November 29, 2023
Links to the past, with relevance today:
INSTAGRAM: Kristin Davis, 58, is paying tribute to her late co-star Frances Sternhagen, who just died this week at 93.
TWITTER: Brenda Lee is in contention for #1 song on the Hot 100 next week. It would be her first time in pole position — if she can defeat Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" — but she already has the incredible record of charting on the Hot 100 across 63 years.
KENNETH IN THE (212): Remembering John McEnroe's Tennis Over America tour.
EXTRATV: Shannen Doherty, 52, reveals her cancer has spread.
NYT: Henry Kissinger, the revered and reviled former U.S. Secretary of State, died Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at 100 years of age — thus ending an ongoing Twitter meme ever time a beloved famous person dies: "Sadly, Henry Kissinger was found alive at his home."
YOUTUBE: Cover king Barry Manilow, 80, has released his version of "All I Want for Christmas Is You."
BILLBOARD: Cher, 77, and Darlene Love, 82, rocked out on the Christmas in Rockefeller Center special Wednesday, with Cher crooning her neo-holiday hit "DJ Play a Christmas Song." The song hit #1 on the AC chart, meaning she's the only solo act to have a #1 hit on one Billboard chart or another in seven different decades.
