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More Than Lily Munster: Celebrating Yvonne De Carlo

More Than Lily Munster: Celebrating Yvonne De Carlo
Trodding the boards in Follies (Image via Playbill) In honor of the great Yvonne De Carlo's birth anniversary (she would be turning 99 — five months younger than Betty White is), check out these videos, which illuminate some of the breadth of her talent beyond her charming and iconic performance as Lily on The Munsters. First…
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Stamos’s Cure for Trigger Finger, Sirhan Sirhan to Be Freed?, Enos Envy & More

Stamos’s Cure for Trigger Finger, Sirhan Sirhan to Be Freed?, Enos Envy & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Full House-pital (Image via Instagram) PEOPLE: Even ailing, John Stamos, 58, looks good. He posted a selfie from a hospital bed following surgery for a condition known as "trigger finger." HUFF POST: Sirhan Sirhan, the 77-year-old convicted assassin of presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), has been granted…
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He Likes Ike (Eisenmann): New Doc Fulfills Teen Dream

He Likes Ike (Eisenmann): New Doc Fulfills Teen Dream
Dion Labriola wanted to be a fresh, young filmmaker for the '80s, and he envisioned his sci-fi creation as an animated feature starring Ike Eisenmann of the Witch Mountain flicks. In order to make this happen, he sent Ike an official offer (on lined essay paper) or two (or 100), but couldn't get through. Seeing…
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Christina Dearest, The Marcia Chronicles, ‘Addams’ Casting News & More

Christina Dearest, The Marcia Chronicles, ‘Addams’ Casting News & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Christina gets schooled. (Image via eBay) EBAY: Here's a humdinger of a letter from 1952 — Joan Crawford writing a not-too-subtly bitchy note to her daughter Christina, chastising her for not writing more. Christina would have been 12 when she received it. VULTURE: Queen's Brian May speaks out…
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Dolly on Britney, History of the Wheaties Box & More!

Dolly on Britney, History of the Wheaties Box & More!
Links to the past, with relevance today: Go West, young lady! (Image via video still) GREG IN HOLLYWOOD: Dolly Parton recalls her lawsuit against Porter Wagoner while lending support to Britney Spears. She also compares herself to Mae West. It amazes me how Mae West is a punchline and Madonna is a source of contempt…
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Darlene Love Fest: Singer Turns 80 with Song

Darlene Love Fest: Singer Turns 80 with Song
The concept of a musical performance being magical is a cliché, but there is something otherworldly about a Darlene Love concert. All that glitters really is gold. (Images by Matthew Rettenmund) Her pipes are transcendent, she channels gospel as if calling the angels and she looks like no 80-year-old woman you've ever seen, challenging doubts…
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