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Bond Icon Sean Connery Dies @ 90

Bond Icon Sean Connery Dies @ 90
Sean Connery, the popular actor iconic for his portrayal of James Bond in seven films, died Saturday, October 31, at 90. Undercover cover (Image via Life) His death was confirmed by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (b. 1970) of his native Scotland, who tweeted: "I was heartbroken to learn this morning of the passing of Sir Sean…
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Bob Saget Supports Lori Loughlin, Lynda Carter for Biden & More!

Bob Saget Supports Lori Loughlin, Lynda Carter for Biden & More!
Links from the past, with relevance today: Here's to Full House, not the big house! (GIF via GIPHY) EXTRATV: Bob Saget, 64, is standing by co-star Lori Loughlin, 56, following her plea in the college cheating scandal. THR: The publicist of Some Like It Hot (1959) was somehow still alive, just died at age 99.…
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Remembering the Complicated, Sexy, Riotously Funny Diana Dors

Remembering the Complicated, Sexy, Riotously Funny Diana Dors
Diana Dors, the British bombshell who was "England's answer to Marilyn Monroe" (and many others), was born 89 years ago today, but she's been gone so long she's long-forgotten by all but a few, certainly in America. Born Diana Fluck (!) in Swindon, Wilshire, England, she became an obsessive movie-goer, idolizing the beauties of the…
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Marge Champion, Dance & Disney Legend, Dies @ 101

Marge Champion, Dance & Disney Legend, Dies @ 101
Marge Champion, who with her choreographer husband Gower Champion (1919-1980) was among the most popular and influential dancers in Hollywood history, died Wednesday, October 21, in L.A., a month after turning 101. Champion's death was confirmed by her son Gregg Champion, 64, who reported that she had been living with him since the beginning of COVID-19.…
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Flame-Haired Leading Lady Rhonda Fleming Dies @ 97

Flame-Haired Leading Lady Rhonda Fleming Dies @ 97
Golden Age of Hollywood leading lady Rhonda Fleming died Wednesday in Santa Monica, California, ExtraTV reports. She was 97. Fleming's death was confirmed by her secretary, but no cause was specified. Born Marilyn Louis on August 10, 1923, in Los Angeles, her mother and grandfather were actors, but she was taken aback when she was…
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Coke Canning Tab, Bassey’s Bad-Ass Comeback, Lansbury’s 95th & More!

Coke Canning Tab, Bassey’s Bad-Ass Comeback, Lansbury’s 95th & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: Tab's ads were calorie harpers. (Image via Coca-Cola) WSJ: Coca-Cola is pulling the Tab — the '70s-tastic, one-calorie diet soda will no longer exist by 2021. Tiara I breathe ... (Image via Chris Jackson/Canadian Government) PEOPLE: The Queen of England, 94, has posed for her first official portrait…
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The Movie That Inspired ‘Airplane!’

Yeah, yeah, the airplane-themed disaster flicks of the '70s certainly influenced 1980's hilarious parody Airplane! — but as many similarities as one can find between Airport '75 (1975) and Airplane! pales in comparison to the scenes in another movie that match the knock-off! (Image via Paramount) Zero Hour! was a histrionic suspenser from 1957 starring…
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Marlene Dietrich Rides Again

Marlene Dietrich Rides Again
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with what came before. She couldn't help it. (GIF via GIPHY) Yes, I loved Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Dungeons & Dragons and other '80s phenomena, but I spent an inordinate amount of time watching all things black-and-white, including the films of everyone from Abbott & Costello to Marilyn…
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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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