#barefootcontessa

[habituallychic]

I couldn’t have asked for a better last day in Paris today. It started with meeting @inagarten, and Jeffrey who popped by, at a cafe this morning. We were supposed to meet in the Hamptons pre-pandemic but this was obviously much better. For those who are sad that my month in paris has come to an end, you can now follow their adventures for the new few weeks. Then I had a lovely final meal at @legrandvefourparis which lived up to the hype except for the men wearing tee shirts. It was 80 degrees but I still made an effort. I finally made it to the only @augustinusbader store and stocked up on the Riche Cream which I ran out of yesterday. I sat in the Jardin Palais Royal and enjoyed the cool breeze under the trees with a side of coughing snd sneezing. It’s allergy season in Paris so pack some Zyrtec or head to a pharmacie as soon as you arrive. Then I decided to visit one last museum and chose the @museerodinparis and their beautiful gardens. It was the perfect choice to end my trip. Even all of my interactions today with taxi drivers and shop keepers were wonderful and made me feel like I am truly going out on a high note. And even though the day is not over, it is for me because I now have to pack up everything in my @parisperfectrentals apartment. There really sure be a service you can pay to do this for you. I also want to thank my friends @margueritewincek @andrewbrownid, Kip, and @ebanco for joining me for my birthday celebration. I honestly don’t know how I can too this amazing month in the City of Light. Merci beaucoup! #paris #france #barefootcontessa #legrandvefour #palaisroyal #rodin #museerodin (at Paris, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdYo5O7jfNv/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#paris #france #barefootcontessa #legrandvefour #palaisroyal #rodin #museerodin

[sundaydinnerswithcandy]

Lemon Cake

Barefoot Contessa

Chef Ina Garten

#lemoncake #cake #barefootcontessa #inagarten

[neilandiraiza]

Ina's Garten's French Apple Tart

Craving a taste of culinary artistry? Look no further than Ina Garten's exquisite French Apple Tart, where every bite promises a symphony of flavors and a dash of French sophistication.

#AppleTart #InaGartensRecipes #BarefootContessa

[ryangoslingartsadmin]

Oven-Fried Chicken - Barefoot Contessa

Craving crispy and delicious fried chicken? Look no further. Discover the magic of Ina Garten's Oven-Fried Chicken recipe that will leave you wanting more.

#chickendinner #foodgram #comfortfood #barefootcontessa

[marilynmoffatt]

Tuesday’s lunch with MarilynO’s Fennel and Garlic Shrimp. Recipe by #inagarten in #Foolproof cookbook. #barefootcontessarecipe #barefootcontessa #shrimp #shrimprecipes #fennel #meiomi #pinotnoir #getcookingcookbookclub #food #foodie #foodphotography #foodstagram #foods#foodshot#foodphotooftheday #foodies #foodiesofinstagram #foodpics #foodpic #foodpictures #foodpicoftheday #foodpict #food https://www.instagram.com/p/Cplx4gHsnKy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#inagarten #foolproof #barefootcontessarecipe #barefootcontessa #shrimp #shrimprecipes #fennel #meiomi #pinotnoir #getcookingcookbookclub #food #foodie #foodphotography #foodstagram #foods #foodshot #foodphotooftheday #foodies #foodiesofinstagram #foodpics #foodpic #foodpictures #foodpicoftheday #foodpict

[bunnylaw]

Welp, this was the bird in all her roasted glory. I’ll probably make a couple of tweaks but overall I liked this recipe. The Barefoot Contessa for the win. #RoastedTurkey #Thanksgiving #IDidntBurnTheBird #InaGarten #BarefootContessa https://www.instagram.com/p/ClXkahurArTxBVJkdsFjBRzK50tJ4mqCeYzE9k0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#roastedturkey #thanksgiving #ididntburnthebird #inagarten #barefootcontessa

[hellocupcakeitsme]

Watching my favorite #tvchef #barefootcontessa @foodnetwork #barefootcontessa @barefootcontessafanpage #inagarten #inagartenismyspiritanimal #howbadcanthatbe https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2o25_Pj-x/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#tvchef #barefootcontessa #inagarten #inagartenismyspiritanimal #howbadcanthatbe

[chiefarbitermoon]

The First Fordham Student to win an Oscar for Acting

The First Fordham Student to win an Acting Oscar ….

It may not be who you think.

During the evening of the Academy Awards for 1954 the award for Best Performance, from an actor in a supporting role was announced. “... and the winner is Edmond O’Brien.!”

He won for his performance in Joseph Mankiewicz’s mystery/romance, The Barefoot Contessa.

Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ava Gardner, in the title role, O’Brien plays a sweaty PR specialist and studio yes man who nervously talks faster and faster as each man-made crisis grows. In its review, Variety described Edmond O’Brien, “... as a glib, nervous, perspiring combination of press agent and (apparent) procurer…” It was his one oscar, but not his one great performance in a career that lasted over 35 years.

At this point, O’Brien was about half way through his career as a major movie character actor. He started his acting career working in summer stock in Yonkers. He made his first Broadway appearance at age 21 in Daughters of Atreus. When Hollywood came calling, he was cast alongside Charles Laughton and Maureen O’Hara as the playwright Gringoire in the 1939 classic The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In 1949 he co-starred-as the good guy-opposite James Cagney’s, psychopathic, oedipal villain in White Heat. His last major cinematic role came in Sam Peckinpah’s western classic The Wild Bunch in 1969 when he was cast as a grizzly old horse trader of questionable morals.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

He received an additional academy award nomination for his work as a brave Southern Senator in Seven Days in May, set against the backdrop of cold-war tensions and an attempted political cabal  in 1964. 

A Bronx Boy

Eamon Joseph O'Brien (1915 to 1985) was reportedly a neighbor of Harry Houdini while growing up in The Bronx and decided to emulate Houdini by becoming a magician himself. He took part in student theatrics in high school and majored in drama at Fordham. 

The powerful, no nonsense, very human roles seemed suited for the man who was married twice and as Turner Classic Movies stated:  “He lived just as large off-screen, where he was noted for his generosity, ability to converse intelligently on almost any topic and heavy drinking.

Lead in B-Movies

For a time O’Brien did play the leading figure. He was the title character in Ida Lupino’s The Bigamist (1953) and in one of the truly great film-noir performances, he played Frank Bigelow, a man, with 48 hours to life, who knows he has been poisoned, in the classic D.O.A. (1949). 

Counting both film and television, he completed approximately 120 roles. Both large and small. Or to paraphrase one of the kindest things that can be offered up to career, “second banana”: He may not have kissed the girl, but he could probably have lent money to the guys that did.

The Everyman of Film-Noir

In his 2018 biography of the late actor entitled Edmond O’Brien Everyman of Film-Noir Derek Sculthorpe described the overall context in which the actor worked. “He was a devotee of Shakespeare, impressing John Gielgud in his performance of Casca in Julius Caesar (1953) ... O’Brien also worked in radio and contributed to this medium from the mid-1930s for nearly 20 years between his film and other work.”

He added: “It is often forgotten that he was a stage actor of some reputation before he cast his lot with Hollywood. The verse of the immortal Bard retained a special resonance for him and it was a perpetual joy for him to act in his plays on stage with some of the great Shakespearean players of the time including Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud. O’Brien even recorded an album of romantic poems which revealed a far less familiar side of him.”

 Since You’ve Read This Far I might have an answer

I have been a fan of Edmond O’Brien since I first saw him in D.O.A. as far back as my late twenties. For a long time after that, I had no idea he had ever attended Fordham University. Perhaps the reason he is not mentioned among our Alma mater’s great acting fraternity of Alan Alda and Denzel Washington (yep, he’s the academy award winner I was thinking of) is that Edmond O’Brien never graduated? After enrolling in Fordham University, he dropped out  to join the first class at the Neighborhood Playhouse, studying acting under Sanford Meisner … In my research, I found some unsubstantiated reporting that he left school to earn money to support his family; in any event, he did come of age during the Great Depression.

Though he doesn’t have a diploma, he is among our treasured school family.

Donna Reed Bestows a kiss on Edmond O’Brien on Oscar Night.

Kevin Bergin

Gabelli

Class of 1980Can be reached Fordham Class of 1980 Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/groups/537184563628982/about/

#fordhamuniversity #bronx #academy award winner #donna reed #barefootcontessa #ida lupino #john gielgud #denzel washington #alan alda #edmond o'brien #laurence olivier #humphrey bogart #ava gardner #sam peckinpah #oscars

[sassy-spice]

#barefootcontessa #pride

[joeboxer24]

[jacelightbourneart]

I haven't drawn anything last weekend due to the amount of tasks needed to be done for my academics, as well as for work. In the meantime, this is my mum's Aubergine Au Gratin, recipe from Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa. Just wanted to promote her food too since cooking is an art in itself. #cookingathome #cooking #foodie #foodstagram #cook #homecooking #foodpics #food #foodphotography #aubergine #eggplant #eggplantaugratin #aubergineaugratin #augratin #frenchfood #inagarten #barefootcontessa #bake #baked #cheese #cheesetopping https://www.instagram.com/p/CQq-CPOpxgV/?utm_medium=tumblr

#cookingathome #cooking #foodie #foodstagram #cook #homecooking #foodpics #food #foodphotography #aubergine #eggplant #eggplantaugratin #aubergineaugratin #augratin #frenchfood #inagarten #barefootcontessa #bake #baked #cheese #cheesetopping

[sevdena]

#weddings #weddingphotography #bridalmakeup #bridal #tropical #beachwedding #barefoot #barefootsandals #barefootcontessa #etsyseller #etsy #handmade #photography #lace #lacebarefoot https://www.instagram.com/p/COYmsxTguKf/?igshid=10ifom0ngypf1

#weddings #weddingphotography #bridalmakeup #bridal #tropical #beachwedding #barefoot #barefootsandals #barefootcontessa #etsyseller #etsy #handmade #photography #lace #lacebarefoot

[lindavater]

🍃💜🍃 Do you love this image from Ina’s garden @barefootcontessa__ as much as I? An entirely different #potager vibe than my own. I still have garden trellis inspiration on the brain, so I am digressing a bit from my standard content of just my own garden images. After all, winter is all about garden dreaming is it not…and I have garden goals along with the best of you. 🤩 So, analyzing this trellis vignette, it’s interesting to notice that the trellis on the left is bare...and the existence of a second trellis flanking the other side is? Well, we just don’t know, do we? Is the trellis just implied? is it completely covered? is the design intentionally asymmetrical with just one trellis on the left and visual weight on the right? These questions make this trellis design compelling and mysterious…thus quintessentially appealing...to the eye. Along with all of the other eye candy in this picture of coarse! Such a simple trellis. Yet imagine this design without it. Truly, it’s all in the details… Do you agree? . . . #lvgardendesignschool #barefootcontessa #gardendesign #garden_styles #herbgarden #hydrangeas #gartengestaltung #cottagegarden #topiary #gardeningtips #gardendesigntips #gardeninspiration #gartenliebe #gardenplanning #gardengoals #gardenshed #sheshed #pottingshed #gardeninspo #tuin #cottagegardenstyle #herbgardening #gardenstudio #buxus #stylishgardening #gardenlover #gardenideas #trellis #vegetablegarden (at Hamptons, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Em6XWlt0y/?igshid=1av9arspx1y50

#potager #lvgardendesignschool #barefootcontessa #gardendesign #garden_styles #herbgarden #hydrangeas #gartengestaltung #cottagegarden #topiary #gardeningtips #gardendesigntips #gardeninspiration #gartenliebe #gardenplanning #gardengoals #gardenshed #sheshed #pottingshed #gardeninspo #tuin #cottagegardenstyle #herbgardening #gardenstudio #buxus #stylishgardening #gardenlover #gardenideas #trellis #vegetablegarden

[marilynmoffatt]

Tuesday’s lunch at MarilynO’s #ultimatebeefstew #inagarten #inagartenrecipe #barefootcontessa #meiomi #pinotnoir #beefstew #biscuits #food #foodie #foodpics #foodphotography #foodpic #foodphoto #foodphoto #foodstagram #foodiesofinstagram #foodpic #foodgram #foodphotooftheday #foodphoto #moderncomfortfood https://www.instagram.com/p/CogYjRCMbSV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ultimatebeefstew #inagarten #inagartenrecipe #barefootcontessa #meiomi #pinotnoir #beefstew #biscuits #food #foodie #foodpics #foodphotography #foodpic #foodphoto #foodstagram #foodiesofinstagram #foodgram #foodphotooftheday #moderncomfortfood

[benji-a-palus]

Coffee and Sunshine, 30x40in, oil on canvas. Available! Nothing like a barefoot stroll on a sunny morning...but only with coffee, lol... #oilpainting #figurativeart #figurativepainting #figurativerealism #contemporaryrealism #realism #artcollective #artcollectors #artforsale #musabella #audubon #walkinthepark #barefootcontessa #morningcoffee #sunny #green #instaart #benjialexanderpalus (at Audubon Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByfL3ncHuzh/?igshid=upjv47uximrn

#oilpainting #figurativeart #figurativepainting #figurativerealism #contemporaryrealism #realism #artcollective #artcollectors #artforsale #musabella #audubon #walkinthepark #barefootcontessa #morningcoffee #sunny #green #instaart #benjialexanderpalus

[hamlintonheights]

lin on barefoot contessa!! his smile is the most precious thing in this world #linmanuelmiranda #barefootcontessa #hamilton #marypoppinsreturns #foodnetwork #inagarten https://www.instagram.com/p/BrRWipJn59t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tmutrmo4wd5o

#linmanuelmiranda #barefootcontessa #hamilton #marypoppinsreturns #foodnetwork #inagarten