June 16, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: All you need is love! (Image via video still) OMG.BLOG!: Padam, who? Debbie Gibson, 52, is offering pretty tasty new pop and a Charo-tastic music video in the form of "Love Don't Care." She looks fantastic and — as always — sings great: https://youtu.be/_xanmdy330g As a bonus,…
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Glenda Jackson, 2-Time Oscar Winner, Dies @ 87
Glenda Jackson, the acclaimed actress who gave it all up in the middle of her career to work in politics, has died. She was 87. Jackson in her Oscar-winning performance in Women in Love (Image via UA) Glenda Jackson, one of England's most celebrated stage and screen stars — and an accomplished Labour MP —…
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Justice for Ginger!, John Amos in Elder-Abuse Investigation & More
June 12, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: The nerve! (Image via Warner Bros.) FACEBOOK: Tina Louise, 89, is the last surviving cast member of Gilligan's Island, but she's getting no respect from Warner Bros. The lovely legend opened up on Facebook about an issue that has bothered her — namely, the company…
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Barry Newman, ‘Vanishing Point’ Star, Dies @ 92
June 4, 2023 Vanishing Point actor Barry Newman died May 11 at NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center, ExtraTV reports. With co-star Susan Howard (b. 1944) in a scene from Petrocelli (Image via NBC) Though all online sources listed him as having been 84, his widow, Angela, confirmed he was actually 92. Newman was born…
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George Maharis, Eternally Handsome ‘Route 66’ Star, Dies @ 94
May 27, 2023 George Maharis, who played Buz Murdock on Route 66 from 1960-1963, died Wednesday, May 24, at 94. Maharis never lost his trademark looks. (Image via handout) His death, according to ExtraTV, was confirmed by a close friend. Maharis was a sensation on the series opposite co-star Martin Milner (1931-2015), but departed after…
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Ed Ames of ‘Daniel Boone’ & Ames Brothers Fame Dies @ 95
Singer and actor Ed Ames, whose poor marksmanship with a tomahawk made for the most hilarious Tonight Show blooper, died at his L.A. home on May 21, Variety reports. Ames's music was counterprogramming during the hippie era. (Image via RCA) He was 95. Ames played Mingo, a Native American, on TV's Daniel Boone (1964-1968), though he…
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HGTV Flipping ‘Brady Bunch’ House, ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Lawsuit Tossed and More
May 25, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: The Bradys would be sitting on a fortune if they'd stayed married and alive! (GIF via GIPHY) DO YOU REMEMBER?: HGTV will flip the famous Brady Bunch house — and the price tag is $5.5 million. Nude, but not naked? (Image via Paramount) PEOPLE: Judge…
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Tina Turner, Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Icon of Survival, Dies @ 83
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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Marlene Clark, Model, ‘Ganja & Hess,’ ‘Sanford & Son’ Actress, Dies @ 85
May 20, 2023 Marlene Clark, the phenomenal beauty who went from modeling to acting in the '60s, '70s and '80s, has died peacefully in her L.A. home. She was 85, not 73, as initially thought. Kiss of the Cobra Woman (Image via video still) Glass Hair Design posted a remembrance stating that Clark died on…
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Helmut Berger, Austrian Arthouse Star, Dies @ 78
May 18, 2023 Film star Helmut Berger, 78, died Thursday in Austria. He had been famous for his work in the '60s and '70s, when he was a leading European sex symbol. At the dawn of his career (Image via Warner Bros./7 Arts) Berger, who was bisexual, was a nearly singular screen presence, a rare…
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