George Carlin (1937-2008)
A publicist for George Carlin says the legendary comedian has died of heart failure at a hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. Jeff Abraham says Carlin went into St. John’s Health Center on Sunday...
View ArticleForrest J. Ackerman (1916-2008)
From the Associated Press: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forrest J Ackerman, the sometime actor, literary agent, magazine editor and full-time bon vivant who discovered author Ray Bradbury and was widely credited...
View ArticleKHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!
“From Hell’s heart, I stab at thee… for hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee!” - Khan, quoting from Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” Ricardo Montalbán (1920-2009)
View ArticleGoodnight, Captain Chaos
Dom DeLuise (1933-2009) As a kid, I had developed a somewhat cohesive list in my head of movies that I really and truly love. Not a list guided by the critics or audience approval or even gauged by the...
View ArticleThe Lord of Coke and Hot Dogs Is DEAD!
Well, it appears that the worst has happened. The mighty Lord of Coke and Hot Dogs, previously rumored to be having a mere makeover, has been completely transmogrified into a lowly shill for antiques!...
View ArticleHitchcock On Tomorrow Show (Fall 1973)
Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 Long thought to be lost or destroyed, a complete recording has been found of one of the few hour-long interviews of Alfred Hitchcock. Originally broadcast as...
View ArticleRonnie James Dio (1942-2010)
Let’s face it. Most rock stars are complete fuck-ups. Whether through drugs or irresponsible behavior or just being so catchpenny as to be largely dismissible, it is all the more astounding that there...
View ArticleSteven P. Jobs (1955-2011)
I was a Mac geek when being a Mac geek was certainly NOT cool. Before that, I was a computer nerd when being into computers and liking Apple products were even less cool. Now, I’m an enthusiastic Apple...
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