Category Archive for "Bombshells"

Cyndi Lauper, Kate Bush, George Michael & More Up for Rock Hall, Lily & Jane Team Up Again & More

February 2, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Will George Michael be too funky for the Rock Hall? (GIF via GIPHY) TWITTER: Paul Rudd's long-lost performance from 1987! KENNETH IN THE (212): The nominees for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are an '80s smorgasbord! The full list: Kate Bush…

Rick Astley on Giving Up, Oral History of Hollywood, RIP Tom Verlaine & More

January 29, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today ... There's more to Rick than Rick-rolling. (GIF via GIPHY) RETROPOP: Rick Astley was a pop "It" boy from 1987-1993. Now 56, he's opening up about why he stepped away from recording. I'm more than ready for this! (Image via Harper) AMAZON: An 800-page book…

Simple Minds Rocks On, TV Star Opens Up About ’50s Open Marriage, Madonna Tickets Sell Out & More

January 20, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: The band's latest incarnation (Image via Facebook) EXTRATV: A new direction for Simple Minds, and a catch-up with Jim Kerr, 63. https://twitter.com/historyinmemes/status/1616350371055603712?s=20&t=jpRxDXC9KoDoKLd5-bwztQ TWITTER: This video ... is something. BILLBOARD: Madonna, 64, has taken abuse for being irrelevant for about 15 years. In spite of nasty,…

Dolly Parton Salutes Leslie Jordan, Ex-Child Stars Remember Adam Rich & More

January 8, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Dolly sang a bit of a song she recorded with Leslie. (Image via video still) EW.COM: Dolly Parton joined Call Me Kat to pay homage to the late, great Leslie Jordan. NYT: So long to veteran newsman Bernard Kalb, who has signed off at the…

‘Romeo & Juliet’ Stars Sue for Sex Abuse 54 Years Later — Should It Ever Be Too Late?

A new lawsuit could spell star-crossed financial times for a number of producers, creatives and studios ... if its compainants meet with success. The scene in question was actually used on the poster. (Image via Paramount) Olivia Hussey, 71, and Leonard Whiting, 72, the stars of the phenomenally successful 1968 Romeo and Juliet — which…

‘Babylon’s’ 1920s Hollywood Flashback, 100-Year-Old WWII Photographer on War, Bob Saget’s Widow Remembers & More

December 26, 2022 Links to the past, with relevance today: "It" girls Clara Bow & Margot Robbie (Images via vintage still & Paramount) VARIETY: Was '20s Hollywood really as debauched as it is portrayed in Babylon? (YUP.) THR: Oh, man, remember Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)?! DO YOU REMEMBER?: Demi Moore is about to be…

Shelley Duvall Returns to Acting, Carpenters Christmas Glory & More

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,…

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…

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.…

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…

Category Archives: Bombshells

Cyndi Lauper, Kate Bush, George Michael & More Up for Rock Hall, Lily & Jane Team Up Again & More

Rick Astley on Giving Up, Oral History of Hollywood, RIP Tom Verlaine & More

Simple Minds Rocks On, TV Star Opens Up About ’50s Open Marriage, Madonna Tickets Sell Out & More

Dolly Parton Salutes Leslie Jordan, Ex-Child Stars Remember Adam Rich & More

‘Romeo & Juliet’ Stars Sue for Sex Abuse 54 Years Later — Should It Ever Be Too Late?

‘Babylon’s’ 1920s Hollywood Flashback, 100-Year-Old WWII Photographer on War, Bob Saget’s Widow Remembers & More

Shelley Duvall Returns to Acting, Carpenters Christmas Glory & More

Céline Dion Reveals Devastating News of Rare Disorder

Nancy Olson’s Ready for Her Close-Up, Kennedy Center Honorees, Remembering Leslie Jordan & More

Blythe Danner Reveals Cancer Battle, Sinbad’s Stroke Recovery & More

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