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Kate Grenville’s moving book follows her pilgrimage through the places her family stories happened, to put the stories and ...
Here we review the latest titles.See all 51 stories. CINEMA Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star Mayukh Sen W.W. Norton & Company, $29.99 Who was the most beautiful ...
The hotel on Spain’s Costa del Sol dates back ... de Gotha and the biggest screen stars of the day (’40s siren Merle Oberon was its first official guest). Hollywood era: Hohenlohe at the ...
Mayukh Sen was just a high schooler when he first encountered Merle Oberon in the 1939 film "Wuthering Heights." “I felt an immediate draw to her — not only because she was South Asian like myself, ...
I recently spoke with writer Mayukh Sen whose new book, "Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star," chronicles Oberon's rise to fame, her groundbreaking career, and eventual ...
Emerald Fennell and Jacob Elordi attend Los Angeles premiere of MGM's 'Saltburn' - After Party at Hotel Per La on November ... starred Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. More recent versions ...
Why Merle Oberon Kept Her Mixed-Race Background a Secret in Hollywood: ‘She Would Have to Pass as White’ LOUISE A. BARILE and Fortune Benatar Thu, April 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM UTC ...
She introduced her baby to the resident pigs and peacocks and met lots of other guests and visitors," a hotel staff member told the BBC ... From the 1939 version with Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier ...
The hotel is a "historic country lodge" where ... One of the most well-known was the 1939 version starring Merle Oberon as Cathy and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff. It was nominated for the ...
First Latvian film to win an Oscar (“Flow”). But one first that’s often overlooked is Merle Oberon’s. In 1936, Oberon became the first Asian actress to be nominated for an Oscar for her ...