According to tough guy director & former bullfighter Budd Boetticher, the three toughest guys working in old school Hollywood were Robert Mitchum, Jack Palance, and Robert Ryan.
@janthonylong Agreed. But question: how does that apply to evaluating ads like the moldy Whopper campaign, which only seemed to please creatives and not consumers?
Site poster & Aussie TV poster in my #boxing collection from when the great @MannyPacquiao made history by battering Antonio Margarito for the vacant WBC jr. middleweight title & a title in a record-setting 8th weight class in a fight I covered at ringside -- 14 years ago today.
We at the Review mourn the loss of Gary Indiana (1950โ2024). In celebration of his life and work, weโve unlocked his Art of Fiction interview from our archive.
https://t.co/g8uhDs8hBG
@TPCarney Do you think a second Trump administration is likely to address the other circle of "Car Hell" -- developing infrastructure to make us less car dependent?
@walterkirn Since it was your conversation with @BretEastonEllis that introduced me to Tom McGuane, can I pull you away from political commentary for a moment and ask if you've seen this yet? https://t.co/d2Fp4plsGJ
@austinkleon Soderbergh blurbed the excellent biography of Dave Hickey, the late, great Texas-born art critic. Dave always used to tell his students (like me) to "take what you need from the garden."