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12 Established 1961 Lifestyle Features Tuesday, July 28, 2020 In this file photo taken on June 15, 2006 US actress Olivia de Havilland attends the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and In this file photo taken on November 17, 2008 then US President George W. Bush congratulates In this file photo taken on September 09, 2010 British actress Jacqueline Bisset (right) Sciences’ tribute to herself at the Academy US actress Olivia de Havilland after presenting her with the 2008 National Medals of Arts and US actress Olivia de Havilland (left) pose after they were awarded chevalier of the of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in award during an event in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC.— AFP photos Legion of Honour by French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Beverly Hills, California. livia de Havilland, a two-time OOscar winner and one of the last links to Hollywood’s Golden Age, died Sunday at the age of 104. The actress, who starred in blockbusters like “Gone With the Wind” and played oppo- site such dashing leading men as Errol Flynn, personified the glamour and ele- gance of a bygone age of moviemaking. In a statement, her publicist Lisa Goldberg said de Havilland “died peace- fully from natural causes” at her home in Paris, France, where she had lived for years. “She was a queen of Hollywood, and will go down in cinematic history as such,” Thierry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, told AFP. “There aren’t many who deserve to be called a ‘legend,’” tweeted Hollywood columnist This file photo taken on April 2, 1955 shows US actress Olivia de In this file photo taken on July 21, 1956 US In this file photo taken on December 14, 1939 US actress Olivia de Scott Feinberg, “but Olivia de Havilland... Havilland and French journalist Pierre Galante getting married in actress Olivia de Havilland and her hus- Havilland (left) and British actress Vivien Leigh are pictured as they leave a certainly was one.” Yvoy-le-Marron, central France. band, French Pierre Galante look at their plane upon their arrival in Atlanta for the premiere of “Gone with the And a Twitter account run by screen baby Gisèle at Neully-sur-Seine, near Paris. wind”. legend Humphrey Bogart’s son said, “We have lost a true Classic Hollywood icon.” De Havilland, who built a reputa- nine-year contract. He was able to thank Warner Bros. signed her to a seven-year Paris Match. In all, she was nominated tion for being a bankable star for any the actress in person in Paris, and contract; the same year, Jack Warner for five Academy Awards, winning best genre, starred in 49 movies from 1935 to recalled; “It was amazing to meet her— took a chance on the unknown actress, actress for “To Each His Own” (1946) 2009. She was also known for her colour- she’s a legend!” Though De Havilland casting her across the swashbuckling and “The Heiress” (1949). Tributes ful off-screen life, including a landmark was blacklisted for three years while the Errol Flynn in “Captain Blood” and poured in on Sunday. legal battle against Warner Bros. and a case was underway, her legal victory launching her celebrated career. “At a time when women’s place in cin- secret and bitter feud with sister and fel- kickstarted her career. She and Flynn, whose on-screen ema and in society at large is being low actress Joan Fontaine. Neither she nor sister Joan Fontaine chemistry spurred speculation about an questioned, we must remember the per- ever spoke publicly about their feud, but off-screen relationship, joined up again sonal strength she showed when she The De Havilland Law in 1941 De Havilland lost out on an three years later in “The Adventures of attacked the studio system to free actors She earned the enduring appreciation Oscar for her lead performance as Robin Hood.” And in 1939, De Havilland from exploitative contracts,” Fremaux of fellow actors when a suit she brought Emmy Brown in “Hold Back the Dawn” to was cast as the noble, long-suffering said. And the Screen Actors Guild tweet- against Warner Bros.—who had repeat- Fontaine, who won for Alfred Hitchcock’s Melanie Hamilton in MGM’s Civil War ed that her “grit to take on the studio sys- edly extended her contract even as she “Suspicion.” They remain the only sib- epic “Gone With the Wind.” She earned a tem in 1945 helped her fellow actors for rejected script after script—led to a far- lings in Oscar history to have both won best actress Oscar nomination. De generations to come.” The star had lived reaching 1945 ruling that gave actors far lead acting honors. Havilland lost out to co-star Hattie in Paris since the early 1950s, and more power to choose their own roles. McDaniel, who played Mammy and received honours such as the National Turner Classic Movies host Ben Cast with Errol Flynn became the first African-American to win Medal of the Arts, France’s Legion Mankiewicz tweeted that even beyond Olivia Mary de Havilland was born on an Oscar. But the film sealed De d’Honneur, and the appointment her two Oscars, “her greatest contribu- July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, the daughter of a Havilland’s reputation as one of to Dame Commander of the Order of the tion came in court against Warner Bros, British lawyer and actress mother Lilian Hollywood’s top leading ladies. British Empire.—AFP setting a template for labour rights in Fontaine. When the couple divorced Hollywood.” She took pride in the ruling, three years later, Fontaine took her two ‘Personal strength’ In this file photo taken on March 27, 1950 US still known as the De Havilland Law. daughters to live in California. Still in her De Havilland was married twice—first actress Olivia de Havilland poses with her Actor Jared Leto, himself an Oscar teens, de Havilland was discovered by to author Marcus Goodrich from 1946 to Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for winner, tweeted that the law helped him director Max Reinhardt during an ama- 1953 and then to journalist Pierre the drama film “The Heiress” in Hollywood. extricate himself from an unfavourable teur theatre performance. In 1935, Galante, editor of the French magazine he coronavirus is keeping Berlin’s Berghain” is the brainchild of artistic duo Organisers of Berghain’s sound exhibition legendary clubs closed but techno Sam Auinger and Hannes Strobl and runs said they initially feared people wouldn’t Tattraction Berghain has found a way until August 2. come. “We didn’t really know what was to throw its doors back open, luring visi- Fellow curator Markus Steffens said the going to happen. What if no one came tors with an unusual sound exhibition. Just pair were invited to come up with an because they were afraid of getting infect- 50 people are let in at a time to allow for acoustic experience “for and with the ed?” said Seiffarth. physical distancing, but without the space”—a concrete, high-ceilinged for- But he needn’t have worried. Visitors, venue’s notoriously picky doormen stand- mer machine hall located behind the main wearing face masks, have already been ing guard, no one has to worry about club rooms worshipped by techno lovers queueing to get in. With crowd numbers being denied entry. Once inside worldwide. “The room itself is a kind of capped at 50, culture fans can spread out Berghain’s imposing Kessel Hall, it’s not instrument to them,” Steffens said, where comfortably across the vast hall, while the the sound of techno that fills the space. the sound interacts with the architecture large open windows allow for plenty of Instead, visitors to the former power plant to create different listening experiences. fresh air, Seiffarth said. Besides, people are enveloped by an eery, almost surreal are ready to get out of the house and do soundscape of rhythmic throbbing, soft Queues and face masks something different after weeks of con- city noises, murmurings and even the The project was conceived last year, finement, he added. “Here, you can be This file photo taken on May 18, 2009 shows Japanese fashion designer and event pro- whirling of helicopter blades. well before Germany went into lockdown with other people,” Seiffarth said. “It’s also ducer Kansai Yamamoto (center) smiling with Japanese actress Rei Kikukawa (left) and “You listen, you experience, you can to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pan- about having an experience with this Indonesian models in traditional dress during a promotional announcement for the 50th close your eyes or leave them open and demic. Although many of the restrictions room and feeling emotions that go anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and Indonesia, at follow the sound across the room,” said have been lifted in recent months with beyond just listening.”—AFP a press conference in Tokyo. – AFP Carsten Seiffarth, co-curator of the shops, restaurants and museums allowed Singuhr projects, a platform that organis- to reopen, nightclubs remain shut over es sound art installations. The show, concerns that huge crowds mingling known as “Eleven songs—Hall at indoors could fuel a surge in infections. apanese fashion designer Kansai tional shows from the 1970s onwards Yamamoto, considered a pioneer and won popular acclaim for his collab- Jof the country’s industry and known oration with Bowie, producing a series for his work with David Bowie, has died of outfits for the singer’s Ziggy Stardust of leukaemia aged 76, his daughter alter ego.