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‘Dobie Gillis’ Star Dwayne Hickman Dies @ 87

‘Dobie Gillis’ Star Dwayne Hickman Dies @ 87
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis star Dwayne Hickman has died at 87, journalist George Pennacchio confirms. With Bob Denver on Dobie (Image via CBS) Hickman died of complications of Parkinson's disease. Born in Los Angeles on May 18, 1934, Hickman's older brother was movie actor Darryl Hickman (b. 1931), who became a noted child…
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Rooney Mara to Play Audrey Hepburn, Betty White’s Final Days & More

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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Sidney Poitier, Oscar-Winning Icon, Dies @ 94

Sidney Poitier, Oscar-Winning Icon, Dies @ 94
It's a truly sad day, as one of Hollywood's most impactful talents, the trail-blazing Sidney Poitier, has died. He was 94. None like him (Image via movie still) His passing was confirmed, with no details, by Bahamas Minister of Foreign Affairs Fred Mitchell. No specific cause was given. In December, it had been announced that a play…
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Joan Copeland, Broadway & Soap Actress, Sister of Arthur Miller, Dies @ 99

Joan Copeland, Broadway & Soap Actress, Sister of Arthur Miller, Dies @ 99
Joan Copeland, a longtime fixture of the New York stage who was the younger sister of playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005), died early Tuesday, January 4, at 99. Born June 1, 1922 — exactly four years before her future sister-in-law Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) — Copeland's theater credits included Detective Story (1949), Not for Children (1951), Handful of…
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296 Legends Age 80+ Who Are Still With Us!

296 Legends Age 80+ Who Are Still With Us!
December 2022 With so many losses of beloved icons in 2021 — it started with Cicely Tyson and ended with Betty White — we can sometimes forget just how many other legends we do have left. Please, 2022, show some mercy! (Image via CBS) Betty was revered, and was arguably the most well-liked, intergenerational, awarded,…
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Thank You for Being a Friend, Betty White: Icon Dies @ 99

Thank You for Being a Friend, Betty White: Icon Dies @ 99
It's been a terrible year for so many reasons, and now we have another sad milestone — TV icon Betty White has died at 99, just weeks shy of her 100th birthday. A Rose by any other name (Image via NBC) TMZ reported the heartbreaking news that White died at her home in Brentwood. Variety reportsWhite is believed…
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A Basket of Kisses from Not-So-‘Bad Seed’ Patty McCormack

A Basket of Kisses from Not-So-‘Bad Seed’ Patty McCormack
On Sunday, I was so excited to attend a screening of The Bad Seed (1956) at NYC's Film Forum. It's always a pleasure to watch this startlingly modern film wrapped in a startlingly '50s melodrama — it prefigured Psycho (1960) — but the bonus was a rare personal appearance by the film's Oscar-nominated star Patty…
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Cara Williams, Oscar Nominee & Sitcom Star, Dies @ 96

Cara Williams, Oscar Nominee & Sitcom Star, Dies @ 96
I have been fascinated lately by the number of famous or formerly famous figures who have died and who we seem to forget were part of long-ago iconic productions, or who worked with long-dead icons. It is incredible to me, for example, that Cara Williams — who died at her Beverly Hills home Thursday at…
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