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I love that era when stars were "classy". That is why I perform with a group who does "fabulous 40's style entertainment". The 2 Sisters Trio.

No they don't make actresses like they used to!! How can you compare the celebusluts of today with the class acts of Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly to name just a couple of these beautiful women.
It seems to me like the celebs of today thrive on trashy notority...the more the better!! They also seem to stay in teenage mode even in their twenties. The Paris Hiltons, Brittany Spears, and all the rest of todays "stars" will be no more than a faint memory in 20 or 30 years from now. If that!!! The Audrey Hepburns and the Grace Kellys will live on forever.

Audrey Hepburn and others like her exemplified the very best of our celebrity culture before the decline. It now appears that the culture of young celebrities is morally and spiritually bankrupt, not to mention socially irresponsible. E.g. a celebrity has proudly announced that he has made a baby with his girlfriend. What a bad example for young people!

I have bought and read the Life "Great Photographers Series" book remembering Audrey 15 years later, with photographs by Bob Willoughby. What a charming and loving way to remember her. However, the book says she died on 20 January 1993 and you say she died on 07 January 1993 and I'm confused as to which date is correct. Please advise.

I love Audrey Hepburn . . . Im such a BIG fan!! I wish stars were classy today like they were back then!

I totally agree with you about Audrey Hepburn, but to put Angelina Jolie on the same scale as Hepburn, is ridiculous. I agree with you as to her fashion sense, somewhat...she looks beautiful for movie affairs, but it stops there...otherwise, the only thing I see her in is jeans and a tee...acceptable but not very fashionable...and being as classy as Hepburn....I think not..NEVER in a million years!!!!

audrey! w00t!

I long for the day...that truly beautiful people were famous.Hollywood seems to have become one BIG trainwreck!

Not long ago an antique dealer sent me this poem that was written by Audrey Hepburn.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry
For beautiful hair, let a chile runs his/her fingers through it once a day
For pose, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone
People, even more than things, must be restored, renewed,revived, reclaimed and redeemed
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.

That poem you just gave is by Sam Levenson. Not audrey. Yeh moron.

I don't know what the stars were like in their private lives, but at least they were kept PRIVATE. I'm so bored with seeing celebs rewarded with press coverage for behaving badly. They should be treated like petulant children--ignored.

There never will be ladies like the ladies from the 40's and 50's. Audrey Hepburn, Katie Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Linda Darnell, Loretta Young, so many others. Ladies to the max... always looking even in "pants," every inch a lady.. so beautiful.. they had their problems... but even so, they were ladies. Look at Doris Day, and Rita Hayworth... and they had talent... not just bedroom talent... and how could you every forget Irene Dunne.. ( her acting, and her voice, and her beauty.) There are lovely beautiful ladies now a days even in show business ( Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Meryl Strep, but they are from the older generation..).. we need to have role models for the younger ladies so they can understand that in dress and other things " More is Less."

Shalom

I would say that the last comment by james r. proves the authors point. There is no class in society any longer.

I love that you guys share my love of Audrey and the classy ladies of the 40s and 50s! Thanks for the comments, keep em coming!

Ann of Dish N Dat

I totally agree with everything you all said about Audrey Hepburn (except for James). She even aged gracefully and was beautiful until her death. She and many others like her, will never be forgotten. I too wish some of that class would return to the silver screen. It's been tarnished way too long. Even the movies reflect that unclassy culture of today's society. It's more of a contest as to who can make the cover of the Inquirer the most in any given year.

As for you James - the poem was a lovely sentiment. It doesn't really matter whether Audrey wrote it or not - she practiced it. For you to criticize Cheryl by calling her a moron, makes me think that you are part of that "trashy" generation - quick to judge but no substance.
Instead of being so quick to point out this alleged mistake, perhaps it would do you a world of good to practice what the poem says. It would be the "classy" thing to do.
No wonder the world is going to hell in a hand basket.