"How did these two women who had everything end up living in squalor?"

ericb — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:49:15 -0800

This weekend marks the U.S. premiere of the new HBO film Grey Gardens (starring Drew Barrymore as Little Edie and Jessica Lange as Big Edie) -- promo [video | 02:01] || 'Inside Grey Garden' [video | 03:33]. The film is based on the 1975 documentary filmed by the Maysles brothers, depicting the "true story of Mrs. Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie, the aunt and first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis....[who] live[d] in a world of their own behind the towering privets that surround[ed] their decaying 28-room East Hampton mansion known as 'Grey Gardens.'" Director Michael Sucsy leads a tour of the Grey Gardens estate as it is today [video | 03:22]. The house is now owned by former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee and his wife, author and journalist, Sally Quinn.

The Advocate: The Cult of Grey Gardens. New York Magazine: The Secret of Grey Gardens. A previous adaptation: Grey Gardens -- The Musical.

Previously on MeFi:

Grey Gardens -- The Return of the Marble Faun. Da-Da-Da-Da-Dumm...

delicious dish!

amberglow — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 13:27:45 -0800

RumorFilter: The Family by Kitty Kelley, comes out on the 14th. It reveals how Dubya has had a very special friend in the mayor of a Tennessee city, who has has cohabited at the Texas ranch many times is just one of the rumors flying around about this book. Kitty's written about Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, Jackie O, and the Royals, so what's she got up her chiffon sleeves this time? Start dishing!

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"How did these two women who had everything end up living in squalor?"

delicious dish!