Mamie Van Doren, who at 86 is as blonde and as provocative as ever, just trashed Hollywood legend Bob Hope (1903-2003) on her opinionated Facebook page! (more…)
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Sex Siren Mamie Van Doren Trashes Lecherous Bob Hope
Ken Clark’s Not-So-Small, but Pivotal, Part
I got completely caught up in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962) marathon on Halloween in 2015. As big a fan of Hitchcock as I always have been, I'd actually seen very few of these episodes; this was not a widely re-run series in my youth. (more…)
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Prophetic Words from Helen Gahagan Douglas
Today marks the 117th anniversary of the birth of Helen Galagan Douglas, a unique figure in American history, and certainly in movie history. (more…)
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Geraldine Fitzgerald: A Tribute on Her 104th
Today marks the 104th anniversary of the birth of Geraldine Fitzgerald, the Oscar-nominated (for Wuthering Heights, 1939) actress who was delightful in everything from Dark Victory (1939) to Watch on the Rhine (1943). (more…)
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‘Cosby Show’ Actor Earle Hyman Dies @ 91
Earle Hyman, the veteran actor best known for playing Bill Cosby's (b. 1937) dad on The Cosby Show (1984-1992) — in spite of being only 11 years older — has died, NBC reports. (more…)
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Ann Wedgeworth, ‘Three’s Company’ & ‘Evening Shade’ Actress, Dies @ 83
Ann Wedgeworth, familiar to TV fans as man-hungry Lana on Three's Company (1979) and as Merleen on Evening Shade (1990-1994), has died, We Love Soaps reports. She was 83. (more…)
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He Said/They’re Dead: Doc Profiles Hollywood Pimp Scotty Bowers
When Full Service was published several years ago, battle lines were drawn: You either believed Scotty Bowers, then 90, when he talked about having had sex with everyone from Bette Davis to Rock Hudson and having procured sex partners for no less a Hollywood great than Katharine Hepburn (and hundreds of others), or you dismissed…
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Liz Smith, Gossip Queen, Dies @ 94
Liz Smith, whose gossip columns chided and cheered the elites of New York and Hollywood for decades, has died. She was 94. (more…)
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Princess Grace: Pictures of a Beauty Queen
Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, would have turned 88 years old today. (more…)
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Lois Smith Joins Twitter … at 87!
Perhaps smelling blood in the water after Rose Marie joined Twitter at age 94 and gained over 100,000 followers just like that, acclaimed actress Lois Smith (b. 1930) has now joined the social network in honor of turning 87. Her attitude upon joining Twitter is to be admired: "I don't know what I'm doing here, but…
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