Monthly Archives: January 2021

Tanya Roberts, Bond Girl & Angel, Dies @ 65 — Again

Tanya Roberts, Bond Girl & Angel, Dies @ 65 — Again
Shortly after an undignified mixup resulted in actress Tanya Wood's death being reported prematurely, it is now confirmed that she has succumbed. Roberts, 65, passed out after walking her dog on Christmas Eve and was put on a ventilator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. It is unclear whether she ever regained consciousness. On January…
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Fun Flashback: ‘Storybook Squares’ Debuts (1969)

Fun Flashback: ‘Storybook Squares’ Debuts (1969)
Fifty-two years ago today, on January 4, 1969, NBC debuted the unique game show Storybook Squares, a special dress-up version of Hollywood Squares. Doc Severinsen, Bonnie Franklin, Roddy McDowall, William Shatner & Julie McWhirter (Image via NBC) The gimmick was that all the stars were in costume as storybook characters of one sort or another,…
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Broadway’s Best Remembered, RIP Phyllis McGuire & More

Broadway’s Best Remembered, RIP Phyllis McGuire & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: The theater community was ravaged this year. (Image via video still) YOUTUBE: Raul Esparza directs a solemn reminiscence of the Broadway luminaries we lost in 2020, including Diahann Carroll (who is pictured above in a shot by Carl Van Vechten). Truly an improvement on most of these things.…
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