In Memoriam

[Sparks]

If you believe you can't get drugs in rehab or jail, I have a bridge to sell you.
Yes, you can enter a typical rehab high.
Regular rehabs do "social detox" as opposed to medical detox. Medical detox is safer, but more expensive.

 

[Buzz]

Sometimes controversial but always entertaining calypsonian The Mighty Sparrow has died at 91. I grew up with his music. R.I.P.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/obit-trinidad-tobago-calypso-mighty-sparrow-9.7360587

 

[ilovepaydays]

Oh no! This show was a staple in my childhood!

Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Belding on the NBC series ‘Saved by The Bell’, has passed away.

 

[Aceon6]

So……it’s typical for drug rehabs to receive those while still under the influence? Wouldn’t any treatment be useless until the person at least has the substances completely out of their system? Shouldn’t a detox be required before admission?

For normal people, yes. For private pay, high profile people with $$$, no. And any searches on a high profile person might be superficial.

 

[Aceon6]

For those of us of a certain age who grew up with, and likely were allowed to stay up for the Ed Sullivan show, the mouse is no longer with us. Peppino Mazzullo, the voice of Topo Gigio, has passed at the age of 100. “Eddie, keesa me goo nite.” G’nite, Peppino.

 

[SHARPIE]

Former UK politician and author Jeffery Archer has died, aged 86.

Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckj0l401dvpgo

Kane and Abel is a great book, I remember a mini series of it with the late, great Sam Neill too.

 

[allezfred]

I remember a mini series of it with the late, great Sam Neill too.

Nothing like an 80s mini series!

 

[SHARPIE]

Nothing like an 80s mini series!

They were great! “Which one of you bitches is my mother?” Just sprung to mind.


A premium sub for a month (or extension) on offer for whoever tells me where that line is from.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Lace! Phoebe Cates!

 

[SHARPIE]

Lace! Phoebe Cates!

Well done! Will extend sub now.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Actress Eva Marie Saint has died at age 102.

Eva Marie Saint, Graceful Star of the Silver Screen, Dies at 102

She won an Oscar for her first film, ‘On the Waterfront,’ and sparkled opposite Cary Grant in ‘North by Northwest.’

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Sylvia]

Wow, 102!

"Her publicist, Jeff Sanderson, said she died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and loved ones."

Eva Marie Saint, star of "On the Waterfront" and "North by Northwest," dies at age 102

Eva Marie Saint won an Oscar for her film debut opposite Marlon Brando in "On the Waterfront." She bucked many Hollywood conventions throughout her lengthy career.

www.cbsnews.com

But perhaps her most memorable performance was as Eve Kendall, a mysterious blonde who crosses paths with Cary Grant's Roger Thornhill as he runs from murderous spies in the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock thriller "North by Northwest." Little does Thornhill realize that Kendall herself is a secret agent.
Saint said Hitchcock's direction to her playing a sexy spy was simple: "Three things: Lower your voice. Don't use your hands. And look directly into Cary Grant's eyes at all times," she recalled.
Hitchcock had a reputation for being tough on young female actors, but not Saint. "I found that he was such a wonderful director, gentleman, funny, courteous, but there are other actresses who don't feel the same way. I don't even want to hear stories about him," she said.

 

[Cachoo]

She was the oldest living Oscar winner. Loved her in "On the Waterfront." RIP

 

[Jay42]

Eva Marie Saint is one of the best Hitchcock blondes (IMO of course) in North by Northwest. Which I am watching now. I'll have to watch On the Waterfront when TCM inevitably re-airs it when they pay tribute to her. I've only seen it once but I do remember her being excellent. She was also really good in 36 Hours, a WW2 thriller with James Garner.

 

[Winnipeg]

North by Northwest was a great movie...........

 

[my little pony]

I have a signed autograph of hers in the red N x NW dress that I keep on my desk. When my natural inclination is to tell someone off, I try to think what would Eve do.

 

[Winnipeg]

A great actress

 

[Cachoo]

If you are fans of 'Da Bears' Mike Ditka has died:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/sports/mike-ditka-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.1TGo.5llYCTF4BMf3&smid=url-share

 

[Vagabond]

Terri Gross interviewed Eva Marie Saint back in 2000.

Actress Eva Marie Saint.

Actress Eva Marie Saint. She starred opposite Marlon Brando in the 1954 film “On the Waterfront,” and won an academy award for her portrayal of his convent-reared girlfriend. Later she and Cary Grant teamed up for Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest.” Saint studied at the famed Actors Studio...

freshairarchive.org

 

[Winnipeg]

Ditka was a legend for sure................

 

[Cachoo]

Beloved Nobu Chef killed while sleeping in his car before his shift:

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

 

[Kruss]

I met Mike Ditka at a charity event in the last 1980s. Really nice man. RIP. Chicago has lost a true legend.