Vivian Vance, circa 1930, public domain July 26, 1909 - Vivian Vance: "When I Die, There Will Be People Who Send Ethel Mertz Flowers." Vivian Vance's most famous character, Ethel Mertz, was a less-than-prosperous landlady of an East 68th Street Manhattan brownstone owned … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: British Writer, E.F. Benson
July 24, 1867 - Edward Frederic Benson: He Deceived Me By Telling The Truth. He was an English writer and archaeologist. Writing as E.F. Benson, he is a literary figure from a forgotten age who still retains a cult following for his charmingly sharp-eyed novels. His books … [Read more...]
#Breaking: Gay Icons Bette Midler and Joni Mitchell to Receive Kennedy Center Honors!
Kennedy Center, via Wikimedia Commons The 44th Kennedy Center Honors, scheduled for December 5, might be delayed until 2022, because of the rise in Covid cases and what could very possibly be another pandemic winter. Or fans could be getting an unprecedented two-Kennedy Center … [Read more...]
#1980s: Original MTV VJs Look Back 40 Years Later
Original MTV VJs Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter, and Mark Goodman reminisce about interviewing Madonna at Limelight and other very 80s moments from 40(!) years ago in this new video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t67ee_vXO_4 Fun fact from the clip: the first video featured … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: The Mysterious Case of Journalist, Dorothy Kilgallen
Photo via YouTube July 3, 1913 – Dorothy Kilgallen: I actually turned down an opportunity for a private interview with Adolph Hitler. She started her career when she was 17 years old covering crime stories and she earned the reputation of being a good, thorough … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Gilda Radner
June 28, 1946 - Gilda Radner: ''I Base My Fashion Sense on What Doesn't Itch.'' Funny, talented, touching cutie-pie Gilda Radner, I still miss her. Can you imagine how terrific she would be and what amazing performances she would have still have been able to give us while in … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, John Mahoney
June 20, 1940 – John Mahoney: ''I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by writers. I hold them in the highest esteem.'' John Mahoney might be known to you as Martin Crane, the irascible father of Frasier … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Mildred Natwick
Who's Dale? June 19, 1905 – Mildred Natwick My favorite Broadway Musical flop has to be the deliciously witty 70, Girls, 70 (1971) by Fred Ebb and John Kander, based on the Breath Of Spring (1958) by Peter Coke (gay men all) about a group of larcenous old folks who … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Paul Lynde
From The Paul Lynde Show, 1972 via Wikimedia Commons, public domain June 13, 1926– Paul Lynde My favorite Paul Lynde anecdote: In the early 1960s, Lynde was on a transcontinental flight and a rather dreadful child was not being supervised by her parents, running up and … [Read more...]
Judge Judy Left CBS After They Gave Drew Barrymore a Time Slot She Wanted
Now that the final episode of Judge Judy on CBS has aired, Judy Sheindlin is speaking out about what made her leave after about 12,750 episodes, and it partly has to do with Drew Barrymore. Via the [Read more...]
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