Intoonfada and journalistic troublemakers @ the L.A. Press Club

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May 11, 2006

Ceux qui me connaissent à L.A. savent que je suis bénévole pour le Los Angeles Press Club, ultra-glamour dans les années 40-50: non seulement leur QG était à l'hôtel Roosevelt, à Hollywood, mais à l'époque, le club avait une Miss annuelle. Une année, Miss L.A. Press Club était cette jeune actrice, Marilyn Monroe. J'ignorais que deux ans auparavant, Mamie Van Doren avait également été Miss Press Club (voir la photo tirée du site de Mamie, qui, soit dit en passant, reste très en forme.) Rien de tel que l'exploitation d'une beauté blonde pour promouvoir de façon éhontée deux prochaines soirées au Club, moins pailletées qu'autrefois mais en plein dans notre époque:

Those who know me in L.A. know that I volunteer for the Los Angeles Press Club, which was super glamorous in the 40s and 50s: not only was their HQ at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, but around that time, the organization would elect a Miss Press Club every year. One year, Miss L.A. Press Club turned out to be this young actress, Marilyn Monroe. I didn't know that two years before, Mamie Van Doren had also been Miss Press Club (see the pic from (see the pic from Mamie's website... , who, by the way, is still is great shape). There's nothing like exploiting a blond beauty to shamelessly promote two upcoming events ... less sparkly than in the old days but right for our times:

INTOONFADA THIS THURSDAY. Matt is moderating an interesting L.A. Press Club panel this Thursday, May 11, at 7:30, talking about the Danish cartoons controversy, specifically how it played out with Borders banning an issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

On the panel will be Skeptical Inquirer guy & constitutional lawyer Eddie Tabash; Reason's Brian Doherty, Edina Lekovic of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

Go to http://www.lapressclub.org for more details

PRISONER OF X AND NEWS JUNKIE GRILLED BY GENERATION KILL

Photo Hosted at Buzznet.com WHAT: A reception for two now-sober journalistic troublemakers: Allan MacDonell, whose high-flaming memoir, Prisoner of X: 20 Years in the Hole at Hustler Magazine (Feral House), has been featured in the NY Times, NY Post, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and NPR; and Jason Leopold, the obsessive-compulsive investigative journalist whose News Junkie (Process) details the felonious conduct behind his rise and fall at the Los Angeles Times, Salon and Dow Jones Newswires, and later his rise once again in the independent media.

FOLLOWED BY: A discussion with the two writers moderated by Evan Wright, whose bestselling Generation Kill, about American grunts in Iraq, won the 2005 PEN award for the best work of researched nonfiction.

WHEN: Thursday, May 18. Reception begins at 6:30 p.m., with presentation and Q & A starting at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Steve Allen Theater located in Los Feliz/East Hollywood, 4773 Hollywood Blvd., one block west of Vermont. Plenty of free parking. Check out steveallentheater.com for information about upcoming events, including the 666 Satanic High Mass.

Go to http://www.lapressclub.org for more details.

PS: check out Luke Ford's interview with Allan McDonell.

Posted by Emmanuelle at May 11, 2006 10:13 AM

Comments

C'est pas possible... Mamie Van Doren... Cette femme a 70 ans révolus!!! Je suis pas sûre d'apprécier le coup de la mamie blonde gonflée de partout. La vache, j'en reviens pas.
Allez, je retourne à mes révisions ;)

Posted by: SaraKa at May 11, 2006 12:14 PM

Mamie a en effet... 75 ans!

Posted by: Emmanuelle at May 11, 2006 12:43 PM

Elle reste tout de même bien balancée malgré son âge. Surtout avec le flou artistique ;)

Posted by: Frog in L.A. at May 11, 2006 7:10 PM