By the end of the first decade of the 20th century, it was clear that the motor car was here to stay, and carmakers started looking for ways to increase production. De Dion-Bouton in France and Oldsmobile in the United States both claimed sales of...
She tries to look happy . . . She tries desperately to have fun on dates . . . But there is such an ache in her heart . . . Here at last is the true Natalie Wood story....
The history of Mercedes is also the history of the car itself. The companies founded by the two German pioneers of the internal combustion engine and the automobile-Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz-came together to form a marque that now makes some of the world's most...
Should I invite him to visit me in Hollywood? . . . Will I be proud of him, to love him again?...
Serves 6 6 12- to 16-oz. fresh duck legs, trimmed of excess fat Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 Tbs. canola oil 4 medium carrots, cut into 1½-inch pieces 2 medium celery stalks, cut into 1½-inch pieces 1 medium yellow onion, cut into 1½-inch pieces 6 medium cloves garlic, minced 1...
“Most people think that I was trying to get on the show,” Tommy Sands will tell you, “because I walked in to Radio Station KWKH and said to the receptionist, ‘My name is Tommy Sands. I play the guitar and sing.’ ” That was the beginning....
Serves 6 2 2½-lb. rabbits, cut into 8 pieces each 2 Tbs. ras el hanout Flaky sea salt (such as f leur de sel) and freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup plus 2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil 1 small yellow onion, finely chopped 2 medium cloves garlic, finely chopped 6 long, slender...
Debbie Reynolds once told me, and not so very long ago at that, “I’m so busy, if I got married now I’d have to give my husband a picture of myself, so he’d know what I look like!” My, how that attitude has changed! Debbie’s still...
It was one amazing feat to build the first practical motor cars—it was another to start making more and selling them. Just convincing people of their benefits was often difficult. Entrepreneurs, engineers, and aristocrats all played parts in the earliest faltering steps toward car manufacture....
For four hours once—and this was not for a movie script—Zsa Zsa Gabor was sitting in the middle of half a dozen sort of starving lions. This is how it started. Picture Zsa Zsa Gabor, and you get a mental image of this beauty in an...