About: Matthew Rettenmund

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JFK’s Flag Found, Moreno Honored, Quaid for Trump & More!

JFK’s Flag Found, Moreno Honored, Quaid for Trump & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: Is it the real deal? (Image via Antiques Roadshow) ANTIQUES ROADSHOW: In 2017, Antiques Roadshow declined to air an appraisal of a flag said to be from PT-109 because it was too difficult to determine provenance. If it's really from Kennedy's PT-109 — and the story is elaborate,…
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Sophia Loren Staten Island Style

Sophia Loren Staten Island Style
In honor of Sophia Loren's 86th birthday today, September 20, I am re-sharing my September 2016 post from when I paid to see her during a rare U.S. Q&A on Staten Island in NYC. It was a hot mess, but sooo worth it! Ciao! (All images & video by Matthew Rettenmund) September 2016: Last night,…
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‘Fast Times’ Gets A-List Table Read for Charity

‘Fast Times’ Gets A-List Table Read for Charity
Dane Cook (of all people) is spearheading a Zoom (whatever happened to Skype?!) table read of Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) tonight, Thursday, September 17, at 9 p.m. ET. Love this flick! (Image via Universal) The read is a benefit, with proceeds going to Sean Penn's CORE nonprofit and to the REFORM Alliance. You…
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‘Golden Girls’ House View Blocked, Classic TV Deaths & More!

‘Golden Girls’ House View Blocked, Classic TV Deaths & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: Thank you for ... moving along. (Image via Facebook) FACEBOOK: The new owners of the classic Golden Girls home are working hard to ... block the view, so fans can't see it anymore. Most of the shocking deaths weren't rescinded! (GIF via GIPHY) TV LINE: The 100 most…
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Rugged Robert Logan

Rugged Robert Logan
Robert Logan (b. May 29, 1941) is a '70s fantasy man whose career reached back into the '50s. Short-shorts in the '50s (Images via ABC) Born in Brooklyn, he was signed up by Warner Bros. largely on the basis of his good looks. The total package (Image via ABC) Early on, from 1961-1963, he was…
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‘Avengers,’ Bond Star Diana Rigg Dies @ 82

‘Avengers,’ Bond Star Diana Rigg Dies @ 82
Diana Rigg, iconic since her Avengers role in the '60s, has died at 82, The Guardian reports. The fashion of it all! (GIF via GIPHY) Rigg's death was announced via statement by her agent, which read: "It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning. She was…
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Ryan Reynolds Draws Rick Moranis from Retirement in New Ad

Ryan Reynolds Draws Rick Moranis from Retirement in New Ad
In a droll new ad for Mint Mobile, Rick Moranis joins Ryan Reynolds, ostensibly to pitch the product — but things go hilariously wrong. Moranis, 67, the star of such films as Strange Brew (1983), Ghostbusters (1984), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), has been largely absent from acting…
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‘Golden Girls’ Reimagined, Fonda’s Latest Chapter & More!

‘Golden Girls’ Reimagined, Fonda’s Latest Chapter & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: Thank you for being a friend. Not a white friend, not a Black friend. A friend. (Image via Zoom) ZOOM: Tracee Ellis Ross, 47, Regina King, 49, Sanaa Lathan, 48, and Alfre Woodard, 67, are the main cast reading a script from The Golden Girls tonight, Tuesday, September…
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‘Kojak,’ ‘Knots Landing’ Star Kevin Dobson Dies @ 77

‘Kojak,’ ‘Knots Landing’ Star Kevin Dobson Dies @ 77
Kevin Dobson, the burly star of Kojak and Knots Landing, died Sunday, September 6, after suffering a heart attack. He was 77. Dobson's death was announced on Facebook by the United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County. He was a longtime veterans' rights advocate, and a veteran of the U.S. Army himself. Dobson's veteran supporters…
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