ITEM: Kolchak: The Night Stalker was one of the strangest series in TV history when it debuted on September 13, 1974, a bizarre hybrid of the supernatural and old-school hard-boiled detective stories — a pure embrace of pulp sensationalism that was equal parts an unnervingly scary monster mash and a gigantic, wet-grinned wink. The story…
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Rooney Mara to Play Audrey Hepburn, Betty White’s Final Days & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Close enough? (GIF via GIPHY) INSTYLE: Rooney Mara has been cast as Audrey Hepburn in an upcoming biopic. JUST JARED: This actress was briefly Faye Dunaway's assistant. On the plus side, she went over her annotated Chinatown script with her. On the negative side, she was Faye Dunaway's…
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Stars (and Everything Else) Turning 100 in 2022 … and a Few Stars Who Would’ve
With the crushing news that Betty White died on New Year's Eve, less than three weeks shy of 100, my attention turns to those stars we have left who are in line to turn 100 in 2022 ... with luck ... as well as to many other people and things that are turning, or would've…
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Tom Holland to Play Fred Astaire, Alan Alda on Being ‘Lithe,’ Bob Dole Dies & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: I can see it! (Images via IG & movie still) AP ENTERTAINMENT: Tom Holland confirms he will play Fred Astaire in a new film: https://twitter.com/APEntertainment/status/1467599912489525256?s=20 EW: Ridley Scott, the legendary director who just turned 84, went ballistic on a journalist who seemingly accidentally insulted him about his films.…
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‘Munsters’ Auction Bonanza, Black Film Archive, ’50s Wilshire Blvd. Revealed & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Dress you up! (Image via Heritage Auctions) NYDN: The ultimate Munsters auction of our lifetimes is here. Have a bite! (Image via Criterion) MSN: Maya Cade's Black Film Archive is a repository for the history of Black film and TV, a comprehensive registry of over 200 Black films…
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Zodiac Killer Nailed, ‘Acapulco’s’ ’80s Sound, Theda Bara Movie Rediscovered, Joan Collins Gets Catty & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Music to my orejas! (Image via Apple TV+) SPOTIFY: The soundtrack for Apple TV+ show Acapulco is packed with '80s tunes in Spanish. Great covers!!! Poste's friends also think he did it. (Image via historical flyers) TMZ: I guess that last code breaker was wrong, because THE Code…
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ABBA Is Back, Fran Drescher: That’s How She Became the President, Silent History & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: The ABBA members suited up to pose for "ABBA-tars" (Image by Bailee Walsh/Capitol) BOY CULTURE: ABBA is back! The '70s mega-success, a band that was steadily revived from the '90s on by the cover band Björn Again, by Erasure, by the films The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of…
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Stamos’s Cure for Trigger Finger, Sirhan Sirhan to Be Freed?, Enos Envy & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Full House-pital (Image via Instagram) PEOPLE: Even ailing, John Stamos, 58, looks good. He posted a selfie from a hospital bed following surgery for a condition known as "trigger finger." HUFF POST: Sirhan Sirhan, the 77-year-old convicted assassin of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), has been granted…
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‘Nevermind’ Child-Porn Suit, Capone’s Family Vault Opened, Josephine Baker to Be Interred at Panthéon & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: The most cynical lawsuit ever? (Image via Reddit) VARIETY: Now you've heard everything — Spencer Elden, the man who as an infant was immortalized on the 1991 album cover for Nirvana's Nevermind — is suing the band and various others for ... child pornography. Because showing him nude and…
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‘Munsters’ Reboot Wigs Out, Prince Harry Tell-All, ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: But who will hang upside down in this?! (Image via Instagram) INSTAGRAM: Rob Zombie is teasing his upcoming The Munsters movie reboot, sharing an image of Grandpa's wig. I'm not exactly thrilled about this remake, considering Lily will be played by Zombie's own wife. PEOPLE: Prince Harry has…
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