July 29, 2023 Meisner back in the day (Image via Warner) Sadly, Eagles co-founder and original bass player Randy Meisner died July 26 at 77. “Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band,” the group said in a statement. Herewith, his Top 5 greatest musical moments…
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Tom Hanks Says He’s Only Made ‘About 4’ Good Movies — Which Ones?!
March 21, 2023 I think his self-assessment skills are all wet! (Image via Walt Disney) Incredibly, Tom Hanks, two-time Oscar winner, thinks he's only made "about four" films he assesses to have been "pretty good." Which movies do you think he meant? Tom has said he would not take his role in Philadelphia today, meaning…
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Networking: TV Shows of the ’40s & ’50s with Surviving Regular & Recurring Cast
I've been fascinated by which classic TV series still have surviving cast members and for how long, mostly spurred on by the fact that so many actors have departed of late. One of TV's earliest surviving titular leads — Jerry Mathers! (Image via CBS) I mean ... the entire main cast of Laverne & Shirley…
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‘Seinfeld’ Actors Who Expired in 2022
It's hard to remember that Seinfeld debuted way back in the '80s, if at the very end of them. In the ensuing 30+ years, a somewhat surprising number of recurring and guest cast members have died — even if we are still lucky to have all the main cast with us. (Image via NBC) In…
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80 Stars Turning 80 in 2023
Yes, we're talkin' to him! (Image via Columbia) Check out this list of 80 famous names who will turn 80 in 2023: Doris Kearns Goodwin — presidential historian (b. January 4, 1943) Richard Moll — Bull on Night Court (b. January 13, 1943) Bosom buddy (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) Holland Taylor — Two and a Half Men star, Sarah Paulson’s…
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Olivia Newton-John: 15 Quintessential Songs
The passing of Olivia Newton-John today, August 8, 2022, at 73 leaves a gaping hole in so many of our childhoods — she is just the latest '80s great (and '70s, too!) to die far too young. Oh, Sandy ... (Image via Universal) Her discography is immaculate, and runs the gamut from country-and-western to bubblegum-pop,…
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‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’: Its Most Frighteningly Memorable Guest Stars
ITEM: Kolchak: The Night Stalker was one of the strangest series in TV history when it debuted on September 13, 1974, a bizarre hybrid of the supernatural and old-school hard-boiled detective stories — a pure embrace of pulp sensationalism that was equal parts an unnervingly scary monster mash and a gigantic, wet-grinned wink. The story…
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Welcome Aboard: Every ‘Love Boat’ Guest Star … EVER
I posted an incredible video a month or so ago when it first went up — of over 900 stars who (1) appeared on The Love Boat, and who (2) were promoted in the opening credits with either a goofy photo in a porthole graphic OR (Season 1 only) with just their names. April showers…
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Stars (and Everything Else) Turning 100 in 2022 … and a Few Stars Who Would’ve
With the crushing news that Betty White died on New Year's Eve, less than three weeks shy of 100, my attention turns to those stars we have left who are in line to turn 100 in 2022 ... with luck ... as well as to many other people and things that are turning, or would've…
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296 Legends Age 80+ Who Are Still With Us!
December 2022 With so many losses of beloved icons in 2021 — it started with Cicely Tyson and ended with Betty White — we can sometimes forget just how many other legends we do have left. Please, 2022, show some mercy! (Image via CBS) Betty was revered, and was arguably the most well-liked, intergenerational, awarded,…
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