beckham
Best Comeback Athlete -- Tommy Maddox(who played College Football at the University of California Los Angeles(UCLA))
Best Record-Breaking Performance -- Emmitt Smith's rushing record
Best Male College Athlete -- Carmelo Anthony
Best Female College Athlete -- Diana Taurasi
