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Jodie Foster Was Almost Leia!, ‘Sports Illustrated’ Chaos, Pat Boone’s New Single, Brat Pack Doc & More

January 19, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: 70 years and out. (Image via Sports Illustrated) NYT: The future of Sports Illustrated has been thrown into chaos — every single employee was just laid off. NYT: Nobody liked Hef ... the second after he died. VARIETY: Kenya Barris will present a 10-part series…

Streisand & Carrie Fisher Seen in SM-Themed ‘Indiana Jones’ Prank Video

Okay, so maybe this was common knowledge to hardcore fans, but I never knew that a gag scene was made on the 1983 set of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) featuring Barbra Streisand as a dominatrix whipping Indy/Harrison Ford ... and Carrie Fisher rushing in to save him. We need this in…

Debbie Reynolds: A 90th Birthday Remembrance

Today, April 1, marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of Debbie Reynolds. Debbie at Cinecon in '12 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) 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…

Links to the past, with relevance today: Debbie at one of the very first AIDS benefits in 1983 (Image via After Dark) PEOPLE: Four years after the great Debbie Reynolds died at 84, the day after her equally great daughter Carrie Fisher had succumbed at 60, Debbie's pal Sue Cameron — author of Hollywood Secrets and…

So Many Men, Bowie Kicks, Mercurochrome Nostalgia & More!

Links to the past, with relevance today: A gigolo, but not just ... (Image via Paramount) MY NEW PLAID PANTS: The many men of ... Paul Shrader?! Go with it. NYT: Read about John Roney, who has been a waiter at the same NYC restaurant since ... 1986! EXTRATV: Mick Rock, legendary photographer, is out…

Studio One, Goldie Hawn, Sheila E. Richard Dawson & More: Past & Curious

Links to the past, with relevance today: Boys, boys, boys! (GIF via GIPHY) KENNETH IN THE (212): New doc about L.A.'s '80s answer to Studio 54, Studio One, focuses both on the club's history and its future — as plans to destroy the building galvanize interviewees' efforts to save the place. I'll have a slice!…

Dead Reckoning: Which Year Was the Worst for Celeb Deaths?

By the end of 2016, it felt as if everyone famous had died. We lost an incredible number of A-listers, including, but not limited to, Carrie Fisher and her mom Debbie Reynolds, Muhammad Ali, Gene Wilder, David Bowie, Prince and George Michael. (more…)

First Ladies: Opening Lines from 50+ Memoirs by Actresses

One of my favorite-ever posts at my LGBTQ blog Boy Culture was an exhaustive list of first and last lines from queer novels and novellas, here. (more…)

There's no place like a temperature-controlled safety deposit box! (more…)

Tag Archives: Carrie Fisher

Jodie Foster Was Almost Leia!, ‘Sports Illustrated’ Chaos, Pat Boone’s New Single, Brat Pack Doc & More

Streisand & Carrie Fisher Seen in SM-Themed ‘Indiana Jones’ Prank Video

Debbie Reynolds: A 90th Birthday Remembrance

Debbie’s Last Wish …

So Many Men, Bowie Kicks, Mercurochrome Nostalgia & More!

Studio One, Goldie Hawn, Sheila E. Richard Dawson & More: Past & Curious

Dead Reckoning: Which Year Was the Worst for Celeb Deaths?

First Ladies: Opening Lines from 50+ Memoirs by Actresses

‘Wizard of Oz’ Scripts Could Fetch $1M+

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