One of the most important movie figures ever to live to the age of 100, French actress Danielle Darrieux, died Tuesday in Bois-le-Roi, France. (more…)
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Danielle Darrieux, French Film Grande Dame, Dies @ 100
Patrick Cowley: 7 Killer Cuts
HI-NRG producer Patrick Cowley, born 67 years ago today, died at 32 of AIDS in 1982. (more…)
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‘Sex Bomb’ Tom Jones: #MeToo
What's new, pussycat? Certainly not sexual abuse. (more…)
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25 Stars’ 1st & Last TV & Film Gigs
I thought it would be easy. I was wrong. (more…)
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Elizabeth Baur of TV’s ‘Ironside’ Dies @ 69
Elizabeth Baur, who played Officer Fran Belding on Ironside from 1971-1975, died September 30, her publicist Paul Gendreau told The Hollywood Reporter. She was 69. (more…)
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Happy 80th, Linda Lavin!
There's a not-so-new girl in town — but she's lookin' good! (more…)
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‘Charlie’s Angels’ Reunion Talk!
Jaclyn Smith has a lot to celebrate: She's turning 72 on October 26 and looks and feels great, her Spencer by Jaclyn Smith line is going like gangbusters, and she may be about to participate in a long-awaited Charlie's Angels reunion! (more…)
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Bob Schiller, ‘I Love Lucy’ & ‘The Lucy Show’ Writer, Dies @ 98
Bob Schiller, a TV writer with credits on nearly 40 series — most famously as a staff writer at the end of I Love Lucy's run (1955-1957) — has died. He was 98. (more…)
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Marsha Hunt Turns 100: The Blacklist Survivor Never Gave Up
Marsha Hunt had a thriving film career in the '30s and '40s, including appearances in highly regarded movies following her 1935 debut, among them Born to the West (1937), These Glamour Girls (1939), Pride and Prejudice (1940), Cry "Havoc" (1943) and Raw Deal (1948). (more…)
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The Naked Truth About Nude Swimming at School
I'd heard of this, but wasn't aware I just missed it (THANK GOD — I was fat and accused of having breasts playing shirts vs. skins basketball), but boys in the U.S. were mostly required to swim totally nude in school pools right through the early '80s. Girls were usually allowed to wear simple suits.…
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