Showing posts with label celebrity readers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrity readers. Show all posts

Sunday, 20 June 2010

Literary Thespians

Ever wondered what actors read on set?

Anna Karina gazes through her false eyelashes, the epitome of French literary chic.

Gregory Peck is in more thoughtful mood...


...while even power cuts can't keep Sophia Loren from her newspaper.

James Dean's choice of article to read aloud seems to have sent Liz Taylor to sleep.


She could learn a thing or two about reading posture from Charles Laughton...


...as could Audrey Hepburn, who may find her feet start to ache after a while.


And Clark Gable, while sitting comfortably, is perhaps a little obvious in his choice of material.

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Not-so-dumb Blonde

Arguably the physical ideal of womanhood, married to the godlike Arthur Miller,and star of some of cinema's most enduring movies, Marilyn Monroe was a great self-improver and read frequently: any where, any time, any place, and in any position.