Stories linked to the past, relevant to today ...
TMZ: Carole Cook — who recently performed in NYC — made a John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865) crack about Trump and TMZ clutched its pearls.
AARP: Cher, 72, and Reba McEntire, 63, are among this year's Kennedy Center honorees.
KENNETH IN THE (212): Remember when Billie Jean King, 74, lost all her endorsement power over that palimony lawsuit and the ensuing revelation that she is a lesbian? Yeah, we don't remember it, either! Here's to bouncing back.
POSEIDON'S UNDERWORLD: A pretty fun look back at a guest-starring spot from a 1981 Magnum, P.I. episode with a From Here to Eternity (1953) flair.
THE FILM EXPERIENCE: An amazing short from 1972 of a computer-animated hand. Great time capsule.