Attention Must Be Paid: Jack Kirby
It was extremely tempting to change my title format and call this one “Jack Kirby,…
Celebrating the Living: Rowan Atkinson
There are two kinds of Rowan Atkinson character. In general, you are a Mr. Bean…
Attention Must Be Paid: Patsy Byrne
Oh, it isn’t surprising that Patsy Byrne is eligible for this column and not the…
Celebrating the Living: Miranda Richardson
Really, Queenie bears practically no resemblance to the real Queen Elizabeth I. She’s capricious, cruel,…
Attention Must Be Paid: Lorne Greene
I don’t know if it’s that we knew he was in poor health or if…
Celebrating the Living: Michael Keaton
He wasn’t the first example of fan backlash at casting. Not by at least fifty…
Attention Must Be Paid: Hedda Hopper
Yeah, okay, gossip columnist is not a profession for the nice. If you were nice,…
Celebrating the Living: Grey Griffin, AKA Grey DeLisle, AKA Grey Griffin-DeLisle
So here’s the thing. The woman I’m writing about today has acted under a total…
Attention Must Be Paid: Philip Ahn
It is depressingly difficult to find images of Philip Ahn the way I remember him.…
Celebrating the Living: Harry Shearer
When I discovered that Harry Shearer was possibly one of the assorted boys in the…