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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Ageless Donna Mills, Little Ricky Returns, RIP Sinéad O’Connor, 40 Years of Madonna & More
July 26, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today! I just love Donna Mills! (Image via video still) CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING: Donna Mills, 82, answers the question we all want answered ... how does she look like this?! https://twitter.com/kylegordon101/status/1684963728427462656?s=20 TWITTER: "Life, it never die!" You gotta hear this fake '90s hit. Once again,…
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Tatum O’Neal Fights to Repair Father-Daughter Bond, Remembering Diahann Carroll & More
July 17, 2023 (Images via Paramount & by Matthew Rettenmund) THR: Tatum O'Neal nearly died from a major stroke, but having survived, she's tried to patch up the fractured relationship she has with her famous dad, Ryan O'Neal, now past 80. Ryan is quoted as having said something heartbreaking in the piece: “I had this…
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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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Cary Grant’s Daughter Denies He Was Gay (Again), WHAM! Doc on Netflix & More
July 5, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Daddy figure (Image via vintage still) PEOPLE: Jennifer Grant, Cary Grant's daughter with Dyan Cannon, is still just NOT facing reality — she allows that her dad may have had one affair (LOL) with a man in his youth, but swore he was never flirtatious…
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Cyndi Lauper: ‘Happy Pride … Don’t Be Too Disheartened,’ Shaun Cassidy Da-Digs Taylor Swift & More
June 21, 2023 Hard to believe she's 70, by the weay! (Image via TikTok) TIKTOK: Cyndi Lauper, an LGBTQ icon from way back, takes time out to wish her queer fans a happy Pride, urging everyone to stick together and persevere: https://www.tiktok.com/@cyndilauper/video/7247152416305532203 KENNETH IN THE (212): Is this the ultimate '80s legacy act concert?! PEOPLE:…
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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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