The Northside ISD Literacy Project Podcast This pod is for high school English teachers in Northside ISD, right here in San Antonio Texas. Each week, we share lesson ideas and best practices for teaching the concepts and skills students will explore in your courses.
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A podcast exploring writer Dominick Dunne's quest for justice amidst his incisive commentary of the high society set. Alicia (Trashy Divorces) leads a far ranging romp through the novels and Vanity Fair columns of one of the 20th century’s most unforgettable literary contributors. Covering courthouses and country clubs, Dunne’s voice was one for the ages, and Done & Dunne ensures that voice can continue to resonate with audiences today.
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"All Things Natural," Ed's weekly newspaper column, has been published continuously for a quarter century. It ran for 21 years in the Connecticut-based newspaper chain and today appears in the Bedford, NY Record-Review. Over the column's run, he has written over 1300 columns totaling nearly a million words. Ed's writings have been published in The Adirondack Explorer, Adirondack Life, Audubon, Birder's World, Bird Watcher's Digest, The Conservationist, Garden, Lake Life, Living Bird, Middleb ...
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Introducing PodKind.org and PodKind Network: the community where you can find your next opportunity within podcast, while receiving insights and advice on how leverage that opportunity for greatness and beyond. PodKind is a professional organization for podcasters by podcast professionals. We understand and recognize that every podcast professional is unique as we come from different industries, lifestyles, regions, and unique work conditions. Only podcast professionals truly understand what ...
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180. A Nick in Crime | The Murder of Vicki Morgan, Alfred Bloomingdale’s Inconvenient Mistress
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In this week’s episode, we take a journey to the second criminal case Dominick Dunne covered in his reporting for Vanity Fair. When Vicki Morgan was murdered in July 1983, it sent shockwaves through the political upper crust, as Vicki was the mistress of Alfred Bloomingdale, connected into the Reagan administration through the decades. Dominick Dun…
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We are still all aboard this journey with Dominick Dunne to the 60th birthday party of 3rd Lord Glenconner, Colin Tennant, with all the family. In this second part, we meet up with Princess Margaret, Raquel Welch, and a few other folks with some strong opinions when the American boat sallies up next to the Wind Star. Once the journey is over, there…
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We are taking a voyage this week with Dominick Dunne, who is attending the 60th birthday party bash of Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner at the end of 1986. Colin had a great party the decade before and Princess Margaret is no stranger to the party time hedonistic time happening on the island. Dunne attends this celebration, but this is not Nick’…
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182. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowden | A Trashy Royals Crossover
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When Queen Elizabeth II was born in 1926, there were years of her childhood that were, compared to other future monarchs, quite normal. After all, she was never supposed to be the Queen. Her father was a second son; her Uncle David would succeed her grandfather, and certainly other male children would come along. And then, in 1930, Elizabeth's pare…
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In this episode, we take Dominick Dunne through many decades of his turbulent career, and get our man Nick redeemed in the Hollywood scene in the mid-1990s. Dunne knew the Bloomingdales and the Reagans socially back in his Hollywood halcyon days in the 1960s, but was most certainly booted out of their circle by his 1970s downfall. With the publicat…
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Introducing American Prankster: Wavy Gravy's Life Story
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We are excited to share a show we're loving with you! American Prankster: Wavy Gravy's Life Story pairs the legendary entertainer and activist with our friend, podcaster Rainbow Valentine, following the incredible ride of a life that Wavy Gravy has been on through decades of American counterculture. Enjoy this sample, and subscribe wherever you lis…
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August 26 marks the 15 years since our man Nick’s passing in 2009, and this week, we honor him, his life and legacy. Dominick Dunne was fondly recalled by many – these are a few of the best stories about his life and impact, by Sean Elder and Jason Chaffee. Do you have a story to share about Dominick Dunne? Tell Alicia at doneanddunne@gmail.com. Al…
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It's a double-up week here on Done and Dunne! In this first drop, we travel to the California home of Joanne Carson where Truman Capote spent his last days in August of 1984, forty years ago. Truman, infamous writer and collector of Swans, has some pretty epic stories in his last months, as told by his friends before his passing on August 25. Then,…
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177. Roddy McDowall | A Fabulous Life and Friend To All
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It is off to Old Hollywood this week, with the life and death of Roddy McDowall. Dominick Dunne was involved in both, and does he give a wonderful profile of his friend at this time of his passing in 1998. Roddy – legendary in Hollywood, not only for his prolific acting career, but also his photographs and very famous friendships. Roddy was the bes…
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176. Elaine Young to Gig Young to Eugene Landy to Brian Wilson to Elizabeth Montgomery
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This week, we are taking a little detour into the past in our investigation with a Not Dunne Yet bonus episode from many moons ago. Dominick Dunne really did interact with so many characters in his various acts, and this week we take our man Nick connecting a whole throughline of folks you might not know were connected. From Elaine Young to Gig You…
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175. A Nick In Crime | The Manson Murders
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Dominick Dunne did write about the murders of his friends Jay Sebring and Sharon Tate on that terrible weekend in August 1969. This is a weekend that would change everything in Hollywood, and our man Nick was on the scene, and has the story from all his friends, so connected into our ongoing investigation. Included: Robert Evans, Roman Polanski, Wa…
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174. Dunne's Best Friends | Erskine, Hollerith, and Sondheim!
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Alicia is back from NYC with the stars of Broadway in her eyes. It seemed the perfect week to investigate Dominick Dunne's squad of best friends that include Howard Erskine, Charles Hollerith Jr., and Stephen Sondheim! These chums go all the way back to the late 1940s in their Williams College days, and what a life well led for each individual. But…
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173. Dunne on Paul Burrell: The Butler Who Knows The Secrets of Diana, Princess of Wales
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In this episode of Done and Dunne, we take our man Nick to London in 2002 to report in on the trial of Paul Burrell, the royal butler who knows all Diana’s secrets. The Diana in question is, of course, Princess of Wales. Dunne reports in on this trial of the most loyal servant ever, which is halted after 11 days, right before Paul’s appearance on t…
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172. Dunne Profiles Phyllis McGuire
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Investigators, this week we continue our journey into dip into Dominick Dunne’s reporting in personal profiles as he begins his third act. In June 1989, Phyllis McGuire was the subject of Nick’s gaze, in a story that takes us from the famous trio of singing sisters to Sam Giancana to Dorothy Kilgallen to Frank Sinatra, with jewels, personal Eiffel …
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171. Frank Sinatra's Trashy Divorces (A Crossover Classic)
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This week in a special crossover episode, Alicia remixes the life and loves of Frank Sinatra, Old Blue Eyes himself - into a mamma jamma supercut of Nancy, Sr., Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow, as well as a ton of trashy goodness and so many spiderwebs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Our man Dominick Dunne profiled Warren Beatty in 1994, after his marriage to Annette Bening. This episode brings that interview into our investigation, with so many attached spiderwebs including but not limited to Kate Capshaw, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Evans, OJ Simpson, Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, George Cukor, and Scotty Bowers too. All sources ca…
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169. Warren Beatty and All The Ladies
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In this connector of an episode, we bring Warren Beatty into our investigation, as it concerns his very active love life for many a decade before his marriage in 1992 to Annette Bening. Spiderwebs include Jane Fonda, Joan Collins, Natalie Wood, Cher, Vivien Leigh, Mamie van Doren, Brigette Bardot, Leslie Caron, Faye Dunaway, Julie Christie, Britt E…
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In this week's first episode, we delve into Diane Keaton, and all the spiderwebs! Dunne interviewed Keaton in 1985, in both New York City and Los Angeles, and this piece provides so much sub-text to so much of Hollywood. Certainly, the story is about the reclusive Diane Keaton, but also leads into our investigation Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Jack Nic…
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We have a sizzling summertime ahead of us, dipping into Dominick Dunne’s juiciest profiles. Our man Nick wasn’t always scribbling furiously in a courtroom, and his Hollywood roots were never far from his mind. To whit: In 1984, he sat to interview screen goddess Ava Gardner. Alicia weaves his words with Gardner’s own, from the book she published ye…
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166. The Rest of the John F. Dodge Kids: Frances, Daniel, Anna Margaret and Frances?
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In this episode, we round us out of the Dodge Family children, exploring the second set of John F. Dodge's children, including Frances, Daniel, and Anna Margaret. These kids come along in John’s third marriage to Matilda Rausch, which happens only after the secret marriage to his housekeeper. Many spiderwebs in that, added to scandals, mysterious d…
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165. The Other Dodge Kids: John Duval and Isabel Cleves
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In this episode, we continue looking at the scandalous divorcing Dodge children, with so much tragedy between all the generations. Here, our focus moves to John Francis Dodge and the first set of his children – specifically, John Duval Dodge and Isabel Cleves Dodge Sloane. So many spiderwebs, scandals, and horses too! All sources can be found at do…
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164. Griffin Dunne Enters The Family Writers Circle
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In this episode, Griffin Dunne joins his family’s writing legacy. Griffin Dunne, actor, producer, and director – and son of Dominick and Ellen Dunne, is releasing a memoir June 11, The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir, and this podcast is excited about it. In this excerpt, Griffin reveals his own perspective of a story we have investigated th…
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163. The Heiress Tour | Anna and Delphine Dodge
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Move over, Gilmore girls! This week, we turn our investigation to Anna and Delphine Dodge, the mother/daughter pair that takes the 20th by storm! The wife and daughter of one of the founders of Dodge Motors live in extraordinary circles - SO many family connections, real estate, yachts, pearls and scandals too - the Dodge girls are coming in hot! A…
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162. Dunne on Marion Davies and A Forgotten Family Scandal
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This week, we explore Dominick Dunne’s writing on Marion Davies, their brief meeting in the 1950s, as well as reveal a few mysteries from Nick’s clues about a few scandals, secrets, and spiderwebs within the family. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on …
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161. Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst (Trashy Divorces Crossover)
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Media mogul William Randolph Hearst can be cast as a hero or a villain of the 20th century, and plenty of writers have taken a stab at pinning down his legacy definitively. But one of the lesser remembered aspects of Hearst's life was his abandonment, in 1917, of his wife, Millicent, and their five sons, to spend the rest of his life with actress M…
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160. Bad Blood | The Real Feud: Gore Vidal vs. Truman Capote (featuring Lee Radziwill) Part Two
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What happened at the White House in 1961? How does Lee become the real villain in this story, at least according to Truman? So much bad blood, and these problems can never be solved. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone…
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159. Bad Blood | The Real Feud: Gore Vidal vs. Truman Capote (featuring Lee Radziwill) Part One
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It is time to bring all the spiderwebs together. This week, it is the first part of the actual feud happening – the one between Gore Vidal, Truman Capote and Lee Radziwill. In this episode we explore the origin story of Gore and Truman which begins in the mid-1940’s and runs through 1975 – up to and into the complicated love/hate triangle between t…
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158. Dunne Recalls Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
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In this episode, Dominick Dunne’s writing comes into focus in our investigation. Nick writes about the life and the passing of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1994 for Vanity Fair. This episode was released on Patreon last year, and this week in between Lee Radziwill and the Gore Vidal Feud, was a perfect to share it on the main feed. All sources can…
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157. Dear Princess | Lee Bouvier Radziwill
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In this episode, we explore the life, loves, and increasingly complicated relationships of Lee Bouvier Radziwill, which a lens to two in particular. The first with her sister, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The next, with her best friend, Truman Capote. Moving from the White House to Montauk to the Greek Isles, this one connects many people into on on…
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156. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia’s Version) | The Auchincloss Wives: Nina Gore Vidal and Janet Lee Bouvier
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We completely depart the Feud series this week, beginning the first of a three-episode arc to unpack the real feud, which is little featured in the series – the feud between Truman Capote and Gore Vidal. This week, in a prologue of sorts, we connect Gore Vidal and Lee Radziwill, long associated before Truman, who are stepsiblings through marriage, …
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155. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia's Version) | Episode Six: Gloves, Talk Shows, Palm Springs, and Studio 54
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In this episode, Alicia continues to reveal the behind-the-scenes happenings in real life for Truman Capote and his Swans, against FX/Hulu’s Feud: Truman Capote vs. The Swans. It is to Episode 6 of the series this week where we dip into glove shopping, terrible talk show interviews, and Truman’s time in Palm Springs. 1968 is the year that the air c…
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154. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia’s Version) | Episode Five: Critiques, Family Reactions and the Origin Story of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird
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In this week’s episode, we explore Episode Five of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. Included are three segments: a critique of the episode, reaction from Babe Paley’s granddaughter, and a true-life literary connection about the origin story of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, which happened at the first party Truman Capote hosted, long before his 196…
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153. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia’s Version) | Episode Four: Kate Harrington
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In this week’s episode, we explore Episode Four of Feud: Capote vs. The Swans. Alicia takes you through a summary of what you saw on screen, and then a special bonus from Kate Harrington, telling her own story. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done …
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152. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia's Version) | Episode Three: The Black and White Ball
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In this episode, we explore Truman’s 1966 Black and White Ball from the people who were there – the build-up, the big event, and the aftermath. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please reach out to sales@advertisecast.com or visit https…
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151. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia's Version) | Episode Three: In Cold Blood, Sagaponack, and C.Z. Guest
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In this continuing Alicia's Version working through the FX/Hulu series from Ryan Murphy, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, it is time to conquer Episode Three, Masquerade 1966. In this first episode of a double-drop week, we focus on everything but The Black and White Ball. That is a whole episode on its own. Here, we explore In Cold Blood, Truman’s Saga…
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150. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia's Version) | Episode Two: Lee Radziwill, Joanne Carson, John O’Shea and Lillie Mae Faulk
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In this continuing Alicia's Version working through the FX/Hulu series from Ryan Murphy, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, it is time to conquer Episode Two, Ice in Their Veins. This week, we focus into the behind the scenes of four new players, including two more Swans, a lover and a mother: Lee Radziwill, Joanne Carson, John O’Shea and Lillie Mae Faulk…
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149. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia's Version) | Episode One, The D Block
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In this continuing Alicia's Version working through the FX/Hulu series from Ryan Murphy, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, it is time to conquer the D Block of Episode One. This week, we make it into the publication of the piece that scorches all his Swans in Esquire in 1975. Alicia dips into all the bits around this last segment of the Pilot episode, ex…
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148. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia's Version) | Episode One, The C Block
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In this continuing Alicia's Version working through the FX/Hulu series from Ryan Murphy, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, it is time to conquer the C Block of Episode One. This week, we look to a few more glorious sets – Truman’s apartment in UN Plaza and the famous gathering place La Cote Basque. Also, we meet a few more characters too – Jack Dunphy, J…
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147. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia’s Version) | Episode One, The B Block
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In this continuing Alicia's Version working through the FX/Hulu series from Ryan Murphy, Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, it is time to conquer the B Block of Episode One. Included this week is that infamous Private Jet introduction, where Truman Capote upgrades his Swan Set, the coterie he has collected from early days - from Jennifer Jones and the Hol…
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146. Swimming with The Swans (Alicia’s Version) | Episode One, The A Block
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With everyone engrossed in FX/Ryan Murphy's Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, Alicia will be diving into each episode with a little extra razzle dazzle, explaining the spiderwebs and continuing mysteries. This episode covers the first 13 minutes of the series, from its opening scene to the first commercial break, with more to come through the week! All s…
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145. Babe Paley | Lady of Style, Influence, and Birdcages
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In this week’s episode, we are circling back to Babe Paley, from a Patron Bonus long ago. Babe, a woman of much style and influence – this one really goes places, from fragrance to birdcages, and her influence on Truman Capote in the early days. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episode…
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144. Six Degrees of Robert Evans | That's a Wrap!
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This week, we conclude our Robert Evans journey taking The Kid through his last years, with three additional wives and divorces, losing Woodland and getting it back and a few other connected spiderwebs. All sources can be found at doneanddone.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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143. Six Degrees of Robert Evans | The Kid and The Cotton Club Murder
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This week in our continuing journey of the Six Degrees of Robert Evans, we take The Kid into the fabulous 1980s, which weren’t quite so fabulous at all for him. Busted for a cocaine possession, and his reputation ruined, Evans is then fueled with an obsession of bringing The Cotton Club to the screen. That is all before the murder of Roy Radin in 1…
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Admit it: you’re obsessed with royal families – watching them, gossiping about them, wanting to be them. It’s the stuff of fantasy. But for real life royals, the crown jewels can be more like shiny handcuffs. There are expectations and rules – and if you break them, the consequences are big, and very public. And no, we’re not just talking about Har…
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142. Six Degrees of Robert Evans | The Kid Conquers the 1970s
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This week, we take The Kid through conquering the 1970s. From hit films like Love Story, The Godfather and The Great Gatsby to two marriages and divorces from Ali MacGraw and Phyllis George, this decade was filled for Robert Evans with all the ups and downs. Appearances in the episode include, but are in no way limited to, Ryan O’Neal, Robert Redfo…
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141. Six Degrees of Robert Evans | The Kid Shapes The 1960s
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In our continuing journey of the Six Degrees of Robert Evans, this week we explore his time in the 1960s in Hollywood, firmly ensconced at Paramount Studios. Included in this episode, Evans marries and divorces his second wife, Camilla Sparv. He acquires his legendary Beverly Hills home, Woodland Estates, leading John Elgin Woolf’s Hollywood Regenc…
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140. Six Degrees of Robert Evans | The Kid Becomes Head of Paramount
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This week we continue our journey into the Six Degrees of Robert Evans, taking him through the early 1960s. Here, he leaves his actor days behind and with some real cash and bravado behind him, becomes the head of Production for Paramount Pictures. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus epis…
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139. Six Degrees of Robert Evans | The Kid Stays in the Picture
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In our continuing investigation into the Six Degrees of Robert Evans, this episode focuses on his years from 1956 through 1961. Robert begins as an actor and will end this five year period with an ex-wife, a fortune, and a new production career in Hollywood. Connected into this episode: Norma Shearer, Jimmy Cagney, David O. Selznick, Darryl Zanuck,…
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138. Six Degrees of Robert Evans | The Kid to 1956
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For the next few weeks, we are leaving Newport to visit the West Coast, to investigate the incredible life, times, and connections of Robert Evans, a film legend, who was already getting around long before he made his entrance in Hollywood. This first episode of this ‘Six Degrees’ series focuses on Evans’ early years, including appearances from Mik…
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137. Sunny and Claus von Bülow | The Verdict, Aftermath and Last Words
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In this final episode of the Sunny and Claus von Bülow arc, we investigate the fallout from the verdict in the second trial, its aftermath, and provide Dunne the final words, on Sunny's behalf. All sources can be found at doneanddunne.com. Continue your investigation with ad-free and bonus episodes on Patreon! To advertise on Done & Dunne, please r…
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