The greatest film in the galaxy. “Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back” is 45 years old today – and Billy Dee Williams couldn’t be prouder to have starred in such a ground-breaking piece of cinema. “Working on ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ was like stepping into a dream — an adventure in every … Read more
Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider left Los Angeles for the “open roads” of North Carolina years ago and never looked back. Snider, now 70, and his wife chose to uproot their family for a life they never had after moving to Los Angeles in 2015. “We moved out to LA 10 years ago, the whole … Read more
“E.T.” nearly wasn’t so family friendly. Dee Wallace appeared on Steve Kmetko’s “Still Here Hollywood” podcast last week and recalled how she clashed with director Steven Spielberg over a bedroom scene involving her character, Mary, in the 1982 film. “The only time Steven and I parted ways creatively was there’s a whole B story in ‘E.T.’ about … Read more
A hellraiser of an infection. Former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee has revealed he nearly died because of a recent sepsis infection. The 61-year-old heavy metal rocker, who has been with the band Scorpions since 2016, shared details of his life-and-death battle on Thursday in a Facebook post. “Just a quick statement about what has been … Read more
After losing their spouses within the past two years, John Schneider and Dee Dee Sorvino never anticipated falling in love again. But in a surprising turn of events, the couple found each other in the midst of their grief. They instantly connected and tied the knot during a surprise wedding in Las Vegas last month. “I never thought I’d … Read more
Dee Snider is best known for singing the classic rock tune “We’re Not Gonna Take It” with the band Twisted Sister, and now he can add artificial intelligence to the list of things he’s willing to stand up against. The rocker called the developing AI trend “terrifying” during a new interview with Fox News Digital, but he noted … Read more
Talk about your backhanded compliments. Billy Dee Williams, who famously played Lando Calrissian in the “Star Wars” movie franchise, sort of praised Donald Glover, who inherited the role, in comments he made to the Radio Times in the UK. “I had a nice little lunch with him. He’s a delightful young man. Extremely talented,” Williams, … Read more
WHAT HAVE WE HERE? Portraits of a Life, by Billy Dee Williams My first awareness of Billy Dee Williams was the stuff of hushed beauty parlor conversation I was too young to appreciate. “After all these years he’s still fine,” elders whispered in my periphery as they flipped through an interview in an Ebony magazine … Read more
The San Francisco Pride festival has dropped Twisted Sister’s ’80s classic “We’re Not Gonna Take It” as the official anthem of its 2023 celebration. The move came after lead singer Dee Snider endorsed tweets from Kiss member Paul Stanley, who criticized pushing gender ideology on children. According to KRON4, the festival was about to announce … Read more
“The Masked Singer” took a real twist. Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider revealed his face under Doll’s mask after being eliminated on the show’s “WB Movie Night” on Wednesday. The 68-year-old singer was dressed in a gray unitard with a sparkly purple dress over it, paired with equally sparkly high-heeled shoes. Prior to his unmasking, … Read more
As a fussy infant, Daniel James Rutstein was solely soothed by rap legends like Run-DMC and Ice-T while his father drove aimlessly along Brooklyn streets. Eighteen years later, the viral virtuoso is chasing big dreams of becoming New York’s next hip-hop icon. The 18-year-old, better known as Lil Dee, has already racked up well over … Read more