Arts and Entertainment

Journalist Alison Jane Reid writes the Disastrously Fabulous column - a frank funny and fearless look at life from the perils and joys of flirting to afternoon bubble baths, tai chi, hot pink lipstick and other decadent pleasures.

Teenage film icon Marcelle LeBlanc talks about playing Mary Ellen as a homage to the spirit of aviator Amelia Earhart and how acting transformed her life at school when she stopped trying to fit in and just be herself.

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Hedy Lamarr, inventor and film goddess was born in November 1914. Alison Jane Reid celebrates her mind as the inventor of frequency hopping and we explore how to emulate her image as a Hollywood icon of golden age style in suitably starstruck fashion.

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I'm Your Man Starring Dan Stevens and Maren Eggert, is a film by Emmy-Award Directing Maria Schrader that thrills as much as it poses serious questions about the boundaries of love. Could you fall for a humanoid, fantastic man asks Alison Jane Reid? Let's find out.

Johnny Depp turns 58 on June 9th 2021. Depp excels at playing eccentrics and loners who don't fit the typical Hollywood image of masculinity.