May 24, 2023 Peter Ashworth's iconic cover of Private Dancer (Image via Capitol) She was the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, the Acid Queen, Auntie Entity, an eight-time Grammy Award winner and one of the 20th century's most iconic live performers. https://youtu.be/dVTmckFWOYM On May 24, 2023, Tina Turner, who had long battled issues including intestinal…
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Harry Belafonte, Crossover Icon & Political Activist, Dies @ 96
April 25, 2023 The ultimate stage star (Image via head shot) The loss of Harry Belafonte at 96 is truly the loss of a great figure, not only in entertainment — where his supremacy was the stuff of legend — but also in the field of social justice and civil rights. The Jamaican-American "King of…
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Betty White’s Home Razed, Terry Moore on ‘Unthinkable’ Things Howard Hughes Did, Little Richard’s Legacy & More
April 22, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Moore a few years ago and (inset) in Silent Life (Images by Matthew Rettenmund & Dave Friedman) PEOPLE: Actress Terry Moore, 94, opens up about her relationship with the late Howard Hughes — to whom she has claimed she was married — telling People he…
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Barry Humphries, Dame Edna Everage’s Host Body, Dies @ 89
Via ExtraTV: Australian comic Barry Humphries, better known as his saucy drag persona Dame Edna Everage, died Saturday at 89 in Sydney, the BBC reports. Hello, possums! (Image via supplied) His death was attributed to complications from hip surgery in March, following a fall in February. Humphries was born February 17, 1934, in Melbourne. Artistic and…
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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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‘Vertigo’ Remade, Andie MacDowell on Aging, James Hong Tugs Out the Tears & More
March 27, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Me, when I heard this news. (GIF via GIPHY) VARIETY: Paramount is considering remaking Vertigo (1958), the Hitchcock classic that is widely considered one of the best films ever made. The horrifying idea is that it would star Robert Downey Jr. from a script by…
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Robert Blake, ‘Baretta’ & ‘Our Gang’ Star Acquitted of Murder, Dies @ 89
March 9, 2023 Via ExtraTV: Robert Blake, whose nearly 60-year career was overshadowed by a seamy murder trial — and acquittal — died Thursday, March 9, 2023, at his L.A. home of heart disease. He was 89. Fred on top (Image via TV Guide) Blake was born Michael James Gubitosi in Nutley, New Jersey, on…
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Ed Fury, Sword-and-Sandal Adonis, Dies @ 94
March 6, 2023 Better off Ed (Image by Bob Mizer/AMG) Ed Fury, a physique-model legend and legit movie star in the '60s, died at 94 on February 24, 2023. The sad news of Fury's passing was confirmed by his wife to various friends, who broke the news on social media. https://www.tiktok.com/@boyculturedotcom/video/7207517022647881002?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7200813291274503722 Born Rupert Edmund Holovchik…
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Angela Bassett’s Not Bitter About Oscar Loss, Yoko Ono Retires to the Country & More
March 3, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Will she get an Oscar for her work in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever? (Image via video still) EW.COM: Angela Bassett, 64, is up for an Oscar this year, but she's not bitter about losing for What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). KENNETH IN…
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