September 30 Todays Notable Birthdays
Happy birthday to Truman Capote Cissy Houston Johnny Mathis TRex Elie Wiesel and others Is September 30th your birthday too How Will you celebrate this momentous occasion With what notable individuals do you share your birth date

Coming Soon: Truman Capote Interviews Marlon Brando
For the next installment of Icon Redux by BlackBook and Two Penguins Productions, we'll be re-creating a famous interview between eccentric wordsmith Truman Capote and legendary actor Marlon Brando -- as portrayed by children. As a teaser, enjoy this collection of screen tests, where our aspiring junior thespians do Brando's famous "STELLLLLAAAAA!" yell from A Streetcar Named Desire. Email Print

Coroner to the stars Ronald Kornblum dead at 74
LOS ANGELES - Ronald Kornblum, a former Los Angeles County coroner who performed autopsies on such celebrities as John Belushi, Natalie Wood and Truman Capote, has died. He was 74. Kornblum served eight years as county coroner before resigning in 1990 amid charges of poor management. He died Tuesday at his home in La Canada-Flintridge after a long illness, his family said. Kornblum was hired in 1980 and for a time received praise for improving the efficiency and professionalism of the medical examiner

The Last Days Of Mademoiselle: Cocaine, Cigarettes & Calorie Counts [Maghag]
I used to really like Mademoiselle magazine. Not as old or cold as Vogue, not as dull as Glamour, not as do-goodery as Marie Claire, not as ditsy or sex-addicted as Cosmopolitan. Though the magazine folded in 2001, when it first started, in 1935, it was known for publishing short stories by authors like Truman Capote. Sylvia Plath worked as a guest editor there in 1953. The publication's tagline, in 1954, was: "The magazine for smart young women." Smart! Now Valerie Frankel, a former editor at Made