I had a great time when I met Pat Carroll — Ursula from The Little Mermaid, to you! — in 2012 at the Hollywood Show. Weren't we cute?! (Image via Matthew Rettenmund) Pushing 85, she was bubbly and was floored when I produced an original '50s image of her. In the photo, she is mugging,…
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Nichelle Nichols, Trailblazing Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ Dies @ 89
The actress who effected positive change with her portrayal of Nyota Uhura on TV's Star Trek — Nichelle Nichols — died on July 30, 2022, in Silver City, New Mexico. An enterprising young woman (Image via NBC) She was 89. ExtraTV confirmed her death, citing her manager/business partner, Gilbert Bell. Bell had been among the parties…
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Marilyn Monroe Goes ‘Blonde,’ RIP Bernard Cribbins, Laurie Anderson at 75 & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: The NC-17 look at Monroe is adapted from the Joyce Carol Oates novel. (Image via Netflix) THR: Yet another take on Marilyn Monroe, this one starring Ana de Armas — and Blonde takes on the dark side of the dream: https://youtu.be/aIsFywuZPoQ WORLD OF WONDER: 100 years of Norman…
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Tony Dow, TV’s Wally Cleaver, Dies of Cancer @ 77
Just two months after announcing a terminal cancer diagnosis, TV's Tony Dow has died at 77. Unsurprisingly, a generation crushed on Wally (Image via CBS/ABC) In a since-deleted post on his Facebook page, Dow's death was confirmed: “It is with an extremely heavy heart that we share with you the passing of our beloved Tony…
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Paul Sorvino of ‘GoodFellas,’ ‘Romeo + Juliet’ Dies @ 83
Terrible year for amazing actors from mob movies: Ray Liotta, James Caan, Tony Sirico and now Paul Sorvino. RIP Mr. Liotta & Mr. Sorvino. (Image via Warner Bros.) Sorvino, who went from comic roles to the performance of a lifetime in Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas, died of natural causes on July 25 in Florida at 83.…
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David Warner, Villain in ‘Tom Jones,’ ‘Time After Time’ & ‘Titanic,’ Dies @ 80
English actor David Warner, whose reluctance to say no to anything made him one of the most prolific actors of his generation — and whose skill made him one of the most revered — died Sunday. In Nightwing (1979) (Image via Columbia) He was 80. Warner's family told the BBC he died in a London nursing home…
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‘Hill Street Blues’ Emmy Nominee Taurean Blacque Dies @ 82
Taurean Blacque of Hill Street Blues, the show for which he was Emmy-nominated, died Thursday, July 21, following what THR called "a brief illness." He was 82. Gracing Jet (he's in the back) with the Generations cast (Image via Jet) Born May 10, 1940, in Newark, Blacque was a trained stage actor who was involved…
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Liza Minnelli Seen in Historic Chat with John Kander & Fred Ebb
Liza Minnelli, now 76, had a long, intimate chat with John Kander (b. 1927) and Fred Ebb (1928-2004) about their creative process and history almost 50 years ago ... and thankfully, it was filmed. A meeting of the minds (Image via video stills) Now, though it has been in the collection of the New York…
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Elizabeth Taylor & Sophia Loren Are Seen in Long-Lost Euro Docs
Two 1960s TV docs — one featuring Elizabeth Taylor showing off London, and one featuring Sophia Loren showing off Rome — are finally becoming available once again. Loren is at her most fetching in the doc. (Images via video stills) Not seen for decades, the specials — Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963) and Sophia Loren…
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‘Munsters’ Reboot Movie Looks Horrifying, ’70s California Beaches, RIP Mickey Rooney Jr. & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: The movie seems to contain a duet on "I Got You, Babe" between Lily and Herman ... (Image via video still) YOUTUBE: "Give Rob Zombie a chance!" they said. "Wait till you see what he does with!" they said. But now that we have an official trailer for…
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