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Oscars FAIL? Did the Academy Snub Fawcett, Arthur?
Last night's telecast of the 82nd Annual Academy Awards has been getting mixed reviews from viewers, from the interpretive dance segment, the pair of hosts, the fashion, The Hurt Locker's ousting of Avatar, and the presentation of the "In memoriam" segment honoring those who passed away this year. Whether you watched the broadcast or just followed the feedback live on Twitter you may have noticed that a couple of 2009 celebrity deaths did not make the cut.
Midnight Movie: Just Bea-in' Sexy
Last week Hollywood lost the legendary Bea Arthur, when the funny lady of television and Broadway passed away at 86. The fab foursome of Arthur's hit series The Golden Girls is often compared with the totally different kind of fab foursome seen on Sex and the City, this TV Land video shows the late, great Arthur (along with television's other golden ladies Katherine Helmond, Charlotte Rae, and Sally Struthers) lampooning the HBO series, and reminding us she'll always have the last laugh.
Actress Bea Arthur Dead at 86
Actress Bea Arthur, known best for her iconic television turns as The Golden Girls' Dorothy Zbornak and the titular Maude, has died, the Associated Press is reporting. 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."
LAist Interview: Go Fug Yourself with Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks
Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks.
Footage From Within The Golden Gals Art Opening
The NSFW video above shows the sweet (and sweaty) scene inside the Golden Gals Gone Wild art opening held Saturday night in Hollywood at the World of Wonder Storefront Gallery. It was so hot that some of the go-go dancers decided to take their clothes off and get more comfortable. Who can blame em. Read our review and view a photo essay of the event here, and click here for an interview with the...
Golden Gals Gone Wild Art Opening @ WOW, 8/11/07
There were cross dressers, women in fishnets, a little person, celebs, frat boy authors, tattooed artists, and musicians dressed as nurses. Just another night on Hollywood Blvd? Perhaps. But mix in the opening night of an art show totally dedicated to erotic, unusual, and sometimes disturbing images of tv legends, The Golden Girls, and you get something very different, even for Hollywood. Curator Lenora Claire was glowing as she worked her way out of...
LAist Interview with Lenora Claire, Curator of the Unforgettable "Golden Gals Gone Wild"
Not since Magritte was in town at the beginning of this year have so many people talked about an art show. Featuring dozens of controversial pieces from a variety of artists like Jackie Beat, Angus Oblong, Plastic God, Mad Puppeteer, Jim Winters, Austin Young, Selene Luna, Jtodd Irby, Chris McKim, Garilyn Brune and Gay Bigfoot, who knew that a topless painting of Bea Arthur that was bought off eBay for a little over $100...
Happy Birthday, Bea Arthur!
Golden Girl Bea Arthur today celebrates her 85th birthday, and we're celebrating by offering a few clips of Bea doing what she does best, entertaining. Here she is... ...singing for a motley assortment of aliens as the proprietor of an intergalactic bar in the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special....
Have a Merry Wookie Christmas
The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special has the distinction of being one of the few chances you'll ever get to see a Wookie having an orgasm, but who wants to sit through Bea Arthur and Jefferson Starship to get there? Mercifully, some evil video genius has condensed two hours of 1978 time down to five of our 2006 minutes. And a happy Life Day to you as well....

