April 25, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: Name another movie from 40 years ago with its entire main cast still living! (Image via 20th Century Fox) THR: Jennifer Aniston is producing an update of the classique 9 to 5! https://youtu.be/G7VITWIIZZo?si=0X31d0Zhyxnwa-ot TIME OUT: Jessica Lange turned 75 this week, and is celebrating with…
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Liza Minnelli’s Terrific New Movie, Jodie Foster Honored & More
April 19, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: Liza is excited about a new project. (Image via TriBeCa) FACEBOOK: Liza Minnelli announces she has worked with a filmmaker to tell the story of her career: "Hi Kids! Sit down, because this is a long story! People always wonder what I’m up to… when…
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‘Airplane!’ Soundtrack Coming in for a Landing, Clint Eastwood Sighting & More
April 16, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: I'm hoping there will be a sale at Penney's! (Image via Rusted Wave) RUSTED WAVE: The full Airplane! The Soundtrack! will be available for the first time ever Saturday, April 20, for Record Store Day. The Elmer Bernstein score will be on red vinyl. PEOPLE:…
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The Ladies Who Lunched, Liza Out & About, Jackie Chan on Turning 70 & More!
April 8, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: It's the cover story of the publication's 10th "Yesteryear" Issue (Image via New York Magazine) NEW YORK: New York Magazine checks in with a fascinating piece that tracks the city's social history completely through restaurants. "Who Ate Where" is delicious. INSTAGRAM: Blonde bombshells stick together…
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‘Mae West & Her Adonises’ — The Life in Her Men
April 6, 2024 If you're a fan of the late, great Mae West, you'll want to seek out the new book Mae West and Her Adonises (BearManor Media), a new biography by Michael Gregg Michaud. (Image via BearManor) Unlike the standard bio, the book focuses on West's love affair with, well, love affairs. A description…
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Barbara Rush Dies @ 97
March 31, 2024 Old Hollywood star Barbara Rush, renowned for her regal beauty and for her work on the TV series Peyton Place and in the sci-fi classic It Came from Outer Space, died on Easter at 97. Lovely Rush contemplating space invaders (Image via Universal) Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan, her daughter by the…
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Louis Gossett Jr. Dies @ 87 — Trailblazing Emmy, Oscar Winner Worked 1953-2023
March 29, 2024 Louis Gossett Jr., one of the most prolific and honored actors of his generation — and a trailblazer as a Black performer who began working in 1953 and did not stop for 70 years — died March 29, 2024, at 87. No cause of death was offered by his grieving family, though…
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New Book Traces How ‘Mommie Dearest’ Got Made
March 27, 2024 We all love Mommie Dearest, right? (Image via Chicago Review Press) Well, maybe not all of us. The film was a critical disaster in 1981, and seems to have singlehandedly mortally wounded Faye Dunaway's previously flawless career. Nonetheless, it was a box-office hit — it earned five times its budget worldwide —…
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Diana Ross Turns 80: Her 20 Best Solo Singles
March 26, 2024 Diana Ross is 80 today, March 26, and as she said herself a few years back, "Happy birthday to me!" Isn't it always her turn?! (Image via RCA) In honor of the momentous occasion, a list of some of her best solo singles — only including singles with no other featured artists:…
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‘Land of the Lost’ & ‘Planet of the Apes’ Actor Ron Harper Dies @ 88
March 25, 2024 Ron Harper, the handsome actor best known as Alan Virdon on the short-lived TV version of Planet of the Apes and as Uncle Jack on the final season of Land of the Lost, died March 21 at 91. Harper on 87th Precinct (Image via NBC) His daughter wrote on social media: "It's…
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- May 28, 2023 on Marlene Clark, Model, ‘Ganja & Hess,’ ‘Sanford & Son’ Actress, Dies @ 85
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- April 18, 2023 on Dewey Martin, ‘Twilight Zone’ Vet, Dies @ 94
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