fortheloothoney:

R.I.P Larry Hagman

I am extremely sad over this…seriously…

audreyfan2:

Sharon Tate (January 24, 1943 ~ August 9, 1969)

retrogasm:

R.I.P. Andy Griffith

It’s a sad day in Mayberry…

screengoddess:

RIP Ann Rutherford (November 2, 1917 – June 11, 2012)

“If we listened to our intellect we’d never have a love affair. We’d never have a friendship. We’d never go in business because we’d be cynical: “It’s gonna go wrong.” Or “She’s going to hurt me.” Or, “I’ve had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore …” Well, that’s nonsense. You’re going to miss life. You’ve got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.” — Ray Bradbury [Bradbury on Fresh Air] (via nprfreshair)

harperbooks:

thedailywhat:

Letter of Note of the Day: This 2006 letter from the late Ray Bradbury to the assistant director of Fayetteville Public Library goes behind the scenes of the writing of Fahrenheit 451:

Dear Shawna Thorup:

I’m glad to hear that you good people will be celebrating my book, “Fahrenheit 451.” I thought you might want to hear how the first version of it, 25,000 words and which appeared in a magazine, got done.

I needed an office and had no money for one. Then one day I was wandering around U.C.L.A. and I heard typing down below in the basement of the library. I discovered there was a typing room where you could rent a typewriter for ten cents a half hour. I moved into the typing room along with a bunch of students and my bag of dimes, which totaled $9.80, which I spent and created the 25,000 word version of “The Fireman” in nine days. How could I have written so many words so quickly? It was because of the library. All of my friends, all of my loved ones, were on the shelves above and shouted, yelled and shrieked at me to be creative. So I ran up and down the stairs, finding books and quotes to put in my “Fireman” novella. You can imagine how exciting it was to do a book about book burning in the very presence of the hundreds of my beloveds on the shelves. It was the perfect way to be creative; that’s what the library does.

I hope you enjoy reading my passionate output, which became larger a few years later and became popular, thank God, with a lot of people.

I send you all my good wishes,

(Signed)

[lettersofnote]

It started with a rented typewriter in the basement of a library…

lucynic83:

Rest in peace Whitney Elizabeth Houston: August 6, 1963 - February 11, 2012
“God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?”  

countryandwestern:

Etta James - All I Could Do Was Cry

R.I.P. to one of the greats.

brooksiescollection:

Silent Film Era Screenwriter Dies at Age 111

2:01 PM PST 1/6/2012 by Mike Barnes

Frederica Sagor Maas wrote stories and scripts for films starring Clara Bow, Norma Shearer, Louise Brooks and Greta Garbo.

Frederica Sagor Maas, a…