Ponder the greats born this date

1865 Dame May Whitty Liverpool England, actress (Mrs Minerva)
1877 Charles Coburn Macon Ga, actor (Acad-1943, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
1896 Mrs Simpson [Bessie Wallis Warfield), Duchess of Windsor, divorcee
1897 Moe Howard comedian (3 Stooges)
1902 Guy Lombardo London Ontario Canada, orch leader (Auld Lang Syne)
1908 Mildred Natwick Balt Md, actress (She Wore a Yellow Ribbon)
1919 Pauline Kael movie critic (NY Times) 1928 Nancy Marchand Buffalo NY, actress (Beacon Hill, Margaret-Lou Grant)
1932 Marisa Pavan actress (John Paul Jones, Solomon & Sheba, Rose Tattoo)
1932 Pier Angeli Italy (Sodom & Gomorrah, Vintage, Battle of the Bulge)
1936 Gena Rowlands Cambria Wisc, actress (Gloria, Tempest, Brinks Job)
1947 Salman Rushdie novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses)
1949 Kathleen Turner Springfield Mo, actress (Peggy Sue Got Married)
1951 Ann Wilson San Diego, singer (Heart-What About Love)
1959 Mark DeBarge rocker (DeBarge-Who's Johnny)
1962 Paula Julie Abdul Van Nuys Calif, singer/choreographer (Straight Up)
1973 Josie Davis actress (Charles in Charge)
1978 Garfield the Cat animated character "Big fat hairy deal"

It all turned to shit Forty-nine years ago today

Cobina's Friday morning shopping list

There appears to be a redundancy about mother's order.

Wander around Holy Cross on Friday the 13th

Check out some resting Catholics:and yes I know that a few non Catholics, notably my hero Mr. Wasserman, have made it into this file. An error, but not worth correcting. They are blocks away at Hillside Memorial Park.

It all turned to shit Twenty-five years ago today

For our beloved Norma Shearer, that is. Interred at Forest Lawn Glendale, Norma rests next to her sister-in-law Sylvia Thalberg (who had been married to producer Lawrence Weingarten) and just above her "sweetheart forever", first husband Irving Thalberg. Norma and her second husband, ski instructor Marti Arrouge were neighbors after they moved to the Garden after living at the Beverly Hills Hotel for a decade. He was quiet, handsome, and adored her. She was a kook. Ask Gavin Lambert.

Not such a hot day for Greg Peck,either Five years ago today

Greg resides within the Rog Mahall, downtown Los Angeles.

It's Raymond Cramton's birthday!!!!

Another one of Henry Willson's pretty boys, this one he named "Chad Everett". Born this date in 1935.

Forty-one years ago today, finally drunk enough to die

Such a complicated man, our Spence.

Holy shit it is Judy's birthday!!!!

Comic Genuises born this date

Eighty one years young: Jerry Stiller
Parts of, if not all of Joan Rivers are celebrating most of itself being Seventy-one

(whisper): It's Sidney Korshak's birthday!!!!!!

Reminder: if you ever hear that Sidney is trying to "fix you up"- generally NOT GOOD. Go read Wiki. Do not say I sent you.

No More Velvet Fog

Yup, 'twas on this date nine years ago today that Mel Torme met his maker. Poor thing, I wonder how long that line is (you know, the one of people waiting in line to be screamed at by Judy. I am sure she is almost through screaming at Freddie and he has been dead for six months. Guy must be bored shitless waiting for his turn). I digress:Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known as one of the great male jazz singers. He was also a jazz composer and arranger, a drummer, an actor in radio, film, and television, and the author of five books. He composed the music for the classic holiday song "The Christmas Song" (also known as "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire").

Tormé wrote more than 250 songs, a number of which became jazz standards. He also often wrote the arrangements for the songs he sang. He often collaborated with Bob Wells, and the best known Tormé-Wells song is "The Christmas Song", often referred to by its opening line "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire." First recorded by Nat King Cole in 1946, it has been a holiday favorite ever since. Tormé said that he wrote the music to the song in only 40 minutes, and that it was not one of his personal favorites.

For a partial Mel Tormé discography, please see the Mel Tormé discography.

Today is Angelina Jolie's birthday!!!!!

Regrettably, all of my photos of Miss Jolie, whom I understand is turning 34 today, have disappeared into Rage's room. I'm going to consider them a loss because I am truly frightened to think of what might have happened to them. Anyway, I digress. Today is also Rosalind Russell's One-hundred-first birthday. In case you live under a rock:

Today is Tony Curtis' Birthday!!!!!!

Yup, Mr. Bernard Schwartz is celebrating Eighty-three years of life today.

It all turned to shit six years ago today

For Lew R. Wasserman, this is. Actually, for all of us. The end of an era.

Holy shit it is Marilyn's birthday!!!

Yes, MM is Eighty-two today. She is still furious with Bobby Kennedy for killing her.
Also joining us this date:

Andy Gruffith 1926

Pat Boone 1934