Tim Conway, a legendary comic known for his hysteria-inducing bits on The Carol Burnett Show, has died, People Magazine reports. He was 85. Mr. Tudball (Image via CBS) Due to legal wrangling within his family, his rep's statement was unusually worded, noting that Conway had "suffered complications from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH) and had no…
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Past & Curious: ‘Grease,’ Too?, Debbie Does Aerobics & More!
Links to the past with relevance today: In the prequel, will Sandy be in her 20s? (GIF via Paramount) BOING BOING: The movie version of Grease (1978) may be getting a prequel. Are you excited for it, or are you too hopelessly devoted to the original? This is me. (Image by Matthew Rettenmund) TWITTER: A…
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Gone, but Forgotten: 12 Figures Shafted & Ignored by Oscars’ In Memoriam
Every year, the Oscars includes a segment in which movie people from all walks and eras who have died in the previous year are honored. (more…)
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Showbiz Great Rose Marie Dies @ 94
In the very year she joined Twitter, engaging hundreds of thousands of fans she humbly said she never knew she had, Rose Marie has died at 94. (more…)
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Lois Smith Joins Twitter … at 87!
Perhaps smelling blood in the water after Rose Marie joined Twitter at age 94 and gained over 100,000 followers just like that, acclaimed actress Lois Smith (b. 1930) has now joined the social network in honor of turning 87. Her attitude upon joining Twitter is to be admired: "I don't know what I'm doing here, but…
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What’s a Rose Marie? A Review of ‘Wait for Your Laugh’
I first experienced Rose Marie (b. 1923) when I stumbled upon the 1933 pre-Code film International House on TV back when I was a kid in the '70s. Watching this cute little girl, whose career predates that of Shirley Temple (1928-2014), belting "My Bluebird's Singing the Blues" — not to mention suggestive elements like racy…
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Rose Marie Tweets Her Support for Weinstein Accusers
Rose Marie, one of our last living links to Vaudeville — and one of the stars of the iconic Dick Van Dyke Show (1961-1966), exemplifies the old saying, "Better late than never." (more…)
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