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GRIDIRON GALAHAD
With everyone talking about Tim Tebow, I wanted to weigh in – not because I know anything about football but because I can’t stand being left out of a conversation...
Jan 12, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
BOUND FOR GLORY
The Native Americans called him “Son of the Morning Star,” because he liked to attack at dawn.Tonight at 8 on Thirteen/WNET, PBS’ “American Experience” explores the life and legacy of George Armstrong Custer – the Civil War hero who in June of 1876..
Jan 17, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
THE FEMININE SIDE
Once I get an idea, I’m like a dog with a bone. So herein is another post about my latest obsession – Tim Tebow. One of my favorite luncheon pastimes is to read about men fulminating over Tebow’s shortcomings...
Jan 19, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
THE OFFICES OF THE NIGHT
“The Borgias” – the sumptuous Renaissance-set series that Showtime is bringing back for a second season beginning April 8 at 10 p.m. – is almost good enough to make me wish I had cable. (Actually, you can sample episodes on the channel’s website.)
Jan 26, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
BREAD AND CIRCUSES
Well , what to say of Madonna’s halftime performance? Is it un-sisterly, sexist and certainly un-feminist of me to say she somehow seems too old for this sort of thing? I read that in The New York Times this morning and had a frisson of distaste...
Feb 7, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
THE ETERNAL NEMESES
Well, congratulations to the New England Patriots: They’ve been Djokovic-ed. One of the greatest teams of all time – to borrow the hyperbole of sports journalism – lost, again, to the underdog, visiting locker room-assigned New York Giants...
Feb 7, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
LOVE SONG
When I heard that Whitney Houston died, I burst into tears. Maybe you did, too. She had that kind of effect on people. Gifted with a mezzo-soprano voice of striking range and astonishing power...
Feb 21, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
WHEN YOU'RE A JET
From a cultural standpoint, Tim Tebow is the gift that keeps on giving. Today, he became a Jet all the way, and while I’m a Yankees-Giants fan – albeit one who likes to see all New York teams succeed – I am swooning with rapture.
Mar 22, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
HE'LL ALWAYS HAVE DENVER
Forget football. Tim Tebow’s presidential press conference was a clinic on how to lose and gain a job gracefully.
Mar 27, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE
SPANKING HANKY-PANKY
Recently, a throng of WAG staffers (OK, one) has urged me to weigh in on “Fifty Shades of Grey.” I don’t know why it is that whenever the subject of S&M comes up, the staff naturally thinks of me, but anyhoo, I said, Sure...
Apr 27, 2012 by Georgette Gouveia in THE ARTS MUSE