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Marsha Hunt, Last Leading Lady of the ’30s, Blacklist Victim, Dies @ 104

RIP to beautiful-inside-and-out Marsha Hunt, who died September 7, 2022, at the ripe old age of 104. According to a Facebook page for the 2015 doc about her life, Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity, Hunt died on September 7, 2022, at the Sherman Oaks, California, home in which she'd lived for over 75 years. Interestingly, she…

Mary Lambert on Making ‘Pet Sematary,’ Working with Stephen King & Fred Gwynne

MoMA in NYC hosted a massive horror retrospective this summer (on through September 5), and the guest for August 25, 2022, was director Mary Lambert, whose 1989 horror film Pet Sematary has a scary number of —you should pardon the expression — diehard fans. After a screening of the movie — which stars Dale Midkiff,…

Maureen McGovern’s Sad Alzheimer’s Announcement

Yesterday, Maureen McGovern fans were told to expect a major announcement today, Friday, August 19, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Many hoped it would be info about a long-awaited return to the road. Sadly, the news is that McGovern has been diagnosed with "posterior cortical atrophy, with symptoms of Alzheimer's and/or dementia." The diagnosis is one…

Pat Carroll, TV Vet & ‘The Little Mermaid’s’ Ursula, Dies @ 95

I had a great time when I met Pat Carroll — Ursula from The Little Mermaid, to you! — in 2012 at the Hollywood Show. Pushing 85, she was bubbly and was floored when I produced an original '50s image of her. In the photo, she is mugging, and she told me it was her…

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. 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 this morning. Tony was a beautiful soul — kind,…

One of a small number of famous performers about to turn 100 fell just short of the century mark — household face Larry Storch died Friday, July 8, 2022, in his NYC apartment at 99. Storch's manager Matt Beckoff confirmed the sad news to THR. The actor was forever remembered for F Troop, in spite…

‘Titanic’ Memorial Neglected, Butch Patrick Back to ‘Munsters,’ Oscar for Diane Warren & More!

Links to the past, with relevance today: NYT: A memorial to those who died aboard the Titanic sits in disrepair in NYC. Now, some are fighting for it to be restored. The last survivor of the tragedy died in 2009 at age 97 on the 98th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic. She had…

Lorna Luft Lights Up Empire State Building, Unveils Portrait at Stonewall Honoring Judy Garland

You've heard of Dueling Bankheads? How about Dueling Wainwrights? On Tuesday, Grammy nominee Rufus Wainwright appeared at the Empire State Building by day and the Stonewall Inn by night to deliver his trademark passionate rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”: The first go-round, he was accompanied by Lorna Luft (only her third-ever public performance of…

Bob Mackie’s a ‘No’ on Kim Kardashian in Marilyn’s Gown, RIP Maggie Peterson & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: EW: Bob Mackie, 82, who drew the original sketch for the Jean Louis dress Marilyn Monroe made famous when she cooed "Happy Birthday" to lover JFK, is finally speaking out about Kim Kardashian wearing the garment ... and he's against. "I thought it was a big mistake," Mackie…

a-ha Returns to Radio City Music Hall After 36 Years: Concert Review

On April 12, 2022, I headed to Radio City Music Hall for my first concert since the pandemic began. I couldn't resist seeing a-ha, an iconic band in Europe but more of a kitschy one-hit wonder (they had two!) in the U.S., and the creators of my favorite album by any artist ever, Hunting High…

Search for: "Matthew Rettenmund"

Marsha Hunt, Last Leading Lady of the ’30s, Blacklist Victim, Dies @ 104

Mary Lambert on Making ‘Pet Sematary,’ Working with Stephen King & Fred Gwynne

Maureen McGovern’s Sad Alzheimer’s Announcement

Pat Carroll, TV Vet & ‘The Little Mermaid’s’ Ursula, Dies @ 95

Tony Dow, TV’s Wally Cleaver, Dies of Cancer @ 77

Larry Storch of ‘F Troop’ Dies @ 99

‘Titanic’ Memorial Neglected, Butch Patrick Back to ‘Munsters,’ Oscar for Diane Warren & More!

Lorna Luft Lights Up Empire State Building, Unveils Portrait at Stonewall Honoring Judy Garland

Bob Mackie’s a ‘No’ on Kim Kardashian in Marilyn’s Gown, RIP Maggie Peterson & More

a-ha Returns to Radio City Music Hall After 36 Years: Concert Review

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