Some genius has turned that educational game we used to play in computer class in the 5th grade to an epic parody trailer. Behold: The Oregon Trail. “In 1864, a family embarks on an impossible journey into the untamed American West. Based on the classic educational computer game, The Oregon Trail by MECC.”
Lorenzo Lamas’ mom Arlene Dahl, 81, ’50s movie star, left her crypt to attend the launch of the Broadway Walk of Stars cocktail party yesterday. Although she’s been married SIX TIMES, her long-time mistress “L’Oreal 7R Red Penny (Warm)” is still by her side.
Below, she’s snapped with her grandson Patrick and daughter. Scratch and sniff the photo, it smells like dollar bills and vodka gimlets.
Our favorite Golden gal and now TV Land’s Hot in Cleavland riot Betty White ironically outed actor Cary Grant on HLN’s The Joy Behar Show on Monday in a slip-of-the-tongue moment after she gabbed on how Doris Day “inadvertently outed” Rock Hudson. Proceeding the outing, they were chatting on the controversial Newsweek article on how some gay actors can’t convincingly play it straight (Sean Hayes and Glee actors were fingered in said article), and then they went on to cite the seemingly eternal poster boy of butch gay actors, Rock Hudson:
BEHAR: But when it comes to a man, all those year, I don`t know that Rock Hudson, he was the heart throb. Let`s say he was out and everybody knew he was a homosexual, I`m not sure he would have had the career. That`s what the point of this article was.
WHITE: Actually it was his dear friend, his beloved friend Doris Day who inadvertently outed him. She invited him to a show she was doing up in Cacarmel (ph). So by then he had AIDS. So the minute he came on camera, then everybody knew. And Doris just couldn`t believe that she had been — you know, a party to that. But Rock was – was — everybody kind of knew his situation, but it didn`t seem to hold back his career.
BEHAR: No, no but –
WHITE: Cary Grant, the same thing.
BEHAR: Oh he was gay, too?
WHITE: Oh, I don`t know.
BEHAR: Yes, you know something, Betty.
WHITE: No, I don`t know. I never had him — I never had it.
Here’s the clip:
Oddly enough, earlier in the program Betty quipped: “Age has its privileges, believe me, Joy. You can get away with murder at this age that you couldn’t earlier on. They excuse you for things they didn’t used to excuse you for.”
I guess that applies outing old queens too, Betty!
And yesterday, Joy took to her daytime gig, The View, to dish on her dead gay legend scoop. The ladies speculated that the five-time divorcee and his VERY CLOSE buddy, actor Randolph Scott, was his lover!
Snaps of Cary Grant and Randolph Scott having a gay ‘ol time after the jump!
An underground cult fave since it first hit theaters in 1995, Showgirls–now 15 years old–has ceremoniously entered the canon of campy film classics. It’s a recycled tale–a young, budding newcomer hungry for the spotlight, clashes with an aging diva, but throw in gratuitous nudity, flashy dance numbers, wicked bitchery and the kind of dialogue that was seemingly penned in a drag show dressing room, and you’ve got cinema’s greatest accidental comedy.
And tomorrow, Showgirls gets the Blu-ray treatment in a 15th anniversary Sinsational Edition DVD release.
Let’s take a look at where the cast is now:
Elizabeth Berkley
Saved by the Bell alum Elizabeth Berkley went from ‘90s teen sitcom darling to Hollywood punch line after her nipple-laden performance as Nomi Malone–a troubled stripper hungry for hamburgers and Vegas’ glitzy big stage. For Elizabeth, the aftermath of headlining the panned camp juggernaut led to a “career rehabilitation” with small roles in hits First Wives Club and Any Given Sunday. Later, starring roles in Lifetime movies, Broadway, and gigs on TV like host of Bravo’s Step it Up and Dance, The L Word, and a popular run on CSI: Miami peppered her resume in a career resurgence. Elizabeth recently reunited with Saved by the Bell cast members in a big People magazine feature.
Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan played Zack Carey, the Stardust’s entertainment director and boyfriend-turned-jerk to Cristal Connors (Gina Gershon)–and later–Nomi Malone (Elizabeth Berkley). Various notable TV gigs followed, including a recurring role as Dr. Trey MacDougal on Sex and the City. Presently he can be seen as House husband Orson Hodge on ABC’s Desperate Housewives.
Gina Gershon
Cristal Connors, played by Gina Gershon, is the reigning show diva who lusts for Nomi but later sees her as a younger rival. Bisexual Cristal, followed by roles like a butch lesbian in Bound and a bisexual rocker in Prey for Rock & Roll, solidified Gershon as a gay icon. She recently starred in the short-lived revival of Bye Bye Birdie on Broadway. Gershon has expressed interest in a Broadway musical adaptation of Showgirls.
Gina Ravera
Gina Ravera played Molly Abrams–the seamstress for Goddess–and Nomi Malone’s (Elizabeth Berkley) only friend. As the lone character with a good head on her shoulders, she’s ultimately met with a cringe-worthy rape scene in the end. Ravera went on to movies like Soul Food and The Great Debaters, and spots as a regular on TNT’s The Closer and ER.
Does anybody remember craptacular ‘80s flick Hard Ticket to Hawaii? It starred Bold & the Beautiful soap stud Ron Moss alongside four Playboy centerfolds (in their big acting break) as undercover federal agents who try to thwart an international drug kingpin. They engage in “a series of explosions, car chases, karate fights and love scenes that will blow you away.” Add this to your Netflix queue NOW!!!
Check out this Oscar-snubbed scene in which Moss barrels through a wall on a motorcycle to rescue a Playmate from a rogue snake.
Trailer after the jump!
Here’s a flashback clip of Charles Bronson literally grabbing life by the balls in 1984′s The Evil That Men Do.
I have a strong feeling the LaToya Jackson catalog is an undiscovered goldmine. From her moderately successful 1991 album, Bad Girl, here is her 2-week German Adult Contemporary radio top 40 hit (OK, I made all that up), He’s My Brother.
Just read the lyrics and dare to tell me LaToya Jackson isn’t a poetic genius:
Owwww
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
He’s not bad!You may say he’s eccentric
I will admit that he’s quite different
You may say he does crazy things, oh oh oh
He works hard for the money that he bringsBad and Thriller, he’s still the man in the mirror
‘Cause he’s good to me and I know
Yes, I know that he loves me so‘Cause he is my brother
Whenever he has to he’s heavy
‘Cause he is my brother (He’s my brother)
He gives me emotion in plentyWhen I’m alone and I need him
He’s with me like lightning
‘Cause he is my brother
and I love, yes I love
and I love, yes i love him soHe-He-He’s not bad!
(He’s not bad!)
Oww!Out on stage he’s electric
When he dances it’s just like magic
And you know when he starts to sing, oh oh oh
He is reaching the world with his musicBad and Thriller, he’s still the man in the mirror
‘Cause he’s good to me and I know
Yes, I know that he loves me so‘Cause he is my brother
Whenever he has to he’s heavy
‘Cause he is my brother (He’s my brother)
He gives me emotion in plentyWhen I’m alone and I need him
He’s with me like lightning
‘Cause he is my brother
and I love, yes I love
and I love, yes i love him soHe’s not bad!
(He-He-He’s not bad!)
Oww!‘Cause he is my brother
Whenever he has to he’s heavy
‘Cause he is my brother (He’s my brother)
He gives me emotion in plentyWhen I’m alone and I need him
He’s with me like lightning
‘Cause he is my brother
and I love, yes I love
and I love, yes i love him so‘Cause he is my brother
Whenever he has to he’s heavy
‘Cause he is my brother (He’s my brother)
He gives me emotion in plentyWhen…
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