Links to the past with relevance today:

CLOSER: Cher, 72, and Bob Mackie, 80, have made the craziest, most fashion-forward, most ridiculous, most memorable, cleverest clothes ever — and some of them will be on display at the Met Gala.

BACK 2 STONEWALL: Remembering Longtime Companion (1991), the first mainstream movie about the AIDS crisis.

DO YOU REMEMBER?: Where were you when the first McDonald's came to town? (Oh, okay, you were in town. But, like, do you remember the moment?)
YOUTUBE: Paula Abdul, 56, takes TV viewers on a nostalgic, tap-happy, Vegas-ready trip through her hits.
EW: How the late Peter Mayhew (1944-2019) said goodbye to playing Chewbacca.

THR: Dolly Parton, 73, has signed her first global licensing deal for a lifestyle brand.
CBS NEWS: Sweet old lady waves at passing schoolkids for over a decade, then gets the surprise of her life when she prepares to move into a senior living facility: