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New McNugget Flavor, Hurricane Laura Topples Confederate Statue & More!

New McNugget Flavor, Hurricane Laura Topples Confederate Statue & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: I live and die for BBQ — even if I've sworn off! (Image via McDonald's) WGN: For the first time since introducing the li'l devils in 1983, McDonald's is launching a new Chicken McNuggets flavor — Spicy! We could've guessed #1! (GIF via GIPHY) BILLBOARD: Top 100 music-video…
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Olivia de Havilland, Golden Age Icon, Dies at 104

Olivia de Havilland, Golden Age Icon, Dies at 104
Less than a month after her 104th birthday, Old Hollywood icon Olivia de Havilland has died in Paris of natural causes. De Havilland won two Oscars in her long career. (GIF via GIPHY) Her publicist Lisa Goldberg confirmed de Havilland's death to The Hollywood Reporter. At the time of her death, she had been the oldest…
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Whatever Became Of … Richard Lamparski?

Whatever Became Of … Richard Lamparski?
Here's one from the vaults, my 2012 interview with author Richard Lamparski: As a kid, I discovered a '60s and '70s book series called Whatever Became Of...? by Richard Lamparski. If you've never read them, they each contain about 100 profiles of and/or interviews with celebrities of yesteryear, meaning 20 to 50 years prior to their publication.…
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Don’t Speak!: 13 Hottest Silent Actors

Don’t Speak!: 13 Hottest Silent Actors
If someone were creating a list of the sexiest male actors in the history of the movies, many obvious names spring to mind: Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), James Dean (1931-1955), Rock Hudson (1925-1985). But it's very likely any such list would exclude most of the actors whose stars burned brightest — or exclusively — in the…
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Past & Curious: Larry David, Ron Wood & MORE

Past & Curious: Larry David, Ron Wood & MORE
Links to the past, with relevance today: Larry times! (Image via Office of the Governor of California) YOUTUBE: Larry David is 72 and letting you know that you're an idiot if you leave the house, endangering the lives of old dudes like him. Heave is a place on Instagram Live. (Image via Instagram Live) BOY…
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How Joan Crawford Became Mildred Pierce

How Joan Crawford Became Mildred Pierce
March 23 is approximately the 116th anniversary of the birth of screen legend Joan Crawford. (Her real birthday is lost to history — on purpose, by Miss Crawford, who was probably concerned about vanity.) In honor of the anniversary, check out this lavish piece on how Crawford became Mildred Pierce in 1945. A birthday toast…
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Revisiting Early Chicago, 1 Image at a Time

Revisiting Early Chicago, 1 Image at a Time
Chicago photographer Mark Hersch has so far restored about 300 vintage images of his city, helping to recreate an understanding of how things worked 100 years ago. His trick is to take a new image in the exact same spot and blend old and new to create a three-dimensional look at the past. Hersch says:…
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