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Eric Braeden’s Cancer-Free, Remembering Norma Shearer & More

August 14, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: A bad guy on TV, a good guy in real life (Images via CBS & Facebook Live) FACEBOOK LIVE: Soap star Eric Braeden, 82, is cancer-free! He told fans he was grateful for their thoughts and prayers, and said his latest bladder test reveals he…
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Maureen McGovern Recalls ‘The Morning After’ Success — 50 Years On

August 4, 2023 Today marks the 50th anniversary of Maureen McGovern's "The Morning After" hitting #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, where it stayed for two weeks. The remarkably hopeful song — powered by its iconic placement in the smash-hit disaster flick The Poseidon Adventure (1972) — wound up setting McGovern's long career in motion…
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Kate Jackson Sighting, Rick Springfield’s Evergreen Nips & More

August 3, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today! Or maybe it's Making Love II: What's Good for the Gander? (Image via Instagram) INSTAGRAM: Don't look now, but there was a mini Charlie's Angels reunion at Jaclyn Smith's wedding. Reclusive Kate Jackson made the scene! PEOPLE: Rick Springfield has been famous since the '70s,…
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Randy Meisner’s Greatest Hits

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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Tony Bennett, Masterful Pop Interpreter, Dies @ 96

July 21, 2023 One of the all-time greats. (Image via vintage still) Tony Bennett, the vintage crooner who re-established himself in old age as an eternally hip American original, died Friday at 96 after battling Alzheimer's disease. Bennett had been dealing with the illness since 2016, yet carried on performing and recording until 2021, when…
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Aretha Franklin’s Will Validated, Joan Collins on YOUNG Men & More

July 11, 2023 Links to the past, with relevance today: Aretha Franklin was the Queen of Soul, but not very good at wills. (Images via news reports & Interview Magazine) NYT: When Aretha Franklin died at 76, her family thought she'd left no will. Turns out she left TWO wills, both handwritten, neither prepared by…
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