And given that it’s now officially October — okay, Oktober — let’s fest our eyes, so to speak:






The only way they could be any sexier is if they were AfD supporters.
And given that it’s now officially October — okay, Oktober — let’s fest our eyes, so to speak:






The only way they could be any sexier is if they were AfD supporters.
She passed away just this past week, at age 87. I’ve featured Claudia Cardinale before (here), but this magnificent woman truly deserves a full post all to herself. Let’s start with the black & white series:










And still beautiful, even as she aged:

Next week, Claudia in color.
Perrie Edwards was more-or-less named after Steve Perry from Journey, and started off her singing career as a member of an all-girl band named Little Mix (no, I couldn’t hum one of their songs either, even at gunpoint).

She has, to my eyes, a kind of old-fashioned beauty, hence her appearance on these pages.











This is quite a resume. As a professional dancer, she danced all over Europe and at the Folies Bergère in her hometown of Paris, acted in a couple of French movies… and then Olympe Bradna emigrated to the U.S., getting a seven-year contract at Paramour Pictures — at age 16. She starred in a few musicals, then graduated to more dramatic roles and proved to be a really good actress.
Then, at age 21 — no doubt to the consternation of studio executives — she got married and quit the movie business forever, preferring to raise her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in California (back when it was still possible to do so).
Almost all the pictures featured below, therefore, are of Olympe while she was still a teenager. Remarkable.









She passed away at age 92.
From the brilliant brush of artist Alan Fearnley:

I don’t even fish, never have, and yet I find this picture quite captivating.
“Reality” TV starlet Maura Higgins, for your delectation:







