Monthly Archives: April 2020

I Am in Love With Hart Bochner

Okay, the title of this post is hyperbolic and somewhat misleading, but I've always been a huge fan of the model-turned-actor-turned-director, known for appearing in such films as Breaking Away (1979), Making Mr. Right (1987), Die Hard (1988) and the miniseries War and Remembrance (1988-1989). Tell me I'm wrong. (GIF via GIPHY) I fell for…
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Hugh Does Something To Me …

April 19, 2020, would have been rugged actor Hugh O'Brian's 95th birthday. Where it's squat! (All images via movie still) Sadly, he died on September 5, 2016, at 91, but we will forever have his performances — and his pictured! — by which to remember him. Those tan lines ... Born in Rochester, New York,…
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Emmy Rossum Is Angelyne in New Trailer

Emmy Rossum is starring as once-mysterious (and now, not-so-mysterious) billboard queen and ageless L.A. icon Angelyne in a new biopic for the streaming service Peacock — and the first teaser is pink, jiggly, archly asexual and spot-on. Watch: https://twitter.com/peacockTV/status/1250620785422729216?s=20 I met Angelyne — but it cost me! She doesn't have a great reputation if you…
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Brian Dennehy Dies @ 81

Veteran stage and screen actor Brian Dennehy died Wednesday, April 15, at his home in Connecticut, his daughter announced on social media: It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian passed away last night from natural causes, not Covid-related. Larger than life, generous to a fault, a proud and devoted father and…
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Don’t Speak!: 13 Hottest Silent Actors

If someone were creating a list of the sexiest male actors in the history of the movies, many obvious names spring to mind: Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), James Dean (1931-1955), Rock Hudson (1925-1985). But it's very likely any such list would exclude most of the actors whose stars burned brightest — or exclusively — in the…
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‘Gypsy’ Star Faith Dane Dies @ 96

"You Gotta Get a Gimmick" from the 1959 Broadway hit Gypsy is one of the show-stoppers of all time — and now, 60 passionately lived years later, the show has stopped for that number's MVP, Faith Dane. The colorful performer, who was cast in the show based on her own years parodying burlesque in a nightclub…
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Stevie Nicks, Mark Hamill, Glenn Close, Judy Garland & MORE!

Links to the past with relevance today: Ooh, baby, ooh, ooh ... (GIF via GIPHY) DO YOU REMEMBER?: Turns out Stevie Nicks, 71, only just recently heard a white-winged dove singing. Heath worked opposed Vincent Price (1911-1993) in three films. (Image via International Pictures) THR: Hilary Heath, who acted in International Pictures horror flicks like…
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John Schneider: 10 Times He Was HOT

Dukes of Hazzard darling John Schneider turned an impossible-to-believe 60 years old this week, meaning we've had him to ogle for over 40 years already. Without further adieu, 10 times the hunk was Bo-yoo-ti-ful: Practically nekkid with his co-star Tom Wopat He stacked up back as well as front, in case you wondered! Some latter-day…
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‘Weird’ Al, Dolly Parton, James Drury, Leslie Jordan & MORE!

Links to the past with relevance today: "Heroes do the right thing — they make the right choices." — James Drury (Image via video still) NYT: RIP James Drury, who was The Virginian (1962-1971). He died of natural causes at 85. Rory Calhoun soup (Image via video still) POSEIDON'S UNDERWORLD: Classic Hollywood tub scenes. A…
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‘Mad’ Illustrator Mort Drucker Dies

Mort Drucker, the quintessential Mad Magazine artist — known for his knack for capturing celebrated faces with his careful strokes — died April 9 at his Woodbury, New York, home. He was 91. The New York Times confirmed Drucker's passing with his daughter, Laurie Bachner. Born Morris Drucker on March 22, 1929, in Brooklyn, he began…
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