Movies

Queen Margot
The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the Hugenot King Henri of Navarre. Catherine of Medici maintains her behind-the-scenes power by ordering assaults, poisonings, and instigations to incest.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Watched Queen Margot for maybe the 30th time. The beauty of Isabelle Adjani is beyond words in this film. Please tell me you've seen it.

La Dolce Vita
Journalist and man-about-town Marcello struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.

Margot
At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and Ninette de Valois is reducing her roles at the Royal Ballet. Then the exciting young Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev, a recent defector to the West, comes into her life and her bed and revitalizes her career. Frederick Aashton creates a new ballet for them and they become the golden couple of the ballet world. However, Margot is married to Roberto 'Tito' Arias, a Panamanian politician of dubious repute who is not sympathetic to her calling and is probably faithless. When he is shot and paralyzed for life Margot must carry on dancing well into her sixties in order to pay for his costly treatment though she still collaborates with Rudolf in the occasional ballet.

Henry & June
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.

Rocketman
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Delighted to have attended the eltonjohn #Rocketman premiere tonight in Cannes. I loved the film SO much!

Raise the Red Lantern
China in the 1920s. After her father's death, 19 year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate house within the great castle, there is fierce competition for his attention and the privileges that are gained. This competition gets out of hand...

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
And have you seen "Raise the Red Lantern"? Another sumptuous, epic film with a gorgeous star and no lame Hollywood ending!

TRON: Legacy
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Saw #tron last night. @daft_punk soundtrack is amazing! But the line "Electrify them"+ the laser show before the movie=LOLs!

Chinatown
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Long-haul flight movie marathon: the original Gatsby & Chinatown. Both films are perfection.

The Great Gatsby
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifetyle of his landlord, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Long-haul flight movie marathon: the original Gatsby & Chinatown. Both films are perfection.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Watching "Gonzo", docu-film about Hunter S. Thompson. Hunter once left this phone message: "That Dita, she's fun!". Best. Compliment. Ever.
Books

Delta of Venus & Little Birds

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
I love lascivious literature set in the eras that fascinate me. I love to imagine the glamorous clothes, marcel-waved hairstyles and lingerie of the past combined with explicit erotica. I am currently working on a perfume that captures the feels of these books.

Story of the Eye
Bataille’s first novel, published under the pseudonym ‘Lord Auch’, is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking and sacreligious, Story of the Eye is the fullest expression of Bataille’s obsession with the closeness of sex, violence and death. Yet it is also hallucinogenic in its power, and is one of the erotic classics of the twentieth century.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Definitely not for the faint of heart, this intense surrealist erotic novel set in the 1920's is one of my favorite books

Infinite Variety
The Marchesa Luisa Casati was Europe's most notorious celebrity, and its most eccentric. Artists painted and sculpted her, poets praised her beauty, and fashion designers fought for her patronage. Among those she captivated were Jean Cocteau, Cecil Beaton and Jack Kerouac. Then, after the first three decades of the 20th century, the extravagance ended. Her wealth was gone and Casti fled to London. This is her story.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Talk about eccentric glamour, La Casati did it ALL before any of us did!

D.V.
“An evening with D.V. is almost as marvelous as an evening with D.V. [herself]—same magic, same spontaneity and, above all, never a boring moment.”—Bill BlassD.V. is the mesmerizing autobiography of one of the 20th century’s greatest fashion icons, Diana Vreeland, the one-time fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue, whose incomparable style-sense, genius, and flair helped define the world of haute couture for fifty years. The incomparable D.V. proves herself a brilliant raconteur as she carries the reader along on her whirlwind life—from English palaces to the nightclubs of Paris in the 1930s to the heart of New York high society, hobnobbing with everyone who was anyone, from Queen Mary to Clark Gable to Coco Chanel.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
The most entertaining memoir I've ever read, in the classic Diana Vreeland style. Colorful, witty, glamorous and inspiring

Mae West on Sex, Health, and ESP.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
No one is more quotable than Mae West, and this rare book is both hilarious and insightful. When I was living in Paris, my fellow glambassadors and I would sit around and drink violet scented champagne and read aloud from this book

Mae West: Broadcast Muse
Much is known and written about the film and stage careers of Mae West. But she also worked sporadically on national radio and television during her seventy-five-year career in show business. MAE WEST: Broadcast Muse is the first comprehensive look at her television and radio appearances with Rudy Vallee, Perry Como, and, most famously, with Edger Bergen and Charlie McCarthy on The Chase and Sanborn Hour in 1937. Her portrayal of Eve, opposite Don Ameche’s Adam, in the infamous “Garden of Eden” skit, and her provocative sparring with Bergen’s wooden companion, Charlie McCarthy, earned the actress condemnation and a ban from national radio that lasted more than a decade. It also all but ended her motion picture career. In the 1950s, she ventured into television with a surprise appearance on the 30th Annual Academy Awards presentation singing a duet with Rock Hudson, guest starring appearances on The Dean Martin Show and The Red Skelton Show, and an interview on the CBS-TV program, Person to Person, which was considered so risqué, the network cancelled the pre-recorded broadcast twenty-four hours before the show was scheduled to air. In the 1960s, she guest-starred on the popular sitcom, Mr. Ed, considered several television specials and a cartoon series, and did a rare sit-down interview with Dick Cavett. MAE WEST: Broadcast Muse includes the fascinating behind the scene stories of her work on these shows, and many rare photographs from the sets. The book also includes several proposed radio and television scripts that were written for Mae West, but never made it on the air, including a proposed appearance with Frank Sinatra on the Armed Forces radio show, Mail Call, in 1944, and fascinating interviews with the actress expressing her thoughts on television, censorship, sex, and being one of the most famous sex symbols in Hollywood history. “I never liked the idea of doing television because people could turn me off,” Mae West said to Joyce Haber in 1968. MAE WEST: Broadcast Muse explores with hilarious details all the famed actress’ radio and television ventures – those that made it on the air, and the many more that didn’t – and bring the actress back to life in a way her fans have never seen before.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
She loves reading biographies and autobiographies about Hollywood stars of the past, in particular Mae West.

La Parisienne

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
La Parisienne, a rare and beautiful book that my friend the corsetiere Mr Pearl gave me. It's full of antique snapshots and portraits of women in the 1860s wearing the most divine and decadent clothes and hats.
Music

Strip-tease

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
The last song I chose is called “Striptease” by Juliette Greco and I’ve known Juliette Greco for awhile, but last year, when I walked in Jean Paul Gaultier’s fashion show for the haute couture in Paris, he brought me this song, and said, I’d like you to perform to this song and, I fell in love with this song.
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The Presets

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
think my favorite modern day electronic band is The Real Presets. They’re from Australia. I’m a huge fan of them. I’m such a fan of them that when I went to Australia recently and I was performing a show, I stalked The Presets because I’m such a big fan.
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In For The Kill

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Well, shift gears a little bit from the retro to some modern electronic music and this is a song called “In For the Kill” by La Roux. I was good friends with DJ AM who passed away almost two years ago. And, we used to hang around the same rave scene in L.A in 1990-91 and he was not a famous DJ back then at all. He was just a rave kid like me. But, he used to send me a lot of mixes and songs and we used to share old songs that we used to like back in the old days in L.A and he made me a mix with this song on it and I loved this version.
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Stormy Blues

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
So, this is “The Stormy Blues.” It’s by Billie Holiday and is the choice of our Guest DJ, Dita Von Teese.
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Billie Holiday

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
I am a huge Billie Holiday fan. I can play hours of her music and never get tired of it and I love all the outtakes of her
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Daft Punk

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
She listens to different kinds of music; unexpectedly she’s a fan of Daft Punk.
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Max Raabe

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Max Raabe: He played at our wedding and is the world's finest '30s-style musician.
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Monarchy

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
What are some of your go-to bands or albums for those rare moments of leisure, when you’re not working or entertaining?
Blood Orange and Monarchy, who are both on the album, they’re two artists that I listen to all of the time.
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Blood Orange

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
What are some of your go-to bands or albums for those rare moments of leisure, when you’re not working or entertaining?
Blood Orange and Monarchy, who are both on the album, they’re two artists that I listen to all of the time.
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Goods

KitchenAid KSM150PSGU Artisan Series 5-Qt. Tilt-Head Stand Mixer
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Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Pink KitchenAid mixer: My kitchen is pink and black boudoir style with big Swarovski crystal chandeliers.

MARIAGE FRERES. Marco Polo Tea
Mariage Frères - Macro Polo- Icône - TEA in BLACK CANISTER. French Tea House since 1854. Its extraordinary bouquet makes Marco Polo the most legendary of flavoured teas.. Characteristics : #Fruity & flowery #Black tea #Scented Tea. Fragrances of Chinese and Tibetan flowers lend it a uniquely velvety taste.. Black classical sealed canister containing 100 g of loose leaf tea and presented in a gift box

Wedgwood 5 Piece Place Setting, Renaissance Gold
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People

Pamela Anderson

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
I think that there are only a few people in the world who are that way about their career now. Pamela Anderson, for example, is great. She doesn"t take herself too seriously
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Betty Grable
Grable began her film career in 1929 at age 12, after which she was fired from a contract when it was learned she signed up under false identification. She had contracts with RKO and Paramount Pictures during the 1930s, and appeared in a string of B movies, mostly portraying college students. Grable came to prominence in the Broadway musical DuBarry Was a Lady (1939), which brought her to the attention of 20th Century-Fox.

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
Betty Grable: My favorite movie star of the 1940s. I loved the Technicolor musicals and she was the queen of them. I am more influenced by her than any other star or by burlesque itself.
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Rita Hayworth

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
When I was growing up, I couldn’t relate to supermodels, but I could relate to the created and, if you will, artificial brand of glamour. When I looked at pictures of someone like Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth the hair and the lipstick and the clothes were such a huge element of what created their appeal. I like to think that maybe I’m the same kind of role model.
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Marilyn Monroe

Dita Von Teese
Actress, Artist
When I was growing up, I couldn’t relate to supermodels, but I could relate to the created and, if you will, artificial brand of glamour. When I looked at pictures of someone like Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth the hair and the lipstick and the clothes were such a huge element of what created their appeal. I like to think that maybe I’m the same kind of role model.
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