Viva Las Vegas. Note the fab backup dancers. Happy 71st to Ann-Margret.
Her 1961 screen test.
Cartoon Matinee Today! Love Mr. Scruff.
This is dreamy.
for E.
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Today’s Friday Face is singer Johnnie Ray, born in Oregon in 1927 and died of liver failure at Cedars-Sinai in 1990. Johnnie liked to drink. He had his first hit in 1951 with the appropriately titled “Whiskey and Gin.”
He was arrested twice for soliciting men for sex. Imagine that. The below article from L.A. Times, 1959.
He was found not guilty. Journalist and friend Dorothy Kilgallen supported Ray during the ordeal.
In 1952, he gained international fame with his hit “Cry,” and the flip side, “The Little White Cloud That Cried.” He unleashed a torrent of emotion in his singing, the likes of which had never been heard. Some say he made it possible for singers like Elvis Presley to break through.
His father was a fiddler and his mother a pianist. He lost his hearing in one ear after an accident, and then became nearly deaf after a surgery in 1958.
Check out the creepy flasher choreography in this clip.
Ray performed as Judy Garland’s opening act in 1969, at her last concerts in Denmark and Sweden. Here he is in a clip new to YouTube, with Patti Page on the short-lived 1958 TV show, “The Big Record.”
Cry for Johnnie Ray, today’s Friday Face.
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She’s fun, she’s fabulous, she’s the monarch everyone’s talking about… Betty Deuce celebrates her 86th birthday today, and Her Majesty still has all the glam and giddyup of a gal half her age as she approaches her 60th year on the throne.
Betty is wearing the King George VI State Diadem crown… a mere 1,333 diamonds weighing 327.75 carats, festooned with 169 pearls along the base. Between the four crosses are the rose, thistle and shamrock; symbols of England, Scotland and Ireland. Here’s a better look at it.
Tonight, while you’re out partying, raise a glass to this fabulous queen. And Betty too.
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If you know any fuckheads, bastards or bitches (who shall remain nameless), you might want to advise them to lighten up a little… or not — because they’re likely to die sooner than their pleasantly optimistic frenemies.
According to a new Harvard School of Public Health study, cheerfulness may protect against heart problems! I’m sure that looking at a picture of Camilla or the Duchess of Alba also works.
Optimism, satisfaction with life, and general happiness seem to be linked with a reduction in heart and circulatory diseases — regardless of age, socio-economic status, smoking or even body weight. So at least be happy knowing that cunty fuckers will die early!
Please remind all those miserable sonsabitches you know that the disease risk may be as much as 50% lower for cheery sorts.
Sorry, you can’t just be cheerful. You’ve still got to eat right.
via BBC
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The Grande Dame of Gorgeousness, Camilla, Duchess of Rothesay (yup, she’s that too), took her act on the road, landing this time in Aberdeen, Scotland, where she met with music university students and sampled some of the local goodies.
Wearing a tartan plaid dress, dark jacket and a pearl collar, the Duchess appears to have had her hair sanded down for spring.
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Milton Berle and RuPaul… when legends collide. 1993.
And now, this commercial, courtesy of Milton Hershey.
Uncle Milton Ant Farm time lapse.
Milton “Shorty” Rogers was born on this day in 1924. Let’s get really groovy. Listen to this as you go on about your internet business.
(Shorty Rogers and his Giants. Lou Levy piano, Gary Peacock bass, Larry Bunker drums, Gary Lefebvre woodwinds, Shorty Rogers flugelhorn.)
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Sometimes dreams really do come true! That handsome man (right) is Boy Culture blogger, Pop Star founder and Encyclopedia Madonnica author Matthew Rettenmund, seen last night with his idol, some woman from Detroit. Madonna!
Matt has been a great friend to your Chexy, linking my stories and being a swell pal and advisor. He has also tormented me at autograph shows while he gets his celebrity “pic withs” and autographs while I take photos like the one above… well, not quite like THAT one. I get to do ones like… Lainie Kazan, which I prefer.
After following and chronicling Madonna’s every move for many years, the opportunity for a photo with her was finally arranged for the internet sweetheart. And he must have heard me saying, “Move back a little, Matt,” because the pic is terrific. Read the story here.
photo by Kevin Mazur
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That grand lady of Spain, the Duchess of Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, brought her loveliness to the “Orange and Lemon” in Madrid, where they honor the nice and unpleasant celebs.
Europa Press captured this moment of sheer beauty as the Duchess’ dewy makeup reflected in the purple light of a spring night in Spain (apologies to Cole Porter).
In seemingly unrelated beauty news, Sharon Needles won last night’s “Drag Race” Bitch Ball challenge.
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A lovely home in France.
Nice bricks. And here’s the Commodores.
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It’s time to play America’s favorite game, “Can You Guess the Biological Woman?” The host of today’s game, Johnny Lopez, created this cornucopia of curious cuties, who all attended last night’s 45th Anniversary gala for The Advocate.
Answers below the clock. I said “clock.”
From top left, the hilarious Coco Peru, porny Traci Lords, former Marine and activist Calpernia Addams. Bottom from left, Drag Race evictee Willam Belli, writer and activist Andrea James, and feline funnyman Bruce Vilanch.
Johnny says Traci is the biological woman.
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