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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Streisand & Carrie Fisher Seen in SM-Themed ‘Indiana Jones’ Prank Video
Okay, so maybe this was common knowledge to hardcore fans, but I never knew that a gag scene was made on the 1983 set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) featuring Barbra Streisand as a dominatrix whipping Indy/Harrison Ford ... and Carrie Fisher rushing in to save him. We need this in…
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Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers Case Cracked? & More!
May 17, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: The theft was quite a feet! (Image via MGM) THE GUARDIAN: The dancing-a-jig is up for a septuagenarian alleged to have stolen a pair of ruby slippers from 1939's The Wizard of Oz in 2005. A grand jury has indicted Terry Martin on charges related…
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood Reunites for 1 Song, MTV News Ends & More
May 9, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Holly Johnson's voice is still strong! (Image via Facebook) THE GUARDIAN: Frankie Goes to Hollywood reunites for first performance in 36 years! They only performed "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" (that song went over the heads of U.S. listeners) for Eurovision, just one track, but it…
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TV History Up for Grabs, Valerie Perrine, Richard Lewis & Michael J. Fox on Parkinson’s Battles & More
April 30, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: You'll drop out of bidding faster than a speeding bullet ... (Image via HA) HA: The fabled Comisar Collection, made up of totally iconic TV items ranging from the early days of TV until the present, is up for grabs! The collector behind the hoard…
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Betty White’s Home Razed, Terry Moore on ‘Unthinkable’ Things Howard Hughes Did, Little Richard’s Legacy & More
April 22, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Moore a few years ago and (inset) in Silent Life (Images by Matthew Rettenmund & Dave Friedman) PEOPLE: Actress Terry Moore, 94, opens up about her relationship with the late Howard Hughes — to whom she has claimed she was married — telling People he…
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Paul Robeson Mural in D.C. Destroyed 1 Week After His Birthday
April 17, 2023 Paul Robeson is an undisputed American icon, and in particular an African-American icon. He was one of the first — if not the first — Black men to cross over as a major star with name recognition among white audiences, and his work in the theater, in films and as an activist…
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Jack Nicholson & Maxwell Caulfield Today, ‘After Hours’ Gets Criterioned & More
April 14, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Cool Rider? I hardly know 'er! (Image via Twitter) TWITTER: Maxwell Caulfield is 63 and looking fine. DAILY MAIL: I think Jack Nicholson looks fine for 85. His work as a gay character was almost singular for its time. (British Lion Films) BRITISH LIBRARY: Murray…
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Brooke Shields Unveils Her ‘Pretty Baby,’ Warner Bros. at 100, RIP Seymour Stein & More
April 3, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Shields seems more resentful of the media than of the filmmakers. (Image via video still) GMA: Brooke Shields, 57, is promoting her documentary Pretty Baby, talking about how the film lays out her life and career, which was uniquely affected by her perceived beauty —…
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‘Vertigo’ Remade, Andie MacDowell on Aging, James Hong Tugs Out the Tears & More
March 27, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Me, when I heard this news. (GIF via GIPHY) VARIETY: Paramount is considering remaking Vertigo (1958), the Hitchcock classic that is widely considered one of the best films ever made. The horrifying idea is that it would star Robert Downey Jr. from a script by…
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