When news broke of Angela Lansbury's death on October 11, 2022, Harvey Fierstein tweeted, "She, my darlings, was EVERYTHING!" Her film career lasted from 1944-2022, but will she always be Jessica? (Image via CBS) It would be hard to think of a better, more succinct way of summarizing the career of a woman who made indelible…
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Depeche Mode on the Road, Wynonna on Mom Naomi Judd’s Deathwish, RIP ‘Odd Couple’ GF & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: I hope they never let me down again! (Image via DepecheMode.com) CLASSIC POP: New album and world tour for Depeche Mode. She was Dr. Nancy Cunningham. (Image via ABC) INSTAGRAM: RIP Joan Hotchkis, who has died at 95. You'll probably best remember her as Oscar's sometimes girlfriend on…
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‘Here Come the Brides,’ ‘Star Trek’ Actor Robert Brown Dies @ 95
Robert Brown, best remembered for his starring role on TV's Here Come the Brides, died September 19 at his Ojai, California, home, THR reports. Brown (center) with Sherman (L) and Soul (Image via ABC) The retired actor was 95. Brown was born on November 17, 1926, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and raised in Trenton, New Jersey,…
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Irene Papas, Greek Acting Legend, Dies @ 93
Irene Papas, the Greek acting legend revered for her classical performances and turns in several international classics, died on September 14 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Papas, called one of the most beautiful women ever captured on film (Image via still) “Magnificent, majestic, dynamic, Irene Papas was the personification of Greek beauty on…
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Monroe v. Wade, Carter at 98, ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Winks & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: That new Marilyn movie? Get rid of it! (Image via Netflix) THR: Seemingly nobody likes Blonde, the sensationalistic new account of Marilyn Monroe's life, starring an actress who is a dead ringer — with a Cuban accent. But along with criticisms of the film's mistreatment of Monroe, Planned…
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Louise Fletcher, Oscar Winner as Nurse Ratched, Dies @ 88
Oscar winner Louise Fletcher, known for her iconic portrayal of evil Nurse Ratched in the 1975 hit One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, died Friday of natural causes at 88. Andrew Bick, her son, confirmed to THR that Fletcher died at her Montdurausse, France, home. Few performances have touched the soulless perfection of Fletcher's take on Ratched.…
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Brilliant Baddie Henry Silva Dies Just Shy of 96
Henry Silva was always so good at playing so bad, earning a spot in our memories for the intensity of his performances and that unusually cruel, menacingly handsome mug The peripheral Rat Packer (Dean Martin's daughter remembered him on Twitter upon his death), who was so popular in Hollywood, died Wednesday in Woodland Hills, California,…
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Marsha Hunt, Last Leading Lady of the ’30s, Blacklist Victim, Dies @ 104
RIP to beautiful-inside-and-out Marsha Hunt, who died September 7, 2022, at the ripe old age of 104. Hunt in her glory days — what could possibly go wrong? (Image via film still) According to a Facebook page for the 2015 doc about her life, Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity, Hunt died on September 7, 2022, at…
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Betty White Auction: Outfits, Autographs, SAG Award & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: This is me in September. (Image via NBC) JULIEN'S AUCTIONS: The first big Betty White sale is coming September 23, and it includes over 1,000 items from the personal collection of the First Lady of Television. Mixed in with animal-themed doo-dads and jewelry, you'll find original scripts from…
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Mildred Kornman aka Ricki VanDusen, ‘Our Gang’ Star, Dies @ 97
According to most sources, as of last week, there were just three human beings alive who appeared in any capacity in a Silent Era silent film — no stars, the last having died in 2020. Kornman (second from L, next to Pete the Pup) (Image via vintage still) On August 19, 2022, the last woman…
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