ANGE April 2010 : Page 32
BooK looK CAFTAN mAN Allan Carr at his hollywood hills home. Riding at Carr's, With Boys ///the //Fast /lane! Thismonth’s news blips and cheap shots Clockwise from top left: brett Clouser, creator of T-shirt line The monument of Our hearts; a conceptual sketch for Blade Runner; the Actor genie App Veteran Hollywood casting director Heidi Levitt—her CV runs from Natural Born Killers toT e Joy Luck Club— has created the Actor Genie App (actorgenie. com) for iPhone-enabled thespians. It features lists of upcoming projects, casting breakdowns, run- downs on the best acting coaches, and directions to casting offi ces. “It’s the nuts and bolts to be successful,” she says. > > > Coinciding with its big 20th Century Decorative Arts sale, Sunset Boulevard auctioneer Bonhams & Butterfields will present a panel discussion on April 15 titled “Blade Runner: Designing the Future,” focusing on the visual aesthetic and themes of the 1982 cult classic, which anticipated our digital billboard-strewn present. “Blade Runner possibly resonates so strongly because it depicts the past, the present and the future in vivid, visceral detail—that’s its genius,” says the fi lm's conceptual and industrial designer, SydMead, who will be among the panelists. > > > Fashion isn’t exactly known for focusing on positive body image issues, but Survivor: Samoa alum Brett Clouser, the creator of T-shirt line T e Monument of Our Hearts (tmooh.com), is hoping to change that. His upstart line places motivational quotes on the inside label and graphics like an upside- down heart on the outside (which, of course, appear right-side-up to those wearing them)—all to promote happiness. > > >T e wistfully, wittily named Last Bookstore in L.A. (400 S. Main St., 310.403.0168, lastbookstorela.com) has bowed in downtown’s Old Bank District, selling its deep archive of used volumes in art, photography, design, architecture and especially literature (On the Road is the best-seller). “As a used bookstore we have a great opportunity not to be tied down by what the publishers are pushing,” says owner Josh Spencer. –Emily DeTomaso Robert Hofl er’s new book Party Animals (Da Capo Press) details the debauched Hollywood Hills lifestyle of producer and manager Allan Carr. He owned Hillhaven Lodge, Ingmar Bergman’s former estate, which is now home to Brett Ratner—who reportedly described the place, upon fi rst visiting, as “a gay version of Bob Evans’ house.” To wit, Hofl er reveals Carr’s top fi ve most riotous moments. –Shane Martin 1. Rented scenery from the movie Cleopatra for his Night on the Nile Party. 2. Paraded a pony around his pool, which was fi lled with severalmermen, for an Elton John birthday bash. 3. Brought in 1974Oscar telecast streaker RobertOpel to strip out of a fl oor-length cape to be left with nothing but a stiff white collar—for a black-tie ballet shindig. 32 | Angeleno | April 2010 4. Hired hustlers for every room in his house to service Rudolf Nureyev, if he so chose, for a fête in the Russian dancer’s honor. 5. Invited a band called the Cycle Sluts—10 bearded dudes dressed in women’s S&M leather gear—to play a set of heavy metal for his Circus Party. the RadaR | now! AllAn cArr photo And booK cover courtesy oF dA cApo press
Publication List
