Julie Andrews certainly didn’t need a spoonful of sugar when she was working with Dick Van Dyke during their “daunting” rehearsals for “Mary Poppins.” The iconic actress, 88, applauded the “Bye, Bye, Birdie” star, 98, in Thursday’s “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic CBS” special. The “Princess Diaries” actress happily recalled meeting Van Dyke … Read more
Earlier this week, the country was shocked to learn that America’s 1984 sweetheart, Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton, was in a Texas hospital fighting for her life against a rare form of pneumonia. But fans were even more surprised to learn the 55-year-old legend does not have health insurance — and her family was … Read more
Mary Lou Retton’s former “Dancing with the Stars” partner is sending positive thoughts to the former gymnast, who is hospitalized with a rare form of pneumonia. Sasha Farber, who danced with Retton on Season 27 of the reality competition series in 2018, recalled to People this week how he connected with the five-time Olympic medalist … Read more
“The Dick Van Dyke Show” was the pinnacle of TV sitcoms in the 1960s, however, tensions behind the scenes were not so funny. Late actress Rose Marie, who died in 2017, starred on the CBS comedy alongside icons Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. Marie’s daughter, Georgiana “Noopy” Guy Rodrigues, recently got candid about … Read more
In ‘The Girls Who Fought Crime: The Untold True Story of the Country’s First Female Investigator and Her Crime Fighting Squad’ (Sourcebooks), retired US Army Major General Mari K. Eder tells the story of Mary Foley, a pioneering police officer in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in 1886, Mary, or “Mae,” Foley was … Read more
This Barbie is . . . about to be crucified. For some, seeing the “Barbie” movie was a religious experience, and it may have inspired two artists to turn their dolls into literal religious figures. Dolls dubbed “Barbie Virgin Mary” and “Jesus Ken” appeared in a toy shop in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Created by … Read more
“Being Mary Tyler Moore” unfolds like a filmed version of an immersive literary biography, delving beneath Moore’s cheerily enigmatic public facade to reveal her personal struggles, triumphs, and tragedies — including the death of her 24-year-old son, Richard, her younger sister’s lethal overdose and her battle with diabetes. The documentary, co-produced by Lena Waithe and … Read more
He’s ready for his close-up. Legendary film actor Dick Van Dyke and his wife Arlene Silver were spotted at a Santa Monica Target store on Tuesday buying a television after the Hollywood icon taped a guest role on “Days of Our Lives.” The 97-year-old actor — who wowed audiences earlier this year with a performance … Read more
Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized Swinging London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died, her family said. She was 93. Quant helped popularize the miniskirt — some credit her with inventing it — and the innovative tights that went along with it, creating dresses … Read more
Mother of God! A Virgin Mary statue burst into flames Friday during an Easter parade in Vélez-Málaga, Spain injuring two people and damaging a good portion of the statue, reports Jam Press. According to a report, the blaze started after a candle fell on the 5’6”-tall wooden statue that was carved in the 1980s. The … Read more
The R&B queen also talked to The Post about her new TV show “The Wine Down” and how the Super Bowl souped-up her career. Source link