What I Want Out of Life Is to Be Loved : Kim Novak on Healing After Leaving Hollywood
by Scott Feinberg
March 12, 2021, 6:00am PST
The icon of Vertigo and Trump target at the 2014 Oscars reveals what liberated her after years of studio system abuse, her bipolar diagnosis and the untold story behind her rumored romance with Sammy Davis Jr. As much as on the outside I ve been vulnerable, I am, on the inside, a strong person, Kim Novak says over Zoom this month, just weeks after her 88th birthday and the publication of her new book,
Kim Novak: Her Life and Art. I ve had a lot of obstacles in my life. And I m here.
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20th February 2021
You might know the Elizabethan playwright and poet Christopher “Kit” Marlowe as one of the most famous of Shakespeare’s predecessors, but for centuries Marlowe’s legacy has lived on in another story: that he was a spy for Queen Elizabeth I.
A Tip for the Hangman, a new novel by debut historical author Allison Epstein, explores what could have happened if Marlowe truly had been plucked out of his Cambridge dormitory and placed in the household of Mary, Queen of Scots as a spy.
Released earlier this month, the book follows Kit’s life from university student to spy to famous playwright (then spy again), and how he wrestles with the moral implications of his work in a business where showing weakness is not an option. Combining rich historical details with a fast-paced plot,
âPaintingâs always been there to rescue meâ ⦠Novak. Photograph: Matej Divizna/Getty Images
Kim Novak starred in Vertigo â voted the best film ever made â but knew she was too fragile for fame. She talks about her tough childhood, the sensitive side of Sinatra and starting again in her forties
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Kim Novak apologises for the mess. And, to be fair, the studio at her Oregon home is fabulously messy. Behind her are a couple of canvases she has been working on; to the left and right, all sorts of all sorts. At the back of the room, her rescue dog, Patches, lies on a sofa, half snoozing, half listening. Occasionally, Sadie Ann, her husbandâs pudelpointer, wanders in, sniffs around and leaves.