Category: Legend
Dame Angela Lansbury Has Died At 96
I’ve already been cursing out 2022 for taking so many legends from us, and now we’ve lost another massive, massive legend. We’re now living in a world without the legendary Dame Angela Lansbury in it. Angela Lansbury’s family sadly announced that she died in her sleep early this morning at her home in L.A. She was a few days away from turning 97. This is not the news I wanted to read today, or ever.
“The children of Dame Angela Lansbury are sad to announce that their mother died peacefully in her sleep at home in Los Angeles at 1:30 a.m. today, Tuesday, October 11, 2022, just five days shy of her 97th birthday. In addition to her three children, Anthony, Deirdre and David, she is survived by three grandchildren, Peter, Katherine and Ian, plus five great grandchildren and her brother, producer Edgar Lansbury. She was proceeded in death by her husband of 53 years, Peter Shaw. A private family ceremony will be held at a date to be determined.”
The Legendary Stephen Sondheim Has Died
Well, this one has hit me hard. Stephen Sondheim, one of the kings of Broadway and master of musical theater, died this morning at his home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He was 91. There really are no words for a man who knew how to use them more than well.
Open Post: Hosted By Margaret Cho Confirming That Joan Rivers Drank Wine Out Of A Starbucks Cup During “Fashion Police”
A few years ago, the late, great Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa Rivers claimed that Joan used to drink a little morning time Chardonnay out of a coffee cup while filming E!’s Fashion Police at 7 in the morning. Margaret Cho went on the PEOPLE podcast and backed Melissa up. Margaret worked with Joan on Fashion Police and she explained that they would film at “really weird” hours in order to cover the previous evening’s award show. Like at 4:00 AM. And while the other hosts would chug coffee to wake their asses up, Ms. Joan, who passed away in 2014 at the age of 81 (her face was only 17), opted for something a little more creative; she’d empty out her giant Starbucks cup and fill it with white wine. All the better to shit on celebrity fashion with, my dear!
Jerry Stiller Has Died
The world got a lot less funny today. Comedy legend Jerry Stiller has died of natural causes at the age of 92. Woof. A big ol’ “fuck you” to this May weekend for taking out icon after icon after icon after icon. Quick, somebody check on Angelyne!
Liza Minnelli Was Feeling Shady When Asked About Renée Zellweger As “Judy”
I fully expect Renée Zellweger to get a standing ovation as she rises to accept her Academy Award for playing Judy Garland in Judy this Sunday. But there’s at least one person who won’t be standing, in fact I imagine Liza Minnelli will be sucking her teeth as she’s splayed across a velvet fainting couch surrounded by “her Oscar for ‘Cabaret’” which “sits on a low table alongside a copy of a 1972 Time magazine with Minnelli on the cover. On a table next to the couch are her Tonys, while a collection of additional awards crowd a sideboard near the entryway” as she’s described in a recent Variety interview. Liza’s not here for Renée’s portrayal of her mother. In fact, when the subject was brought up, she deployed shade so penetrating and complete, PG&E’s still reporting outages and is scheduling rolling blackouts for the next 10 years in order to recover.
Open Post: Hosted By Cicely Tyson Finally Getting An Honorary Oscar
Awards season is upon us, so it’s time to start worrying which of our “Golden Age” of Hollywood legends will be receiving honorary awards or presenting, so we can brace ourselves in case they have an advanced case of the olds. Sometimes there’s nothing to worry about as when 96-year-old Betty White showed she’s still got the magic when she came out at this year’s Emmy Awards. And sometimes it’s a painful, awkward, slog as when 101-year-old Kirk Douglas was wheeled out next to Catherine Zeta-Jones’ titties at The Golden Globes. Last night, The Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences held their annual Governors Awards and presented Cicely Tyson with an honorary Oscar for her life’s work. Cicely is 93-years-old, and proof that virtuous living and the regular application of moisturizer, can do wonders for your mind, body, and spirit.