Helly’s celebrities of the 20th century – in the kingdom of James Clavell
It’s a bad start to our first meeting in Austria in 1969, interviewing novelist screen writer-director-producer of KING RAT, TAI-PAN, SHOGUN and NOBLE HOUSE fame, JAMES CLAVELL. Each novel is an instant bestseller and...
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – Peter Sellers
THE BEST LAID PLANS OF MICE AND MEN...
PETER SELLERS’ films brought laughter and happiness to millions, but in real life, he had more than his share of heartbreak with broken marriages and failed love...
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – MARY QUANT DBE
MARY QUANT DBE
“It is given to a fortunate few, to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. There are three: CHANEL, DIOR and MARY QUANT.” This was...
Helleys Celebrities – OLAF RUHEN OF 72 BOXES BIBLIOGRAPHY – Part 1
I wonder how many authors there are with more than 10 metres of collection space of 72 boxes of written material in THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA, than that of one of the loveliest...
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – Peter O’toole
Within seconds of entering, the elegant Hampstead London house, familiarly piercing eyes command me to follow up to the top floor, where, in true LAWRENCE OF ARABIA fashion, the 4-year-old captor mock-decapitates a teddy...
HELLY’S CELEBRITIES OF THE 20TH CENTURY – Margaret, Duchess Of Argyll
They told me she would give me a hard time, that it would be the interview to challenge all interviews, for Margaret, the 74-year-old Duchess of Argyll, the ogre with talons outstretched, would make...
Helly’s Celebrities The “Sexyful” Mr Dance OBE
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An odd word, ‘sexyful,’ but somehow more powerful and descriptive than ‘sexy,’ and if that word applies to anyone, it does more so to the dashing Charles Dance,...
Movie reviews – ANGEL HAS FALLEN
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First, there was “Olympus Has Fallen.” Next, we had “London Has Fallen.” Now, we have “Angel Has Fallen.” Although a trilogy, you don’t need that background to...
Hellys Celebrities – AT HOME WITH JOAN COLLINS DBE
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My first fond memories as a teenager of the beautiful JOAN COLLINS go back to the early 1950s, when, with much excitement, I would open each latest issue of...
Helly’s Celebrities of the 20th Century – Arnold Schwartzenegger
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Boy Arnie’s Vision:
Stay Hungry ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Who would have ever thought that an unhappy little boy, born in 1947 in Thal, the tiniest of villages in the Austrian Steiermark, would...
