Cloris Leachman — who turns 94 today, April 30 — has many accomplishments on her résumé, including eight Emmy wins, a Daytime Emmy win and, of course, an Oscar for Last Picture Show (1971). She has worked steadily for at least 73 years, and has four films currently in post-production. But one thing often forgotten as…
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‘Twice Upon a Time … in Hollywood,’ LuPone Dishes, Reb Brown and More — Past & Curious
Links to the past, with relevance today: Everybody goes to Hollywood ... (Image via Netflix) BBC: Ryan Murphy is the ultimate fanboy of Old Hollywood, but his new take on it, Netflix's Hollywood, is being called a "lavish disaster." Holland with Aimee Mann (GIF via GIPHY) KENNETH IN THE (212): Did Cully Holland, the hunk…
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Ultimate ‘Goonies’ Reunion on Zoom!
Josh Gad is launching what we can only hope will be a series with many more episodes to fill up all of our quarantine down time: Reunited Apart! "Hey, you guys! (Image via Reunited Apart) The first installment is going to be incredibly hard to top: Everyone associated with the 1985 classic The Goonies showed…
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Even More ABOUT EVE, Kirk’s Widow Is 101, Sondheim’s Secret Ending and More — Past & Curious
Links to the past, with relevance today: Here's to up yours! (GIF via GIPHY) NYT: Why you, too, should fall in love again with All About Eve (1950). https://www.instagram.com/p/B_c2ewZA2mK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link INSTAGRAM: Incredible that Kirk Douglas — who died at 103 — has a surviving widow who just celebrated her 101st. NYT: Steve Dalkowski, who was used…
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Tony Bennett Joins Sing-Along for Health Care Workers
Tony Bennett is 93 and still out there working his butt off — and still sharing of himself with his fans. Bennett kicked off a sing-along in support of frontline workers during the coronavirus pandemic, urging others to join in! https://twitter.com/itstonybennett/status/1254062615367573505?s=20 Using the hashtag #SingOutSF, people are encouraged to post their versions of "I Left…
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HBD Barbra, RIP Campbellocking Creator, Plus: Silents, Cher & ‘Valley Girl’
Links to the past, with relevance today: Lawng nails, lawng list! (GIF via GIPHY) GREG IN HOLLYWOOD: Barbra Streisand is 78 today! Here are 78 things Greg loves, admires and appreciates about the living legend. "When you don't know how to dance, no matter what somebody show you, it ain't gonna come out right!" (Image…
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‘Died’ Another Day: Cutting Crew’s Nick Van Eede on His Work’s Symphonic Rebirth
With one of the most instantly identifiable and effective intros in all of '80s pop — not to mention that yearning vocal — “(I Just) Died in Your Arms,” a #1 smash in the U.S for Cutting Crew, is risen again. Van Eeede offers new Crew cuts. (Images via August Day Records) As the lead…
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‘Sweet Bird of Youth’ Actress Shirley Knight Dies @ 83
Shirley Knight, nominated for the Oscar twice in the '60s and a familiar face ever since on TV, in movies, and, in smaller doses, on the stage, died Wednesday in San Marcos, Texas, her daughter Kaitlin Hopkins reported on Facebook. She was 83. Part of a tableau in 1968's Petulia (Image via Warner Bros.) In…
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Studio One, Goldie Hawn, Sheila E. Richard Dawson & More: Past & Curious
Links to the past, with relevance today: Boys, boys, boys! (GIF via GIPHY) KENNETH IN THE (212): New doc about L.A.'s '80s answer to Studio 54, Studio One, focuses both on the club's history and its future — as plans to destroy the building galvanize interviewees' efforts to save the place. I'll have a slice!…
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Tom Lester of ‘Green Acres’ Dies @ 81
Tom Lester, the last surviving regular cast member of the TV classic Green Acres (1965-1971), died April 20 at 81 of Parkinson's disease complications. ExtraTV reports Lester died at home in Nashville, his fiancée (and long-term caregiver) Jackie by his side. Born September 23, 1938, in Laurel, Mississippi, Lester was heading toward a career as…
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