News about William S. Paley

Can you guess these Hollywood leading ladies?In Feud, Theresa McBeal's iconic socialites include the 80s Brat Pack symbol and the Ally McBeal symbol. Capote Vs. The Swans are a tad to be in on the radio

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2023
A new poster for Feud: Capote Vs. was posted by FX. The Swans are back, and some viewers are scratching their heads over the identities of four unrecognizable actresses. The first is married to an A-list actor and has appeared in two hit TV shows herself, including 90s hit Ally McBeal before appearing in Ryan Murphy's Feud. The second is a two-time Oscar nominee who recently married a TV actress who married a television actress in a new manner this year.

As she shoots scenes in New York, the film actress is almost unrecognizable in a grey wig

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 24, 2023
On Tuesday, a glamorous film actress disguised her good looks while filming on New York City's streets. As she was seen in costume, the blonde Oscar winner wore a huge gray wig with oversize period clothing and big earrings. In season two of Feud, the beauty, 54, is starring. Can you guess who it is?

MoMA benefactor will auction $100M of masterpieces to fund digital endowment

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 14, 2022
A collection of works of art long held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York will be auctioned off to help finance the museum's digital expansion, as well as future NFT purchases. The artworks, which belonged to late CBS founder William S. Paley's foundation, are expected to sell for between $70 million and $100 million at a string of Sotheby's auctions in the coming months, according to the Wall Street Journal. Out of the 81 paintings and sculptures donated to MoMA by Paley following his death in 1990, including paintings by Picasso, Renoir, and Rodin, 29 have been chosen for the auction block.

Truman Capote betrayed the'swans': he surrounded himself with glamorous socialites

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 22, 2022
As Famd's second series of Feud investigates Truman Capote's betrayal of the high-society women he surrounded himself with, FEMAIL examines his'swans,' including Jackie Kennedy's sister Lee Radziwill (right), actress and fashion muse C.Z Guest (centre) and Vogue editor Babe Paley (left). After the swans recognized themselves in his latest work of fiction, Answered Prayers, when an extract of the novel was published in Esquire magazine in 1975, Capote (inset) found himself barred from the New York social scene. After reading the extract, the women left Capote and became a social pariah until his death in 1984.