Cassini Gossip Columnist
February 29th, 2012
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The Jet Sex: Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon $19.95 In the years after World War II, the airline stewardess became one of the most celebrated symbols of American womanhood. Stewardesses appeared on magazine covers, on lecture circuits, and in ad campaigns for everything from milk to cigarettes. Airlines enlisted them to pose for publicity shots, mingle with international dignitaries, and even serve (in sequined minidresses) as the official hostesse… |
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The Kennedys: All the Gossip Unfit for Print (Babylon) $25.95 No other book in the history of publishing has assembled in one volume 80 years of pansexual scandals associated with the Kennedys-all in one guilty pleasure of a sizzling book. Meticulously researched, it showcases the indiscretions and extramarital romps of America’s most famous political clan. In addition to lesser known and often shocking scandals about Jack (Mr. President), other parts of thi… |
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The Last Playboy: The High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa $6.73 At one gilded moment in history, his fame was so great that he was known the world over by his nickname alone: Rubi. Pop songs were written about him. Women whom he had never met offered to leave their husbands for him. He had an eye for feminine beauty, particularly when it came with great wealth: Barbara Hutton, Doris Duke, Eva Perón, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. But he was a man’s man as well, polo play… |
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