November 17, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: She recommends plastic surgery in moderation. (Image via video still) GREG IN HOLLYWOOD: Dolly Parton opens up to Howard Stern about plastic surgery and her friendship with Kenny Rogers. THR: Somehow, people are just realizing TMZ has some possibly sketchy ties that allow the site…
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Carol Burnett Wants to Spoof the Kardashians, Streisand & Brolin Inspired Aerosmith Hit & More
November 12, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Window shopping (GIF via GIPHY) EXTRATV: Carol Burnett, 90, opens up about how her iconic Tara look almost didn't happen. Also, if she were going to parody anything today, it would be: "The Kardashians!" Ayyy-list (Image via FOX) DO YOU REMEMBER?: Henry Winkler and the…
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Patrick Dempsey = Sexiest Man Alive, Brenda Lee Rocks Around the Xmas Tree, Kevin Bacon Recreates ‘Footloose’ Dance & More!
November 8, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Silver fox (Image via People magazine) PEOPLE: Patrick Dempsey, 57, is People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2023. https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinbacon/video/7299535413847264542?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7296742220697404970 TWITTER: Kevin Bacon is happy the strike is over! KENNETH IN THE (212): NYC in the '80s! Radiant in red (Image via video still) YOUTUBE: Brenda Lee,…
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Peter White of ‘All My Children’ & ‘The Boys in the Band’ Dies @ 86
November 3, 2023 White (center) with Laurence Luckinbill (L) and Frederick Combs in The Boys in the Band (Image via Cinema Center Films) Peter White was sharing the stage with legend Myrna Loy in the late '60s when he was offered the opportunity to create the role of Alan in the daring play The Boys…
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Susan Seidelman Announces Memoir, Céline Dion’s Rare Public Appearance & More
November 1, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: She directed my favorite film — Desperately Seeking Susan. (Image via St. Martin's Press) AMAZON: Coming in June 2024 is the memoir from director Susan Seidelman, the filmmaker behind Desperately Seeking Susan, Smithereens, She-Devil and more! EXTRATV: Céline Dion, 55, made her first public appearance…
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Matthew Perry, ‘Friends’ TV Icon, Dies @ 54
October 28, 2023 Matthew Perry, the Friends star with the killer timing who could not have been funnier, was found dead on Saturday in his jacuzzi after a 911 call suggested a cardiac event. Perry was a king of timing on Friends. (Image via NBC) TMZ reports he may have drowned, but no official cause…
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Richard Moll, ‘Night Court’s’ Bull, Dies @ 80
October 27, 2023 Richard Moll, the stone-faced 6'8" actor whose tender-hearted performance as bailiff Bull Shannon charmed Night Court viewers across all nine seasons of the "Must See TV" series, died October 26, 2023, at his Big Bear Lake, California, home. 'Night, Bull (Images via NBC) ExtraTV.com confirmed his passing. Moll was born January 13,…
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‘Shaft’ Legend Richard Roundtree Dies of Pancreatic Cancer @ 81
October 24, 2023 Richard Roundtree, the sexy, charismatic star of Shaft, died October 24 at 81. ExtraTV confirmed he died after a short battle with pancreatic cancer. Legend (Image via MGM) Roundtree was born July 9, 1942, in New Rochelle, New York. By 1963, he was an Ebony Fashion Fair model who was discovered by…
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Stamos Stumbles with Danza Diss, ‘Moonlighting’ Principals Praise Willis, World’s Oldest Dog Dies & More
October 23, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Good Lord! (Image via TV Guide) EXTRATV: John Stamos, 60, is publishing his memoir, and like Britney Spears — he has some scores to settle First up, Stamos recounts in the book catching his then-girlfriend Teri Copley (of We Got It Made fame) in bed…
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Surviving Members of TV Shows — in Pictures
I've always been the morbid type. Even as a kid, I would watch old movies and TV shows and zero in on, "Which of these people is still alive?" Three's Company: Joyce DeWitt is the last of this bunch, though other cast members from other years remain. (Image via ABC) Now that we have lost…
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