Valerie Perrine - ©Theda Bara

The name I highlight in this post is that of the American actress and model Valerie Perrine. She became known for her role as “Miss Eve Teschmacher” in “Superman” (1978); and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1975 (but did not win) for “Lenny” (1974), a biographical character based on “Honey Bruce”, born Harriet Jolliff (1927-2005), a former Las Vegas stripper and wife of the controversial comedian Lenny Bruce, born Leonard Alfred Schneider (1925-1966).

The only significant award of her career was the BAFTA for Best New Actress in 1976, for “Lenny”.

The actress passed away without having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Valerie Ritchie Perrine was born on September 3, 1943, in Galveston, Texas, United States, and died on March 23, 2026, in Beverly Hills, California, United States, at the age of 82, after living with Parkinson’s disease for years.

Valerie Perrine never married and had no children. In 1969, the actress became engaged to collector Bill Haarman (1919-1969), but he tragically died after a firearm accident. The importer and gun collector was killed when a pistol kept in his belt fell to the floor and discharged; the bullet ricocheted off a door and struck his heart. This event occurred a month before their wedding date.

Haiku: Saving Verses - ©Theda Bara

Haiku and Art by ©Theda Bara — 2026

 When something suffocates our soul
And our mouths refuse to speak
We, poets, have paper and pen to save us!

George Clooney - ©Theda Bara

The name I highlight in this post is that of the Franco-American actor, producer, screenwriter, film and television director, businessman, and philanthropist George Clooney.

Throughout his acclaimed Hollywood career, George Clooney has amassed two Oscars: Best Supporting Actor in 2006 for the film “Syriana” (2005), for his role as “Bob Barmes”, and the Best Picture award (as producer) in 2013 for “Argo” (2012); four Golden Globe Awards, including a Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2015; a BAFTA; an MTV Movie Award; and an honorary Emmy. He stands out in film history for having been nominated in six different categories by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

George Clooney does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Although he has already been nominated and approved to receive the honor, the actor has not yet scheduled a date with the event organizers for the necessary public unveiling ceremony, which obviously involves a considerable amount of money to be spent by the honoree for the maintenance of the star on the famous Los Angeles sidewalk.

George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, and is 65 years old.

Clooney has had some casual relationships, but only two marriages: his first marriage ended in divorce with American actress Talia Balsam (1959-), from 1989 to 1993; and he is currently married to Anglo-Lebanese lawyer and international law specialist Amal Ramzi Junia Alamuddin Clooney (1976-), since 2014. The couple has twin children, Alexander and Ella (both 9 years old), born in June 2017.

Haiku: Irresistible - ©Theda Bara

Haiku and Art by ©Theda Bara — 2026

 Don’t be without light
Don’t interrupt the flow
Be irresistible!

Haiku: The Universe is Sweet - ©Theda Bara

Haiku and Art by ©Theda Bara — 2026

   The universe is sweet, say scientists!
White sugar, refined, granulated, aspartame, erythulose
Honey, agave, stevia, and brown sugar... they all come from space.

 

An international team of astronomers has detected, for the first time in interstellar space, a sugar molecule identical to our own. It is erythulose, a four-carbon sugar found in a dense cloud of gas and dust in the center of the Milky Way, about 27,000 light-years from Earth. The discovery was published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy on July 13, 2026.