Links to the past, with relevance today: "You're a fuckin' murderer!" (Image via video still) PEOPLE: Shelley Duvall has returned to acting after 20 years. L.A. TIMES: Sharon Gless, 79, is back on the PR trail for her memoir Apparently There Were Complaints. My 2019 Q&A with Sharon Gless — HERE CLOSER WEEKLY: Tina Turner,…
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Céline Dion Reveals Devastating News of Rare Disorder
Céline Dion, 54, has not looked well for some time. Now, she's finally ready to explain. Dion's video address is devastating. (Image via YouTube) In an emotional, direct-to-camera video posted early December 8, Dion explained she is suffering from a rare disorder: Stiff Person Syndrome. The disorder has caused spasms and is known to cause…
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Kirstie Alley, Emmy Winner for Cheers, Dies @ 71
A short, private battle with cancer has ended the life of TV and movie star Kirstie Alley at 71. The Rebecca days (Image via NBC) Her family announced her death on her official social media accounts: (Image via Twitter) Alley was born on January 12, 1951, in Wichita, Kansas, but relocated to Los Angeles in…
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Nancy Olson’s Ready for Her Close-Up, Kennedy Center Honorees, Remembering Leslie Jordan & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Between now and July, Nancy will become twice the age Gloria Swanson was when she shot Sunset Boulevard! (Image via Dr. Ward Bond) YOUTUBE: Fabulous, hour-long chat with Nancy Olson Livingston, Oscar nominee for Sunset Boulevard (1950) whose new memoir is being published at the age of 94.…
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Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac Dies @ 79
A "short illness" has taken the life of legendary singer-songwriter Christine McVie, who died Wednesday, November 30, 2022, in a London hospital. She was 79. Upon the occasion of the release of a compilation album in June, McVie had told Rolling Stone she was in "quite bad health," noting she was dealing with severe back…
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Irene Cara, Oscar Winner for ‘Flashdance… What a Feeling,’ Dies @ 63
Irene Cara, a triple threat who made her mark in theater, on TV, in movies, on concert stages and on the Billboard Hot 100, died unexpectedly on Friday, November, 25, 2022. She was 63. (Image via press release) According to an announcement by her publicist, he cause is as yet undetermined. Cara is survived by…
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80 Stars Turning 80 in 2023
Yes, we're talkin' to him! (Image via Columbia) Check out this list of 80 famous names who will turn 80 in 2023: Doris Kearns Goodwin — presidential historian (b. January 4, 1943) Richard Moll — Bull on Night Court (b. January 13, 1943) Bosom buddy (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) Holland Taylor — Two and a Half Men star, Sarah Paulson’s…
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Blythe Danner Reveals Cancer Battle, Sinbad’s Stroke Recovery & More
November 21, 2022 — Links to the past, with relevance today: Hollywood royalty (Image via goop) PEOPLE: Blythe Danner, 79, reveals she battled the same oral cancer that killed her husband, Bruce Paltrow (1943-2002). She also talks about the awful moment she told her daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow, the eerily bad news that she had the…
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Robert Clary, Last ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ Star, Dies @ 96
Robert Clary, who played impish foodie Corporal LeBeau on the sitcom Hogan's Heroes – and who had been the legendary show's final living main cast member — has died at 96. The dream team (L-R): Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Cynthia Lynn, Bob Crane, Larry Hovis, Robert Clary, Ivan Dixon & Richard Dawson (Image via CBS)…
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Kevin Bacon Still Footloose, Nazareth Singer Dies, Leno Seriously Burned & More
Links to the past with relevance today: Take that, Bomont! (Image via Facebook) FACEBOOK: Kevin Bacon, 64, is still Footloose and fancy free — dancing on TikTok and Facebook with his daughter. NYT: The lead singer of Nazareth, Dan McCafferty, has died at 76. TWITTER: Lydia Cornell is tweeting about that infamous male-rape episode of…
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