Links to the past, with relevance today: The Post's always been misogynist. (Image via NYP) EXTRATV: Vanessa Williams reflects on her experience as the first Black Miss America ... without even acknowledging how dirty the organization did her in pushing her out the door for some nude photos. A still from Passing Strangers (Image via…
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15 ’80s Pop Songs to Save Your Day
These songs were not very big U.S. hits, but they did liven up the '80s around the world. Surely these are some of the best arguments that the '80s may not have had the best music, but always had the most unselfconsciously fun music. My list includes two bonus tunes — one from 1979 and…
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Honoring Dolly, Potsi’s Divorce & More! — Past & Curious
Links to the past, with relevance today: Living doll (GIF via GIPHY) WCYB: Likenesses of Dolly Parton (b. 1946) may replace those of KKK and Confederates in Tennessee! He's such a Potsi! (GIF via GIPHY) EXTRATV: Anson Williams, 70, is about to be single. Examining Barry's biggest hit (Image via Dell) RICK'S REAL/REEL LIFE: The…
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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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Kelly Clarkson Covers Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’
"Like a Prayer" (1989) is easily one of the best songs Madonna ever wrote and sang, and Kelly Clarkson is one of the Queen of Pop's most ardent admirers. In fact, Clarkson auditioned for American Idol way back when using Madonna's "Express Yourself" (also 1989) as her song of choice! Now, the budding talk show…
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Past & Curious: Is His New Look Foxworthy? + More!
Links to the past with relevance today: I think he looks 100x better, no? (Image via Instagram) INSTAGRAM: Citing quarantine boredom, Jeff Foxworthy, 61, has shaved off his trademark mustache for the first time in 40 years! Peter Michael Marino tells it like it was. (Image via Event Combo) EVENT COMBO: You can watch the…
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Past & Curious: ’70s Cool + Woody’s Book + More!
Links to the past with relevance today: Is this a “nice jugs” situation? (Image via Flashbak) DO YOU REMEMBER?: These are some of the things that were cool 50 years ago. In 1970. Yes, 1970 was 50 years ago. METV: Has the real Gilligan's island been found?! Debi does recovery! (Image via Instagram) EXTRATV: '80s…
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Madonna at 60: ‘You Think About Age Too Much’
Vanessa Grigoriadis for The New York Times Magazine profiles Madonna in this weekend's edition, focusing on what the idol, 60, has accomplished, is still accomplishing, and intends to accomplish in the future. Madonnas (Main images by JR for The New York Times) It's a remarkably perceptive read, and it is reassuring to read this kind…
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Past & Curious: Joan Collins Tells All, Marcia’s Measles & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: https://youtu.be/6RYzdWiQ2M0 CBS SUNDAY MORNING: Mo Rocca, 50, asks Joan Collins, 85, about becoming a sensation "at that age" when she hit Dynasty in 1981. She was younger than he is now! Measles! Measles! Measles! (Image via video still) DO YOU REMEMBER?: Anti-vaxxers are trying to use a '60s…
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‘Madame X’: The Mother of All Lana Turner Movies
On March 3, 1966, the film that would become screen legend Lana Turner's (1921-1995) final starring role in a major production — she was just 45 — was released: Madame X. One of many stylish touches from the film (Image via Universal) As well-trod a story in 1966 as A Star Is Born was in…
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