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Chiming in late, but I wanted to say that I hate calling them the "Manson Murders" since it just gives him more attention. However, It's tough to include all the victims in a quick sentence, so I understand why it's done that way. Plus, there were many other deaths/attempted murders which have been attributed to the Manson Family most of whom will not be as well known as Sharon Tate or Jason Sebring was My station completed an interview with Sebring's nephew (he was 4 at the time of the murders) and it turns out he's making a documentary on the murders and told us he wanted to clear the air about his uncle. He said that when he got older, and was reading up on the murders, he was appalled at the things that had been written about him in the papers and said much of it was garbage. It was so chilling to hear him explain how he learned of his uncle's death; he and his uncle were buddies and he adored his uncle! Unaware of the murders (much less the gory details), he had asked his mom when his uncle was coming back to visit with them; he said the look on his mom's face (Sebring was her brother) was something a child should never see. I hope Manson is rotting in some pocket dimension where the pain he inflicted on others are being visited upon him to infinity!! I have trouble believing that - at least in Clint's case! I don't think he would have had a career as an adult if it weren't for Ron. Otherwise, RIP to Rance Howard. He and Ron's mom were indeed an example to follow when you have kids working in Hollywood.

One of the biggest mistakes was vanquishing the Source to begin with since he was intimated to be The Devil. Essentially, someone who can't truly be destroyed anymore than God can be destroyed. Not to mention the sisters vanquished the Source more than once!! Sure the girls are powerful but that was anticlimactic! It's true the storylines for season 4 were messy - two separate ones were shoe horned into one season. We should have taken the time to know Paige first and have the sisters rebuild their bond. Cole should never have been the Source, and if if did, he should have died for good and had some closure on his father's soul storyline from Season 3. There were a few other stories which were being built up only to be unceremoniously dropped the following season and that wasn't fair to the viewers who were waiting for a payoff. I've said this before but the sisters powers also should have been developed properly and made to look like the powerful witches the show kept telling us they were! Half the time, it seemed their enemies had better powers/tricks/ideas than they did (remember the Stillman Sisters??) and they seemed to get dumber as the show went on - not learned or wiser. It also goes without saying that SD should not have been ousted from the show. No offense to Paige fans (I did get to like the character, but she was mishandled IMO), but the show suffered after Prue died and it never fully recovered.

I seriously doubt this - especially considering SD & AM are too close in age to portray mother and daughter! Stuff like that reminds me of that joke about Bonanza; the one in which a 40 year old guy has three 40 year old sons! What I would like to see happen: 1) There is a 20 year anniversary acknowledgment of the series and perhaps there will be either a new DVD release with more features and/or interviews with cast and crew. If not I'd settle for a TV special. 2) Maybe get a limited series focusing on the next generation of Halliwell witches. If not, I'd settle for a prequel series focusing on the cousins who lived in the Manor in the 1920s. They can cast all new actresses and considering the era, there could be a lot of fun here. The original actresses can appear briefly to frame the story if they don't want to be tied down). 3) Anything that comes down the pike will have as much involvement as possible with the best Charmed writers from the first 3 seasons (including Connie Burge, since the show was her baby and it was usurped from her) as well as promising new writers who know and appreciate the source material. The worst thing for any show or film series is to have them written by writers who hate the characters. 4) The new episodes or TV movie will take place at Christmas (or Yule if you prefer). 5) I'd like Prue to return in some form - preferably as Shannen Doherty. I love the idea of her returning as her astral self. I wouldn't mind an alt-universe in which Prue lived and Paige never really existed. Perhaps reach back and bring in the storylines the show was originally going to do before SD got the boot. What will likely happen: 1) Brad Kern will be the next misogynist outed in Hollywood. Considering the rumors when Charmed was still in production, this wouldn't surprise me. 2) The show will be ignored except by the fans, because... TV execs - am I right??

Sometimes even if you apply, you get rejected anyway. It seems many resumes these days use computers to do initial screenings. Whenever i I hear the radio ads for “zip recruiter” I think of how so many people are knocked out of the box due to unreasonable restrictions in the hiring process .

Many are answered eventually. Usually happens when the reveal has enough solid evidence behind it so the publisher can't be sued. Other times reveals occur after the parties involved have since died. Entertainment Lawyer's site has answered blinds . Some are labeled "Old Hollywood" which touched on scandals from many decades ago.

Some fresh grist for the mill: To end this on a good note:

I saw an episode of Make Room for Daddy today and it had something in its resolution which really bugged me: In a handful of episodes from 1959, Annette Funicello plays an Italian exchange student named, Gina Minnelli. While staying with Danny Williams' family, she is visited by a boy from her hometown named, Mario who is from a wealthy aristocratic family. While in town he expresses an interest in dating her. Gina's over the moon due to the class divisions in her culture and she's happily dating the boy thinking something may come of it. Meanwhile, the guy asks Danny for an audition because he's also a polished singer and hoped he'd be able to give him his big break. Danny agrees as the guy can sing well. Eventually the shoe drops when Gina's mother writes a letter telling Gina that Mario has different intentions as he plans to use Danny and his influence to get into show biz and that meant getting close to Gina and eventually breaking her heart. Danny is furious and tells him he can forget the audition and any other indulgences. He rightfully added that manipulating Gina into thinking they could be an item was even worse than deceiving him. The problem? A boy Gina casually knows from school is witness to all this and gets Danny to reconsider. He explains that on the football team there's a guy who the best player on the team and he knows it. The guy is a jerk and a blowhard but he's talented and he still on the team. He says that despite the character of the person, talent is still talent and it shouldn't be destroyed or hidden. Danny relents about the audition but he still tells the boy he's no longer welcome at the house nor will he help him in any other way. End of episode. This pissed me off something royal! Mario was dishonest and talent or no talent, he shouldn't have been granted the audition after the fact. IRL, Danny would have put an end to the audition and most likely poisoned Mario's name to anyone else in the business. Perhaps karma would have fallen into place as well. Even the justification of the jerky football player doesn't work since a jerk athlete can only go so far before people decide he's not worth keeping around. At best he might end up playing the Rose Bowl and then take his jerky personality with him to annoy everyone else in his life because he was Big Man On Campus (BMOC). I also thought of the real life parallels in Hollywood in which performers "excuse" someone's bad behavior because they have so much talent (Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Harvey Weinstein et al). This was a poor resolution IMO. Even in 1959 I think audiences were fuming over it!

So sad to hear the latest passings! I grew up watching Robert Guillaume on Soap and its spinoff, Benson. He had rapid fire delivery! I also remember a news story which happened in the early 90s: A little girl was choking on her lunch at school and a classmate ran to her aid and performed the Heimlich Maneuver, saving her life. He said he had learned it watching a rerun of Benson in which the character saved Krause's life with it. It made national news, although Guillaume was flattered since the episode had been taped a decade prior and found it interesting he was such an influence! Definitely a bummer losing The Fat Man. I, too always associated Blueberry Hill with Richie's anticipated romantic conquests! But Domino did so much more and came from a very musical family so it's no surprise he had so much talent! I had heard on the radio today that after a while he refused to tour again - and remain in his home town of New Orleans. He was getting royalties from his past hits (money wasn't a problem by this point in his life) and he hated not finding good food like he could get in The Big Easy!! The mountain had to go to Mohammed - so to speak.

I'll take a crack at it: Since we have three sisters and the Power of Three, we're going to have a Charmed trilogy. Each film would give additional focus to one sister regarding her development both as a person and as a witch. The first film in the trilogy would naturally be about the sisters' origin as being Charmed while trying to deal with a world they never thought existed and people they thought they knew are actually out to kill them (Rex & Hannah, etc.) I would probably give the focus to Prue (first born - first film) since it involves her settling issues with Phoebe and reexamining her priorities now that she has become Charmed. Being Prue, she dives in head first. Since she was the one who practiced her powers the most; she probably develops her TK and is able to levitate for fights (think the fight in "Primrose Empath"). Perhaps it's towards the end of the film she develops her bilocation power. She develops it further in the second film. She would be the most experienced researcher/historian so she would also know the BOS back and forth and seek out other knowledge. Andy and/or Daryl may or may not be involved here - I wouldn't mind if he was since the sisters still need to be grounded in both magical and non magical worlds. Second film would focus on Piper (and power growth) and the sisters being more experienced with magic and getting to know more about the craft. Perhaps they consider joining a coven (perhaps rejecting it because too many of them are filled with weirdos who are not actual witches) until they decide to expand their horizons in a different way. Piper is the most reluctant witch but ultimately comes to terms with it. She is able to improve on her freeze power and is able to eventually learn to reverse time for a few seconds. She becomes the potions master since she's the trained chef and it would make sense for the character. There is also the matter of a certain DA (Maybe Cole but I like the idea of bringing in Nathaniel Pratt as a potential antagonist - perhaps bring in Cole who gets vanquished and then have Pratt in the final minutes of the film as his replacement as a future threat for the next installment). Perhaps we could bring in the Cal Greene storyline in here as well. Piper may or may not develop power number 2 here for her to deal with in the third film. Perhaps Phoebe also gets her second power (due to her desire for an active power) and it's granted by film's end due to her diligence. Prue meanwhile practices and masters her second power. Third film focuses on Phoebe. Her power grows to what it should have been in the series (each sister should have three powers each as Connie Burge intended but I'd settle for extensions of their initial abilities). She "grows up" but definitely finds her true purpose in being a witch. She's mastered her first two abilities and may get her final power towards the end of the trilogy as a crowning achievement as a Charmed One. We see her strengths coming to the surface and watch her find new ways to truly help others in ways they didn't expect. Rather than an advice columnist, she becomes the social worker or counselor. She uses her visions to heal those in emotional pain. She could be the best spell caster, as Phoebe famously said in "Animal Magnetism", there's a grammar to spell casting and she knows how to correct and perfect them. By now Prue and Piper have all three powers as well. All three sisters grow in experience and wisdom which ultimately brings them closer to their ancestors (and the BOS of course) and truly bring about the Power of Three as the most powerful witches the world has ever known. Evil doesn't stand a chance.

This could be interesting-especially since they're getting at least one original cast member. Hopefully they'll also get Michael Gross. As as for the Gummers, I saw one sequel and supposedly the Mrs. left her husband leaving him to prep alone. Considering the first film, I found it difficult to believe the character would have done that.

I'm so sick of reboots (read: lack of ideas) redressed with a PC/SJW twist. It's not true to the premise or characters. The Nancy Drew concept (or Hardy Boys for that matter) could be rebooted if the PTB are true to their initial premises (the books). They could be aged up to college students I suppose or perhaps having interned as detectives and getting paid to be professional buddinskies. I'm imagining a Buffy reboot in which vampires take over the world because the chosen one is stuck at an ICE detention facility, but I can't see it getting past a sketch show skit.

Gemini - Monkey 2016 was definitely a lousy year for me! Dad died November of 2015 and the next year was spent grieving while battling it out with my sister trying to take control of the estate and falsely accusing me of stealing from it. Then estate was settled, and I had to pack my life up and move into a residence I hated. My dog developed Cushings Disease and needed extra attention and patience (since dad wasn't there anymore when I was at work). Things have been picking up for me recently (moved into new house and making new decisions as to what to do with my life) but I don't know what else my zodiac could possibly clue me into.

Love him! Most of the songs he profiles is like a trip down memory lane for me!

Hefner was indeed an icon of sorts but as he got older and porn became more mainstream, he seemed to be an embarrassment - at least to me. His silk pajama and robe bit with hot chicks on his arm was cute in the 60s and 70s and he was living a fantasy of sorts for many men. But as the girls soon became old enough to be his grand daughters and even great granddaughters, he just seemed creepy to me. Like there's a time to grow up and Hef never did - nor had to.

There's Jerry Lewis doing a cameo of sorts as himself in the movie, "The Bellboy" (credited as "Joseph Levitch" - his real name), and shortly thereafter, Milton Berle appears both as himself and as a look a like bell hop at the hotel.

Funny. My father was born in 1939 and that put him as part of the first generation of Rock & Roll when he was a teenager. He still listened to new music well into the 1970s although he seemed to reject most new music that followed. My uncle (his older brother, born 1934) refuses to listen to any music recorded after 1956! It was an interesting argument to hear them discuss how my dad could enjoy everything from Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, to doo-w** artists, to Elvis, to girl groups, to The Monkees and beyond, and yet my uncle's musical world stopped at Tennessee Ernie Ford! "16 Tons" is his favorite tune! For the record - I don't hate Ford or his music, but I think my Uncle is missing out on some other great tunes (pop or otherwise) that came just a few years after. I myself am very choosy about my music. My ear tells me all I need to know if I like it or not. Sure I came of age in the 80s and still enjoy some of the music of the MTV era, but many of those songs when I hear them again don't have the same hold over me like they did then. I've found myself thinking, "I can't believe I used to like this song!". I also find myself going back to the older tunes my parents raised us on (50s-60s R&R) and lately, more classic pop songs from the 30s and 40s and early 50s. I regularly go online to hear tunes like Arte Shaw's "Frenesi" and Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust", and The Viscounts' "Harlem Nocturne" and then try to get them downloaded to my nano or phone. Other times it's a commercial using a particular tune that makes me seek it out.

Several pages back I had expressed a curiosity in seeing a reboot of The Greatest American Hero (GAH). I just found this and now I am PISSED!!! First of all, having a woman take the suit was done in the would be spinoff, Greatest American Heroine. It failed very badly. Second, there's this: While Ralph Hinckley wasn't perfect or necessarily the ideal superhero type, at least he wasn't an unreliable jerk. He was stable and worked hard as a teacher to at risk students and tried to make the world a better place even before he got the suit. The aliens believed the suit belonged in his hands. Now these idiots are telling me they gave it to an unreliable drunken moron?? If that's the case then it shouldn't be called, GAH!! In fact, didn't Will Smith already star in Hancock - a similar film about such a person? Plus, they want to do it as a 30 minute sitcom?? No! Just no!! F-U Hollywood and your reboots from HELL!!!!

Thought we could start a new game just in time for Fall: From Entertainment Lawyer:

I never saw the show first run (too young) but it did come back in the 90s as a series with Gene Barry back in the role and Peter Barton as his son - also a detective. I think it was a way to complement Diagnosis Murder - both of which brought back many surviving stars for their storylines.

I just heard about Bolling's son on another site. I was so shocked and so sad for the family!! His father spoke of him often on and off camera and was very proud of him. Worse still, He was Bolling's only child.

I remember his name from his earlier career with the Pozo-Seco Singers. He was part of that group before going solo - and they sang so beautifully!

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows - Boyce & Hart: They are best known for writing songs for others (and developing the garage band sound of The Monkees' first album), but this tune (which was used in the Haley Mills' film of the same name) is very much their own. A Sunday Kind of Love - Etta James: Love this tune! Etta James can do no wrong musically. I Only Have Eyes for You - The Flamingos: I always had a love for 50s music - especially doo-w** and rockabilly. This is a classic example of the former. Whatever happened to songs like this?? Surfin' Craze - James Darren: Best known for its inclusion in The Flintstones episode, "Surfin' Fred", it's actually a great surf tune which still holds up. It does seem a bit derivative, especially of The Beach Boys' classics, "Surfin' Safari" or Surfin' U.S.A., but I like it fine. It was also recorded by another surf rock group from the era called, The Fantastic Baggys, but I prefer Darren's version. Java Jive - The Puppini Sisters: A cup of coffee never sounded so warm! Makes me want to find an old fashioned diner on a rainy evening!!

Oddly enough, My paternal grandmother, who'd been dead for over 40 years visited me in my dreams when my father was in the hospital. I was in my childhood bedroom, and we sat on the bed and talked. I missed her so much and remember being so happy to chat with her again! My dad died not long after that; which made me believe she was trying to break the news to me that she was taking Dad home with her. I have had a similar dream at least twice - except it was my family and me touring a house they were looking to buy. The house was impossibly huge: one with hundreds of bedrooms and bathrooms, dozens of living rooms, kitchens, etc. My family and I were all younger - my parents in their 40s and my sister and I as teens. Still not sure of its meaning - if any. I have a tendency to have dreams involving celebs or animated characters. I am not sure what that means. I remember a dream in which I was having a conversation with a famous singer during a party. Suddenly all the party goers disappeared and the singer and I were sitting casually on the bandstand and chatting away like soulmates. I remember waking up refreshed and happy from that dream - but a little disappointed I wasn't dating him!

Truth be told, I have a problem with women who propose to men for marriage. Call me old fashioned (although I think it's less about tradition than the average man's nature) but if a guy wants to go out with you, wants to spend the rest of his life with you, wants you to be mother of his children and grow old with you - HE would be the one making the effort to do so. I feel sorry for women who buy their own engagement rings! They do it in the misguided thought that it's "a new modern world" and that "it doesn't matter", but in reality it's the immature desire to keep a guy in her life when perhaps he isn't ready or interested in that kind of commitment.

I had some reverse discrimination myself back in the 90s. I was working in medical billing back then. I was already an experienced biller and had a knack for closing delinquent accounts. I was forced to leave my previous employer because the practice had chosen to hire an outside billing agency from Canada (another story entirely as they were later under federal investigation for some financial no-nos) so I went to the want ads and found a position with a local pediatrics practice. I had been told there was a lot of turnover there but I figured I could make the most of it. I went about my work when the boss (the wife of one of the pediatricians - who was black) called me into her office saying I wasn't doing my job right. I asked how so? She said I wasn't supposed to call the insurance company to seek out the current address of the patient or to inquire if they were still insured by that company. I told her the companies are the first place you call for such information. That info determine your next course of action with the account. She got all flustered and told me not to do it again. Before I knew it she was constantly on me for "not doing things right" even though I knew they were SOP in any other billing office. I also noticed she was having her "cousins" spying on me. In fact half of the office was filled with "cousins". I kept doing my job the best I knew how and being polite but I knew I'd have to find work elsewhere soon. I later found out from another employee (non - cousin) that this boss's problem stemmed when her husband had an affair with a white biller in the department. The girlfriend was fired, and in compensation, the doctor put his wife in as boss over the billing department (so she could also keep an eye on him as well as nurse her bruised ego). She was always particularly mean to any potential rivals (read: white young females) who might turn her husband's head again. Now I knew why the turnover was high at this place. Finally I'd had enough and quit (I was living at home at that time so I could afford to do so). That witch wasted no time in giving me my final paycheck, taking my work ID and putting me outside the billing office like a bag of trash!! At least I didn't have to suffer her abuse anymore. I had no extent proof of racial discrimination and to be quite frank I don't think anyone would have believed me since when one hears of it - it's usually drawn as white against black, not black against white.