Links to the past with relevance today: Navigating Waters (Image via Paper) EBAY: Flashing back to a period when NYC's downtown scene was thriving. The film's climax (Image via MGM) THR: Billy Crystal, 71, on the making of When Harry Met Sally (1989), which turns 30 this year. A soaring success (Image via WEA) DO…
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Ranking Roger of General Public, the Beat Dies at 56
Ranking Rogers, lead singer of the Beat (aka the English Beat in North America) and a founding member of General Public, died at home in England Tuesday, March 26. Roger, second from right in black hat (Image via Arista) His death was confirmed by a post on the Beat's Facebook page, which read: “'He fought…
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Past & Curious: ‘9 to 5’ Reunion, Mr. Rogers Returns & More!
Links to the past with relevance today ... This would be her 2nd time at the rodeo. (GIF via GIPHY) EXTRATV: Time's running out for a proper 9 to 5 (1980) sequel (What would the characters be doing in their seventies and eighties? Fighting mandatory retirement?), but the cast of that gem just might be…
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Past & Curious: Madonna Flashback, Betty’s B’day & More!
Links from the past with relevance today ... Madonna in 1994; unreleased look from her "Secret" video (Image via WB) BBC SOUNDS: A long-lost '94 interview with Madonna ahead of the release of her Bedtime Stories launch. Madonna on fashion, "BUY? I don't go to BUY the clothes." Also noteworthy: The very sweet and intelligent…
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Past & Curious: Tippi Hedren’s Hitchcockian New Ad, Marie Osmond’s Shame & More!
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First Ladies: Opening Lines from 50+ Memoirs by Actresses
One of my favorite-ever posts at my LGBTQ blog Boy Culture was an exhaustive list of first and last lines from queer novels and novellas, here. (more…)
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Past & Curious: ‘Virgin Tour’ Revisited, Wild West-ern, Vintage Christmas & More!
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Helena of Helena’s Opens Up About the Notoriously Private ’80s Hot Spot
Helena Kallianiotes, 80, the Golden Globe-nominated actress and legendary hostess behind L.A.'s '80s hot spot Helena's, has for the first time ever opened up about the privacy-soaked getaway — and the details are juicy! (more…)
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Past & Curious: New, Old Madonna + Broad-Faye Baby + More!
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Past & Curious: Madonna Redux, Cicely Tyson’s Honor & More!
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