Links to the past, with relevance today: Marilyn scratches an Itch (Image via 20th Century Fox) RICK'S REAL/REEL LIFE: Remembering The Seven Year Itch (1955), one of Marilyn's best. THR: The Tom Petty Estate, and his family, are pissed off that Trump used "I Won't Back Down" at his rally. https://twitter.com/tompetty/status/1274527971513004033?s=20 How could anyone who…
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Mary Pat Gleason, Daytime Emmy Winner, Dies @ 70
Mary Pat Gleason, known for a long career on TV and for her Daytime Emmy win as part of the Guiding Light writing team, has died of cancer at age 70. Gleason's death was announced by her Mom co-star Mimi Kennedy (b. 1948) on Twitter. She wrote: “I’m saddened to learn that Mary Pat Gleason…
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‘Atta Girl’: ‘9 to 5’ Actress Peggy Pope Dies @ 91
Peggy Pope, the comedic actress whose line "atta girl!" in 1980's 9 to 5 became a classic movie quote, died May 27 in Fort Collins, Colorado. She had just turned 91. Variety reports that Pope's family made the announcement of her death, and promises a June 27 celebration of life. Born Florence Margaret Pope in…
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Watch Catherine O’Hara’s Hilarious Acceptance Speech!
Gotta love Catherine O'Hara, 66, who just picked up the Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress for her work on Schitt's Creek. In her at-home, socially distanced speech, she parodied the annoying habit award shows have of playing people off before they're done speaking, attempting to speak and then sing over some out-of-nowhere music…
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King of Deadpan Fred Willard Dies @ 86
Via ExtraTV: Fred Willard, the comic actor closely associated with the best mockumentaries, as well as such TV shows as Everybody Loves Raymond and Modern Family, died Friday, May 15, at 86 of natural causes. "We loved him so very much," Willard's daughter Hope Mulbarger told People Magazine, confirming his passing. Born in Shaker Heights,…
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Anthony Hopkins Slays Drake, RIP Rockford Peach & More — Past & Curious
Links to the past, with relevance today: Anthony Hopkins beat me to TikTik! (Image via TikTok) HUFF POST: Anthony Hopkins is 82, but doing the Drake challenge went down easy for him! He also does a mean Sly Stallone. The first male hooker on TV? (Image via video still) GREG IN HOLLYWOOD: A tribute to…
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10 Times Jerry Stiller Was Hysterical
With the passing of Jerry Stiller at 92, we've lost a true comedy great. That's putting it mildly! (GIF via GIPHY) Check out this list of 10 times Stiller was utterly hilarious! (10) The New York Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller (1999) The stand-out moment has to be Jason Alexander's non-blue song intro: https://youtu.be/DkgnboddC5s…
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RIP Jerry Stiller: This Guy … This Was My Kinda Guy
Legendary comedian and actor Jerry Stiller died at 92 over the weekend after a long period of declining health. His death was confirmed by his actor son Ben Stiller on Twitter early Monday: https://twitter.com/RedHourBen/status/1259759084309446657?s=20 Stiller, who had been one half of the beloved comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife of over 60 years,…
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Beware ‘Trumpergeist’: This White House Ain’t Clean!
This parody of Poltergeist (1982), in which Zelda Rubinstein (1933-2010) reads the family the riot act on the dangers of Trump is spooky-good: https://vimeo.com/410026286
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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!…
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