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#BornThisDay: Entertainer, Lola Falana

By Stephen Rutledge on September 11, 2023 3:03 am

1972, CBS Television via Wikimedia Commons September 11, 1942 - Lola Falana: "One day I'm going to be a middle-aged lady and I don't want people to think I committed a crime or that I've got some strange disease. I don't believe in time. The past you can't account for and … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “Actors Are Basically Drag Queens. We Just Want To Put On A Frock & Dance.” – Colin Firth

By Stephen Rutledge on September 10, 2023 10:46 am

As Mr. Darcy (1995), BBC, via YouTube Colin Firth was nominated for an Academy Award in 2010, for his powerful performance as George Falconer, a depressed gay British university professor in the Tom Ford-directed A Single Man, adapted from the novel of the same name … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Mad Poets Society’s Bisexual Poet,”H.D.”

By Stephen Rutledge on September 10, 2023 3:03 am

Photo from Paris Review, 1922 via Wikimedia Commons September 11, 1886 - Hilda "H.D." Doolittle "Write, write, or die." Popular in her day, H.D. (a pen name) has not been totally forgotten; there are many poem anthologies that have two or three of her … [Read more...]

Remembering Actor With a Flair for the Flamboyant, Sylvia Miles

By Stephen Rutledge on September 9, 2023 4:04 am

PENTAX Image, 2007, via Wikimedia Commons Sylvia Miles (1924 -2019): "There isn’t anybody I know who wouldn’t live my life if they could." There's this old anecdote about Sylvia Miles, I hope it is true: onetime, when a waiter asked how she took her coffee, she … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Movie Musical Producer, Arthur Freed

By Stephen Rutledge on September 9, 2023 3:03 am

MGM Photo via Wikimedia Coomons September 9, 1894 – Arthur Freed: "Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough." Freed was a most important, accomplished film producer and lyricist. At MGM in the 1940s and 1950s, his production office was known as … [Read more...]

Miley! Cher! Obama! Rachel Sennott & Ayo Edebiri! The WOW Report for Radio Andy!

By Blake Jacobs on September 8, 2023 10:11 am

World of Wonder Co-Founder Fenton Bailey, Chief Creative Officer Tom Campbell, and WOW Report Editor James St. … [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Country Music Icon, Patsy Cline

By Stephen Rutledge on September 8, 2023 3:03 am

1960 Decca publicity photo, public domain September 8, 1932– Patsy Cline: "I recorded a song called, I Fall To Pieces, and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm worried because I have a brand-new record, and it's called Crazy!" On a spring evening in 1963, Cline boarded a small … [Read more...]

‘That 70’s Show’ Star Sentenced to 30 Years for Sexual Assaults

By Andrea James on September 7, 2023 1:09 pm

Danny Masterson was sentenced to the maximum 30 years after being convicted in two rape cases last May. Three women accused Masterson of committing the assaults between 2001 and 2003, during the run of That 70’s Show. Via [Read more...]

#BornThisDay: Activist, Jane Addams

By Stephen Rutledge on September 6, 2023 3:03 am

Addams, Bain News Service Restoration by Adam Cuerden, Public domain September 6, 1860– Jane Addams, perfect for the week of Labor Day: Unless our conception of patriotism is progressive, it cannot hope to embody the real affection and the real interest of the … [Read more...]

#QueerQuote: “I Always Knew I Was a Star & Now, the Rest of the World Seems to Agree With Me.” – Freddie Mercury

By Stephen Rutledge on September 5, 2023 8:33 am

The Freddie Mercury Memorial Concert For Aids Awareness held at the Wembley Stadium and broadcast on April 20th, 1992, featured performances by an amazing line up of luminaries, including David Bowie, George Michael, Elizabeth … [Read more...]