Nancie ClareApr 5, 20191 minAnd So It Begins…Okay, if no one is interested in optioning The Battle for Beverly Hills to turn it into a screenplay, I guess I'll just do it myself. There's still no guaran...
Nancie ClareMay 6, 20183 minGo Ahead, Blame Bill MaherImage, if you will, a country in which Al Gore had been inaugurated president in January 2001, (he won) instead of George W. Bush. The country—the world—woul...
Nancie ClareFeb 25, 20182 minContinued Musings on a World Without Beverly Hills Last week I pointed out some of the entertainment vehicles that would never have been made if Beverly Hills had ceased to exist in 1923. Because, really, who...
Nancie ClareFeb 15, 20181 minImagine a World Without Beverly HillsYou might shrug and think: What difference would it have made if Beverly Hills had been annexed to Los Angeles in 1923? In terms of popular culture, actually...
Nancie ClareFeb 6, 20184 minThe Curious Tale of the Peculiar Monument: Part Three, "A Tribute to Those Celebrities…"(Detail of Will Rogers from the plinth of "Celluloid" ©Jonathan Brown The monument “Celluloid” is situated on an oddly-angled intersection, but that’s not un...
Nancie ClareJan 29, 20183 minThe Curious Tale of the Peculiar Monument: Part Two, The Asymmetrical Approach (detail of Mary Pickford from the plinth of "Celluloid") ©Jonathan Brown In August, 1957, silent-screen-actress-turned-real-estate-investor Corrine Griffith ...
Nancie ClareJan 23, 20182 minThe Curious Tale of the Peculiar Monument Part One: Corrine Griffith, the Somewhat Unlikely Champion of “Celluloid” ©Jonathan Brown Set into a traffic island roughly the shape of a triangle at the ob...
Nancie ClareJan 8, 20182 minGood Idea + Recognizable Name = Attention to an IdeaRecently, novelist and co-owner of Parnassus Books—the bookstore in Nashville on every writer’s bucket list, mine included—Ann Patchett wrote “My Year of No ...
Nancie ClareJan 5, 20181 minWhen Rob Lowe Thanked Local Firefighters with a Feast, He Emulated Douglas FairbanksRob Lowe made headlines everywhere from the Twitterverse to old media when he thanked local firefighters in December 2017, by serving them dinner. Don’t get ...
