Celebrating the Living: Richard O’Brien
We are likely seldom going to have someone I’m as closely connected to as Richard…
Attention Must Be Paid: Anne Gwynne
When most people think “early scream queen,” they probably think Jamie Lee Curtis. Goodness knows…
Celebrating the Living: Neve Campbell
Neve Campbell is another person on this month’s list of honorees I am extremely familiar…
Attention Must Be Paid: Mario Bava
For those of you playing Horror Month bingo at home, mark “I’m not really a…
Celebrating the Living: Brendan Fraser
Possibly the thing I’m proudest of in my decades-long history of Writing About Pop Culture…
Attention Must Be Paid: Lurene Tuttle
Every once in a while this column or the other reveals a hidden Hollywood dynasty.…
Celebrating the Living: Fairuza Balk
I have actually seen two Fairuza Balk movies in the theatre, both deeply disturbing in…
Attention Must Be Paid: George Burns
Normally, when I deliberately write about multiple people from the same place, I will try…
Celebrating the Living: James Whitmore, Jr.
I initially had him confused with his father, and then I thought, “Wait, he’s dead…
Attention Must Be Paid: Gracie Allen
According to George Burns, Gracie was once set up to work with a different straight…