What with Queen Elizabeth II celebrating her Diamond Jubilee–sixty years on the throne–and the monarchy secure for the moment, I can now tell the story of how I nearly destroyed British Royalty. In 1979 I flew to Victoria, British Columbia, to cover…
Monthly Archives: May 2012
How I Nearly Destroyed British Royalty–But Saved A Prince From Margaret Trudeau
Tagged with: Australia, British Columbia, British Royalty, Cottesloe Beach, Diamond Jubilee, Jane Priest, Kate Middleton, Margaret Trudeau, monarchy, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Pippa Middleton, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Queen Elizabeth II, tabloid press, the Prince of Wales, Victoria
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El Sid, The Cannes Cannes, and Six Green Beans
Every year about this time I think of El Sid and six green beans. El Sid was my nick-name for Sid Adilman, the legendary Toronto Star entertainment reporter. For years in May, El Sid and I would head for the Cannes…
Tagged with: Antibes, Cairo, Cannes, Cannes International Film Festival, Cary Grant, Chet Baker, Cote d'Azur, Croisette, Dusty Cohl, Eden Roc, Egypt, France, French Riviera, Gore Vidal, Grace Kelly, Hotel Carlton, Hotel du Cap, Hotel Majestic, James Mason, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Woodward, Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, McKenzie Porter, Mena House, Moulin des Mougins, Nice, Norman Mailer, Paul Newman, rue D'Antibes, Sid Adilman, The Toronto Star, The Toronto Telegram, TIFF, To Catch A Thief, Toronto International Film Festival
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Fall In Love, Talk To Dead People, Write A Great Novel
All Lionel Goldstein had to do to write a great novel was fall in love for a lifetime and talk to a couple of dead people. The conversation with the dead took place in 1968. The younger brother of his best friend had…
Tagged with: England, Jackie Gleason, Laurence Olivier, Lionel Goldstein, London, Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson, Ouija board, The Executioner, The Man Before Yesterday
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Ron Base Writes 