THE PRIVATE FARRAH FAWCETT

FROM PEOPLE

FARRAH is scheduled to be laid to rest today.

I loved this article so I’m putting it up.

She seems exactly the way I imagined her: full of life, gutsy, great fun…

FARRAH was an extraordinary woman and artist. She will be never be forgotten.

To most of the world, she was the sex symbol with the flowing hair and dazzling smile. But Joan Dangerfield remembers FARRAH FAWCETT as the daredevil friend who took her out for a night of breaking and entering.

A few years ago, after the death of Joan’s husband, comedian Rodney Dangerfield, FARRAH stopped by her house in the Los Angeles hills with a bottle of tequila.

“We stayed up all night long, talking and laughing and making plans,” recalled Ms. Dangerfield.

“Farrah decided that she wanted a house up here too.” They set out to investigate homes for sale.

“We rang the doorbell, but it was clear that nobody was home. The next thing I know, Farrah climbed the gate – a big iron gate with spikes on top. I remember thinking she must have done her own stunts on Charlie’s Angels.”

“Within minutes she was waving at me from inside the house. Finally, she came bouncing back down the driveway and she said, ‘No, not for me. They have green toilets.’ ”

FARRAH, who died on June 25 at age 62 and will be honoured with a private funeral in Los Angeles today, was “genuinely funny and genuinely caring, the kind of friend who would show up with a German chocolate cake she baked from scratch and tell stories all night, acting out every part.”

Another long time friend, David Pinsky, recalls her competitive spirit.

“When I first moved to L.A., she bet me that she could easily outrace me. So up Mulholland Drive we went, at speeds I should never disclose, and guess who got there first?”

Yes, FARRAH – who, David Pinsky adds, never took herself or her fame too seriously. She would head out for Mexican food at her favorite dive restaurant in Sherman Oaks and graciously sign autographs.

“She would joke that she didn’t think her fan base extended to the Valley.”

When she returned to the Late Show With David Letterman for the first time after her notoriously incoherent 1997 appearance, “her PR team ran around stressing,” David Pinsky remarked.

“All Farrah seemed to care about was finding a great pair of shoes to wear on the show. She never had a great concern about what others thought of her. She simply wanted to have a good time, laugh and entertain.”

Even her 2½ year battle with cancer didn’t dim her personality.

“She remained kind and strong and funny even in the face of this vicious enemy,” commented Joan Dangerfield.

“When she would go in to get chemo or radiation and she’d see the other people suffering, she would talk to them. She’d want to know all their stories. And she was willing to share her story with others to lend them her strength.”

About a week before FARRAH died, Ms. Dangerfield visited her in the hospital. FARRAH had been weak, but that day, she sat up in bed and demanded a steak dinner. Ms. Dangerfield rushed to a restaurant for takeout, which FARRAH devoured.

“We sat on the bed and talked about fashion, Obama, just letting the conversation flow without a care. She said, ‘Shouldn’t we have music?’ The nurse pushed a button and on came a song with the line calling all angels. ”

“She was laughing. Farrah breathed a different air. She was such a joy to be around.”

ANGELINA JOLIE IS NOT A SLAVE TO FASHION

Personally, though she tries to downplay it in this article, I think that ANGELINA has fabulous taste. It would be so easy for her to go over the top with her overwhelming sensuality.

But she’s consistently elegant and understated…and picks exactly the right colours.

She looks like a million bucks wherever she goes…

ANGELINA JOLIE claims to be relatively unconcerned with fashion.

The OSCAR winning beauty – who is often voted one of the world’s most glamorous women – doesn’t worry about what she’s going to wear to major events and usually sticks to a style she feels comfortable in.

She explained: “I don’t think too much about what to wear on the red carpet. I usually have three basic colours and I get the same shapes in different colours.”

Although ANGELINA isn’t absolutely consumed with stylistic concerns, she admits she does like to put on glamorous outfits from time to time as it makes a change from her every day wardrobe.

The film star – who raises six children with partner BRAD PITT – stated: “I like to get dressed up and feel like a lady every once in a while.”

WHATEVER WORKS ****

WOODY ALLEN is on a roll.

He will go down in history as one of the most accomplished auteurs of the 20th century. So it really should come as no surprise that, even in his seventies, his work is as fresh, provocative and wildly funny as it’s ever been.

Many directors have a period when they’re in peak form…and then slowly fade from view. But Woody just keeps going, creating good to great pictures effortlessly and easily. He’s still amazingly prolific and shows no signs of slowing down.

He seems to be in the midst of another golden period, which is something that all cinephiles should be immensely grateful for.

WHATEVER WORKS is not only further proof of Woody’s majestic genius, but it makes you wonder what superlative gems he’ll delight us with in the future.

BORIS YELLNIKOFF (LARRY DAVID) is more than a curmudgeonly male of advanced intellect in his sixties.

He’s a full blown misanthropist.

To him, there is no point to living. Existence is the biggest bleakest joke there ever was. People are stupid incompetent fools with atrocious grammar and no functioning brain cells.

You can never get anything that you want. If by some strange twist of fate you actually do, so what? Something (or somebody) will come along and ruin it eventually anyway.

To get himself through this irredeemable black hole, Boris has come up with his own personal philosophy: Whatever works.

By that he means, take any measure of happiness, pleasure or grace that you’re given and enjoy it to the fullest. As long as you’re not hurting anyone else, grab it and don’t let go. It doesn’t matter if no one else understands or if it makes no sense to them.

Run with the fleeting moments and make a symphony out of them. You never know if they’ll pass your way again.

Boris also has a hilarious habit of breaking the fourth wall. He doesn’t mind addressing us as the audience. He knows we’re out there. As far as he’s concerned, we paid too much money to watch.

“Look, this is not the feel good movie of the year. If that’s what you’re looking for, leave. If you’re one of these idiots that wants to feel good, go out and get yourself a foot massage.”

Boris was a brilliant scientist who was considered for the Nobel prize. He had the classically envied New Yorker’s life: money to burn and an elegant wife with her own successful career.

Boris is difficult to live with. He and Jessica are admirably suited to each other. On paper, they were practically a perfect pair. But he has panic attacks and suffers from depression.

As time wears on, he becomes increasingly bitter and cynical. They decide that, despite their strong feelings for each other, it’s time to end the marriage.

Boris responds to this by jumping out a window and attempting suicide.

(Yes, this is a comedy…)

As soon as he recovers, Boris begins all over again. He immerses himself in a more bohemian way of life. He has no desire for female companionship of any kind. Boris is determined to remain alone until he dies.

Somewhat ironically at this point, a spunky, magnetically attractive 21 year old southern blonde with the improbable name of MELODY ST. ANN CELESTINE (EVAN RACHEL WOOD) sashays into Boris’ closed off world.

She finds herself on the street with nowhere to stay. Alone and friendless, she asks him if he might offer her something to eat.

Boris insults her harshly. According to him, she has no business being in New York. She’s a cracker. Besides, if she thought that she was any kind of a looker because she’d won a few beauty pageants in Mississippi, he can assure her that the competition in the big city is at a ridiculously high level.

Here, she’s nothing but a 3. (Melody is so far from a 3 it’s ludicrous.)

Boris doesn’t even want to converse with her. But she won’t leave him alone. She keeps talking relentlessly. He finally decides to give her some food in the hope that she’ll quiet down and be on her way.

But Melody is nervous on her own. She wonders if she could possibly spend the night. Though much less than sympathetic, even Boris has to admit that New York can be a rough place – especially after dark. So he reluctantly tells her that she can stay.

But tomorrow she’ll have to go and sponge off someone else. And no, she can’t watch TV. If he catches her looking at it, she’ll be out the door in five seconds flat.

Melody ends up remaining indefinitely.

Boris is initially contemptuous of Melody’s small town ways and utter naivete. When he’s nasty or impatient with her, Melody just laughs it off or pretends not to understand what he’s saying. She’s a caring person, big hearted and forgiving.

Boris discovers she’s rather useful around the place. But that doesn’t stop him from suggesting that she find a job eventually and move out.

Slowly and very gradually, Boris begins to soften under Melody’s sunshiny presence. He doesn’t even understand how much he’s come to depend on her. Melody finds a job as a dog walker. She’s actually much smarter than Boris first realized and far more resourceful.

After months of staying at Boris’, Melody meets a young man who asks her out on a date. Boris feels threatened and is incredibly disapproving. He is rather upset when Melody’s date mistakes him for her father. He’s even less impressed when the younger man corrects himself and refers to him as her grandfather.

But Melody is bored on her date. She spends the entire time missing Boris. With her out of the house being entertained by another man, Boris begins to realize how much Melody does mean to him.

Melody has become greatly influenced by Boris’ opinions and philosophies. She has begun to refer to people as ingrates and morons. She understands that life has no meaning. Boris no longer considers her a 3. She might be an 8…or even more.

Boris asks Melody to marry him. Thrilled to bits, she accepts immediately.

Their union is surprisingly solid and unstrained. Melody enjoys taking care of Boris. She makes sure that his health is fine. She opens him up sexually. Boris is kinder and gentler to Melody. He actively tries to make it work.

They are as happy as two people can possibly be. But not for long…

Melody’s good looking meddling mother MARIETTA (PATRICIA CLARKSON) ends up on their doorstep. She has nowhere to go. Her husband has abandoned her for her best friend.

Her life is over.

Not having been informed of Melody’s marriage, Marietta assumes that she’s wed a struggling young rock star. When she meets Boris, she can not believe that her precious little girl is actually married to this horrible old man.

She takes an instant dislike to Boris. It makes no difference to her that Melody is completely content. Boris is not good enough and he is clearly not the type of husband that she had envisioned for her.

From that point on, she is on a mission to find someone that will sweep Melody off her feet and give her the life that she truly deserves.

That’s easily managed. Marietta decides that she loves New York. She also missed Melody too much to be separated from her again. She resolves to stay.

At a restaurant in Manhattan, an incredibly hot young English actor named RANDY LEE JAMES (HENRY CAVILL) notices Melody and falls madly in love with her.

Marietta instinctively feels that this is the one. She tells Randy all about Melody (including her marriage – which she considers a mere inconvenience) and gives him her blessing.

Randy pursues Melody nonstop. Her mother’s permission galvanizes him.

But Melody is secure in her relationship. She doesn’t believe in affairs. She loves Boris. Melody can’t deny that she finds Randy attractive. But she could never do anything to hurt her husband.

In the middle of all this, Melody’s father John comes up looking for Marietta. His affair with her best friend has hit the skids. He wants her back.

But Marietta is not only greatly fulfilled with her new lifestyle, she has absolutely no interest in being John’s wife any more.

John will not give up.

Boris is left in the centre of this overwhelmingly amorous activity – bewitched, bothered and bewildered on all sides.

WHATEVER WORKS possesses a tight hilarious screenplay where the laughs come thick and fast.

LARRY DAVID is absolutely brilliant. He’s pitch perfect and he never makes a false move.

EVAN RACHEL WOOD is a capable young actor of enormous talent. She does finely nuanced, risky work that walks the proverbial high wire. After establishing herself as a silly girl who doesn’t comprehend concepts like quantum physics or anything remotely complex, it was mindblowing to watch her pronounce words of many syllables with astonishing ease and explain her complicated existential theories.

The other performers are all fine. But Mr. David and Ms. Wood are definitely award worthy. They play off each other magnificently.

This is top tier WOODY ALLEN.

It’s the complete inverse of last year’s wondrously sensual VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, which was a sweet, light summer amusement that slowly descended into melancholy darkness. WHATEVER WORKS seems like it’s going to be gloomy and pessimistic – largely due to its miserable protagonist.

But it’s just the sunniest, loveliest, most life affirming, utterly romantic WOODY since HANNAH & HER SISTERS.

So Boris is actually wrong. It’s not only the feel good movie of the year, it’s one of the best films of 2009.

And on a warm summer night, you couldn’t possibly do any better than that…

THE PROPOSAL ***

MARGARET TATE (SANDRA BULLOCK) is your prototypical successful New York ice queen.

She is the sleek, glamorous, magnificently polished senior editor at Coledon Books. Margaret wears expensive beautiful suits with perfectly matched five hundred dollar stilettos. Her voluminous designer bags cost at least that much.

Her makeup is always flawless and her long thick dark hair is highlighted and streaked with a tasteful shade of auburn.

She’s driven, tough and she does her job exceptionally well. But she’s business like, brittle and by the book.

Half the people in the office are terrified of her. The remainder hate her guts.

At the beginning of the film, a managing editor of lesser stature is coolly dismissed by her. His anger has been building up for years. He has a huge public showdown with her in front of all the other employees. Margaret smiles bitterly and takes him down in two seconds flat.

Her response to his virtual blackmail is to state evenly that she fired him with cause and for good reason. She’s completely aware of the fact that he spends more time twiddling his thumbs in his office and cheating on his wife than he does paying attention to his actual position.

If he doesn’t back down immediately, she will have him thrown out and his humiliating exit will be made into a YouTube video.

He gulps deeply and disappears. Margaret is done with him for good.

Then she’s on her merry way.

Her assistant ANDREW PAXTON (RYAN REYNOLDS) is complicit in the grand scale fear and loathing. Andrew is a young ambitious guy carefully climbing the precarious ladder of success. He’s written a book that he wants published. If it weren’t for his career goals he would find Margaret completely intolerable.

He was supposed to go home for the weekend to celebrate his grandmother’s 90th birthday.

Margaret tells him he has to work…and so does she. When she comes in later he’s on the phone to his loved ones explaining.

“Was that your family?” she inquires.

“Yes.”

“Did they tell you to quit?”

“Every single day,” he mutters darkly.

But you never know what may be in store for you…

Later that day, Margaret is called into the executive suite. The bosses have nothing but respect for her. She’s efficient and the company makes money because of her.

But it turns out that Margaret is technically a foreigner. She’s Canadian by birth.

She is informed that, due to a recent trip to Germany she took that violated her landed immigrant status, she must be deported back to her native country…effective within a few days.

The head guys want her to stay. But the law states unequivocally that she must remain in Canada for at least a year. During that time, she is not allowed to be employed by an American firm.

They have no choice but to let her go and reinstate the man that she just fired.

Andrew is attractive and single. There is an overriding mutual revulsion between them. But desperate times call for desperate measures.

Thinking quickly and on the fly, Margaret tells the bosses that she and Andrew have been dating seriously for months and that their two sided grandly designed disdain is merely a cover for discretion in the office.

They are actually getting married.

The execs are overjoyed. Margaret can keep her job.

But there’s one big problem. They really do hate each other.

After they leave the meeting, Andrew rebels. He is shocked that Margaret would try to make them believe such a ridiculous story. She assures him that she isn’t crazy about it either. But it’s strictly out of necessity and they will get a divorce as soon as possible.

Andrew realizes his time has come. He negotiates for better pay, an editorship and the publishing of his beloved book.

Margaret is open to all of that. But she promises nothing up front.

They go to see MR. GILBERTSON (the slyly brilliant DENIS O’HARE), the immigration officer in charge of their case. He’s sharper than a razor and he knows every trick in the book.

He accuses them of scamming. He says if that is found to be true then Andrew will be sent to prison for five years as well as being subject to an enormous fine. Margaret will be deported permanently and will never be allowed to return to the U.S.

He informs them gleefully that he has a series of interviews for them to pass at various levels. If they fail at any point in time, the ominous conditions that he spoke of go into effect immediately.

Mr. Gilbertson is determined to bring them down. He will do it by any means necessary.

Margaret decides that she will go home with Andrew so that their story will stick to the wall. She is outraged when she discovers that he is originally from Alaska.

She’s a city girl who enjoys her possessions along with a cosmopolitan lifestyle.

To her great surprise, she finds out that Andrew is from a wealthy family. His father has never forgiven him for fleeing to New York and choosing his literary dreams over the Paxton empire.

There has always been an enormous amount of friction between father and son. Andrew’s mother is caught in the middle.

In Alaska, Margaret and Andrew discover many unexpected things about each other. This makes their situation even more difficult. They can handle it effectively if it’s a business arrangement. The marriage can be dissolved when it’s convenient and they can get on with their individual lives.

But what if they actually start to enjoy being together? What happens next?

SANDRA BULLOCK has an engaging, likable presence with a genuine flair for comedy. Most of her films have been formulaic junk.

But she absolutely does wonders with this particular role. She may possess more range than is immediately apparent.

RYAN REYNOLDS shows a great deal of potential. He has an interesting quality as well as being tremendously charming and amusing.

One of the great joys of this movie is the spectacular chemistry between Ms. Bullock and Mr. Reynolds. The genre lives and dies on that principle. If it’s not in evidence, you can’t manufacture it.

These two have it in spades.

But as good as they are here – and they’re both rather exceptional – every single scene is stolen by the delightfully hilarious BETTY WHITE (who plays Andrew’s grandmother ANNIE).

One of her line readings was met with hysterical laughter and a round of spontaneous applause.

She was fantastic.

I’m starting my campaign now: BETTY WHITE for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS.

As well, the fabulous DENIS O’HARE is a superbly conniving MR. GILBERTSON. He was excellent in both MILK and DUPLICITY and is always marvelous fun to watch. He adds a great deal to any motion picture that he appears in.

Director ANNE FLETCHER – who is also an actor – has come a long way from the pathetic dance flick (Step Up) that she previously helmed. She seems to understand this story and the people involved. She and writer PETE CHIARELLI are able to imbue this romantic comedy with a certain amount of darkness and depth.

Is it predictable? Yes. In order to fit into the proper confines of the genre, it effectively has to be – to one degree or the other.

But Margaret and Andrew are grown ups. Like everyone else, they’re products of their environment, upbringing and experience. Those circumstances have shaped their personalities and made them who they are as individuals. So it was interesting to be able to understand their motivations and to comprehend their behaviour. You can genuinely care about these people.

Make sure you stay for more good times as the end credits roll. You won’t want to miss it.

You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. See it. Savour it.

THE PROPOSAL is a marvelously tasty summer proposition.

WILD RED HEADED WOMEN

Not everyone can be a redhead. It’s a very specific thing.

I should know. Though my hair is as blonde as it could possibly be, if I had never coloured it I would technically be a redhead.

Not the bold fire engine kind. More of an exceedingly light auburn or some specific shade of strawberry blonde.

You know how ROBERT REDFORD is considered to be a blond but has a lot of red in his hair regardless?

There we have it.

There’s no escaping it. I have porcelain skin and green eyes. Take me out in the sun and I do tan. But I freckle endlessly – all over the place.

That’s what hot Irish blood will get you…

I never liked red hair on me. Blonde is what I prefer…and I’m sticking with that. From my admittedly unique personal perspective, it is simply the most flattering look for me.

But I think red hair is compellingly gorgeous on other people. I have dated a few redheads and strawberry blonds. I would certainly have been interested in seeking out more of that persuasion. But men like that are incredibly rare.

There is nothing that looks worse than a woman attempting to be a redhead that is ill suited to that particular colour spectrum. Very few females look good as redheads.

But the ones that do can take full advantage of their unusual exoticism.

THE HUFFINGTON POST has a great slideshow and poll that showcases some celebrated women that went the red route.

I must confess that, aside from THE SEX & THE CITY actor, that I prefer every single woman on that list as a redhead. They may have had other looks that are flattering.

But the red tops them all.

Take my three favourite actors on this list: JULIA ROBERTS, NICOLE KIDMAN and KATE WINSLET.

NICOLE and KATE look stunning as blondes. JULIA is even more versatile. She looks great with dark hair as well. But the red hair (on all of them) was the ultimate achievement.

I would NEVER encourage most people to go red. It would be an absolute disaster on at least 75% of the population.

But if suits you, grab it and don’t let go. Make it your destiny.

It’s all just the luck of the draw.

To find the gallery, please go here

THE PUPS FROM THE PROPOSAL

FROM PEOPLE

Audiences have fallen in love with KEVIN, the fluffy white AMERICAN ESKIMO pup who appears alongside SANDRA BULLOCK and RYAN REYNOLDS in the hit romantic comedy THE PROPOSAL.

In real life, KEVIN was portrayed by four different pooches: FLURRY, SITKA, NANU and WINTER.

FLURRY, however, was the favourite among the cast and crew and even formed a special bond with the film’s leading woman, a rep for the movie told PEOPLE. In between takes, when SANDRA’S character tries to rescue the poor puppy from a predatory eagle, the actor would wrap the little dog in her bath robe and apologize profusely, promising she didn’t mean to hurt him.

Evidently, he forgave her. He later refused to follow the script in another scene which required him to bark at the star.

The dogs’ PROPOSAL gig wasn’t their first appearance on the big screen. They also nabbed a spot in the kids’ film HOTEL FOR DOGS with EMMA ROBERTS, which was released earlier this year.

When they’re not working in Hollywood movies, the dogs live in Los Angeles with their trainers.

FARRAH FAWCETT: A TRIBUTE IN PICTURES

FARRAH FAWCETT was a 20th century goddess.

She had her own unique look: the fine bones, perfect white teeth, an incredible mane of leonine blonde hair, blazing green eyes.

Men worshipped her. Women wanted to be her.

I’ve created this gallery in remembrance of the FARRAH we all knew and loved. She was luminous, exquisite and supremely talented.

She will live on in our hearts…

FARRAH FAWCETT DIES AT 62

FROM PEOPLE

Very sad news.

She was an icon. FARRAH will be missed greatly.

FARRAH FAWCETT, who skyrocketed to fame as one of a trio of impossibly glamorous private eyes on TV’s CHARLIE’S ANGELS, has died after a long battle with cancer.

She was 62.

FARRAH passed away at 9:28 a.m. PST this morning at ST. JOHN’S HEALTH CENTRE in SANTA MONICA. She was with long time partner RYAN O’NEAL, friend ALANA STEWART, friend and hairdresser MELA MURPHY and her doctor LAWRENCE PIRO. She had recently returned to ST. JOHN’S for treatment of complications from anal cancer, which was first diagnosed three years ago.

“She’s gone. She now belongs to the ages,” RYAN told PEOPLE, also confirming that she received the last rites of the Catholic Church.

“She’s now with her mother and sister and her God. I loved her with all my heart. I will miss her so very, very much. She was in and out of consciousness. I talked to her all through the night. I told her how very much I loved her. She’s in a better place now.”

Added RYAN: “She was with her team when she passed. Her eyes were open, but she didn’t say anything. But you could see in her eyes that she recognized us.”

Though RYAN recently said that he and FARRAH had planned to wed, they did not tie the knot.

“There just wasn’t time and FARRAH wasn’t in any condition to do it.”

Friends and family plan to honor FARRAH with a funeral service at a Catholic cathedral in LOS ANGELES in the next few days.

Like so much about FARRAH’S life – including her tempestuous relationship with RYAN – her heroic struggle to beat the disease was closely followed by her legion of fans.

“I’ve watched her this past year fight with such courage and so valiantly, but with such humour,” her CHARLIE’S ANGELS costar KATE JACKSON told PEOPLE in November 2007.

RYAN, in particular, remained a steadfast supporter of FARRAH, who, despite her frailty, spent the last months of her life filming a TV documentary chronicling her illness, including several trips to Germany to undergo experimental treatment.

FARRAH is survived by her son with RYAN – REDMOND – who is currently serving a jail term in CALIFORNIA after repeated drug offenses.

REDMOND was not there at FARRAH’S side when she died, but spoke to his mother on the phone and told her “how much he loved her and asked her to please forgive him that he was so very, very sorry,” RYAN commented to PEOPLE.

Blonde, green eyed and petite – and with a trademark mane as flowing and famous as the MGM lion’s – the Corpus Christi, Texas native was born FEBRUARY 2, 1947, the younger daughter of an oil field contractor and his homemaker wife.

A magnet for male students at the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS at AUSTIN, FARRAH eventually set off for HOLLYWOOD. Quickly noticed by casting agents, she began landing small parts in forgettable movies, such as 1970′s MYRA BRECKINRIDGE, based on a gender bending novel by GORE VIDAL.

Her role: an ingenuous blonde.

In 1973, FARRAH married actor LEE MAJORS, forever known as Colonel Steve Austin on TV’s The Six Million Dollar Man. Three years later, she appeared in the cult sci fi film LOGAN’s RUN and began her stint with costars KATE JACKSON and JACLYN SMITH on CHARLIE’S ANGELS. Well coiffed and with striking looks, the three women created an instant sensation, with a weekly following of 23 million fans.

FARRAH moved on after just one season. By then, she was already a phenomenon, having donned a one piece red bathing suit and a perfect smile for her legendary poster, which sold a still record 12 million copies.

“I became famous almost before I had a craft,” FARRAH told THE NEW YORK TIMES in 1986, four years after her divorce from LEE MAJORS.

(By then, she was already involved with RYAN O’NEAL.)

“I didn’t study drama at school. I was an art major. Suddenly, when I was doing CHARLIE’S ANGELS, I was getting all this fan mail and I didn’t really know why. I don’t think anybody else did, either.”

Though she left TV for what was assumed to be greener pastures – feature films – FARRAH’S initial three big screen vehicles were not big successes.

It took some serious dramatic TV roles, including that of a battered wife in 1984′s THE BURNING BED (which earned her an EMMY nomination), as well as starring in small screen biopics about pioneering photojournalist MARGARET BOURKE WHITE and ill fated Woolworth heir BARBARA HUTTON for FARRAH to bounce back.

“What would you do if someone said to you, ‘You’re so popular right now that you can be on the cover of every magazine. But if you do that, you might get overexposed and a backlash will develop’ ?” FARRAH told THE TIMES after she had emerged from one of the valleys of her career.

Still, she said of fighting for survival in HOLLYWOOD, “That’s life. Everything has positive and negative consequences.”

FARRAH FAWCETT: 16 CAREER MILESTONES

EW has a list of FARRAH FAWCETT’S career milestones, including CHARLIE’S ANGELS, EXTREMITIES and THE BURNING BED.

But there’s quite a bit left out.

FARRAH did some astounding work in television movies and miniseries: MURDER IN TEXAS, POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL: THE BARBARA HUTTON STORY as well as MARGARET BOURKE WHITE.

She was not only gorgeous. For all of her immense fame and iconic status, she was a highly underrated actor.

I’m sure she would like to be remembered as a true artist that took some real risks.

To see the highlights of FARRAH’S career, please go here

PICS FROM THE L.A. PREMIERE OF PUBLIC ENEMIES

Ladies and gentlemen, for your viewing pleasure…

Here are some photos from the LOS ANGELES premiere of PUBLIC ENEMIES, which was held Tuesday.

In order…

MARION COTILLARD
JOHNNY DEPP
LEELEE SOBIESKI
CHRISTIAN BALE & WIFE SIBI BLAZIC

Enjoy…