WSJ. The Magazine from The Wall Street Journal: Summer Issue Cover Story – An Interview With Desiree Rogers, White House Social Secretary

From Dow Jones & Company:  

The Wall Street Journal today unveiled the summer installment of its glossy magazine, WSJ. , centering on American style and changing lifestyle landscapes.

Click on picture to read WSJ Magazine Cover Story: Desire Rogers' "Brand Obama"

The cover story — “Brand Obama” — features an exclusive, candid interview with White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers, including photographs of Ms. Rogers exclusively for WSJ. by Marc Hom. “Desiree Rogers is at the center of one of the most closely watched presidencies of our time, and we were able to capture intriguing insight into the challenges and opportunities for what may lie ahead over the next four years with Brand Obama,” said Tina Gaudoin, editor-in-chief of WSJ.

Summer Issue of WSJ Magazine Features Exclusive Interview with White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers  

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And to learn more about her, click on either the picture or the link below to read the February 2009 Vogue.com feature story:

=Life of the Party (Vogue.com)

Click on picture to read Vogue.com Article

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The Theme From Maude: A Duet – Bea Arthur and Rosie O’Donnell

Okay, admittedly we are getting carried away here with the Bea Arthur/Theme from Maude posts! But we loved Beatrice Arthur and we love the “Theme Song from Maude” so bear with us!

In addition, we haven’t had any caffeine yet so our editorial judgment is a little impaired >:) . . . and with that said, we now present another version of the “Theme from Maude” sung by Rosie O’Donnell with Bea Arthur providing backup!!!!

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Click on the picture to see Rosie O'Donnell Interview Bea Arthur and to hear them sing the "Theme from Maude" 🙂

Click on the picture  to hear the duet and to see Rosie interview Bea Arthur.

In addition, Rosie also replays the moment on “All in The Family” that the world was introduced to Maude.

During the interview, Bea Arthur also explains how the role came about . . .

it was supposed to be just one episode and all she wanted was for it to be good!!

Bea – It was great!!

 

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A Tribute to Bea Arthur AND The Theme from Maude!!!

We wanted to start off the week with a tribute to one of our favorites – Beatrice Arthur who recently passed away. We loved her on “The Golden Girls” and we also loved her on”Maude”.

Bea Arthur – Thanks for all the great memories and the great laughs!! You will be missed!!!

See below for a tribute to her talent and we’ve even included the Theme from Maude!!! Enjoy!!

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Bea Arthur: Grand Dame of Comedy; Click to read Courier-Journal.com Article

From The Courier-Journal.com

Beautiful Bea Arthur

Editorial

Some people have a time with talented women who aren’t stereotypically “easy on the eyes.” Witness the recent global meltdown over the realization that a woman with prominent eyebrows, an unstylish ‘do and a sturdy body could actually — yes! — sing like an angel.

Maybe that explains why, when the great comedic actress Beatrice Arthur passed away earlier this week, The New York Times — another “grey lady,” incidentally — ran this inelegant headline: “Bea Arthur, TV Battle-Ax, Dies at 86.” We would note that when Carroll O’Connor died several years earlier, the same pub did not use a headline to call him a “TV Bellowing Bigot,” but that would take us away from our point, which is to praise the body of work Ms. Arthur left behind for those of us in TV Land.

Click to hear "The Theme From Maude"

In “Maude,” she was a liberated woman trapped in the older traditions of a changing world. She was a housewife-plus a brash political junkie and pontificator but ultimately a pussycat.

Her softer side made loud and proud “Maude” palatable. She wore her white liberal guilt like one of her extravagant tunics, the flip side of Cousin Archie’s buttoned-up conservatism. When John Wayne came to visit, everyone expected a showdown; instead, she melted and said, “What the hell, let’s dance.”

Ms. Arthur rang the TV legend bell a second time with her portrayal of Dorothy Zbornak in “The Golden Girls.” Smart, sassy and again vulnerable, Ms. Arthur scored in a role that showed post-menopausal women in fine fashion and even finer fettle — no matter that she had . . . More . . .

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Click below to read a great article from the Los Angeles Times and to see a slideshow from The New York Times:

=Beatrice Arthur: A Towering Comedic Talent From Another Era  (Los Angeles Times)
 
=Bea Arthur: That Voice, That Wit (New York Times [Slideshow])

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