Links to the past with relevance today: Roy Thinnes (b. 1938) looking rather thickes (Image via movie still) POSEIDON'S DEPTHS: This mega-post on mens' bulges throughout TV and movie history could put your eye out! Then there is this glimpse from 1987! He had it all ... (Image via movie still) METROGRAPH: Bogie's platform shoes!…
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Past & Curious: ‘Fatal’ Distraction, ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ Reunion & More!
Links to the past with relevance today ... Close is marvelous in The Wife — see it if you haven't! (Image via ABC) ABC NEWS: Glenn Close, 71, is arguably cruising to her first Oscar win after six nominations. Here, she candidly discusses the harm she thinks Fatal Attraction (1987) may have done in the…
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Past & Curious: ‘Gone’ Is Back, ‘Star Wars’ Over & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: Talk about for-profit prisons! (Image via Warner Bros.) RICK'S REAL/REEL LIFE: Caged (1950) airs February 7 on TCM, and Rick's got a write-up that'll make you remember to watch or record it. Designing woman (Image via Dance Theater of Harlem) NYT: The Times looks back at the incredible…
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Past & Curious: Burgers with Angie, Caine’s Kiss-Off & More!
Links to the past with relevance today ... Dickinson reflects (Image via NBC) L.A. TIMES: Cheeseburgers with Angie Dickinson, 87. She still knows how to find her light. Beautiful Michael Parks (1940-2017) lived up Bus! (Image via Universal) RICK'S REAL/REEL LIFE: Remembering Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965). DO YOU REMEMBER?: Disney goes nostalgic with…
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Past & Curious: Fitness Flashback, Debbie’s ‘High Times’ & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: I'm a reader. (Image via S&S) BOY CULTURE: A loving reminiscence of the work of Charles Hix (b. circa 1942) and the late Ken Haak (1923-1991). And if Colman and Yalitza water you down and Gaga wins? (GIF via GIPHY) THE FILM EXPERIENCE: At 71, Glenn Close is…
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Past & Curious: Bananarama’s Back, Glenn Miller Isn’t, Brawny RIP & More!
Back to a duo (Image via AEG) CLASSIC POP: New Bananarama album — first in a decade! — and intimate U.K. tour announced. I loooved seeing them in the U.S. a year ago this month. Full review of that gig HERE. Get your tickets HERE. We want an old drug! (Image via Funny or Die) ROLLING…
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Past & Curious: Oh, Mary!, Silent Tragedy, 101-Year-Old Whiz & More!
Links to the past with relevance today ... It's practically perfect in every way! (Image via Disney) HARPER'S BAZAAR: Julie Andrews, 83, adores the new film Mary Poppins Returns! The sequel's director says she sent him a message in all caps: "I LOVED IT." Andrews is described as "over the moon" about the entire cast…
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Past & Curious: Seeing Stars, Branding ‘Seinfeld’ as Inappropriate & More!
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Past & Curious: Tippi Hedren’s Hitchcockian New Ad, Marie Osmond’s Shame & More!
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Past & Curious: Dick Van Dyke’s ‘Mary Poppins’ Journey, 95-Year-Old Fitness Nut & More!
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