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The Age
Writer added sharp dialogue to provide zest to Hitchcock's thrillers
December 11, 2008
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JOHN MICHAEL HAYES, SCREENWRITER
11-5-1919 — 19-11-2008

JOHN Hayes, a screenwriter who wrote some of Alfred Hitchcock's best-known films before breaking with the director in a fight over a screen credit, has died of renal failure at a retirement community in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. He was 89.

Hayes wrote more than 1500 radio scripts, including comedy and detective shows, before his work for Hitchcock in the 1950s pushed him to the front rank of screenwriters.

He adapted four films for Hitchcock: Rear Window (1954), from a story by Cornell Woolrich; To Catch a Thief (1955), from a novel by David Dodge; The Trouble With Harry (1955), from a novel by Jack Trevor Story; and the 1956 remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much.

Rear Window starred James Stewart as a photographer who thinks his neighbour is a killer. Hayes was credited with much of the film's tart dialogue and with creating the character of Stewart's girlfriend, played by Grace Kelly. (Kelly's character, a fashion model, was said to have been inspired by Hayes' wife, Mildred, also a model.)

He won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America in 1955 for Rear Window.

Besides his work for Hitchcock, he was known for writing the screenplay for Peyton Place (1957) — no enviable task given the challenges of turning Grace Metalious' novel of small-town scandals into Hollywood fare. His screenplays for Peyton Place and Rear Window were nominated for Academy Awards.

Hayes was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. As a youth, he contributed Boy Scout news to The Worcester Telegram. He earned a bachelor's degree in business from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1941, before serving in the US Army in World War II.

This provided ideas for his early film credits, Red Ball Express with Jeff Chandler, and Thunder Bay with Stewart, before pairing with Hitchcock because they shared an agent.

hough not quite as celebrated as Rear Window, Hayes' other films with Hitchcock — To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant as a debonair cat burglar, and The Trouble With Harry, a black comedy about a constantly reappearing body — were generally well received. So was The Man Who Knew Too Much, though it irreparably frayed the partnership between Hayes and Hitchcock.

According to news accounts, Hitchcock hired another writer, Angus MacPhail, to help with the screenplay. He insisted that MacPhail receive joint credit; Hayes demurred. After arbitration, the Writers Guild awarded sole credit to Hayes, who never worked with Hitchcock again.

Hayes' later screenplays include adaptations of Butterfield 8 (1960), in which Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for best actress, and The Children's Hour (1961). He also wrote television movies and in the 1980s and '90s taught film at Dartmouth College. In interviews over the years, Hayes was forthright about what it was like to write for Hitchcock.

"I enjoyed working with him professionally, but off the screen he wasn't so likeable," he said in 1999. "He was egotistical to the point of madness."

Hayes is survived by two daughters, two sons and four grandchildren. His wife, Mildred, died in 1989.

 

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Transworld news
unny Isles Beach Real Estate is selling – even in a stressed economy
Miami Home and Condo Sales Rose in October 2008 by 23%

Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 12/10/2008 02:20 AM GMT (TransWorldNews)



An exclusive interview with Katerina Brosda, President & CEO of Brosda & Bentley Realtors, a boutique full-service Realty Company in Miami.

By Stephan Boruchin of TransWorldNews (TWN)

Sunny Isles Beach, a barrier island in North Miami Beach, bordered by chic Aventura to the northwest, elegant Bal Harbour to the south and secluded Golden Beach to the north has been compared to Monte Carlo, the glamorous and ritzy borough in Monaco, home to the famous Le Grand Casino and the opulent palace Hôtel de Paris, a member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Fittingly, the new slogan on Sunny Isles Beach’s public service vehicles, official brochures and flags proudly marks the city to be ‘Florida’s Rivera’.

Arguably there are intriguing similarities but as well significant distinctions. Both cities boast the Atlantic Ocean, respectively the Mediterranean Sea as their dramatic backgrounds; also Sunny Isles Beach has its Leading Hotels of the World, the spectacular Acqualina Resort & SPA on the Beach and a casino with poker tables and Las Vegas style-slot machines is only 5 minutes away on the mainland.

Donald Trump invested heavily in the city, with six luxurious sky rises bearing his name - the Miami Trump Towers being his trifecta. The Trump Palace and the Trump Royale condos are sensational lifestyle destinations, only available to a selected few and now the city will be flanked by St. Tropez Condominiums, a brand new 3-towers waterfront development at the gateway into the city and adjacent to the planned, futuristic Town Center and City Park complete with amphitheater and pedestrian-friendly parks, water features deluxe shopping and fine restaurants.

Monaco is legendary for attracting the rich and famous - so is Sunny Isles Beach. A stroll on the 2 ½ miles-long stretch of sand beach could occur to spotting the Who’s Who in the World. From Russian pop stars to international beacons of industry, novelist, artists, movie producers, actors and actresses, Congressman and women, Irina Allegrova, Alicia Keys, Enrique Iglesias, George Hamilton and Barbara Streisand who made the Turnberry Ocean Colony famous and even the Clintons, are rumored to own a condo in town, to name but a few. And what greater incidental similarity to Monaco could there be: Grace Kelly, the American Academy Award winning actress who went on the marry Prince Rainier of the Principality wintered at the Golden Strand Hotel in Sunny Isles Beach.

Whereas South Beach is the Mecca for crowds that could be described as young Wall Street successes, socialites, and ultimate-party-goers, Sunny Isles Beach is attracting a more subdued type of resident.

Grocery shopping in Monaco can be stylish – so can it be in Sunny Isles Beach. Epicure, the town’s Gourmet Market and Café welcomes its shoppers with valet service. Browsing through the aisles feels like being transported to a European connoisseur market. From Caviar to Foie Gras in Port Wine, the best fresh pastries in town to a delectable assortment of fresh produce, exotic meats and luxurious flowers. Epicure’s very own wine steward will make sure that only the best collections are stocked and available for home delivery.

And as Monaco is one of the number one tourist destinations in Europe, Sunny Isles Beach earned the rank to be # 1 of the Top 10 tourist destinations in the US with more than 1 million visitors a year - according to Tripadvisor’s Travelcast.

 

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Christina Hendricks is a sassy star in Mad Men, writes Debi Enker.

IF YOU'VE seen the first season of the acclaimed American series Mad Men you will have noticed Christina Hendricks. You can't miss her. She plays office manager Joan Holloway, a proudly curvy redhead who looks as though she's been poured into her colourful dresses.

While most of the men in this '60s-era drama favour snappy, slimline suits and the women look demure in buttoned-up blouses and pearls, Joan sashays around the New York advertising agency of Sterling Cooper like the self-aware bombshell she's supposed to be. If there's a physical embodiment of the sexual revolution that's poised to erupt in this smugly insensitive little universe, Joan is it. A single, working woman, efficient in the office and confident in her private affairs.

"Joan's very sassy, very bold," says Hendricks with affection. "She's fun and kind of bitchy. She's a really developed character, which is one of the things that I love about playing her. She can be powerful and overbearing at work, and yet she's tender and playful with her lover, and considerate and thoughtful with her friends. I like that she's all these different people and presents herself differently in different situations."

Presentation is crucial in Mad Men. It is, after all, set in the world of advertising. Starting in 1960, with the soon-to-screen second season opening two years later, it's a drama that relishes in its period detail, bringing a plush brand of '60s style back into vogue in the US. But what makes the series so compelling is that the sleek surfaces can't quite conceal the creeping sense of desperation that lies beneath.

In spite of the sexual escapades and the liberal consumption of liquor — it's all martini lunches and tumblers of Scotch downed in smoky bars — Mad Men is a dark drama of repression and loss: of people trying to bury painful secrets from their past and to mask their profound unhappiness with the present. "It feels nitty-gritty and yet it still looks slick," says Hendricks. "It doesn't talk down to the audience: it's sexy and adult."

Created by Matthew Weiner, a former writer and producer on The Sopranos, Mad Men is set mainly in the offices of the Madison Avenue agency. It follows the professional and personal trials of a group of men, including brooding creative chief Don Draper (Jon Hamm), coldly ambitious blueblood Pete Campbell (Vincent Kartheiser) and crisply cunning agency partner Roger Sterling (John Slattery).

But while the men of the title form the anguished heart of the drama, it also presents an intriguing array of women, from the cool blonde, Grace Kelly-ish Betty Draper (January Jones), Don's anxiety-ridden suburban wife, to contained yet enigmatic Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), who started in the submissive secretarial pool and graduated to the male bastion of copywriting in the first season. The women of Mad Men are women on the verge, poised to bust out of their moulds, on the brink of a decade of political and social upheaval.

 

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French News, Wed 10 Dec 2008: Monaco cancels Principality land extension...
Monaco shelves Principality land extension

Prince Albert II of Monaco has announced the cancellation of the planned extension to the Principality. In a press release from the palace, His Serene Highness says the 10 billion-euro construction, which was due to start in 2011 to create a 15-hectare artificial peninsula off the Larvotto beach area, has been shelved in the light of the current financial crisis. Other building projects will still go ahead, including the renovation of the Princess Grace Hospital, the new yacht club and 2 housing developments.

 

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NYT
We Sure Hope That Gown Wasn't a Loan
We were kind of disappointed to learn that PRINCESS CAROLINE of Monaco would not be attending the Princess Grace Awards ceremony, held at the Waldorf-Astoria last week. When you get the princess, you often get her husband, PRINCE ERNST OF HANOVER, or, as we have called him ever since that time at a Salzburg restaurant when he threw lumps of mozzarella at a baron who was making a tedious speech, ERNST THE CHEESE THROWER.

The Princess Grace Foundation gives money to talented young people in theater, film and dance. PRINCE ALBERT represented the royal family. Guests included LYNN WYATT, a friend of Princess Grace's. Ms. Wyatt wore white gloves throughout the evening. ANN REINKING, the actor MICHAEL C. HALL and KATE ROBIN, a writer and producer for ''Six Feet Under,'' also attended.

Items auctioned off included a Bugatti, a donation that would have impressed us a lot more had we not been compelled to watch a video from the manufacturer during dinner. (Oh, for the old days, when a monumental tax deduction for a charitable contribution was considered its own reward.)

The prince's date for the event was ALICIA WARLICK, an American Olympic hopeful in pole vaulting. It was her third year attending the awards, and there had been speculation that she and the prince might become engaged. But friends said they did not believe the two were a couple. Ms. Warlick wore her platinum blond hair in a bun and accessorized with diamond hairpins. There were diamonds at her ears and neck, and she wore a strapless, form-fitting gown.

 

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(CBS) From the early '50s to late '60s, the best guy a person could know may have been Frank Sinatra, according to George Jacobs.

After almost 35 years of silence, Jacobs writes of the parties, the people, and the places he saw as personal valet and confidant to Sinatra in "Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra," which he wrote with William Stadiem.

In it, Jacobs provides a look at a womanizing Sinatra who pursued some of the most famous women of Hollywood - Marilyn Monroe, Ava Gardner and actress Grace Kelly who was to become Princess Grace of Monaco.

Jacobs tells The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith his relationship with Sinatra was more like that of a father and son.

“He treated me more like family," Jacobs says. "I was not treated like a servant. He expected me to do everything. I was there for him. If the phone rang, he wouldn't answer the phone; I did. We got along very well. But if he got angry, he had the right to get angry. He would laugh at me and say something funny. Aggravate me, ‘What do you think you're doing? Hey, Spook, what do you think you're doing,” Jacobs says noting being called “Spook” “was like a joke. More like a compliment. It didn't bother me.”

Jacobs worked with Sinatra from ’58 to ’68 but his relationship with the "Chairman of the Board" ended when Jacobs was rumored to have had an affair with Sinatra's third wife, Mia Farrow.

Jacobs says, “I danced with Mia Farrow in a nightclub. He sent me from Palm Springs to L.A. to pick up Ava and take her to a concert at a restaurant. I stopped off to pick her up out of this little club and Mia was in there dancing. She was practically stumbling. She grabbed me and started dancing. Some little columnist, I think it was, was in the paper the next morning. He freaked."

And Jacobs was gone. He says, “When I got back to Palm Springs, he was screaming. I never thought he would do something like that.”

When asked what was the relationship like between Sinatra and Farrow, Jacobs says, “She was 19. I don't know; it wasn't a very close relationship. She was happy and in love. I don't know. It was very strange.”

The love of Sinatra’s life was Ava Gardner, the woman Sinatra left first wife Nancy Barbato for. Jacobs says, “He loved her until he died. He thought about it. Took care of her till she died.” But the marriage did not work out because he wanted a wife to stay at home and have kids. And Ava had a life of her own and wanted to keep living it."

Jacobs says, “Ava was a big star when he met her. He got a lot of breaks because Ava was out there working all the time. He wanted her to be closer. She couldn't handle that.”

Jacobs also writes about Sinatra’s relationship with Marilyn Monroe after her divorce from Joe Dimaggio. Jacobs says he doesn't know whether they two had an affair. The boss “dated quite a few of beautiful ladies. They were all treated very well. When he had company around, the children would never come and visit, when he had dates or anything. That was a no-no. The children, he saw them at their house and Nancy would cook two or three times a month for him. He'd go over and have a little party with their graduations and birthdays and stuff like that. And if he had guests in the house, no, the kids couldn't come down. But if they used the house, he would go somewhere else,” Jacobs says.

When asked if Sinatra had an affair with Princess Grace, Jacobs says, “He did a movie with her and he dated her, but I don't know.” Though Sinatra went to Monaco a couple of times, Jacobs says it was to support her charity work as Princess Grace of Monaco and noted, “Prince Ranier (Grace's husband) was a good friend of his.”

Jacobs describes Sinatra as “very serious, very well-read. When he had problems, he wouldn't say much of anything. He would sit and think a lot.” Jacobs says he does not think his boss was jealous of anybody.

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Wedding dress designer for Princess Grace dies at age 86


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BOSTON - Priscilla Kidder, whose dresses adorned Princess Grace and the daughters of two presidents, died Sunday. She was 86.
Kidder was the founder of Priscilla of Boston. Her elegant bridal fashions became famous when she designed gowns for the 1958 wedding of Grace Kelly.

"She designed a classic dress, the dress that became the icon of the American wedding," said Mille Martini Bratten, editor in chief of Bride's magazine.

Kidder's reputation grew when Luci Baines Johnson and Julie and Tricia Nixon, wore her designs for their weddings.

 

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All the photos are great.Congratulations.For those who admire Grace Kelly,you can watch in you tube a new documentary of FREDERICK MITTERRAND called Grace kelly ,princesse de Monaco(2007).It lasts 1 hour and it is divided in 12 parts.it is really marvellous because it contains private scenes of Grace ,never seen before such as In Roc ANGEL,skiing,in the palace,with her children....

I watched it yesterday so great love all the home movies that never been seen before showed her since of humor

 

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Thanks for all the pictures Scriptgirl

 

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You are welcome and Happy Holidays

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