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COVER STORY : The Other Gurus Who Guide the Stars
Greta Garbo was a follower of Krishnamurti, the late Indian philosopher who spent part of his time in Ojai, and it may have been his influence that caused her to abandon her movie career. Eastern mysticism also held a fascination for Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood.
After meeting a psychic who predicted the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mae West developed a deep interest in metaphysics and would invite friends to her house for demonstrations of ESP. Jayne Mansfield and Sammy Davis Jr. became priests in the First Church of Satan, founded by the well-connected but much-maligned Anton LaVey.
Years later, Hollywood still offers plenty of work for gurus of every stripe, from the mystical to the motivational.
From Steven Spielberg to Nick Nolte, celebrities are busy “liberating” their inner child under the guidance of John Bradshaw, the recovered alcoholic turned best-selling author and public television host. Barbra Streisand, Rosea
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An Index of Everything (and Everyone) Mentioned in Barbra Streisand’s Memoir
It only took Barbra Streisand six years to complete her EGOT, but it took her more than 20 to pen My Name is Barbra, her recently-released memoir from Viking Press. And if two decades sounds like a long time, you must not have picked up your copy yet. Clocking in at 966 pages—48 hours and 14 minutes if you’re listening to the read-by-Babs audiobook—the tome spans the singularly prolific artist’s 81 years on earth, from her torch-singing origins in Greenwich Village gay bars to her fraught relationship with her mother, Diana Kind. “I do love her,” Streisand writes in the short, wrenching chapter all about Diana. “But that doesn’t mean I like her.”
Repeated throughout is a quote from G.B. Shaw’s Saint Joan (coincidentally, Barbra’s middle name): “It is an old saying that he who tells too much truth is sure to be hanged.” Well, in My Name is Barbra, Streisand braves the gallows. But the bo
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WeekendArt
In recognition of Black History Month, we hope that you enjoy this portrait of W. E. B. ni Bois in the collection.
F. Graham Cootes (American, 1879–1960)
Portrait of W. E. B. ni Bois, ca. 1940–early 1950s
Pastel on paper
20 7/8″h x 17″w
Collection of Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fidlow, A3807,02.0206In this captivating work, F. Graham Cootes deftly depicted the renowned African American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, and author, W. E. B. ni Bois (1868–1963). The artist employed striking highlights on his sitter’s forehead, hair, and tie that subtly reference his age, wisdom, distinction, and determination. Between the 1940s and early 1950s, Cootes and ni Bois met when they were both