bea arthur

Monday, October 26, 2009
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Bea Arthur’s Final Interview

10:40AM Jess McGuire | Even though the wonderful Bea Arthur passed away at age 86, I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that it feels as if she was taken from us too soon. Too goddamn soon. A reader got in contact and sent me a link to an excerpt from her final interview, and I thought it was worth checking out. More »
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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A Drunken Stephanie Pratt Feels The Credit Crunch

7:20PM Andrew Belonsky | Stephanie Pratt’s wallet could use a little help. Elton John’s too old for kids. And Colin Farrell knocked up his girl. That and much, much more in your Tuesday gossip roundup! More »
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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Bea Arthur’s Top 5 Contributions To Pop Culture

7:00AM Tracie | Actress Bea Arthur passed away on April 25, at the age of 86, from cancer. While she personally didn’t identify as feminist, her career made an enormous impact on the women’s movement. More »
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
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Bea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009

10:12AM Owen Thomas | Golden Girls star Bea Arthur, née Bernice Frankel, died at home in Los Angeles at the age of 86 today. She passed away surrounded by family members. She will be loudly mourned by the gays. More »
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And Now Your Friday Downer: No ‘Golden Girls’ Made It To Estelle Getty’s Funeral

8:50AM Seth | Uh-oh—don’t let that crying kid on YouTube see this, lest we prepare for a tsunami of waterworks that could very well short-out the entire internet: None of the surviving Golden Girls showed up to Estelle Getty’s funeral. Not even her own daughter. Inside Edition tracked down two of the three to find out where they were: More »
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Living La Vida Lohan

11:00AM Mark Graham | · Get ready for the summer of exploitation on E! If Denise Richards or Dating Nightmares doesn’t do it for ya, might we interest you in the White Oprah and her fame-starved daughter Ali? Nothing warms our cockles like the sight of a table full of sycophantic slags toasting a 14-year-old’s non-existant career with champagne! [E!] · What better way to honour Bea Arthur on her birthday than by counting down her 10 best moments? [BWE] · Videogum is on the hunt for TWMOAT. What’s that, you ask? The Worst Movie Of All-Time, natch. [Videogum] · While the hot Muppet meme of the moment seems to be Sad Kermit singing “Needle In The Hay”, we here at Defamer HQ vastly prefer Miss Piggy’s tribute to “Fuck The Pain Away.” [YouTube via Fimoculous] · Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped bring Phil Spector’s “Wall Of Sound” to life, passed away at the age of 80. Roll down your windows and play The Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” extra loud tonight in his honour. [LAT]
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Saturday, August 11, 2007

The Reeducation of Dorothy Zbornak

8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | We still feel terrible about the cheap shot we took at Bea Arthur yesterday, a legendary actress who, for all we know, deserves placement on the controversial list in question no more than Golden Girls castmate Rue McClanahan. In an attempt to atone for that transgression (and to repay in some small fashion all the joy she gave us by pimp-slapping that mouthy Rose back to St. Olaf each and every week of the show’s seven seasons), we pass along this Entertainment Tonight segment on Arthur’s episode of TV Land’s Back to the Grind, in which the rerun-obsessed network generously attempts to return retired sitcom stars to mainstream society by giving them the practical work skills they once faked for millions of viewers. We know by the time you get to the part where she chews out the kid for texting, you’ll already have forgiven us for the bad thing we did. Entertainment Tonight [ETOnline.com] More »
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