Posts Tagged: Entertainment

When Annie Met Sally

After 48 years, I got to see “Annie Hall” again on a big screen in a movie theatre. Last Sunday, a week after Diane Keaton died, the Cinema Arts Center,  a storied theatre just a stone’s throw from my home

When Annie Met Sally

After 48 years, I got to see “Annie Hall” again on a big screen in a movie theatre. Last Sunday, a week after Diane Keaton died, the Cinema Arts Center,  a storied theatre just a stone’s throw from my home

Robert Redford R.I.P.- The Way We Were

I fell in love for the first time in the summer of 1973 when I was 18. He was a heartthrob. A golden boy. A WASP to my Jewish, more progressive political self. Away at college in Syracuse, I snuck

Robert Redford R.I.P.- The Way We Were

I fell in love for the first time in the summer of 1973 when I was 18. He was a heartthrob. A golden boy. A WASP to my Jewish, more progressive political self. Away at college in Syracuse, I snuck

Liberace Magazine Cover 1950s

Liberace: The Closeted Dream Boy of 1950s America

In Your Dreams Next to Rock Hudson, Liberace was Sue Ellen Wolinski’s absolute dream date. Liberace was just so fabulously different from any other fellows she had ever met. A wonderful pianist, yes. But, OH! so much more. Come Wednesday

Liberace Magazine Cover 1950s

Liberace: The Closeted Dream Boy of 1950s America

In Your Dreams Next to Rock Hudson, Liberace was Sue Ellen Wolinski’s absolute dream date. Liberace was just so fabulously different from any other fellows she had ever met. A wonderful pianist, yes. But, OH! so much more. Come Wednesday

John Belushi 1977 SNL

Saturday Night Live At 50

On a Saturday night filled with the canned laughter of classic comedies like The Jeffersons, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, and Carol Burnett, the October 11 appearance of a live broadcast with irreverent humor and progressive politics was, well…. startling.

John Belushi 1977 SNL

Saturday Night Live At 50

On a Saturday night filled with the canned laughter of classic comedies like The Jeffersons, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, and Carol Burnett, the October 11 appearance of a live broadcast with irreverent humor and progressive politics was, well…. startling.

Phil Donahue The Talk Of TV

How big was Phil Donahue? He was so big that for several months in the fall of 1984, David Letterman, the irreverent host of his own late-night talk show, had a countdown calendar marking off the days before afternoons most

Phil Donahue The Talk Of TV

How big was Phil Donahue? He was so big that for several months in the fall of 1984, David Letterman, the irreverent host of his own late-night talk show, had a countdown calendar marking off the days before afternoons most

Memories on 60th Anniversary of the Beatles Debut on Ed Sullivan

Anniversary Edition From the Vault Can it really be 60 years since the Beatles burst into our lives on an ordinary Sunday night after which nothing would be the same again? There are few of my generation who do not

Memories on 60th Anniversary of the Beatles Debut on Ed Sullivan

Anniversary Edition From the Vault Can it really be 60 years since the Beatles burst into our lives on an ordinary Sunday night after which nothing would be the same again? There are few of my generation who do not

Nyad vs The Golden Bachelor- Who Gets My Rose?

In the past few weeks, I feel as though the media has morphed into the golden age of aging, though some portrayals are less than golden. In fact, some are tarnished old tropes that women have been fed since childhood.

Nyad vs The Golden Bachelor- Who Gets My Rose?

In the past few weeks, I feel as though the media has morphed into the golden age of aging, though some portrayals are less than golden. In fact, some are tarnished old tropes that women have been fed since childhood.

Dizzy Dames Comic Book

Dizzy Dames

“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics  Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m

Dizzy Dames Comic Book

Dizzy Dames

“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics  Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m

Irene Cara We Will Remember Your Name

  My heart still races and my endorphins rise whenever I hear this song….what a feeling! Who didn’t want to live forever? If you were young, creative, ambitious, and living in New York City the center of the universe when

Irene Cara We Will Remember Your Name

  My heart still races and my endorphins rise whenever I hear this song….what a feeling! Who didn’t want to live forever? If you were young, creative, ambitious, and living in New York City the center of the universe when

Happy Birthday Judy Garland

Judy Garland was my roommate in college. Sort of. I played this iconic album so often in college, that the grooves wore down. My first week of school at Syracuse University in the fall of 1973 was overwhelming. Nerves and

Happy Birthday Judy Garland

Judy Garland was my roommate in college. Sort of. I played this iconic album so often in college, that the grooves wore down. My first week of school at Syracuse University in the fall of 1973 was overwhelming. Nerves and