Category Archives: ’60s

Vintage McDonald’s Bag Found During Reno, Fred Savage Fired, Tony Dow Ill & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: Keep your eyes on your fries! (Image via Today) TODAY SHOW: A couple's home renovation unsealed a vintage bag of McDonald's — complete with the original fries! (Um, preservatives much?!) INSTAGRAM (FOLLOW ALONG!): Inside the book launch for N Is for the Nanny, a new book featuring a…

Judy Garland Dorothy Dress Up for Auction, Janis Ian Silences Chatty Concertgoers & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: The college says it looks forward to a collector enjoying this, but for $1M, that's not a collector, that's an oligarch! (Image via Bonhams/Catholic University) CNN: That long-lost Judy Garland Dorothy Gale outfit that was found in a shoebox on the premises of a college is going up…

Jennifer Garner’s Osmond Surprise, Charo the Brilliant, Lily Tomlin on Insult Humor & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: 13 going on Osmond! (Image via Instagram) PEOPLE: Jennifer Garner turns 50, gets a childhood-dream serenade from Donny Osmond! I'm so upset I can't see her in L.A. this weekend ... (Image via ABC) NYT: "The Brilliance of Charo" is a piece that needed to be written 40…

No ‘Breakfast Club’ Reunion, David Hasselhoff in His Prime, Betty White Auction & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: White tag sale! (Image via Julien's Auctions) JULIEN'S AUCTIONS: Get ready for Betty White's estate sale. My God, the bids are going to fly, and I'm not just whistling gerfluffenugen. Forget about them. (Image via video still) EXTRATV: Ally Sheedy says NOPE to the possibility of a reunion…

Diana Ross NEVER Won a Competitive Grammy? How?

Every year around Grammys time, a list circulates of top stars who have never managed to win a competitive Grammy — and it is topped by the great Diana Ross, who just turned 78. (Not 96, as some Jeopardy! nerds mistakenly believed.) She deserves Grammys — all over her body of work. (Image via Capitol) Queen…

Debbie Reynolds: A 90th Birthday Remembrance

Today, April 1, marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Debbie Reynolds. Debbie at Cinecon in '12 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) I first encountered her at her Cafe Carlyle show in NYC in 2009. She was just great! And she guess my partner and I were gay, inviting me to "touch my one good…

It was not the most controversial thing that happened at the 94th Oscars, but as usual, the In Memoriam segment had its fair share of detractors. Anne Rice was a writer, but some of her works were made into very famous films. (Image via selfie) First, there seems to be a cultural divide over whether…

Scoey Mitchell, Comic Trailblazer, Dies @ 92

Years ago, I started to write an oral history of Tattletales, a game show I believe bridged the gap between average game shows and reality TV. One of the survivors of that show was Scoey Mitchell, who also appeared on Match Game. I was heartened that he was still living. Guessing his wife's answer on…

Sally Field on Her 1st Feature, Ketanji Brown Jackson in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: From Gidget to Oscar winner (Image via Variety) VARIETY: Sally Field opens up about basking in her first Oscar win, firing her first agent, how she owes it all to Gidget and more. She also talks about getting her first feature role, in Stay Hungry (1976): Dianne Crittenden,…

Pacino on ‘The Godfather,’ Moreno on ‘West Side Story,’ Dolly Demurs on Rock Honor & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: Looking back, 50 years later (Image via Paramount) NYT: Al Pacino, 81, reflects on the movie that gave him his career: The Godfather. Humble, 9 to 5 (Image via Twitter) TWITTER: Dolly Parton has begged off from consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The late,…

Category Archives: ’60s

Vintage McDonald’s Bag Found During Reno, Fred Savage Fired, Tony Dow Ill & More

Judy Garland Dorothy Dress Up for Auction, Janis Ian Silences Chatty Concertgoers & More

Jennifer Garner’s Osmond Surprise, Charo the Brilliant, Lily Tomlin on Insult Humor & More

No ‘Breakfast Club’ Reunion, David Hasselhoff in His Prime, Betty White Auction & More

Diana Ross NEVER Won a Competitive Grammy? How?

Debbie Reynolds: A 90th Birthday Remembrance

Oscars In Memoriam Snubs & Flubs 2022

Scoey Mitchell, Comic Trailblazer, Dies @ 92

Sally Field on Her 1st Feature, Ketanji Brown Jackson in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ & More

Pacino on ‘The Godfather,’ Moreno on ‘West Side Story,’ Dolly Demurs on Rock Honor & More

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