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…
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Watch Judd Apatow’s Doc on the Friendship Between Don Rickles & Bob Newhart
Judd Apatow contributes a touchingly observed documentary short about the lifelong friendship between Don Rickles and his wife and Bob Newhart and his wife. It's especially compelling considering their acts were so diametrically opposed, yet in their personal lives, they were absolutely devoted to each other. The couples frequently traveled together and even lived within…
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Cary Grant’s Daughter Denies He Was Gay (Again), WHAM! Doc on Netflix & More
July 5, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Daddy figure (Image via vintage still) PEOPLE: Jennifer Grant, Cary Grant's daughter with Dyan Cannon, is still just NOT facing reality — she allows that her dad may have had one affair (LOL) with a man in his youth, but swore he was never flirtatious…
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Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers Case Cracked? & More!
May 17, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: The theft was quite a feet! (Image via MGM) THE GUARDIAN: The dancing-a-jig is up for a septuagenarian alleged to have stolen a pair of ruby slippers from 1939's The Wizard of Oz in 2005. A grand jury has indicted Terry Martin on charges related…
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Betty White’s Home Razed, Terry Moore on ‘Unthinkable’ Things Howard Hughes Did, Little Richard’s Legacy & More
April 22, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Moore a few years ago and (inset) in Silent Life (Images by Matthew Rettenmund & Dave Friedman) PEOPLE: Actress Terry Moore, 94, opens up about her relationship with the late Howard Hughes — to whom she has claimed she was married — telling People he…
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Brooke Shields Unveils Her ‘Pretty Baby,’ Warner Bros. at 100, RIP Seymour Stein & More
April 3, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Shields seems more resentful of the media than of the filmmakers. (Image via video still) GMA: Brooke Shields, 57, is promoting her documentary Pretty Baby, talking about how the film lays out her life and career, which was uniquely affected by her perceived beauty —…
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Elizabeth Taylor & Sophia Loren Are Seen in Long-Lost Euro Docs
Two 1960s TV docs — one featuring Elizabeth Taylor showing off London, and one featuring Sophia Loren showing off Rome — are finally becoming available once again. Loren is at her most fetching in the doc. (Images via video stills) Not seen for decades, the specials — Elizabeth Taylor in London (1963) and Sophia Loren…
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Tina Louise on Sexiest Castmate, Rave for Rita, Remembering Phyllis Hyman & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Tina, an all-time head turner (Image via head shot) NYP: Tina Louise, the last surviving Gilligan's Island cast member, Ginger Grant-ed a long interview to The New York Post, declaring Jim Backus the sexiest of the castaways, remembering Dawn Wells as a "very wonderful person" and "family," and…
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ABBA Is Back, Fran Drescher: That’s How She Became the President, Silent History & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: The ABBA members suited up to pose for "ABBA-tars" (Image by Bailee Walsh/Capitol) BOY CULTURE: ABBA is back! The '70s mega-success, a band that was steadily revived from the '90s on by the cover band Björn Again, by Erasure, by the films The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of…
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‘Munsters’ Reboot Wigs Out, Prince Harry Tell-All, ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: But who will hang upside down in this?! (Image via Instagram) INSTAGRAM: Rob Zombie is teasing his upcoming The Munsters movie reboot, sharing an image of Grandpa's wig. I'm not exactly thrilled about this remake, considering Lily will be played by Zombie's own wife. PEOPLE: Prince Harry has…
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