A new Duck Family (for us) -- these ducklings are much bigger than the others we have seen, although they are a third of the size of their mom. I think they hatched in another part of the lake, and ventured over to our side just recently.

Funk Master Bernie Worrell at: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

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Media Watch: The Wild Party (1974) starred the late James Coco, and the beautiful Raquel Welch -- who was/is a perfectly good actor. The film had a little social truth in it, but it was NOTHING like the Fatty Arbuckle incident of the 1920's, which gave it's seedy screenplay some form. The excellent acting is ultimately wasted in this pointless downer of a flick. She and Coco got jobs in better shows over their careers, thank goodness


(Upper Left of collage) Raquel Welch as "Queenie" in The Wild Party -- Ms. Welch (Clockwise) as Hollywood's biggest "Poster Girl" in the 60's; As Aphrodite in a pant suit circa 1970;

As herself (goddess enough for anybody) in a pant suit circa 2001; Dancing and singing around 1967; On Broadway in 1981; and (Center) as an exercise diva in the 90's. Raised as Raquel Tejada (her father was born in Bolivia), she has been EXCELLENT on PBS' drama American Family -- Journey of Dreams, where she teams up with Edward James Olmos, playing his sister in an extended clan of Latin American immigrants.