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Sinopse
A daily micro-dose of enthusiasm for endlessly fascinating people from music, film, literature - pretty much anywhere really - with Johanna Roberts and Kyran Wheatley. Find us on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/babeofthedaypodcast
Episódios
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James Spader in linen suits
13/05/2018 Duração: 05minOh I'm sorry, do we need to say more? Feathered hair and a sneer never looked better.
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Elaine Stritch is the definition of Broadway legend w/ Rhys Nicholson
10/05/2018 Duração: 09minElaine Stritch was a true dame, a Sondheim muse and Broadway legend. Guest babe comedian and dapper gentleman Rhys Nicholson tips his hat to her singular style.
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Christopher Plummer just keeps getting better - at 88!
09/05/2018 Duração: 06minHe may have made news by replacing Kevin Spacey last minute, but Christopher Plummer is no stand-in in our hearts
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Michelle Pfeiffer is totally back
08/05/2018 Duração: 05minMichelle Pfeiffer is making a glorious comeback, which does make us wonder if Vance Joy and Bruno Mars knew something we didn't back in 2013/14
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Sharon Jones makes us want to move
07/05/2018 Duração: 05minSharon Jones' joyful soul anthems are impossible to resist. We're taking to the dancefloor to celebrate the life and talent of a late-blooming powerhouse
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Burt Reynolds, Cosmo's first male centrefold
06/05/2018 Duração: 08minBurt Reynolds apparently regrets baring all for Cosmo back in 1972, but we're here to tell you that he has nothing to be ashamed of. Join us for an appreciation of chest hair, subversion of masculine tropes and the underrated classic Best Little Whorehouse In Texas.
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David Byrne is more than just a Talking Head w/ Rhys Nicholson
03/05/2018 Duração: 13minComedian Rhys Nicholson tells us why David Byrne is so much more than just a musician- and why he's ashamed to have a Talking Heads tattoo.
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Harrison Ford, just another carpenter
02/05/2018 Duração: 07minBefore he became everyone's first crush (hi Indiana Jones hi), Harrison Ford was just another aspiring actor hanging out in LA and building decks for Joan Didion.
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Pam Grier takes no prisoners
01/05/2018 Duração: 04minTalking knock-out '70s blaxploitation star and eternal fox Pam Grier, who's pretty much done it all - from OTT camp masterpiece Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls to her career revival courtesy of Tarantino's Jackie Brown.
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Dave Toschi, San Francisco's finest
30/04/2018 Duração: 06minLegendary San Francisco detective Dave Toschi was a lead investigator on the Zodiac case and knew his way around a bow tie. Not many men have the distinction of being channeled onscreen by the likes of Steve McQueen, Clint Eastwood *and* Mark Ruffalo
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Peggy Guggenheim saved modern art
29/04/2018 Duração: 07minHeiress and expert accessoriser Peggy Guggenheim saved modern art, what did you ever do?
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Celine Dion is having a moment w/ Benjamin Law
27/04/2018 Duração: 06minGuest babe Benjamin Law is here for Celine Dion .
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Jack Parsons, rocket scientist and occultist
25/04/2018 Duração: 08minJack Parson's short life had everything: barely-legal rocket science, sex magick cults, witchy artist Marjorie Cameron and a pre-Scientology L Ron Hubbard
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James Bond's BFF Felix Leiter
24/04/2018 Duração: 07minWe examine the many faces of Felix Leiter, fictional CIA agent and apparently James Bond's only friend in the world
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Gypsy Rose Lee's pulp fiction
23/04/2018 Duração: 05minBurlesque queen Gypsy Rose Lee was the full deck, a business-savvy beauty and a smarty. She was also the author of a couple of really fun pulp crime novels set among the glitter and grease paint of the bump-and-grind circuit
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Armie Hammer: tall or handsome?
22/04/2018 Duração: 08minGolden god Armie Hammer makes us long for an Italian summer romance, and revise the appeal of tall men in short shorts (we're in favour)
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Guy Montgomery only has eyes for Pharrell's video girl
19/04/2018 Duração: 10minGuest babe comedian Guy Montgomery still holds a torch for the mysterious girl in orange from Pharrell's Frontin' music video. We're talking enduring crushes, early '00s fashion, Pharrell's beauty routine and the particular pleasure of choosing not to know in the internet age.Don't miss your chance to see Guy at the Melbourne Comedy Festival!https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2018/shows/guy-montgomery-doesn-t-check-his-phone-for-an-hour
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Salvador Dalí - more than a moustache (and some melted clocks)
18/04/2018 Duração: 08minSalvador Dalí was definitely the most famous surrealist to be kicked out of the movement. He also consistently successfully blurred the boundaries between commerce and art, collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock and may have been his own greatest creation - and we didn't even get into the tarot cards he designed for 007.
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Eartha Kitt, the most exciting woman in the world
17/04/2018 Duração: 07minSassy chanteuse, outspoken activist and the best Catwoman to grace the small screen, Eartha Kitt was a true triple-threat. If we had any say in it, Santa (baby) would be bringing her every last thing on that list.
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Dwayne Johnson cannot be denied
16/04/2018 Duração: 08minIs Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson the most charismatic man alive? From his wrestling past to his Fast future, we're pretty sure he could save the world with that raised eyebrow alone.