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There’s a New Album in Town …

Linda Lavin, 82, is gearing up for the release of a brand-new album, Love Notes! The legend, who sang the wonderfully jazzy theme song to her hit series Alice (1976-1985), is gifting us with what's described as a "mix of timeless standards, jazz classics and gems of the pop/rock era." First up is the single…
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Disco Sondheim!

Hey, I loved Disco Evita, so why not Disco Sondheim? Broadway Records is releasing Losing My Mind: A Sondheim Fever Dream digitally on March 20 and in stores in April, and hypes it as a disco reimagining of all of 89-year-old Stephen Sondheim's greatest works. Scott Wasserman and Joshua Hinck dreamed up the idea and…
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Remembering Karen Carpenter on Her 70th

Karen Carpenter, the velvet-voiced girl-next-door lead "sister" of the duo the Carpenters, was born March 2, 1950 — meaning today would have been her 70th birthday. Tragically, she struggled her whole life with disordered eating, succumbing to a heart attack at just 32 in 1983, a side effect of her anorexia nervosa. https://youtu.be/wQKe401J3SQ Often pegged…
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Past & Curious: Nutty Baseball Card, ‘Dr. Quinn’ Reunion & More!

Links to the past with relevance today: Ball! (Image via ProCards) ESPN: The story off Keith Comstock (b. 1955), the guy who took a baseball to the groin in the funniest baseball card ever made. Cotton flicker (GIF by Mike Ruiz) KENNETH IN THE (212): Josie Cotton, 63, returns with "Ukrainian Cowboy." MY NEW PLAID…
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42 Years Since Elvis Died at 42

Elvis Presley, the King, died 42 years ago today. Aloha, Elvis ... (GIF via GIPHY) It was an ignominious end for a glorious performer, a death that so shocked the world, many of its citizens to this day believe he couldn't have died, but instead faked his own death. Page from one tabloid of many…
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Past & Curious: Tate’s Sis on Robbie, Macy Gray Sings ‘Golden Girls’!

Links to the past with relevance today: Margot conjuring Sharon (Image via Columbia) VANITY FAIR: Sharon Tate's (1943-1969) surviving sister Debra Tate (b. 1952) loooved the performance Margot Robbie (b. 1990) gave as her sister in Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood (2019). She recently said: “She made me cry because she sounded just…
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Past & Curious: Siren Conned, Judy’s Shoes, New Elvis & More!

Links to the past with relevance today: Lollobrigida is still alert, but is allegedly the victim of a scam. (GIF via GIPHY) MSN: The family of Gina Lollobrigida, 92, have accused her 32-year-old manager (and onetime chauffeur) of defrauding her of millions, including properties, a car and cash. Lost — and found (Image via ABC…
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Past & Curious: Your ‘Rhoda’ Needs You + More!

Links to the past with relevance today: Harper in 2017 with Ed Asner, then 86 (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) EXTRATV: Valerie Harper, 79, is badly in need of money to pay for her ongoing cancer treatment. She's managed to hold on for 10 years since first being diagnosed with lung cancer, and six years after…
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Full ‘Judy’ Trailer Is Here

Renée Zellweger's take on Judy Garland (1922-1969) is coming this September. "Oh, please — I'm Judy." (Image via 20th Century Fox) Now, we have a full trailer by which to judge her impersonation (and through which to hear her vocal stylings). What do you think? Do these put you over the rainbow, or do the…
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Married John Schneider Marries + Disney Legend Dies & More!

Links to the past with relevance today: Did he have a best man, or a good ol' boy? (GIF via GIPHY) PEOPLE: John Schneider, 59, just got married — except he's still married to his most recent wife. Which is "General Lee" not acceptable. He has The Fog-giest. (Image via AVCO-Embassy) VARIETY: John Carpenter, 71,…
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