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Happy Birthday, Tim Curry. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show’s” Sweet Transvestite from Transylvania is 65

So many stars I grew up with seem to be ready for Social Security.

I must have been an infant when I saw this for the first time…

It was quite mind-blowing to see this in ultra conservative Danville, Virginia in the late 1970’s.

I’ll never forget one of my friends mother’s helping him with his panty hose before we went to see it.

He has two children now…

And another musical moment that’s a little more mainstream….

From “Annie” in 1982 with Carol Burnett and Bernadette Peters.

That really should have been a better movie….

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Happy Birthday: Hayley Mills is 65 Today

Ah, yes….

Another childhood star is ready to collect Social Security.

Hayley Mills made a lot of films in the 1960’s for Disney and other Studios….

Two of my favorites were the original “The Parent Trap” and “The Trouble with Angels”.

She still works today- she had a very successful tour as Anna in “The King and I” a few years ago…

I hope another certain young, actress who was in the remake of “The Parent Trap” gets her act together and becomes professional enough to enjoy a career as long and enjoyable as the original “Parent Trap” Star…

But there is only one Hayley Mills….

Scene from “The Parent Trap”:

And from “The Trouble with Angels”:

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Zsa Zsa Gabor to Become New Mother at 94, Husband Says

Poor Zsa, Zsa….

She’s 94, bedridden and just had her leg amputated.

But worse, she’s married to a crazy man….

She must be near death and this guy is trying to milk all the publicity he can get before she goes…

He knows no one will pay attention to him once she’s gone…

Sad….

From CNN.com:

Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband wants his 94-year-old wife to become a mother again using an egg donor, artificial insemination and a surrogate mother, Prince Frederic von Anhalt told CNN Thursday.

“I’ve gone through the initial steps of donor matching and blood work and next week the donation process will begin,” von Anhalt said.

Gabor’s only child, Francesca Hilton, described herself as shocked when told of the plan Thursday.

“That’s just weird,” Hilton said.

Von Anhalt, 67, said he is working with Dr. Mark Surry of the Southern California Reproductive Center in Beverly Hills. CNN calls to the center have not been returned.

Gabor has suffered major health problems in the last year, including hip replacement surgery and a leg amputation. She has been unable to walk since a 2002 car accident.

“I’m a retired guy,” von Anhalt said. “I can take care of it.”

via Zsa Zsa Gabor to become new mother at 94, husband says – CNN.com.

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Is It Possible To Become A Gay Icon?

Cute article from Joel Stein in Time Magazine in light of Elizabeth Taylor’s passing…

Here is a brief excerpt and a link to the full article at the bottom:

Irish wakes are good, sitting Shivah is O.K., jazz funerals are great, and ayatullah processions have their moments, but the people you really want to show up when you die are the gays. The Abbey, a gay bar in West Hollywood, is still mourning Elizabeth Taylor, who hung out there with her dog Daisy, drinking watermelon-and-apple martinis. Taylor was a gay-male icon: beautiful and talented with a messy personal life, addictions to drugs or alcohol, and about 14 marriages. I don’t know the details because I’m straight.

In fact, gay icons totally confuse me. I get that Maria Callas and Judy Garland are hot, talented women martyred by their art. But Marilyn Monroe was fabulous and tragic, and gays don’t care about her except as a Halloween costume. And I’ve yet to hear of one drag queen who puns off of Vincent van Gogh. Meanwhile, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler and Cher seem to have fine lives. Is inner strength the key? Or vulnerability? And how can you possibly iconicize all four Golden Girls? They’re so different.

But all of them have a much better deal than having straight-dude fans. The moment you stop playing your sport, they ignore you and your sad suburban autograph signings. But if you’re a gay icon and get addicted to meth, stop working and abuse your assistant, your fans just love you more for it. I needed to figure out how to become a gay icon. Even if it required drinking watermelon-and-apple martinis.

via Is It Possible To Become A Gay Icon? – TIME.

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Betty White on Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen

She doesn’t pull any punches!

Betty White made her name back in the innocent days when TV stars knew their place.

‘We considered ourselves lucky to be on the box, never complained if a critic didn’t like us, dressed modestly and were always on our best behaviour in public,’ she recalls primly.

Now she’s 89, a big name for more than 40 years with The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls and Malcolm In The Middle, and she doesn’t have much time for today’s celebrities.

The drinking, the misbehaving and the endless self-analysis . . . she can’t bear any of it. ‘They party too much, don’t learn their lines, are unprofessional and they grumble about everything. I think they are terribly ungrateful,’ says Betty, her eyes flashing.

‘I cannot stand the people who get wonderful starts in showbusiness, and who abuse it. Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen, for example, although there are plenty of others, too. They are the most blessed people in the world and they don’t appreciate it.’

via Golden Girl Betty White, 89, has a new show and an eye for the boys | Mail Online.

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Happy Birthday, Bette Davis!

Today really should be a National Holiday…..

Bette Davis was born April 5th, 1908 in Lowell, Massachusetts…

She has always been one of my favorite actresses…

Here are some of her memorable scenes…

There were so many…

“Now, Voyager”

“All About Eve”

And so many more…

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“Moon River” and “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” are 50

Whenever Politics give me the Mean Reds, there’s nothing like an Audrey Hepburn film to take the edge off…

This was one of her best.  Hard to believe it was made 50 years ago…

It’s still one of my favorites…

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Happy Birthday, Doris Day!

She’s 89 today…

Here are a couple of clips:  One of her most famous song and one of her and her friends talking about the “real” Doris Day.

I’m not ashamed to admit it; I just love Doris and wish her many more happy birthdays!

 

 

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Ali McGraw is 73 today…And “Love Story” is 41

It’s hard to believe either of these facts…

It’s also hard to believe what a cultural impact the movie “Love Story” had…

And it’s hard to believe Ryan O’Neal was once good-looking and somewhat sane…

I was a child and my parent’s wouldn’t let me go see it, so I read the book…

Just like I did with “Valley of the Dolls”, “Peyton Place” and “The Exorcist”…

It was years later when I finally saw it….and didn’t think it was very good.

But it was a very big deal when it first came out…

“Love means never having to say you’re sorry” was one of the silliest movie lines I ever heard…

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James Franco: Anne Hathaway Made Me Look Stoned at Oscars

I can’t believe everyone is still talking about this…

Of course, it was really bad…

But as I said, I blame the writers and, if you read the closing line carefully, apparently so does James Franco…

From PopEater.com.  Emphasis is mine..

For the first time since hosting the Oscars, James Franco is addressing rumors that he was stoned during the gig. In an interview on ‘The Late Show With Dave Letterman,’ airing Thursday evening, the actor reveals why he appeared so low energy.

“People said I was under the influence,” Franco said during his ‘Late Show’ interview, which airs tonight.

“Now why would they say that?” asked Letterman with a laugh.

The ‘127 Hours’ actor replied, “I’ve thought about it. I think I know why, because–I love her–but Anne Hathaway is so energetic, I think the Tasmanian Devil would look stoned standing next to Anne Hathaway.”

“Truthfully,” Franco added, “and I haven’t watched it back, maybe I had low energy. I actually played those lines as well as well as I could.”

via James Franco: Anne Hathaway Made Me Look Stoned at Oscars | PopEater.com.

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