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Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal: Falling in Love Letters

Posted on February 29, 2016 by ronbase — 1 Comment

Before the other night, the last time I saw Ryan O’Neal was on an elevator at Toronto’s Park Plaza Hotel. He was accompanied by his daughter, Tatum O’Neal, Helga Stephenson, at the time the Toronto film festival’s director of communications,…

Send In the Rolls-Royce Corniche: Remembering Jerry Weintraub

Posted on July 7, 2015 by ronbase — Leave a comment

One of the perks of working for Hollywood producer Jerry Weintraub, who died yesterday at the age of 77, was that he sent his convertible Rolls-Royce Corniche to pick you up at the airport, complete with immaculately uniformed chauffeur.…

The Legendary Watering Holes Have All Dried Up

Posted on February 23, 2012 by ronbase — 6 Comments

Back in another mist-shrouded time when I was single, I always took dates to Bistro 990 in downtown Toronto. With its arched ceilings and pale gold walls, you could believe for a few hours (aided by a glass of wine)…