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Pia Zadora Still Dumping on Pickfair, Sophia Loren ‘Better,’ Keeping Tabs on Tab & More

September 30, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Globe daughter (Image via Analysis) CLOSER WEEKLY: For some reason, Pia Zadora, 69, thinks that when asked about her horrendous decision to tear down Pickfair, the appropriate response is, "It was my house — suck it!" She explains to Closer Weekly that she had it…

Stallone Doc Pulls Punches, RIP Billy Miller, Divine’s Manhood-Hider Held & More

September 18, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Stallone wasn't about to open up wider than would be prudent for his image. (Image via video still) THR: Sounds like Sylvester Stallone's Netflix doc Sly lives up to its name. EXTRATV: Soap star Billy Miller, 43, has died after battling manic depression. Rumors circulating…

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…

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 —…

Rick Astley on Giving Up, Oral History of Hollywood, RIP Tom Verlaine & More

January 29, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today ... There's more to Rick than Rick-rolling. (GIF via GIPHY) RETROPOP: Rick Astley was a pop "It" boy from 1987-1993. Now 56, he's opening up about why he stepped away from recording. I'm more than ready for this! (Image via Harper) AMAZON: An 800-page book…

‘Babylon’s’ 1920s Hollywood Flashback, 100-Year-Old WWII Photographer on War, Bob Saget’s Widow Remembers & More

December 26, 2022 Links to the past, with relevance today: "It" girls Clara Bow & Margot Robbie (Images via vintage still & Paramount) VARIETY: Was '20s Hollywood really as debauched as it is portrayed in Babylon? (YUP.) THR: Oh, man, remember Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)?! DO YOU REMEMBER?: Demi Moore is about to be…

Shelley Duvall Returns to Acting, Carpenters Christmas Glory & More

Links to the past, with relevance today: "You're a fuckin' murderer!" (Image via video still) PEOPLE: Shelley Duvall has returned to acting after 20 years. L.A. TIMES: Sharon Gless, 79, is back on the PR trail for her memoir Apparently There Were Complaints. My 2019 Q&A with Sharon Gless — HERE CLOSER WEEKLY: Tina Turner,…

Sacheen Littlefeather, Activist and Brando’s Oscar Emissary, Dies @ 75

Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who was famously enlisted by Marlon Brando to turn down his Oscar for The Godfather (1972) on live television, died Sunday, October 2, 2022, at her Marin County, California home. On her way to deliver some truth (GIF via GIPHY) She was 75. Littlefeather had previously announced she had terminal…

Marsha Hunt, Last Leading Lady of the ’30s, Blacklist Victim, Dies @ 104

RIP to beautiful-inside-and-out Marsha Hunt, who died September 7, 2022, at the ripe old age of 104. Hunt in her glory days — what could possibly go wrong? (Image via film still) According to a Facebook page for the 2015 doc about her life, Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity, Hunt died on September 7, 2022, at…

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

Links to the past, with relevance today: What an invite! (Image via vintage memorabilia) 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…

Tag Archives: history

Pia Zadora Still Dumping on Pickfair, Sophia Loren ‘Better,’ Keeping Tabs on Tab & More

Stallone Doc Pulls Punches, RIP Billy Miller, Divine’s Manhood-Hider Held & More

Cary Grant’s Daughter Denies He Was Gay (Again), WHAM! Doc on Netflix & More

Brooke Shields Unveils Her ‘Pretty Baby,’ Warner Bros. at 100, RIP Seymour Stein & More

Rick Astley on Giving Up, Oral History of Hollywood, RIP Tom Verlaine & More

‘Babylon’s’ 1920s Hollywood Flashback, 100-Year-Old WWII Photographer on War, Bob Saget’s Widow Remembers & More

Shelley Duvall Returns to Acting, Carpenters Christmas Glory & More

Sacheen Littlefeather, Activist and Brando’s Oscar Emissary, Dies @ 75

Marsha Hunt, Last Leading Lady of the ’30s, Blacklist Victim, Dies @ 104

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

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