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Mitzi Gaynor Sticks Up for Boys Who Dance

Mitzi Gaynor Sticks Up for Boys Who Dance
Good Morning America host Lara Spencer, 50, put her left foot in her mouth this week by mispronouncing "ballet" while offhanded mocking Prince George, 6, for reportedly loving his studies in the field. Mitzi with some of her boys (Image via Mark Alan Knowles) The implication was that he would come to hate ballet once…
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Peter Fonda Dies @ 79

Peter Fonda Dies @ 79
A month after the 50th anniversary of Easy Rider, the iconic '60s film that he co-wrote and in which he starred, actor Peter Fonda has died at 79. One of the most iconic films of the '60s (Image via Columbia) People magazine reports exclusively that Fonda died of respiratory failure due to lung cancer. In a statement…
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42 Years Since Elvis Died at 42

42 Years Since Elvis Died at 42
Elvis Presley, the King, died 42 years ago today. Aloha, Elvis ... (GIF via GIPHY) It was an ignominious end for a glorious performer, a death that so shocked the world, many of its citizens to this day believe he couldn't have died, but instead faked his own death. Page from one tabloid of many…
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Julie Newmar Unveils 86th B’Day Snap

Julie Newmar Unveils 86th B’Day Snap
Lovely Julie Newmar (b. 1933) has many accomplishments under her dancing belt, chief among them her electrifying turn as Stupefyin' Jones in Li'l Abner (1956 Broadway, 1959 film), a 1958 Tony for her performance in The Marriage-Go-Round, early-TV fame as Rhoda the Robot on My Living Doll (1964-1965) and notoriety as Catwoman on Batman (1966-1967).…
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Past & Curious: Tate’s Sis on Robbie, Macy Gray Sings ‘Golden Girls’!

Past & Curious: Tate’s Sis on Robbie, Macy Gray Sings ‘Golden Girls’!
Links to the past with relevance today: Margot conjuring Sharon (Image via Columbia) VANITY FAIR: Sharon Tate's (1943-1969) surviving sister Debra Tate (b. 1952) loooved the performance Margot Robbie (b. 1990) gave as her sister in Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (2019). She recently said: “She made me cry because she sounded just…
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Happy 96 to Rhonda Fleming!

Happy 96 to Rhonda Fleming!
Flame-haired beauty Rhonda Fleming is truly one of Old Hollywood's last remaining stars, and at 96 (as of today!), she is among the oldest living survivors of the studio system. A link to Hollywood's past! (Image via head shot) Born on August 10, 1923, in L.A., she graduated from Beverly Hills High School and was…
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Past & Curious: Gless Is More, Tab Hunter Pillow Talk & More!

Past & Curious: Gless Is More, Tab Hunter Pillow Talk & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: The Peyton Place stud's final role was 40 years ago. (Image via movie still) THR: RIP Barry Coe — the Peyton Place (1957) actor died last month at 84. Is this Cagney & Lacey or Police Woman?! (GIF via GIPHY) BOY CULTURE: An original Q&A with Sharon Gless,…
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Past & Curious: Elvis 3-Way, George Hamilton 101 & More!

Past & Curious: Elvis 3-Way, George Hamilton 101 & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: Elvis wanted to go downtown ... (Image via Warner Bros.) DO YOU REMEMBER?: That one time Elvis Presley (1935-1977) proposed a threesome to Petula Clark (b. 1932) that would have included her friend Karen Carpenter (1950-1983)! Hamilton at a '17 autograph show (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) THR: George…
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Hal Prince, King of Broadway Musicals, Dies @ 91

Hal Prince, King of Broadway Musicals, Dies @ 91
Hal Prince, the producer and director whose touch molded such hits as The Pajama Game (1954; co-producer); Damn Yankees (1955; co-producer), West Side Story (1957; co-producer), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962; producer); Fiddler on the Roof (1964; producer), Cabaret (1966; producer/director), Company (1970; producer/director), Follies (1971; producer/director); Sweeney Todd…
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Past & Curious: ‘Ebony’/’Jet’ Pix Saved, Cosby Settles & More

Past & Curious: ‘Ebony’/’Jet’ Pix Saved, Cosby Settles & More
Links to the past with relevance today: Saved from corporate greed (Images via Ebony) NBC NEWS: Nonprofit donors have banded together to pay $30M for the Ebony/Jet photo archive — and will donate millions of historically important images to museums. Not even Just Jack! (GIF via GIPHY) BOY CULTURE: Will & Grace is ending ... again.…
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