April 19, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: Liza is excited about a new project. (Image via TriBeCa) FACEBOOK: Liza Minnelli announces she has worked with a filmmaker to tell the story of her career: "Hi Kids! Sit down, because this is a long story! People always wonder what I’m up to… when…
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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…
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Tatum O’Neal Fights to Repair Father-Daughter Bond, Remembering Diahann Carroll & More
July 17, 2023 (Images via Paramount & by Matthew Rettenmund) THR: Tatum O'Neal nearly died from a major stroke, but having survived, she's tried to patch up the fractured relationship she has with her famous dad, Ryan O'Neal, now past 80. Ryan is quoted as having said something heartbreaking in the piece: “I had this…
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‘Midnight Express,’ ‘Fame,’ ‘Evita’ Director Alan Parker Dies @ 76
Following a lengthy illness, British director Alan Parker, one of the medium's most audacious genre-hoppers, died Friday, July 31, at 76. His death was confirmed by ExtraTV. Born in London on February 14, 1944, Parker distinguished himself in the '60s in the field of advertising, where he stood out as a creator with a distinctively…
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Dashing David Hedison Dies @ 92
Handsome leading man David Hedison, whose career included stints in Bond movies, as a TV lead and in the 1958 classic The Fly, died Thursday in L.A., THR reports. Hedison in his heyday and in 2014. (Images via headshot & Matthew Rettenmund) He was 92. Hedison's most high-profile role was as Captain Lee Crane on…
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