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Bob Mackie designed 17,000 costumes for ‘The Carol Burnett Show’. The 90-year-old screen legend praised the designer for his hard work on her groundbreaking CBS sketch show as she discussed the team she had working on her iconic comedy series. Speaking to Meg Ryan for Interview magazine in a conversation recorded before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Carol revealed: “We had about nine writers, three women. And then we had special material writers who would do the music. And then we had a choreographer, 12 dancers, and two guest stars a week. And Bob Mackie designed 65 to 70 costumes a week.” Meg replie...
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Tina Turner has been hailed by her costume collaborator for having the “best body” for her revealing stage outfits. The late singer, who died aged 83 on 24 May after years battling illnesses including severe kidney problems, is said by her friend and fashion designer Bob Mackie, 84, to have used her entire toned physique to make the most of her on-stage clothes. He told The Guardian ahead of the launch of the opening of the ‘Diva’ exhibition at London’s Victoria and Albert museum, which features the ‘Private Dancer’ singer’s looks: “Tina Turner was larger than life right up to the end.” Bob cr...
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Carol Burnett was discouraged from doing her own kind of comedy. The 89-year-old comedienne entertained TV audiences for more than a decade in the 1960s and 1970s with her self-titled variety show but revealed that producers initially "poo-pooed" the idea and wanted her to do a typical sitcom instead. She told Fox News Digital: "I had done 'The Garry Moore Show', which was a very good variety show. So, I had all of that experience under my belt. [But] they poo-pooed my idea, saying, ‘No, you can’t do that.’ And [they] had a sitcom they wanted me to do, to which I said, ‘I don’t want to be the ...
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Cher is the new face of Balmain. The ‘Believe’ hitmaker - who walked the French fashion house’s runway in September - is now the face of their new Blaze bag after connecting with the creative director Olivier Rousteing and his “exciting” collection, comparing to the experience to the 1939 Judy Garland movie, 'The Wizard of Oz'. The 76-year-old entertainer told Vogue magazine: “I just connected with him. And that night when I saw the clothes I felt like, oh my God. I was really poor when I was young—going into a dime store was like heaven for me. Anyway, I thought the clothes were so exciting, ...
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Lili Reinhart almost didn’t get the role of Betty Cooper on ‘Riverdale’. The ‘Look Both Ways’ star “was told no” at first when she tried out for the iconic blonde in the CW adaption of the ‘Archie Comics’ - which also stars her ex Cole Sprouse, KJ Apa and Camila Mendes - but kept pushing to finally get cast. The 25-year-old actress told E! News: "It's weird because when I auditioned for Riverdale at first, I was told no. I didn't get the role. They said no, and then I moved to L.A. and they still hadn't cast the role of Betty and so I was able to go in in person because the first time was a se...
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While some were dazzled by the surprise reveal of Kim Kardashian wearing the dress that Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday” to then-President John F. Kennedy in, the iconic designer who drew the initial design openly questioned the choice. Bob Mackie, a fashion designer and costumer known for designing pieces for iconic women in entertainment including Lucille Ball, Cher, Diahann Caroll and many more, told Vogue he thought it was “a big mistake” for Kardashian to wear the original dress. Mackie sketched the design while in his 20s as an assistant to Jean Louis, who directed the gown’s creatio...
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Bob Mackie has blasted Kim Kardashian for wearing Marilyn Monroe's iconic dress to the Met Gala. The 82-year-old designer created the iconic dress - which was worn by the Hollywood legend in 1962 when she sang 'Happy Birthday' to President John F. Kennedy - alongside Jean Louis, and he has described the decision to loan it to the 41-year-old reality star as a "big mistake". He told 'Entertainment Tonight': "I thought it was a big mistake. [Marilyn] was a goddess. A crazy goddess, but a goddess. She was just fabulous. "Nobody photographs like that. And it was done for her. It was designed for h...
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Kim Kardashian received a fake lock of Marilyn Monroe’s hair, says an expert of the Hollywood icon. Scott Fortner, a historian and collector of the ‘Some Like It Hot’ star refutes that ‘the Kardashians’ star was presented with a real piece of Marilyn’s hair by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not. This comes after they presented the 41-year-old mogul with a “silver box that contained an actual lock of Marilyn’s iconic platinum hair” at a fitting for her look at the 2022 Met Gala; the sparkly nude illusion gown - designed by Bob Mackie - that the ‘Gentleman Prefer Blondes’ star wore to serenade US Presid...
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