Links to the past, with relevance today: Hairy-son Ford ... (Image via Lucasfilm) BBC: Harrison Ford, 78, has signed up for a fifth — and final — gig as Indiana Jones. I recently rewatched all four and must say Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) — aside from "Anything Goes" — is complete…
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TCM to Air ‘Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity’ During Tribute
Marsha Hunt, the 103-year-old actor and activist from the Golden Age of Hollywood, is set to be honored with a day of movies on TCM capped off by the channel's first airing of Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity, a doc on her storied life and career. Hunt in her heyday (Image via MGM) Hunt was discovered…
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Dionne Has Questions, Candice Bergen Reflects, Remembering David L. Lander & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: They're just happy she's heard of them! (Image via Twitter) TWITTER: The great Dionne Warwick, who turns 80 this month, is having fun asking newer artists why they are going by the names they're going by — including Chance the Rapper and the Weeknd. Brown grad (GIF via…
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David L. Lander, ‘Laverne & Shirley’s’ Squiggy, Dies @ 73
David L. Lander, the diminutive actor known for his portrayal of goofy greaser Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley, has died at 73, TMZ reports. McKean & Lander on Laverne & Shirley (Image via ABC) Lander died Friday, December 4, from multiple sclerosis complications, having battled the disease for nearly 40 years, his wife confirmed. Lander was…
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Show-Biz Veteran, ‘Cannonball Run’ Star Warren Berlinger Dies @ 83
Warren Berlinger, long a familiar, cherubic face on TV, the stage and in the movies — and an actor beloved by his peers — died Wednesday at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Valencia, California. He was 83. A dashing early headshot of the longtime actor (Image via headshot) His daughter confirmed his death, but did…
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A ‘Price Is Right’ Channel, 50 Years of ‘Lola,’ Dolly’s Medal & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: Barker's beauties, including Johnny Olsen (1910-1985)! (Image via CBS) VULTURE: Pluto TV (I know — I guess it's a UHF channel) is launching an entire, 24/7 channel devoted to nothing but hundreds of hours of 1980s The Price Is Right episodes hosted by Bob Barker! (Barker, by the…
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‘Falcon Crest’s’ Julia Cumson, Abby Dalton, Dies @ 88
Abby Dalton, who had a deceptively long career on TV that was capped off by her memorably successful run on the nighttime soaper Falcon Crest, died November 23 in Los Angeles at 88. Dalton in the '50s, and in 2011 (Images via Matthew Rettenmund) The cause of death, which was confirmed by her family, was…
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