VIEWS FROM A BROAD

On This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays: February 28 2014:BERNADETTE PETERS -Tommy Tune Gavin MCleod

Karolina Kurkova - 30  ( Victoria's Secret model from Czechoslovakia.)

Ali Larter - 38  (was The stripper / assassin with the split personality on "Heroes". .)

RAE DAWN CHONG!!! - 53  (Tommy Chong's interracial daughter!!!)

Cindy Wilson - 57  (B-52's MINX!!!)

John Turturro - 57  (awesome  character actor:  Pete in "O Brother Where Art Thou"; JESUS THE PEDERAST IN "THE BIG LEB OWSKI";  Pino in "Do th

e Right Thing".)
 
 Gilbert Gottfried - 59  (irritating comicwith irritating voice.(At this point, no one under 18 would really think of him as anything but the voice of the Aflac duck.  Even though he got FIRED from that gig for making a joke about the Japanese earthquake))

 

BERNADETTE PETERS!!! - 66  (Amazing showbiz legend) 

 Frank Bonner - 72  ( Herb Tarlek on "WKRP in Cincinnati".)

Mario  Andretti - 74  (Racing legend.) 

Tommy Tune, Dancer, choreographer, turns 75

GAVIN MACLEOD!!! - 84  ( bald Captain Stubing on "The Love Boat".) 

Charles Durning - would have been 91  (awesome character actor. Was The singing Governor in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", Evening Shade, Governor Pappy O'Daniel in "O Brother, Where Art Thou" and the evil DOC HOPPER in "The Muppet Movie"!!!)

Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith (February 28, 1945 – August 3, 2011 (NFL legend AND Moses Hightower in the "Police Academy" movies!!!

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel - (1906 - 1947)  (Jewish gangster responsible for Las Vegas. warren beatty did the movie on his life)

Vincente Minnelli 2/28/1903 - 7/25/1986 American film and stage director and father of Liza

Zero Mostel 2/28/1915 - 9/8/1977 American actor, singer, and comedian

1883 - The first vaudeville theater opened. ( and Betty White has been working ever since)

1849 - The first ship full of greedy GOLD RUSHERS arrived in San Francisco.

1854 - Fifty people opposed to slavery met at a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, and formed what went on to become the REPUBLICAN PARTY.

1885 - AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph) was incorporated. The company was capitalized on only $100,000 and provided long distance service for American Bell.

1976 - The CAPTAIN & TENNILLE won the Grammy for Best Record with "Love Will Keep Us Together"!  PAUL SIMON won Best Album for "Still Crazy After All These Years", and the Best New Artist was former heroin-whore NATALIE COLE.

1977 - Ray Charles was attacked by an audience member onstage.

1978 - PHILIP AHN, who WAS Master Kan on "KUNG FU", died at the age of 72.

1984 - Michael Jackson won a record eight Grammy awards connected to the album "Thriller."

1979 - Mr. Ed, the talking horse from the TV show "Mr. Ed", died.

1983 - "M*A*S*H" became the most watched television program in history when the final episode aired. 125 million watched

1986 - TRAGEDY STRUCK WHEN WHAM! ANNOUNCED THEY WERE BREAKING UP!  GEORGE MICHAEL went on to have a brilliant solo career . . . in more ways than one.

1989 - "COACH", starring CRAIG T. NELSON, debuted on ABC.  (--It lasted until 1997.) 

1993 - U.S. Federal agents raided the compound of an armed religious cult in Waco, TX. The ATF had planned to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on federal firearms charges. Four agents and six Davidians were killed and a 51-day standoff followed.

1996 - The original members of Kiss appeared at the Grammy Awards. It was the first time in 17 years that the band had appeared in full make-up and costumes.

2000 - Songwriter Stan Penrige sued the members of Kiss, the band's publishing company, and Universal Music Group. Penrige charged that he had been shortchanged millions in publishing royalties for the song "Beth."

2000 - In a Los Angeles Superior Court, Celine Dion filed a suit against the "National Enquirer". The papers claimed an "intentional infliction of emotion distress, invasion of privacy, and unfair business practices." The headline that brought the suit was "Celine: I'm Pregnant With Twins".

OSCAR setup as the rain arrives.... We begin our OSCAR COVERAGE

Preparations continue Wednesday, February 26, 2014 for the 86th Oscars® for outstanding film achievements of 2013 which will be presented on Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the Dolby® Theatre and televised live by the ABC Television Network.

On This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays: February 27 2014: Elizabeth taylor - Josh Groban- Grant Show

Elizabeth Taylor would have been 82 today

 

Joanne Woodward is 84.incredible actrees and Paul Newman's  widow.  

 Ralph Nader - 80

Barbara Babcock is 77.

Howard Hesseman is 74.Dr. Johnny Fever on "WKRP in Cincinnati" AND the teacher on "Head of the Class

Timothy Spall - 57  (Peter Pettigrew ..Voldemort's henchman "Wormtail"

James Worthy - 53  (L.A. Lakers)

Adam Baldwin is 52. no realitions to the Baldwin brothers

 Grant Show  (Melrose Place) is 52.Mantastic Jake Hansen on "Melrose Place" AND closeted gay action star Jack Dawson on  Courteney Cox's FILTHY show "DIRT"

James Wan - 37  (who wrote and directed the first "Saw".

Chelsea Clinton - 34

Josh Groban is 33.Middle-aged women LOVE LOVE LOVE  him

Nancy Spungen - Would have been 56 - (1958 - 1978) . . . but Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols killed her back in 1978.

 Elizabeth Taylor - Would have been 82 - (1932 - 2011)

1927 - For the second week in a row, South Carolina officials enforced that state's century-old law against violating the Sabbath . . . by ARRESTING GOLFERS in the act of teeing off!!!

1968 - FRANKIE LYMON (--the polygamist who sang "Why Do Fools Fall in Love") died of a heroin overdose at the age of 25.

1980 - At the Grammy Awards, THE DOOBIE BROTHERS had the Best Record and Best Song for "What a Fool Believes";  BILLY JOEL'S "52nd Street" won both Album of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance . . .  and RICKIE LEE JONES was named the Best New Artist.  GLORIA GAYNOR won Best Disco Performance for "I Will Survive" and MICHAEL JACKSON won Best R&B Vocal Performance for "Don't Stop til You Get Enough".

1981 - STEVIE WONDER AND PAUL MCCARTNEY RECORDED "EBONY AND IVORY" . . . and race relations were instantly and eternally repaired!!!  (???)

1986 - The "VAN HAGAR" era officially began with the release of the Van Halen single "Why Can't This Be Love".

1990 - "Time" magazine quoted MILLI VANILLI "singer" ROB PILATUS as saying, quote, "Musically, we're more talented than any Bob Dylan or Paul McCartney.  Mick Jagger can't produce a sound.  I'M THE NEW ELVIS."  Like Elvis, Rob is dead.

1991 - PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH THE FIRST declared, quote, "Kuwait is liberated, Iraq's army is defeated."  Yeah.  

1992 - ELIZABETH TAYLOR celebrated her 60th birthday by closing DISNEYLAND for a private party with her snooty tooty celebrity friends.

1993 - Hundreds of nubile lesbians showed up in London for the FIRST K.D. LANG CONVENTION!!!  No yucky boys were allowed!!!  Events at the first k.d.con included lesbonic k.d. karaoke AND a lesbonic k.d. lookalike contest!!!

1997 - DIVORCE WAS LEGALIZED IN IRELAND.  (--I'll bet you anything that drinking has gone WAY down since then.)

2003 - MR. ROGERS died at the age of 74, from stomach cancer.

2004 - SOLANGE KNOWLES married a college football stud named Daniel Smith.  He impregnated her less than a month later.  Now they're divorced.

On This Day in History and Celebrity Birthdays: February 26 2014: Jackie Gleason - Michael Bolton - Fats Domino

 Corinne Bailey Rae - 35  ( British chickwho sings "Put Your Records On".)

Erykah Badu - 43  (Birth name:  Erica Wright.  She has three babies with three different daddies . . . including Andre 3000 of Outkast.  During the birth of her third child , she and the daddy, Ja y Electronica, TWITTERED.)

  Greg Germann - 56  (Richard Fish from "Ally McBeal".)

Michael Bolton - 61  (He used to schtupp Pamela Anderson Ashley Judd and "Desperate Housewives" slut Nicollette Sheridan.) 

Fats Domino - 86  (Biggest Hit:  "Blueberry Hill".)

 JOHNNY CASH - Would have been 82 - (1932 - 2003)

Tony Randall - Would have been 93 - (1920 - 2004)  ( fathered two kids when he was in his late 70s . . . then kicked the bucket a month before his second son's sixth birthday!!!  Must have been a fun birthday party.)

Jackie Gleason - (1916 - 1987)  woulda been 98 (Old-school genius that was Ralph Kramden.)

WILLIAM FRAWLEY - (1887 - 1966)  (Old-school genius that was FRED MERTZ!!!)

Dr. John Kellogg - (1852 - 1943)  ( invented Corn Flakes.)

Levi Strauss - (1829 - 1902)  ( invented jeans.)

1945 - A MIDNIGHT CURFEW ON NIGHTCLUBS, BARS AND OTHER PLACES OF ENTERTAINMENT(Translation:  CRUISING FOR SEX) WENT INTO EFFECT ACROSS THE NATION!!!

1951 - The 22ND AMENDMENT to the Constitution was ratified, limiting a president to two terms in office.

1972 - HARRY NILSSON'S  "WITHOUT YOU" BEGAN ITS SECOND WEEK AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS!!!

1984 -  JESSE JACKSON admitted that he had called New York City "HYMIETOWN".

1985 - At the 27th annual Grammy Awards, TINA TURNER won Best Record, Best Pop Vocal Performance and Best Song for "What's Love Got To Do With It" . . . CYNDI LAUPER won Best New Artist, and LIONEL RICHIE won Best Album for "Can't Slow Down"!!!

1988 - The original "Hairspray" was released . . . starring RICKI LAKE as a pleasantly plump teen. 

1993 - A terrorist bomb exploded in the garage of New York's WORLD TRADE CENTER, killing six people and injuring more than 1,000 others.

1997 - "Booty Call" was released . . . most of the movie is about JAMIE FOXX and TOMMY DAVIDSON trying to purchase condoms.

1997 - At the 39th annual Grammy Awards, First Lady HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Album for "It Takes A Village"!!! 

1997 - "Change The World" by ERIC CLAPTON won three Grammy awards, including Record of the Year and Best Male Pop Vocal;  THE BEATLES won Best Pop Vocal by a Group for "Free As A Bird". . . and TONI BRAXTON won Best Female Pop Vocal for "Un-Break My Heart".  CELINE DION'S "Falling Into You" won Album of the Year and Best Pop Album. 

1997 - Fourteen-year-old LEANN RIMES won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.  She also won Best Female Performance in the Country category for "Blue" . . . while VINCE GILL won Best Male Performance for "Worlds Apart".

1998 - MOTLEY CRUE'S well-hung TOMMY LEE was formally charged with abusing his then-wife PAMELA ANDERSON LEE, and their son Dylan.  (Yet she STILL let himfool around genitalia from time to time.)

2005 - HALLE BERRY showed up IN PERSON to collect her Golden Raspberry Award for WORST ACTRESS (for the movie "Catwoman") at the 25th annual Razzie Awards.

Actor/Director/Writer Harold Ramis Dead at 69

Awwww....the world is a little less funny today.

Harold Ramis was one of Hollywood’s most successful comedy filmmakers when he moved his family from Los Angeles back to the Chicago area in 1996. His career was still thriving, with "Groundhog Day" acquiring almost instant classic status upon its 1993 release and 1984's "Ghostbusters" ranking among the highest-grossing comedies of all time, but the writer-director wanted to return to the city where he’d launched his career as a Second City performer.

"There's a pride in what I do that other people share because I'm local, which in L.A. is meaningless; no one's local," Ramis said upon the launch of the first movie he directed after his move, the 1999 mobster-in-therapy comedy "Analyze This," another hit. "It's a good thing. I feel like I represent the city in a certain way."

Ramis, a longtime North Shore resident, was surrounded by family when he died at 12:53 a.m. from complications of autoimmune inflammatory vasculitis, a rare disease that involves swelling of the blood vessels, his wife Erica Mann Ramis said. He was 69.

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