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TCM to Air ‘Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity’ During Tribute

TCM to Air ‘Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity’ During Tribute
Marsha Hunt, the 103-year-old actor and activist from the Golden Age of Hollywood, is set to be honored with a day of movies on TCM capped off by the channel's first airing of Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity, a doc on her storied life and career. Hunt in her heyday (Image via MGM) Hunt was discovered…
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The Real End of WWII, Anthony Michael Hall Loses It & More

The Real End of WWII, Anthony Michael Hall Loses It & More
Links to the past, with relevance today: Blanche was smart not to sell that time!!! (Image via YouTube) DEADLINE: The house used on The Golden Girls (1985-1992) was on the market for $3 million — and sold for $4 million! Next time someone wants to shoot using your house, let 'em. Blood-red, white and blue…
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What’s Up, Child Actor Dies, Roe v Roe & More — Past & Curious

What’s Up, Child Actor Dies, Roe v Roe & More — Past & Curious
Links to the past, with relevance today: Just what the Doc ordered (GIF via GIPHY) NYT: A revisitation of the screwball pastiche What's Up, Doc? (1972). Are you a fan? (I never was! I'm sorry!) PEOPLE: Little Richard, who died this month at 87, was buried after a short service in Alabama. KENNETH IN THE…
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Natalie Wood’s Daughter Speaks About Her Death in New Doc

Natalie Wood’s Daughter Speaks About Her Death in New Doc
A new trailer for the HBO doc Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind reveals her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, speaking with great vulnerability about her late mom. "The day my mom died, my entire world was shattered. Since then, there's been so much focus on how she died that it's overshadowed who she was as a…
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Past & Curious: RIP Roger Rabbit, Asner Supports Harper & More

Past & Curious: RIP Roger Rabbit, Asner Supports Harper & More
Links to the past with relevance today: A major talent has passed. (GIF via GIPHY) EW: Roger Rabbit creator dies at 86. VARIETY: Western Stars, a Bruce Springsteen (b. 1949) doc, has been sold to Warner Bros. And they said it wouldn't last ... (Image via Chloe Kooper/People) PEOPLE: A couple who met at Woodstock…
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Past & Curious: Gless Is More, Tab Hunter Pillow Talk & More!

Past & Curious: Gless Is More, Tab Hunter Pillow Talk & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: The Peyton Place stud's final role was 40 years ago. (Image via movie still) THR: RIP Barry Coe — the Peyton Place (1957) actor died last month at 84. Is this Cagney & Lacey or Police Woman?! (GIF via GIPHY) BOY CULTURE: An original Q&A with Sharon Gless,…
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Past & Curious: Farrah’s Legacy, ‘Meatballs’ Love & More!

Past & Curious: Farrah’s Legacy, ‘Meatballs’ Love & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: Take a bow, Angel ... (GIF via GIPHY) PEOPLE: Ten years ago today, June 25, Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009) died after a long fight with anal cancer. Now, those who were around her recall her mission to destigmatize the killer disease. Her oncologist, Dr. Laurence Piro, recalls: “Farrah was…
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100-Year-Old Marsha Hunt on FDR, John Wayne & the Blacklist

100-Year-Old Marsha Hunt on FDR, John Wayne & the Blacklist
Golden Age of Hollywood actress Marsha Hunt will turn 101 this fall, but like Olivia de Havilland (b. 1916) — who won the role of Melanie in Gone with the Wind right out from under her — Hunt is a true survivor, and isn't voluntarily going away any time soon! (more…)
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Grace Jones Reveals Long-Awaited Documentary … and Some Leg!

Grace Jones Reveals Long-Awaited Documentary … and Some Leg!
Mercurial avant-garde singer, actress and model Grace Jones, who turns 70 next month, appeared at a Q&A held after a Film Society of Lincoln Center screening of the documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Saturday evening, finally having unleashed the film on the world after beginning work on it with director Sophie Fiennes in 2005.…
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