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Why Katie Holmes Will Make A Great Jacqueline Kennedy

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comApril 29, 2010 //

Post-Joey Potter, everyone thought Katie Holmes would have a long and fruitful career. But then she met Tom Cruise, got married, and had baby Suri. Ever since, she’s taken notably few roles. This week, however, she’s signed on for a big one. She’ll be starring in the History Channel’s 8-part miniseries “The Kennedys” as Jackie Kennedy, opposite Greg Kinnear as JFK. The series, produced by the creator of “24,” will focus on the early years of JFK’s presidency. Even though I secretly wish they’d cast Joshua Jackson as JFK, I am pretty pumped about this. After the jump, the reasons I think Katie could rock this role. [NY Daily News] Keep reading »

“Grey Gardens” Style: Are You More Of A Bouvier Or A Beale?

Jessica WakemanApril 16, 2009 //

“Grey Gardens” debuts April 18, and I couldn’t be more thrilled! (After all, it’s not every day a movie makes my eccentricities seem normal.) The Frisky gals and I attended the “Grey Gardens” world premiere in NYC, and the movie is, as the kids say, the cat’s pajamas. “Grey Gardens” stars Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange as the kooky cat-lady, mother-daughter duo Little Edie and Big Edie Beale, along with “Big Love”-star Jeanne Tripplehorn as their glamour-puss cousin, Jackie O.

Even if you don’t give a fig about Camelot, no woman alive will see this movie without booking it to her local vintage shop early the next morn’. But like the great style dichotomies before us (Betty and Veronica, Angelina and Jen), how do you know if your leanings are more Bouvier or Beale? Do you bat your lashes, or are you just plain batty? Why, consult this handy-dandy chart, of course! Keep reading »