Links to the past, with relevance today: The blogger argues the imagery was not in poor taste ... (Image via From Ellis Island to the Ellis Act) FROM ELLIS ISLAND TO THE ELLIS ACT: An incredible collection of '70s counterculture party invites. I could eat. (Image via Gallery) PEOPLE: Patti LaBelle, 77, is celebrating the…
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Another Judy Garland/Dorothy Gale Dress Discovered!
While there is no indication as to how she came to own it, the late actress Mercedes McCambridge gifted a gingham dress worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz to Catholic University in 1973. Check yourself! (Images via MGM) Then, they lost it. But now, it has found its way…
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Movie & TV Muscleman William Smith Dies @ 88
William Smith had a longer career in movies than George Burns or Olivia de Havilland, but while he was never a household name like they were, he was certainly a household face — and figure. Mr. Smith as he appeared in 2011 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) Bill in his beefcake days, around 1961 On Kolchak:…
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The Carters Celebrate 75 Years of Marriage, Plus: Other Longest-Married POTUSes
Jimmy Carter, at 96, is the oldest-living former U.S. president, and also the longest-lived of all time. For the past year and a half or so, he and his wife Rosalynn, 93, have been the presidential couple with the longest marriage — and as of July 7, they will have been wed an incredible 75…
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Barbara Eden on Turning 90, Queen Latifah Comes Out, ‘Cops’ Creator Dies & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Dreamy (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) THR: Barbara Eden, beloved TV icon, is indefatigable. Turning 90, she is now publishing a children's book, and is often a presence at autograph shows, where she is happy to chat about I Dream of Jeannie, her early appearance on I Love Lucy,…
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Paula Abdul Sets the Record ‘Straight Up,’ Curtin & Newman on That ‘SNL’ Fight & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: It was her and we together ... (Image via Virgin) PEOPLE: Paula Abdul turns 59 today, June 19! In honor of the occasion, she chats about how she recorded her first smash, the #1 hit "Straight Up" ... in the songwriter's shower! According to Paula, "I recorded 'Straight…
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Tanya Roberts’ Disturbing Will Revealed: ‘You Don’t Love Me’
Charlie's Angels and That '70s Show star Tanya Roberts was one of the first noteworthy celebrity deaths of 2021 — and she was also the second. As a movie star, Roberts was in The Beastmaster and — above — 1985's A View to a Kill with the late Roger Moore. (Image via MGM/UA) After a gravely ill…
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RIP Herb Tarlek — ‘WKRP’ Actor Frank Bonner Dies @ 79
Frank Bonner, the WKRP in Cincinnati actor who expertly embodied fast-talking, loud-mouthed, loud-jacketed Herb Tarlek, died Wednesday, June 16. Plaid boy, plaid boy ... what ya gonna do?! (Images via CBS) Bonner was 79 and had been ill with Lewy body dementia. Bonner's daughter Desiree Boers-Kort and his WKRP co-star Gary Sandy both confirmed his death, with Boers-Kort…
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‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ Trailer, Lindsey Buckingham Divorce & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: "Could we talk about Satan later, Jim?" (Image via video still) YOUTUBE: A full trailer is here for The Eyes of Tammy Faye, the dramatization of the life story of odious Jim Bakker and not-so-bad Tammy Faye, major forces in the '80s and '90s before scandal ruined them…
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Bubbly Comic Actress Arlene Golonka Dies @ 85
According to close friends, longtime stage, film, and TV actress Arlene Golonka, best remembered for her time on two series set in the idyllic, fictional town of Mayberry, died Monday. She was 85. With Clint Eastwood on the Hang 'em High set (Image via UA) Born January 23, 1936, in Chicago, the bubbly blonde with impeccable…
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- July 31, 2023 on Jane Birkin, ‘It’ Girl Actress, Singer & Birkin Bag Inspiration, Dies @ 76
- May 28, 2023 on Marlene Clark, Model, ‘Ganja & Hess,’ ‘Sanford & Son’ Actress, Dies @ 85
- May 11, 2023 on ‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’: Its Most Frighteningly Memorable Guest Stars
- April 18, 2023 on Dewey Martin, ‘Twilight Zone’ Vet, Dies @ 94
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