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‘Titanic’ Memorial Neglected, Butch Patrick Back to ‘Munsters,’ Oscar for Diane Warren & More!

Links to the past, with relevance today: NYT: A memorial to those who died aboard the Titanic sits in disrepair in NYC. Now, some are fighting for it to be restored. The last survivor of the tragedy died in 2009 at age 97 on the 98th anniversary of the launch of the Titanic. She had…

Lorna Luft Lights Up Empire State Building, Unveils Portrait at Stonewall Honoring Judy Garland

You've heard of Dueling Bankheads? How about Dueling Wainwrights? On Tuesday, Grammy nominee Rufus Wainwright appeared at the Empire State Building by day and the Stonewall Inn by night to deliver his trademark passionate rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”: The first go-round, he was accompanied by Lorna Luft (only her third-ever public performance of…

Bob Mackie’s a ‘No’ on Kim Kardashian in Marilyn’s Gown, RIP Maggie Peterson & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: EW: Bob Mackie, 82, who drew the original sketch for the Jean Louis dress Marilyn Monroe made famous when she cooed "Happy Birthday" to lover JFK, is finally speaking out about Kim Kardashian wearing the garment ... and he's against. "I thought it was a big mistake," Mackie…

a-ha Returns to Radio City Music Hall After 36 Years: Concert Review

On April 12, 2022, I headed to Radio City Music Hall for my first concert since the pandemic began. I couldn't resist seeing a-ha, an iconic band in Europe but more of a kitschy one-hit wonder (they had two!) in the U.S., and the creators of my favorite album by any artist ever, Hunting High…

No ‘Breakfast Club’ Reunion, David Hasselhoff in His Prime, Betty White Auction & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: JULIEN'S AUCTIONS: Get ready for Betty White's estate sale. My God, the bids are going to fly, and I'm not just whistling gerfluffenugen. EXTRATV: Ally Sheedy says NOPE to the possibility of a reunion of The Breakfast Club. OMG.BLOG! (WORK UNFRIENDLY): Sexy photos of ... David Hasselhoff ...…

Debbie Reynolds: A 90th Birthday Remembrance

Today, April 1, marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Debbie Reynolds. I first encountered her at her Cafe Carlyle show in NYC in 2009. She was just great! And she guess my partner and I were gay, inviting me to "touch my one good leg" even though we clearly didn't "give a shit":…

Sally Kellerman of ‘M*A*S*H’ Fame Dies @ 84

Sally Kellerman, Oscar-nominated as Hot Lips Houlihan in M*A*S*H (1970), died Thursday at 84. ExtraTV reported she had battled dementia and died in a care facility. Born on June 2, 1937, in Long Beach, California, Kellerman moved with her family as a girl and attended Hollywood High. Though enamored of acting while at school, she…

Carleton Carpenter, Who ‘Aba Daba Honeymoon’-ed with Debbie Reynolds, Dies @ 95

Carleton Carpenter, who had been a living link Broadway's distant past — as well as to the Golden Age of Hollywood — died Monday at his home in New York state. He was 95. Carpenter was born July 10, 1926, in Bennington, Vermont. Bitten early by the acting bug, he recalls in his 2017 memoir…

Howard Hesseman, ‘WKRP,’ ‘Head of the Class’ Star, Dies at 81

Howard Hesseman, known to TV fans as Dr. Johnny Fever and teacher Charlie Moore, died Saturday, January 29, at 81. His wife, Caroline Ducrocq, confirmed his death, from complications arising after colon surgery in 2021, to THR. Born in Lebanon, Oregon, on February 27, 1940, in Lebanon, Oregon, Hesseman moved to San Francisco and, with…

Liza Sings on CBS, My Interview with Alan Eichler, Roseanne’s Daughter on Abuse & More

Links from the past, with relevance today: CBS SUNDAY MORNING: Liza Minnelli, 75, made a sweet appearance on CBS Sunday Morning on which she also sang a bit. Always welcome an opportunity to see this living legend. BOYCULTURE: Please check out this long read, a Q&A with Alan Eichler. Eichler, 77, is an obsessive archivist…

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‘Titanic’ Memorial Neglected, Butch Patrick Back to ‘Munsters,’ Oscar for Diane Warren & More!

Lorna Luft Lights Up Empire State Building, Unveils Portrait at Stonewall Honoring Judy Garland

Bob Mackie’s a ‘No’ on Kim Kardashian in Marilyn’s Gown, RIP Maggie Peterson & More

a-ha Returns to Radio City Music Hall After 36 Years: Concert Review

No ‘Breakfast Club’ Reunion, David Hasselhoff in His Prime, Betty White Auction & More

Debbie Reynolds: A 90th Birthday Remembrance

Sally Kellerman of ‘MAS*H’ Fame Dies @ 84

Carleton Carpenter, Who ‘Aba Daba Honeymoon’-ed with Debbie Reynolds, Dies @ 95

Howard Hesseman, ‘WKRP,’ ‘Head of the Class’ Star, Dies at 81

Liza Sings on CBS, My Interview with Alan Eichler, Roseanne’s Daughter on Abuse & More

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