Links to the past with relevance today:
EW: There's a Punky Brewster (1984-1988) sequel series coming — and it will star Soleil Moon Frye, 42.
RICK'S REAL/REEL LIFE: An intriguing list of films that Judy Garland (1922-1969) might have starred in had her box-office power stayed ... and had she lived into old age. Keep in mind, Doris Day (1922-2019) was her age — and just now died! — and Angela Lansbury (b. 1925) is three years younger, but still works.
QUEERTY: George Michael, who died at 53 on Christmas Day 2016, stiffed his longtime boyfriend in his will — leaving him zilch.
BACK2STONEWALL: It's the 100th anniversary of Different from the Others, the first-ever gay-themed movie. The 1919 German film was reviled by right-wingers when it was made, and the complete original print was lost. In 1926, remaining parts were cut into a documentary on tolerance. The film stars acclaimed actor Conrad Veidt (1893-1943) as a teacher and Fritz Schulz (1896-1972) as his student lover.
PEOPLE: Marcia Cross, 57, is an anal angel herself — she's speaking openly about the HPV that likely caused both her husband's throat cancer and her own anal cancer, and praising her friends for all their support.
DO YOU REMEMBER?: IHOP is changing its name ... again.
WORLD OF WONDER: Debbie Harry, 73, gave a surprise reading of her upcoming autobiography, Face It, in NYC.
