Bookmarked! #128: Celeb Sex Shenanigans

/ Alex Good

I’ve talked before about these promotional bookmarks that used to be quite common and that you don’t see as much of anymore. This is a good example, and it’s from the early days of my collection. I don’t know when I picked it up, but the first edition of The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People came out in 1976. The keyhole shape was a sly idea.

Book: The Film Encylopedia by Ephraim Katz

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20 thoughts on “Bookmarked! #128: Celeb Sex Shenanigans”

  4. I show it as 81. Wouldn’t that make at least a bit more sense than 76 for you?

    I actually have quite a few Wallace books because so many were adapted. What amazes me is that there are one or two I still think I might read one day. This surprises me because the two I *have* already read, The Fan Club and The Seventh Secret, were pretty bad, the former being so bad I stopped in disgust partway through the first time I picked it up then only finished it on a later attempt because I was determined to do so.

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    • Hmm. Goodreads says 1976 and Wikipedia says 1981. I think I’d trust Wikipedia more.

      I would say I haven’t read a word by him but I think there was a copy of The Book of Lists floating around the house at some point. I’m sure I’ve never dipped a toe in any of his fiction.

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      • Before I committed myself I also checked AbeBooks and they’ve got a first edition from 81. : -)

        On a different topic, how are you reconciling the Oscar noms with your experience of Sinners? Ready to jump on the Woke Conspiracy Train yet? : -)

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      • In a way that train left the station a long time ago. Hollywood has always used shows like the Oscars to favour its political messaging du jour. I haven’t cared about them for years.

        But the thing is, it’s a result that just makes them less relevant than ever. It’s like when Jeanne Dielman topped the Sight and Sound critics’ poll as the greatest film of all time, which used to be quite a prestigious ranking, in 2022. OK, point made. But now the list itself is meaningless.

        As I’ve said elsewhere though, I think all this stuff is the twitch of the death nerve for cultural arenas that were dying anyway for other reasons.

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      • I can’t imagine what those “other reasons” might be; woke is everywhere, that’s the point. But, hey, I didn’t know that about Sight & Sound. That’s funny. Been a long time since I’ve looked at that list. I seem to remember Citizen Kane finally falling out of the No. 1 spot, but it sure wasn’t because of Jeanne Dielman, which I’ve never heard of until now.

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      • Nobody had heard of Jeanne Dielman. Even some of the professional film critics I was in touch with. It was a political stunt. But like I say, you make your point like that and then you’re left with a list that simply doesn’t mean anything anymore.

        Other reasons refers to economic and technological developments. The Humanities are dying, sure, but mainly because people aren’t reading anymore. Or can’t read anymore. The current woke stuff doesn’t help, and some of it’s a joke, but the game’s over anyway.

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      • Maybe in Canada. We’re still fighting. : -)

        Technology might actually help in the case of Hollywood. As this Sinners business shows, they’ve gone completely over the edge. And this occurs just as AI is opening up new possibilities. It’s interesting timing, to say the least. (And remember: I’m trying to be more positive. So don’t bring me down. Grussss.)

        [ELO — in case you think I’ve lost my mind.]

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