Category Archives: Celebrities

Celebrities, movie stars, producers, directors, studio bigwigs, anything related. Here are the hot posts, the stories, the history, the fun and the sadness of what we call “Hollywood”.

Guess Who Was in The Audience?

Looking at the Archive Footage of Paul Krassner at Skylight Books we Spotted Another Funnyman.                                                   … Continue reading

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Paul Krassner at Skylight Books

Archive Footage of Krassner Reading from his Book “Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut”.                                                                The great satirist Paul Krassner read some clips from his book to an over-flow audience.  The famous founder of the Yippies, political … Continue reading

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Good-Bye Gene Gene The Dancing Machine

Gong Show Star Was Stagehand at NBC Studios in Burbank Eugene Patton, known as Gene Gene the Dancing Machine on the old Gong Show has died at 82, on March 9, 2015.  He is shown above with What Up Hollywood … Continue reading

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The Real ‘Go Ask Alice’

“Dear Nobody” – A Savage Diary of a Young Woman Legs McNeil tells the story of discovering the diary when his postman’s daughter came over to borrow some books.  “She said that the best thing she had read lately wasn’t … Continue reading

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Remembering The AckerMansion

Forrest Ackerman Held Frequent Open House at His Jam-Packed Science Fiction-Horror Mansion Our Contributor Bill Nelson Snapped these Photos During a Visit with His Father Lamar Nelson, a Friend of Forry Ackerman Forry’s house was filled with wondrous science fiction … Continue reading

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The Art of Jay Ward

Cartoon Fun in Hollywood With June Foray the “Voice” of Rocky Sharp as a tack at 97 years old, and full of wonderful memories, June Foray, the voice of many of your cartoon favorites including Rocky, Lucifer, Witch Hazel, Natasha … Continue reading

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Shepard Fairey

Is He An Artist? An Activist? A Vandal? Or Just A Money Churning Capitalist? Author Jim Daichendt and Artist Robbie Conal Discuss the World of Street Art.  The controversial, highly successful Shepard Fairey has had a tremendous influence on society.  … Continue reading

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William Friedkin Off The Cuff

Get the Popcorn and Settle in for an Evening with the Always Entertaining Bill Friedkin Whenever Director Bill Friedkin drops in to Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood to sign some of his books the fun and banter will certainly liven … Continue reading

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99 Percent Gang Shooting In Glendale

Hollywood Studio Launches Controversial Web Series Robin Hood meets All In The Family Everything about ThiaMedia Studios is, well, different.  It’s a Hollywood Studio, only it’s in nearby Glendale.  The Security Guard is a dog who barks to announce your … Continue reading

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Naughty, Naughty….

Sex Sirens of the Swinging Seventies Sign in at Famous Larry Edmunds Bookshop in Hollywood Remember all those great adult movies of the 1970s, like “The Devil in Miss Jones”?  If you didn’t ever watch movies “like that“, better skip … Continue reading

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