September 11th, 2009 — Advice
July 1st, 2009 — Advice, Books
DON’T let him have to search the house for you. Listen for his latchkey and meet him on the threshold.
DON’T try to excite your husband’s jealousy by flirting with other men. You may succeed better than you want to. It is like playing with tigers and edged tools and volcanoes all in one.
DON’T expect your husband to be an angel. You would get very tired of him if he were.
DON’T bother your husband with a stream of senseless chatter if you can see that he is very fatigued.
DON’T forget to wish your husband good morning when he sets off to the office. He will feel the lack of your good-bye kiss all day.
DON’T moralise by way of winning back the love that seems to be waning. Make yourself extra charming and arrange delicious dinners which include all your husband’s favourite dishes.
DON’T be jealous of your husband’s bachelor friends. Let him camp out with them for an occasional weekend if he wants to. He will come back all the fresher and full of appreciation for his home.
DON’T say, “I told you so” to your husband, however much you feel tempted to. It does no good and he will be grateful to you for not saying it.
DON’T let breakfast be a “snatch” meal. Your husband often does the best part of his day’s work on it and the engine can’t work if you don’t stoke it properly.
May 14th, 2009 — Advice
With the death of Paul Newman last September, the longest-lasting marriage between two working actors came to an end. Joanne Woodward now joins fellow actresses Ruby Dee and Nancy Reagan as widows after 50-plus years of marriage to a fellow Screen Actors Guild member. By our reckoning, Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin now take the lead for longest enduring dual-actor marriage and will celebrate their 48th anniversary in October.
And while it’s hard for any marriage to endure, throw in oversized egos, oversized emotions, and ample opportunities for indiscretion and you’ve got a recipe for divorce. To calculate the chances of whether a marriage between two actors would end in divorce, I compiled a list. It’s not scientific or complete, but I sure clicked around a lot. (All information is from the Internet Movie Database.)
Based on the data collected below, only about one in three dual-SAG marriages will make it to their 10th anniversary.
You might wonder about some omissions—like where’s Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones? They’ve only been married eight years. Or what about Billy Baldwin and Chynna Phillips? Phillips is no longer a working actor. Please feel free to comment on any couples that I may have overlooked or misrepresented.
HOLLYWOOD MARRIAGES BETWEEN TWO WORKING ACTORS THAT SUCCEEDED
OVER 50 YEARS:
Paul Newman** and Joanne Woodward ♥ Rudy Dee and Ossie Davis** ♥ Nancy Davis Reagan and Ronald Reagan**.
OVER 40 YEARS:
Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin ♥ Olympia Dukakis and Louis Zorich.
OVER 20 YEARS:
Michael J. Fox and Tracy Pollen ♥ Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry ♥ Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman ♥ Shelley Fabares and Mike Farrell ♥ Juliet Mills and Max Caulfield ♥ Kathryn Grody and Mandy Patinkin ♥ Alfred Molina and Jill Gascoine ♥ Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott ♥ Hal Holbrook* and Dixie Carter* ♥ Ian McShane* and Gwen Humble ♥ Christopher Guest and Jamie Lee Curtis ♥ Madeline Stowe and Brian Benben ♥ Stephen Collins and Faye Grant ♥ Joan Plowright and Laurence Olivier** ♥ Donna Dixon and Dan Aykroyd ♥ Rip Torn* and Geraldine Page** ♥ Jeremy Irons and Sinead Cusack ♥ Gary Sinise and Moira Harris ♥ Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig ♥ Jack Gill and Morgan Brittany ♥ Amy Madigan and Ed Harris ♥ Judi Dench and Michael Williams** ♥ Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown ♥ Katherine Borowitz and John Turturro ♥ Lucie Arnez and Laurence Luckinbill* ♥ Mark Harmon and Pam Dawber ♥ Corbin Bernson and Amanda Pays ♥ Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates ♥ Linden Ashby and Susan Walters ♥ Matthew Cowles and Christine Baranski ♥ Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson ♥ Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick ♥ Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson ♥ Judy Davis and Colin Friels***
OVER 10 YEARS:
Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub ♥ Delta Burke and Gerald McRaney ♥ Dylan Baker and Becky Ann Baker ♥ Jill St. John and Robert Wagner ♥ Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble ♥ Warren Beatty and Annette Bening ♥ John Travolta and Kelly Preston* ♥ Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek ♥ Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen* ♥ Jada Pinkett and Will Smith ♥ Esther Williams* and Edward Bell ♥ James Keach and Jane Seymour ♥ David Duchovny and Tea Leoni (separated) ♥ Kathleen Quinlan and Bruce Abbott* ♥ Nia Vardalos and Ian Gomez ♥ Melissa Gilbert* and Bruce Boxleitner ♥ Bodhi Elfman and Jenna Elfman ♥ Harry Hamlin* and Lisa Rinna ♥ Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy ♥ Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith* ♥ Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson** ♥ Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick ♥
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February 6th, 2009 — Advice
January 26th, 2009 — Advice
"THE WIFE" is for the timeless wife or elegant wife to be. Whether THE WIFE favors a career working in the corporate world or has dedicated her time and efforts as a housewife, She always maintains a happy and healthy family. THE WIFE is an astounding woman and amazing mother, who proudly makes time for her husband and children. THE WIFE loves to cook, has a passion for party planning, a fondness for etiquette, adores decorating and keeping a beautiful home and of course dressing the part. THE WIFE cares about being "green" and takes the time to make her home environmentally friendly. Finally THE WIFE dedicates her spare time to charitable causes and giving back to her community.
- Miss Taryn Cox
