Celebrating the Living: Tim Curry
My first date, though I’ll confess I’m not completely sure it really counts, was to…
How I Came to Celebrate the Dead, or Is Obituarist a Word?
It occurs to me that I tend to start my pieces for this site with…
Celebrating the Living: Nichelle Nichols
“There’s a black lady on television, and she ain’t no maid!” —Whoopi Goldberg, circa 1966…
Because It’ll Hurt More–Alan Rickman 1946-2016
Everyone keeps on about how Hans Gruber was his first film role, and that’s certainly…
We Were Ziggy’s Band: David Bowie 1947-2016
I was in eleventh grade the year my sister made me the David Bowie mix…
Celebrating the Living: Tommy Kirk
Really, part of why I started doing this series was that Kevin Corcoran died. Not…
Celebrating the Living: Sally Field
I was astonished to discover that the TV show of Gidget only lasted for one…
Celebrating the Living: Sidney Poitier
For many years, when Hollywood needed a Dignified Black Man, they called on Sidney Poitier.…
Celebrating the Living: Sonia Manzano
A friend of hers once told a small child of her acquaintance that she knew…
Celebrating the Living: Kirk Douglas
In the Old Days, Disney—and I have no reason to believe it wasn’t Walt personally—could…