Farrah Fawcett was a pretty girl with great hair, whose spectacular golden moment came in 1976, with the debut of the megahit “Charlie’s Angels” and the simultaneous release of the most popular pinup poster ever. And thus was born the biggest sex symbol of the 1970s.

Fawcett, who died after a long, public and courageous battle with cancer, was 62.

It wasn’t really that Fawcett had that “approachable” kind of beauty — her genetic gifts were breathtakingly unique — yet her persona was all girl-next-door, gorgeousness with a wink right at the camera. Men wanted to be with her, and women just wanted to have that hair. That she was loved and admired by both sexes is testament to Fawcett’s underlying earthiness and deft gifts as an actress, as well as her ability to work seamlessly with an ensemble, if “Charlie’s Angels” can be considered a typical “ensemble.”

The Texas-born beauty had gained popularity in TV shampoo commercials in the ’70s and was wed to popular actor Lee Majors, the “Six Million Dollar Man.” Then, in 1976, she was cast as Jill Munroe, one of the three original “Charlie’s Angels.”

The series, derided by some critics as a mere “jiggle” show, became an instant sensation. The plots were a bit thin, and the concept was a bit behind the women’s liberation movement of the time: The gals would often solve crimes by posing as strippers, bikini models, or, a particular favorite, disco roller champs.

But the cheery good nature projected by Fawcett and her co-stars, Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith, as well as their confident banter, proved to be a potent formula for prime-time success. They had each other’s backs (now that’s girl power!), and they always got their men.

As for being a sex symbol, the affable Fawcett once said, “The reason that the all-American boy prefers beauty to brains is that he can see better than he can think.”

Fawcett’s pinup poster, shot before “Angels,” with the photographer reportedly hanging his own Indian blanket as an impromptu backdrop, showed that Fawcett could also work a red one-piece, while effortlessly tossing back the golden layers that would inspire thousands of copycats.

The Farrah poster sold a still record-holding 12 million copies — and counting.

Fawcett’s low-key acting style was perfect for the creamy cheese of “Charlie’s Angels,” yet she also possessed accomplished dramatic chops. Her memorable TV roles, post-”Angels,” included “The Burning Bed” (1984), in which she played a battered wife, and “Small Sacrifices” (1989), based on the Ann Rule best-seller about Elizabeth Diane Downs, the sociopathic mother who shot her own children. Fawcett was deservedly nominated for Emmys for both performances. Her third Emmy nomination came in 2004 for her work in “The Guardian.”

What many fans don’t know is that Fawcett’s experience working in “Burning Bed” inspired her to a lifetime of charity work, done far outside the limelight, for victims of domestic violence, including serving as a board member  for the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Other intense and memorable performances included “Extremities” (1986), “Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story” (1987), and “Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story” (1986).

In 1997, she turned in a heartbreaking performance in the film “The Apostle,” for which she earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Her delicate, lived-in performance as a weary wife to a charismatic preacher nearly eclipsed the scenery-chewing of her co-star, Robert Duvall. “You don’t want to mess up your lines with Bobby Duvall,” she said afterward. “Especially when he wrote the lines himself.” Her haunting performance suggests she needn’t have worried.

The same year, in which she turned 50, she bared all in a memorable DVD for Playboy, titled, appropriately, “All of Me.” She seemed loopy in an appearance on the “Late Show With David Letterman” that same year, spawning her own library of YouTube videos. Earlier this year, when Letterman had an even more peculiar interview with Joaquin Phoenix, Letterman quipped, “Joaquin, I’m sorry you couldn’t be here tonight … We owe an apology to Farrah Fawcett.”

Over the years, Fawcett’s longtime fans rooted for her: when she stood by longtime companion Ryan O’Neal with his battle with leukemia several years ago, and when their troubled son (and, later, O’Neal himself) battled drug addiction and arrests. Because for all their imperfections, they always seemed like one of the tightest Hollywood families, with bonds lasting beyond any earthly struggles.

In recent months, as she battled the return of cancer, her fans rallied for her, hoping, along with her family, for a miracle. Fawcett’s longtime friend Alana Stewart  began making a documentary on Fawcett as she went through treatment over the past year; the film, “Farrah’s Story,” which aired on NBC on May 15.

O’Neal recently told People, “I can’t hear a song, I can’t pass places that we were together, without being stabbed in the heart … I won’t know this world without her.”

Neither, sadly, will we.

I remember first time watching Charlies Angels in Syndication, I was maybe around Seven or Eight at the time. I would only watch the episodes that she was in, because I knew she was a Texas native and I was proud to see her on TV. It was like I could one day do that if she is from Texas, and I am from Texas why couldn’t I one day be an actor on TV, as time grew on I realized I didn’t have any fucking talent to do that. So I just stayed back and enjoyed the shows, and movies she has been in, as well as many other Texan actors, and actresses. Well Miss Fara, You will be missed, but at least you are no longer suffering anymore. May you Rest in Piece.

Love,

J

Why in the hell is the death of Michael Jackson out weigh the death of Fara Fawcett. How in the hell does a Pedophile get top billing in the news. That fucker HAD SEX with kids, and now that he is dead were just supposed to forget that. Fara, struggled long and hard with Cancer but lost the battle. She deserves more respect from the world then from that sick bastard. Now don’t get me wrong, he was a good musician and had one of the greatest voices in music, but as a person he was a fucking sick piece of shit. I am erked to no ends becuase the news media has decided “Fara Who???”. Where as Jackson gets an most of the front page on MSN’s website along with several other news media sites, and all Fara got was an “oh by the way”. She was an afterthought. How can we be so cold to one and so warm to another? I just don’t get it. Maybe I am not supposed to get it. All I know is that Fara is in Heaven and Michael is Satan’s Bitch. So Long to both. Fara will be missed. Michael 1 less Pedophile in the world.

Piece Out!!!!

J

Ed McMahon, the loyal “Tonight Show” sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” for 30 years, died early Tuesday. He was 86.McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his wife, Pam, and other family members, said his publicist, Howard Bragman.

Bragman didn’t give a cause of death, saying only that McMahon had a “multitude of health problems the last few months.”

McMahon had bone cancer, among other illnesses, according to a person close to the entertainer, and had been hospitalized for several weeks. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release the information.

McMahon broke his neck in a fall in March 2007, and battled a series of financial problems as his injuries preventing him from working.

McMahon and Carson had worked together for nearly five years on the game show “Who Do You Trust? ” when Carson took over NBC’s late-night show from Jack Paar in October 1962. McMahon played second banana on “Tonight” until Carson retired in 1992.

“You can’t imagine hooking up with a guy like Carson,” McMahon said an interview with The Associated Press in 1993. “There’s the old phrase, hook your wagon to a star. I hitched my wagon to a great star.”

McMahon, who never failed to laugh at his Carson’s quips, kept his supporting role in perspective.

“It’s like a pitcher who has a favorite catcher,” he said. “The pitcher gets a little help from the catcher, but the pitcher’s got to throw the ball. Well, Johnny Carson had to throw the ball, but I could give him a little help.”

Carson “was like a brother” to McMahon

“And now h-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!” was McMahon’s trademark opener for each “Tonight” show, followed by a small, respectful bow toward the star. McMahon’s style was honed during his youthful days as a carnival hawker.

The highlight for McMahon came just after the monologue, when he and Carson would chat before the guests took the stage.

“We would just have a free-for-all,” he said in the AP interview. “Now to sit there, with one of the brightest, most well-read men I’ve ever met, the funniest, and just to hold your own in that conversation. … I loved that.”

When Carson died in 2005, McMahon said he was “like a brother to me,” and recalled bantering with him on the phone a few months earlier.

“We could have gone on (television) that night and done a ‘Carnac’ skit. We were that crisp and hot.”

Beyond “Tonight”

His medical and financial problems kept him in the headlines in his last years. It was reported in June 2008 that he was facing possible foreclosure on his Beverly Hills home.

By year’s end, a deal was worked out allowing him to stay in his home, but legal action involving other alleged debts continued.

Among those who had stepped up with offers of help was Donald Trump.

“When I was at the Wharton School of Business I’d watch him every night,” Trump told the Los Angeles Times in August. “How could this happen?”

McMahon even spoofed his own problems with a spot that aired during the 2009 Super Bowl promoting a cash-for-gold business. Pairing up with rap artist MC Hammer, he explained how easy it is to turn gold items into cash, jokingly saying “Goodbye, old friend” to a gold toilet and rolling out a convincing “H-e-e-e-e-e-ere’s money!”

Born Edward Leo Peter McMahon Jr. on March 6, 1923, in Detroit, McMahon grew up in Lowell, Mass. He got his start on television playing a circus clown on the 1950-51 variety series “Big Top.” But the World War II Marine veteran interrupted his career to serve as a fighter pilot in Korea.

He joined “Who Do You Trust?” in 1958, its second year, the start of his long association with Carson. It was a partnership that outlasted their multiple marriages, which provided regular on-air fodder for jokes.

While Carson built his career around “Tonight” and withdrew from the limelight after his retirement, McMahon took a different path. He was host of several shows over the years, including “The Kraft Music Hall” (1968) and the amateur talent contest “Star Search.”

He was a longtime co-host of the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon, a Labor Day weekend institution, and was co-host with Dick Clark of “TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes.”

McMahon and Clark also teamed up as pitchmen for American Family Publishers’ sweepstakes, with their faces a familiar sight on contest entry forms and in TV commercials. McMahon was known for his ongoing commercials for Budweiser as well.

He had supporting roles in several movies, including “Fun With Dick and Jane” (1977) and “Just Write” (1997). He took on his first regular TV series job in the 1997 WB sitcom “The Tom Show” with Tom Arnold.

McMahon released his autobiography, “For Laughing Out Loud: My Life and Good Times,” in 1998. In it, he recounts the birth of “Tonight.”

“Let’s just go down there and entertain the hell out of them,” Carson told him before the first show. Wrote McMahon: “That was the only advice I ever got from him.”

In 1993, he recalled his first meeting with Carson after they left “Tonight.”

“The first thing he said was, ‘I really miss you. You know, it was fun, wasn’t it?’” McMahon recalled. “I said, ‘It was great.’ And it was. It was just great.”

Besides his wife, Pam, McMahon is survived by children Claudia, Katherine, Linda, Jeffrey and Lex.

Bragman said no funeral arrangements have been made.

Taken from MSN.

He will be missed, with the torch passed to Jay Leno and Ed Hall, the Tonight Show was in good hands, now that NBC has decided to kill it off, by posting Conan O’Brien, and Andy Richter. the Tonight Show has lost all its Glory Johnny Carson, and Jack Parr. are turning in there graves at the site of the Longest Running Talk show in History, being ruined. I do think that Conan is ok on his own show where is own brand of comedy works, he is just too crass for the prestige of the Tonight Show.

Hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee’s Johnny!!!!!!

David Carradine was found in his Hotel Closet, with a rope tied around his neck and his balls. with an erect dick. Fucker was into Auto-erotic asphyxiation,(if you dont know what that is. it is where you choke yourself while masturbating.). He was a great actor and a great guy, but he was seriously into some fucked up shit in his personal life.

on the other hand he could have been murdered and it was made to look like his had an accident while beating off. Anyways, he is an actor that will be missed by many even though he was a sick and twisted fucker. oh well, so what he was sick and twisted big deal. thats life.

Happy Mothers Day, to all you mothers, except for 1 and she knows who she is, but I wish her mom a Happy Mothers Day. I know its late in the day, but I am a lazy fuck, and I don’t bother writing post in advance to have this blog auto update. so your stuck with it. So it brings me great honor in wishing all mothers (except 1), Happy Mothers Day.

peace out

J

Actor and comedian Dom DeLuise, whose big screen classics included “The Cannonball Run,” “Spaceballs” and “History of the World Part I,” died on Monday night at a Los Angeles hospital, Access Hollywood has confirmed. He was 75.

The actor starred in dozens of films over the years, often teaming up with off-screen pal Burt Reynolds.

Most recently, he was working on the CGI live-action fantasy film “Instant Karma,” starring Dwayne Johnson, Pierce Brosnan and Mira Sorvino. Reynolds and DeLuise both had voice roles in the film.

DeLuise became a household name in the ’80s with his comedic commercials for Ziploc bags.

DeLuise leaves behind his wife, actress Carol Arthur, and three sons, all of whom followed in their father’s Hollywood footsteps.

Peter DeLuise, 42, has starred in numerous TV shows, including “21 Jumpstreet,” “SeaQuest DSV” and “Stargate SG-1.” He’s also worked extensively as a TV writer, director and producer on shows including “Kyle XY” and the “Stargate” franchise.

Michael DeLuise, 38, had a recurring role as TJ on “Gilmore Girls.” His other acting credits include “Brooklyn South,” “NYPD Blue” and “SeaQuest DSV.”

David DeLuise, 37, has also made numerous TV appearances on such shows as “Gilmore Girls,” “CSI” and “Without A Trace.” Most recently, David is known for playing Jerry Russon on the Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place.”

He is best remembered in my mind, as Captain Chaos from Cannon Ball Run, and as the Don Giovanni from Robin Hood: Men In Tights.  He will be missed.

Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” and who won a Tony Award for the musical “Mame,” died Saturday. She was 86.Arthur died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family at her side, family spokesman Dan Watt said. She had cancer, Watt said, declining to give further details.

“She was a brilliant and witty woman,” said Watt, who was Arthur’s personal assistant for six years. “Bea will always have a special place in my heart.”

Arthur first appeared in the landmark comedy series “All in the Family” as Edith Bunker’s loudly outspoken, liberal cousin, Maude Finley. She proved a perfect foil for blue-collar bigot Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor), and their blistering exchanges were so entertaining that producer Norman Lear fashioned Arthur’s own series.

In a 2008 interview with The Associated Press, Arthur said she was lucky to be discovered by TV after a long stage career, recalling with bemusement CBS executives asking about the new “girl.”

“I was already 50 years old. I had done so much off-Broadway, on Broadway, but they said, ‘Who is that girl? Let’s give her her own series,’” Arthur said.

“Maude” scored with television viewers immediately on its CBS debut in September 1972, and Arthur won an Emmy Award for the role in 1977.

The comedy flowed from Maude’s efforts to cast off the traditional restraints that women faced, but the series often had a serious base. Her husband Walter (Bill Macy) became an alcoholic, and she underwent an abortion, which drew a torrent of viewer protests. Maude became a standard bearer for the growing feminist movement in America.

The ratings of “Maude” in the early years approached those of its parent, “All in the Family,” but by 1977 the audience started to dwindle. A major format change was planned, but in early 1978 Arthur announced she was quitting the show.

“It’s been absolutely glorious; I’ve loved every minute of it,” she said. “But it’s been six years, and I think it’s time to leave.”

“Golden Girls” (1985-1992) was another groundbreaking comedy, finding surprising success in a television market increasingly skewed toward a younger, product-buying audience.

The series concerned three retirees — Arthur, Betty White and Rue McClanahan — and the mother of Arthur’s character, Estelle Getty, who lived together in a Miami apartment. In contrast to the violent “Miami Vice,” the comedy was nicknamed “Miami Nice.”

As Dorothy Zbornak, Arthur seemed as caustic and domineering as Maude. She was unconcerned about the similarity of the two roles. “Look — I’m 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice and I have a way with a line,” she told an interviewer. “What can I do about it? I can’t stay home waiting for something different. I think it’s a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.”

The interplay among the four women and their relations with men fueled the comedy, and the show amassed a big audience and 10 Emmys, including two as best comedy series and individual awards for each of the stars.

In 1992, Arthur announced she was leaving “Golden Girls.” The three other stars returned in “The Golden Palace,” but it lasted only one season.

Arthur was born Bernice Frankel in New York City in 1922. When she was 11, her family moved to Cambridge, Md., where her father opened a clothing store. At 12 she had grown to full height, and she dreamed of being a petite blond movie star like June Allyson. There was one advantage of being tall and deep-voiced: She was chosen for the male roles in school plays.

Bernice — she hated the name and adopted her mother’s nickname of Bea — overcame shyness about her size by winning over her classmates with wisecracks. She was elected the wittiest girl in her class. After two years at a junior college in Virginia, she earned a degree as a medical lab technician, but she “loathed” doing lab work at a hospital.

Acting held more appeal, and she enrolled in a drama course at the New School of Social Research in New York City. To support herself, she sang in a night spot that required her to push drinks on customers.

During this time she had a brief marriage that provided her stage name of Beatrice Arthur. In 1950, she married again, to Broadway actor and future Tony-winning director Gene Saks.

After a few years in off-Broadway and stock company plays and television dramas, Arthur’s career gathered momentum with her role as Lucy Brown in the 1955 production of “The Threepenny Opera.”

In 2008, when Arthur was inducted in the TV Academy Hall of Fame, Arthur pointed to the role as the highlight of her long career.

“A lot of that had to do with the fact that I felt, ‘Ah, yes, I belong here,’” Arthur said.

More plays and musicals followed, and she also sang in nightclubs and played small roles in TV comedy shows.

Then, in 1964, Harold Prince cast her as Yente the Matchmaker in the original company of “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Arthur’s biggest Broadway triumph came in 1966 as Vera Charles, Angela Lansbury’s acerbic friend in the musical “Mame,” directed by Saks. Richard Watts of the New York Post called her performance “a portrait in acid of a savagely witty, cynical and serpent-tongued woman.”

She won the Tony as best supporting actress and repeated the role in the unsuccessful film version that also was directed by Saks, starring Lucille Ball as Mame. Arthur would play a variation of Vera Charles in “Maude” and “The Golden Girls.”

In 1983, Arthur attempted another series, “Amanda’s,” an Americanized version of John Cleese’s hilarious “Fawlty Towers.” She was cast as owner of a small seaside hotel with a staff of eccentrics. It lasted a mere nine episodes.

Between series, Arthur remained active in films and theater. Among the movies: “That Kind of Woman” (1959), “Lovers and Other Strangers” (1970), Mel Brooks ‘ “The History of the World: Part I” (1981), “For Better or Worse” (1995).

The plays included Woody Allen’s “The Floating Light Bulb” and “The Bermuda Avenue Triangle,” written by and costarring Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna. During 2001 and 2002 she toured the country in a one-woman show of songs and stories, “… And Then There’s Bea.”

Arthur and Saks divorced in 1978 after 28 years. They had two sons, Matthew and Daniel. In his long career, Saks won Tonys for “I Love My Wife,” “Brighton Beach Memoirs” and “Biloxi Blues.” One of his Tony nominations was for “Mame.”

In 1999, Arthur told an interviewer of the three influences in her career: “Sid Caesar taught me the outrageous; (method acting guru) Lee Strasberg taught me what I call reality; and (’Threepenny Opera’ star) Lotte Lenya, whom I adored, taught me economy.”

In recent years, Arthur made guest appearances on shows including “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Malcolm in the Middle.” She was chairwoman of the Art Attack Foundation, a non-profit performing arts scholarship organization.

Arthur is survived by her sons and two granddaughters. No funeral services are planned.

Credit - MSN story.

One of my favorite shows growing up was Golden Girls. I would sit and watch it with my grandmother along with a few others and we would laugh and eat pizza, when everyone else was either at work or just away.  I miss those times, now that I have moved away. Bea you will be missed.

J…

sorry there hasnt been a post in a while, but I have had some catastrophic hardware failure, my power supply died in my computer, I replace it, didnt work, turns out when the old power supply died it killed my motherboard and possibly my processor, and ram memory with it. the only thing I know that hasnt failed is my optical drive and my hard disc drives.  so once I get the new parts in from newegg I will get my computer up and running again and be back to making some new changes to the site. I am thinking of doing a weekly podcast, or even a video cast. so you all can see me out there in all the internets. well thats a short update for now. laters all

J..