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Betty White Hired, RIP Roy Horn, Cher Fired Up & More — Past & Curious

Links to the past, with relevance today: EW: I had thought Betty White, 98, was winding down — but she just signed on to appear in a new Lifetime Christmas movie: Not kissing off yet! (GIF via GIPHY) "Betty White has signed on to star in a Lifetime Christmas movie, the network announced on Thursday. In the untitled…
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‘Honey West’ Actor John Ericson Dies @ 93

John Ericson, the handsome German-born actor who made his mark on Broadway, in the movies, on TV and in the pages of Playgirl Magazine, died at 93 on May 3 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. THR reports the actor died of pneumonia. Born on September 25, 1926, in Düsseldorf, Germany, he moved…
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Bad Goods, Dench Does ‘Vogue,’ Leif-time Ban: Past & Curious

Links to the past, with relevance today: Born to be sold ... by Faye Dunaway. (Image via video still) HUFF POST: Terrible movies from the past you can see for free on YouTube — and baby, the price is right! NYT: Couple married 71 years die days apart, he of COVID-19, she more likely of…
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A Wild 47-Year-Old Interview with 94-Year-Old Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman — who turns 94 today, April 30 — has many accomplishments on her résumé, including eight Emmy wins, a Daytime Emmy win and, of course, an Oscar for Last Picture Show (1971). She has worked steadily for at least 73 years, and has four films currently in post-production. But one thing often forgotten as…
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‘Sweet Bird of Youth’ Actress Shirley Knight Dies @ 83

Shirley Knight, nominated for the Oscar twice in the '60s and a familiar face ever since on TV, in movies, and, in smaller doses, on the stage, died Wednesday in San Marcos, Texas, her daughter Kaitlin Hopkins reported on Facebook. She was 83. Part of a tableau in 1968's Petulia (Image via Warner Bros.) In…
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Tom Lester of ‘Green Acres’ Dies @ 81

Tom Lester, the last surviving regular cast member of the TV classic Green Acres (1965-1971), died April 20 at 81 of Parkinson's disease complications. ExtraTV reports Lester died at home in Nashville, his fiancée (and long-term caregiver) Jackie by his side. Born September 23, 1938, in Laurel, Mississippi, Lester was heading toward a career as…
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Emmy Rossum Is Angelyne in New Trailer

Emmy Rossum is starring as once-mysterious (and now, not-so-mysterious) billboard queen and ageless L.A. icon Angelyne in a new biopic for the streaming service Peacock — and the first teaser is pink, jiggly, archly asexual and spot-on. Watch: https://twitter.com/peacockTV/status/1250620785422729216?s=20 I met Angelyne — but it cost me! She doesn't have a great reputation if you…
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Brian Dennehy Dies @ 81

Veteran stage and screen actor Brian Dennehy died Wednesday, April 15, at his home in Connecticut, his daughter announced on social media: It is with heavy hearts we announce that our father, Brian passed away last night from natural causes, not Covid-related. Larger than life, generous to a fault, a proud and devoted father and…
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