February 10, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: Billy Dee in his prime is Billy Dee AT ANY TIME. (Image via vintage still) EW.COM: Billy Dee Williams has been around long enough that he recalls being hit on by Marlon Brando. He wasn't offended — but doesn't swing that way. You can't spell…
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William Frawley? Don’t Make Me Laugh
Many of us are actively alarmed by the invasion of AI technology, and the possibility it raises of creating entirely false historical narratives. After all, if an engineer and scientist is uncritically sharing this pretty obviously AI-created image/story: This story is fake. This picture is fake. (Image via Twitter) ... where will it end? Nothing…
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Pia Zadora Still Dumping on Pickfair, Sophia Loren ‘Better,’ Keeping Tabs on Tab & More
September 30, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Globe daughter (Image via Analysis) CLOSER WEEKLY: For some reason, Pia Zadora, 69, thinks that when asked about her horrendous decision to tear down Pickfair, the appropriate response is, "It was my house — suck it!" She explains to Closer Weekly that she had it…
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‘Moonlighting’ to Stream on Hulu, Marcia Brady Rooting for Greg, Joan Collins Is Natty & More
September 26, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today ... Told ya I loved ya, now — get out! (Image via ABC) VARIETY: All 67 episodes of Moonlighting will stream on Hulu beginning October 10. I rewatched it a few years ago on DVD — it's still a gem. There are very few dated…
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Paul Robeson Mural in D.C. Destroyed 1 Week After His Birthday
April 17, 2023 Paul Robeson is an undisputed American icon, and in particular an African-American icon. He was one of the first — if not the first — Black men to cross over as a major star with name recognition among white audiences, and his work in the theater, in films and as an activist…
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Brooke Shields Unveils Her ‘Pretty Baby,’ Warner Bros. at 100, RIP Seymour Stein & More
April 3, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Shields seems more resentful of the media than of the filmmakers. (Image via video still) GMA: Brooke Shields, 57, is promoting her documentary Pretty Baby, talking about how the film lays out her life and career, which was uniquely affected by her perceived beauty —…
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Rick Astley on Giving Up, Oral History of Hollywood, RIP Tom Verlaine & More
January 29, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today ... There's more to Rick than Rick-rolling. (GIF via GIPHY) RETROPOP: Rick Astley was a pop "It" boy from 1987-1993. Now 56, he's opening up about why he stepped away from recording. I'm more than ready for this! (Image via Harper) AMAZON: An 800-page book…
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Dolly Parton Salutes Leslie Jordan, Ex-Child Stars Remember Adam Rich & More
January 8, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Dolly sang a bit of a song she recorded with Leslie. (Image via video still) EW.COM: Dolly Parton joined Call Me Kat to pay homage to the late, great Leslie Jordan. NYT: So long to veteran newsman Bernard Kalb, who has signed off at the…
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Pelé & Vivienne Westwood Die, ‘The Wild Party’ Remembered, Jack the Ripper Revealed & More
December 29, 2022 Links to the past, with relevance today ... My King! (Image via video still) RICK'S REAL/REEL LIFE: The story of '70s flick The Wild Party, an ill-fated Raquel Welch-David Dukes-James Coco production that tried to capture the roaring '20s in the same way the current Babylon does. (And the '70s are as…
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‘Babylon’s’ 1920s Hollywood Flashback, 100-Year-Old WWII Photographer on War, Bob Saget’s Widow Remembers & More
December 26, 2022 Links to the past, with relevance today: "It" girls Clara Bow & Margot Robbie (Images via vintage still & Paramount) VARIETY: Was '20s Hollywood really as debauched as it is portrayed in Babylon? (YUP.) THR: Oh, man, remember Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)?! DO YOU REMEMBER?: Demi Moore is about to be…
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