Category Archives: ’40s

Dean Stockwell, 70-Year Hollywood Vet, Star of ‘Quantum Leap,’ Dies @ 85

Scene-stealing actor Dean Stockwell, an Emmy and Oscar nominee who had one of Hollywood's longest careers — 70 years — died Sunday in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, ExtraTV reports. The reluctant cherub (Image via head shot) He was 85, and his death was attributed to natural causes. A child star of the 1940s, which…

Jean Smart’s Emmys-Night Worry, Classic Vincent Price, Go-Go’s Enter Rock Hall & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: The long-married actors also worked together several times. (Image via YouTube) THR: How crazy that Jean Smart had to be worried that her late husband Richard Gilliland, who died in March at 71, might not make the Emmys' in memoriam cut? Luckily, the Emmy-winning actress was not disappointed,…

Betty Lynn, ‘Andy Griffith Show’ Veteran, Dies @ 95

Betty Lynn, who played Barney Fife's wholesome — and patient! — girlfriend Thelma Lou on The Andy Griffith Show, died on Saturday at 95. A Facebook post from the Andy Griffith Museum confirmed her death, and reported it followed a brief illness. Lynn in the '40s (Image via head shot) Born August 29, 1926, in…

Tina Louise on Sexiest Castmate, Rave for Rita, Remembering Phyllis Hyman & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: Tina, an all-time head turner (Image via head shot) NYP: Tina Louise, the last surviving Gilligan's Island cast member, Ginger Grant-ed a long interview to The New York Post, declaring Jim Backus the sexiest of the castaways, remembering Dawn Wells as a "very wonderful person" and "family," and…

Judge Judy Drops Byrd, Tori Spelling’s Luke Perry Regrets & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: Hawkins-Byrd & Sheindlin in 2018 (Image via Twitter) DO YOU REMEMBER?: Petri Hawkins-Byrd, 64, the ever-stoic bailiff on Judge Judy for 25 years, is venting — turns out he was not asked to join Judge Judy Sheindlin, 78, on her new venture, Judy Justice: “She informed me I…

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…

Jane Powell, ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ Star, Dies @ 92

Jane Powell, a leading lady of the '40s and '50s — and later an indefatigable star of musicals on the road — died Thursday, September 16, at the Wilton, Connecticut, home she once shared with her child actor-turned-publicist husband Dickie Moore (1925-2015). Cute as a button! (Image via MGM) ExtraTV reports the 92-year-old actress died…

More Than Lily Munster: Celebrating Yvonne De Carlo

Trodding the boards in Follies (Image via Playbill) In honor of the great Yvonne De Carlo's birth anniversary (she would be turning 99 — five months younger than Betty White is), check out these videos, which illuminate some of the breadth of her talent beyond her charming and iconic performance as Lily on The Munsters. First…

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…

‘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…

Category Archives: ’40s

Dean Stockwell, 70-Year Hollywood Vet, Star of ‘Quantum Leap,’ Dies @ 85

Jean Smart’s Emmys-Night Worry, Classic Vincent Price, Go-Go’s Enter Rock Hall & More

Betty Lynn, ‘Andy Griffith Show’ Veteran, Dies @ 95

Tina Louise on Sexiest Castmate, Rave for Rita, Remembering Phyllis Hyman & More

Judge Judy Drops Byrd, Tori Spelling’s Luke Perry Regrets & More

Zodiac Killer Nailed, ‘Acapulco’s’ ’80s Sound, Theda Bara Movie Rediscovered, Joan Collins Gets Catty & More

Jane Powell, ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ Star, Dies @ 92

More Than Lily Munster: Celebrating Yvonne De Carlo

Stamos’s Cure for Trigger Finger, Sirhan Sirhan to Be Freed?, Enos Envy & More

‘Nevermind’ Child-Porn Suit, Capone’s Family Vault Opened, Josephine Baker to Be Interred at Panthéon & More

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