April 16, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: I'm hoping there will be a sale at Penney's! (Image via Rusted Wave) RUSTED WAVE: The full Airplane! The Soundtrack! will be available for the first time ever Saturday, April 20, for Record Store Day. The Elmer Bernstein score will be on red vinyl. PEOPLE:…
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Barbara Rush Dies @ 97
March 31, 2024 Old Hollywood star Barbara Rush, renowned for her regal beauty and for her work on the TV series Peyton Place and in the sci-fi classic It Came from Outer Space, died on Easter at 97. Lovely Rush contemplating space invaders (Image via Universal) Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan, her daughter by the…
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Louis Gossett Jr. Dies @ 87 — Trailblazing Emmy, Oscar Winner Worked 1953-2023
March 29, 2024 Louis Gossett Jr., one of the most prolific and honored actors of his generation — and a trailblazer as a Black performer who began working in 1953 and did not stop for 70 years — died March 29, 2024, at 87. No cause of death was offered by his grieving family, though…
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New Book Traces How ‘Mommie Dearest’ Got Made
March 27, 2024 We all love Mommie Dearest, right? (Image via Chicago Review Press) Well, maybe not all of us. The film was a critical disaster in 1981, and seems to have singlehandedly mortally wounded Faye Dunaway's previously flawless career. Nonetheless, it was a box-office hit — it earned five times its budget worldwide —…
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‘Land of the Lost’ & ‘Planet of the Apes’ Actor Ron Harper Dies @ 88
March 25, 2024 Ron Harper, the handsome actor best known as Alan Virdon on the short-lived TV version of Planet of the Apes and as Uncle Jack on the final season of Land of the Lost, died March 21 at 91. Harper on 87th Precinct (Image via NBC) His daughter wrote on social media: "It's…
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‘Poor Things’ X ‘Metropolis,’ an Open ‘Back to the Future’ Secret, History of the Pyramid Club & More!
March 23, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: https://www.tiktok.com/@boyculturedotcom/video/7349679839886019870?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7347408016276964907 Old Lang signs TIKTOK: @cinematologist over on Instagram has crafted a short but compelling argument that while Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) are clearly the main sources of inspiration for the 2023 Oscar-winning film Poor Things, perhaps Metropolis (1927) was also in…
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‘Blood Simple’ Actor M. Emmet Walsh Dies at 88
March 20, 2024 M. Emmet Walsh, one of the most prolific and highly regarded character actors in Hollywood history, died March 19 after suffering a heart attack while hospitalized for an undisclosed illness. He was just three days shy of 89. Born March 22, 1935, in Ogdensburg, New York, he initially studied business administration, but…
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Gordon Thomson of ‘Dynasty’ on Joan, John, Being Outed & #MeToo
March 13, 2024 Gordon Thomson, who played devilish Adam Carrington on Dynasty, is opening up in a wide-ranging new interview about his time on the show — and his own #MeToo moment from before his debut on the series. Gordon in 2011 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) Interestingly, he talks about how great and professional Joan…
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Raquel Welch’s Clothing Up for Grabs, Regina King as Shirley Chisholm, John Schneider’s Gross Beyoncé Remark & More
February 19, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: The auction where all the clothing started out half off! (Image via Warner) THR: Items personally owned and worn by the late Raquel Welch will soon be on the auction block at Julien's, one of the premier houses for entertainment memorabilia. Among the items up…
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Billy Dee Williams Almost Got Brandoed, Ageless Jennifer Beals & More
February 10, 2024 Links to the past, with relevance today: Billy Dee in his prime is Billy Dee AT ANY TIME. (Image via vintage still) EW.COM: Billy Dee Williams has been around long enough that he recalls being hit on by Marlon Brando. He wasn't offended — but doesn't swing that way. You can't spell…
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