Category Archives: Bombshells

Rita Moreno & That ‘Golden Girls’ Backdoor Pilot

If you're a huge Golden Girls fan, you already know that the Season 2 finale was a bizarre episode featuring Rita Moreno and Paul Dooley that was supposed to set them up for a spin-off. Rita is very self-effacing about her work in this! (Image via video still) Drew Mackie contributes a fascinating dissection of…
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Aretha Franklin’s Will Validated, Joan Collins on YOUNG Men & More

July 11, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Soul, but not very good at wills. (Images via news reports & Interview Magazine) NYT: When Aretha Franklin died at 76, her family thought she'd left no will. Turns out she left TWO wills, both handwritten, neither prepared by…
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Schooling Those Sharing an Anti-Feminist Meme

June 19, 2023 The image reveals three lovely young women in '50s-looking skirts and sweaters, all made up, their hair styled, and striding confidently to the camera. How 'bout we asked these women if times were better in 1960?! (Image via meme) The meme harps on the fact that the seemingly conservative women — "no…
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Debbie Gibson Comeback, ‘Dallas’ Reunion & More

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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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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John Turturro on His New York-Centric Career

June 6, 2023 John Turturro appeared June 5, 2023, at the Museum of the City of New York, submitting to a lively Q&A with journalist Alison Stewart (yes, she of MTV fame) about his long career. With Spike Lee in 1989, in one of his greatest performances — as racist Pino in Do the Right…
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