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Liza Minnelli’s Terrific New Movie, Jodie Foster Honored & More

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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‘Mae West & Her Adonises’ — The Life in Her Men

‘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

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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New Book Traces How ‘Mommie Dearest’ Got Made

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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Joyce Randolph, Last Surviving ‘Honeymooners’ Star, Dies @ 99

Joyce Randolph, Last Surviving ‘Honeymooners’ Star, Dies @ 99
On Saturday, January 13, 2024, we lost Joyce Randolph, one of the last remaining connectors to '50s TV. (Images via CBS & and by Matthew Rettenmund) The original Trixie on The Honeymooners (1955-1956) — after replacing Elaine Stritch in the role on Cavalcade of Stars (1951-1952) sketches — died at 99 at her NYC home.…
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20 Most Impactful Celebrity Deaths of 2023

20 Most Impactful Celebrity Deaths of 2023
January 1, 2024 Simply the best (Image via Capitol) Every year, I highlight the 20 celebrity deaths that seem to have been the most culturally impactful. Usually, it's a mix of legends who have faded away after seeming they might last forever, and younger, shocking departures. Every Other Year from 1976 on RIGHT HERE! This…
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Norman Lear, TV Icon, Dies @ 101

Norman Lear, TV Icon, Dies @ 101
Via ExtraTV: It seemed he would never stop. (Image via THR) Norman Lear, the indefatigable TV legend who created classic, genre-defining, culture-driving series, died Tuesday at his L.A. home. He was 101, and had continued working until the end of his storied life. His death was confirmed to The New York Times by his family spokeswoman, Lara…
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William Frawley? Don’t Make Me Laugh

William Frawley? Don’t Make Me Laugh
Many of us are actively alarmed by the invasion of AI technology, and the possibility it raises of creating entirely false historical narratives. After all, if an engineer and scientist is uncritically sharing this pretty obviously AI-created image/story: This story is fake. This picture is fake. (Image via Twitter) ... where will it end? Nothing…
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