Search

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

2022 Golden Globe Rant

 there was no ceremony due to a Hollywood boycott.  Snoop Dogg made the announcements.


see wikipedia for all the winners. 


Best Drama Movie: "The Power of the Dog"

Best Musical: "West Side Story"

Best Actor in a Drama: Will Smith for "King Richard"

Best Actress in a Drama: Nicole Kidman for "Being the Ricardos"

Best Actor in a Musician/comedy: Andrew Garfield for "Tick, Tick...BOOM"

Best Actress in a Musician/comedy: Rachel Zegler for "West Side Story"

Best Supporting Actor: Kodi-Smit-McPhee for "The Power of the Dog"

Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose for "West Side Story" 

Best Director: Jane Campion for "The Power of the Dog"

Best Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh for "Belfast"

Best Animated film: "Encanto"

Best Foreign Language film: "Drive My Car"

Thursday, February 10, 2022

The Best and Worst Movies of 2020

 2020: Not that many movies were even released.... Due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 


BEST:

Class Action Park 

Holidate

News of the World 

Nomadland 

The Wolf of Snow Hollow 


WORST:

I'm Thinking of Ending Things 

The Night House 

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Best and Worst Movies of 2021

 BEST:

A Boy Called Christmas

Black Phone

Cruella 

CODA

The Dig

Free Guy

The French Dispatch 

Licorice Pizza

Nobody 

Power of the Dog 

The Quiet Place II

Val


WORST:

Father Christmas is Back

Introspectum Motel 

Malignant 

The Trip 

Friday, May 7, 2021

2021 Oscars

 Many films are at an advantage this year due to so few films being released in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

The Oscars were delayed from February till April due to the virus. 


Sunday, April 25, 2021
8 PM
Two locations: indoors at the The Dolby Theater and indoor/outdoors at the Union Station 
No Host 

Let's get started...

Yikes.  I do not like Regina King's silver bug-wing looking high collared Louis Vuitton dress.  Nope.

Don't love Amanda Seyfried's low V-neck red Armani dress.  Too revealing and bland.  It needed a belt or a necklace.  

Leslie Odom Jr.  looks quite dapper in a head to toe gold Brioni suit.  It's extreme but he pulls it off.

Very simple silver patterned, spaghetti strapped Chanel dress for Margot Robbie this year.  

Seems like exposing mid-drift is the style this year.

I do not like Laura Dern's long sleeved turtle necked Oscar de la Renta dress with a pure white feathered skirt.  Wow.  It's just a hot mess.  Having Bjork swan dress flash backs. Worst dressed list. 

The Oscars start at the Union Station with rolling credits as if this is the beginning of a movie.  Unique. Everyone in the audience must be vaccinated because no one is wearing a mask, well, except for Gary Oldman and a few others. To see faces again is a breath of fresh air.  Very limited audience members.  
Oh Hollywood...Not necessary to mention political opinions on recent news...let's just stick to movies.  

Sequin Oscar lamps on the tables....oh my, gotta get me one of those.

Best original screenplay goes to Emerald Fennell for "Promising Young Woman".  Not a huge fan of her pink and green floral print Gucci dress. She is pregnant. 

Best adapted screenplay goes to "The Father".  Gotta love Anthony Hopkins. 

Best international film goes to "Another Round" from Denmark. 

Daniel Kaluuya wins best supporting actor in "Judas and the Black Messiah".  He looks great, as always.  
Congrats to the Lucas brothers who started out as stand-up comedians! 

Best Make-up and hair styling goes to "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".  Mia Neal's navy high collared, pearl embossed dress is beautiful.  the pearls drip down her right side.  It's gorgeous.  My Best dressed list! made by an up and coming designer CD Greene. 
Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson are the first black women to win best make-up and hair. 

Best costume design goes to Ann Roth for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".  She is not present.  Bless her heart.  She's been doing costume designs since 1964.  As of this date she is 89 years old. 

The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award goes to the Motion Picture television fund. A much needed charity that offers assistance and care to those whose past were in the motion picture and television industry.  This fund helps those with little or no finance support in their elderly years.  It is a beautiful charity and long deserving of recognition. First time the Hersholt award went to a charity. 

wow the awards are all out of sync tonight. Major awards presented very early on.  and Best songs sung prior to the show.  Bong Joon Ho presents in Korean with his translator for Best Director.  The award  goes to Chloe Zhao for "Nomadland".  She is wearing a simple beige knit Hermes dress.  

Best Sound goes to "The Sound of Metal".

Best live action short film goes to "Two Distant Strangers".  

Do not like Glenn Close's blue Armani dress with black slacks?? and satin gloves?? Glenn, you're not Diane Keaton. Worst dressed list. 

 Best animated short film goes to "If Anything Happens, I love you" 

I do not like Reese Witherspoon's red Dior dress.  It is boring and the belt looks so manly and mismatched. Wow boring, boring, boring. She knows better. yuck. Worst dressed list. 

Best animated feature film goes to "Soul" 

Best Documentary short subject goes to "Colette".

Carey Mulligan in a very shiny gold Valentino dress that reveals her mid-drift.  Not loving it.  Wish it was a bit more classy. 

Best Documentary feature goes to "My Octopus Teacher" so sad. 

Love Marlee Matlin's v-neck off the shoulder Vivienne Westwood dress.  Love the sheer flowing sleeves.  One of my best dressed. 

"Tenet" deserves and wins for best visual effects. 

Brad Pitt presents for Best Supporting actress.  Handsome as usual.  Looks like he grew his hair out while quarantining.  He has it pulled back in a ponytail.  

Yuh-Jung Youn wins Best Supporting actress for "Minari". Lovely black ballgown with pockets.  Very elegant and age appropriate. Funny speech. very witty. 

Love Maria Bakalova's white Louis Vuitton v-neck and tulle skirt.  Love the hair, jewerly, make-up. Perfection.  One of my best dressed. 

Best Production Design goes to "Mank".  

I do not like Halle Berry's new bob hair-do at all.  Not a fan of her Dolce & Gabbana purple dress either.  Just looks like wrinkled bed sheets. 

Best Cinematography goes to "Mank".  

Harrison Ford looks handsome.  He seems short of breath, perhaps nervous.  Best film editing goes to "Sound of Metal".

Wowza Viola Davis in a white Alexander McQueen cut out dress.  Very revealing for her.  Took a risk and it paid off.  one of my Best Dressed. 

Tyler Perry also receives a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian award.  They rarely air this award on live tv so it is nice for once to put the glitz and glamour aside for the much more important work being done in the world. He truly is a wonderful human who does fabulous work for humanity.  Beautiful speech.  Stop Hate.  All Hate, regardless of race/creed/religion, etc.  Hate is ignorant. 

No, no Zendaya.  I do not like this yellow colored Valentino dress.  Taking the mid-drift way to far.  I don't like her jewelry choice, too heavy.  I don't like her hair style. no. Sorry, worst dressed list. 

Best Score goes to "Soul". 

Best Song goes to H.E.R for "Judas and the Black Messiah" .  I kinda love this blue hooded pajamas she is wearing.  looks super cozy and very original!! Designed by Dundas.  Best dressed look!!

Andra Day.  Another mid-drift gold dress.  This one by Vera Wang. 

I have never seen larger off the shoulder sleeves than Angela Basset's red Alberta Ferretti dress right now.  Holy Moly! No way you could store that dress in a bag.  

In Memoriam song was a terrible choice and it sped through the names.  No one can read that fast. My god this speed is so DISRESPECTFUL. Why is this song so upbeat??  I mean slow it down in a year where we lost so many lives. Terrible.  Worst ever! why not a live performer? 

Love Rita Moreno in a maroon mermaid style dress she has paired with a matching coat.  Odd they are announcing best picture now and not the last award.  I do not like this order. Why?? 

Best picture goes to "Nomadland".  Frances McDormand howls like a wolf on stage...so there's that.

Vanessa Kirby's pink Gucci dress is so ill fitted.  The dress is puckering in all the wrong places.  very bad tailoring. 

Renee Zellweger is wearing a peach strapless Armani Prive dress and awards the Best Actress in a Leading Role to Frances McDormand for "Nomadland".  McDormand as usual is wearing no make-up which I love and a black Valentino frock with feathers on the wrists.  

Emotionless Joaquin Phoenix awards Best actor award to Anthony Hopkins for "The Father". Hopkins is in England and is not present to except the award.  

all in all kind of a dull show.  It just didn't feel like the Oscars. but then again no one went to the movies cause all the theaters were shut down for the pandemic. So nothing felt like reality this year. 
better hopes for next year. 


BEST DRESSED: Mia Neal
WORST DRESSED: Reese Witherspoon

Monday, March 15, 2021

2021 Golden Globes

 Wow.  what a horrible year.  so depressing. 

But alas, the Hollywood foreign press has decided to press forward with this night's ceremony.  I have mixed emotions.  Part of me thinks that due to the pandemic and lack of movies released in 2020 they should have held off and just added the few films that were released in 2020 to next years roster.  I feel like because of the lack of films released that maybe some films were nominated that should not have been.  I think they got nominated not by talent but by lack of any other choices.  Perhaps tonight will not be an even playing field.  But alas...the show must go on....

Sunday, February 28, 2021 
8:00 pm

Amy Poehler is hosting from California and Tina Fey is hosting from New York making this the first bi-coastal broadcast of the Golden Globes. 

All the presenters and nominees are spoken to through computers chats. 

Pre-show

Jane Lynch looks great in a pinstriped suit.  Don't love the brooch. 

Carey Mulliagn looks lovely in an iridescent pale pink, off the shoulder dress.  In a hotel room. 

Hate Elle Fanning's pink and yellow dress.  With the fake yellow flowers on the shoulders.  More something for an Easter Parade.  wine in background

Hate Kate Hudson's metallic dress with the big 80's black velvet sleeves. many throw pillows in background.

I dislike Julia Garner's pulled back hair with a boring white collared shirt and blue velvet tuxedo jacket.  Very Victor/Victoria. 

Yikes. Jared Leto and that long, stringy hair.  He always looks homeless, and yet he is so handsome!! bookcase in background. 

I don't love Regina King's dress.  It's a one sleeved, black dress with a big silver, sweetheart cut top.  It looks like a cartoon.  haha. empty hall with her dog bed in background. oh my god, mid interview the dog comes in and lays down.  So cute. Stealing her thunder.

I do not like Amanda Seyfried's red flamenco floral dress.  Never a friend of her style. police sirens in the background. 

LIVE from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in California and the Rainbow Room for New York:

Tina Fey looks great in an all black suit dress with cute stockings.  I hate Amy Poehler's big buttoned black sequin dress she looks like a dominatrix. 

WOW. the ballroom is usually filled with celebrities but tonight the room is sparsely filled with essential workers and first responders.  HELLO, Why wasn't I called about this??? 

Laura Dern looks nice in her satin black suit. 

There is a lot of sound problems.  Understandably so.

Daniel Kaluuya wins best supporting actor in a motion picture for "Judas and the Black Messiah". He looks great in a blue suit and white trimmed suit. 

Love Bill Murphy's Hawaiian shirt.

Love Angelia Basset's purple one shoulder boa dress. Vava Voom.  John Boyega wins Best actor in a television supporting role for "Small Axe" . looks very handsome in a white suit. 

I love the black and white rose suit Catherine O'Hara has on.  She wins for Best Actress in a comedy series for "Schitt's Creek". well deserved. 

Tiffany Haddis golden hair looks great. ok brown sequin linked dress.  "Soul" wins for Best Animated Picture.

Mark Ruffalo wins Best Actor in a mini-series or TV movie for "I Know This Much is True".  Amazing book by Wally Lamb. 

Aaron Sorkin wins for best screenplay for "The Trial of the Chicago Seven" 

Gag sequence by SNL cast members. Hate Maya Rudolph's silver bag of a dress.  Her style is the worst.  Wish Keanan had on gray pants not brown.  

The two hosts could not be less alike in outfits right now. Tina Fey just added a frumpy rose floral print to her dress.  Is Amy not a friend enough to tell her that's terrible looking.  She just let's Tina end up on the worst looked list.  Amy is too old for that mini dress and black stockings.  The hair is forced.  Tiny went way past her age to 85.  and Amy went too before her age at 17.  Can we not get a happy medium?

Norman Lear at 98 wins the (third) Carol Burnett award for life time achievement in television.  Well deserved for his producing "All in the Family" and other progressive shows.  

I like Salma Hayak's red dress.  Lose the brooch. 

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick look fabulous as a couple.  Sedgwick is wearing off-white satin blouse with pants.  Satin wrinkles so easily. 

Emma Corin wins for Best actress in a drama series for "The Crown".  New British actress.  Giggles through expectance speech, so nervous.  Wearing a ridiculous RBG collared judge robe dress. horrible.

Best Original Score goes to "Soul".

Jason Sadakius wins Best actor comedy series for "Ted Lasso". He is wearing a tie-dyed sweat shirt which to me is a bit disrespectful for the HFP. 

Best TV comedy series goes to "Schitt's Creek".  Daniel Levy looks gorgeous in a yellow sequined suit. 

Sean Penn talks about a foundation that helps prevent COVID-19.  His hair is dyed brown and his a mop on his head. 

Rosamund Pike wins best actress in a comedy film for "I Care A Lot".  She's wearing a giant suspenders looking red tulle dress.  Her speech is a bit obnoxious towards America. 

New-comer Josh O'Connor wins best actor for drama series "The Crown".  Apparently, you can still be played off stage virtually.  

Gal Gabot looks lovely in a simple white turtle neck mini dress with sheer sleeves.  Best Foreign Picture goes to the U.S.A. for "Minari". 

Best TV drama goes to "The Crown".

Such different styles, Tina and Amy. Tina alway so modest and dressing beyond her years and Amy always trying too hard to dress younger.  Between the two, they equal out.  Tina is now wearing a gold sequin blazer with old RW&B cuffs.  Amy changed into a black dress with a weird gold hoop at her chest line that is nothing but distracting.  

This year Jane Fonda is the recipient of the "Cecil B. DeMille Award".  Seems long over due.  Many a younger actors have won before her. She looks great in a slick white suit with gray hair.  

Jamie Lee Curtis looks amazing in a yellow flowing dress. 

Jodie Foster looks awesome in a flowing black and white pant suit.  She has her girl and her dog by her side.  She wins for best supporting actress in a motion picture for "The Mauritanian". 

Gillian Anderson wins best supporting actress is a supporting role for "The Crown".
The Crown is cleaning up tonight. 

Anya Taylor-Joy looks simple and blonde in a green spaghetti strapped dress.  She wins best actress in a mini-series for "The Queen's Gambit".

"The Queen's Gambit" wins Best mini-series.

Renee Zellweger wearing a very simple black velvet dress. Chadwick Boseman posthumously wins Best actor in a motion picture drama for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom".  His widow excepts his award. sad.

Bryce Dallas Howard is wearing a horrible, unflattering, silver and pink full sleeved sequin dress. She is not a heavy girl but it is just ill-fitted. 

Chloe Zhao wins best director for "Nomadland" 

"Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm" wins best comedy film.

I hate Awkwafina's retro 70s dress, yikes.  Best actor in a comedy film goes to Sasha Baron Cohen for "Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm".  He looks handsome. His wife, Isla Fisher looks lovely in a hot pink dress. 

Thanks for dressing up Joaquin Phoenix! .  Andra Day wins for best actress in a drama for "The United States VS. Billie Holiday" 

Michael Douglas looks handsome and alive.  Catherine Zeta-Jones looks beautiful in an off the shoulder black dress. 

"Nomadland" wins best Drama movie 


It's a half-ass review for a half-ass ceremony for a horrible year which basically released no movies.  

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Famous People Married on New Year's Eve

LISTED BY YEAR:


Celebrities Married on New Year's Eve or Day:

Lillian Hellman and Arthur Kober 12/31/1925 (divorced) 
Sylvia Field and Harold Moffet 12/31/1930 
Dana Andrews and Janey Murray 12/31/1932 (divorced) 
John Carradine and Ardanelle McCool 12/31/1935 (divorced) 
Stan Laurel and Vera Shuvalova  1/1/1938 (divorced) 
Bette Davis and Arthur Farnsworth 12/31/1940 
Shelley Winters and Mack Paul Mayer 1/1/1942
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans 12/31/1947 
Gregory Peck and Veronique Passani 12/31/1955 
Gene Hackman and Faye Maltese 1/1/1956 (divorced)
Thomas Noguchi and Hisako Nishihara 12/31/1960 (divorced, later reunited)  
Robert Duvall and Barbara Benjamin 12/31/1964 (divorced) 
Michael Crichton and Joan Radam 1/1/1965 (divorced)
Esther Williams and Fernando Lamas 12/31/1969 
Darren McGavin and Kathie Browne 12/31/1969 
Tommy Lee Jones and Kate Lardner 12/31/1971 (divorced) 
Claude Earl Jones and Nancy Langdon 1/1/1972 
Bartlett Robinson remarried Margot Ballatin 12/31/1973 
Buzz Aldrin and Beverly Van Zile 12/31/1975 (divorced) 
Redd Foxx and Yun Chi Chung 12/31/1976 (divorced) 
Geraldo Rivera and Sherri Raymond 12/31/1976 (divorced) 
Michael Crichton and Kathy St. Johns 12/31/1978 (divorced) 
Alice Hirson and Stephen Elliott 1/1/1980 
Sonny Bono and Susie Coelho 12/31/1981 (divorced) 
Michael Biehn and Gina Marsh 1/1/1988 (divorced) 
Leonard Nimoy and Susan Bay 1/1/1989 
Shari Belafonte and Sam Behrens 12/31/1989 
Joan Allen and Peter Friedman 1/1/1990 (divorced) 
Rick Ducommun and Leslie Ann McNulty 12/31/1992 
Adrienne Barbeau and Billy Van Zandt 12/31/1992 (divorced) 
Wayne Brady and Diana Lasso 12/31/1993 (divorced) 
Halle Berry and David Justice 1/1/1993 (divorced) 
Bill Gates and Melinda French 1/1/1994 (divorced)
Melissa Gilbert and Bruce Boxleitner 1/1/1995 (divorced) 
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith 12/31/1997 
Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford 12/31/1997 
Alyssa Milano and Cinjun Tate 1/1/1999 (divorced) 
Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson 12/31/2000 (divorced) 
Rachel Griffiths and Andrew Taylor 12/31/2002 
Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany 1/1/2003 
Miranda Otto and Peter O'Brien 1/1/2003 
Ron McLarty and Kate Skinner 1/1/2004 
Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero 12/31/2006 
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter 12/31/2008 (divorced) 
Gary Oldman and Alexandra Edenborough 12/31/2008 (divorced) 
Kyle Busch and Samantha Sarcinella  12/31/2010
Shania Twain and Frederic Thiebaud 1/1/2011
Kellie Pickler and Kyle Jacobs 1/1/2011 
Hugh Hefner and Crystal Harris 12/31/2012 
Kaley Cuoco and Ryan Sweeting 12/31/2013 (divorced) 
James Cromwell and Anna Stuart 1/1/2014 
Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Amy Reimann 12/31/2016 
Maria Menounos and Keven Undergaro 12/31/2017 
Kathy Griffin and Randy Bick 1/1/2020 (divorced) 
Jenny Slate and Ben Shattuck 12/31/2021 


Celebrities Born on New Year's Eve/Day:

Giovanni Boldini 12/31/1842
Paul Porcasi 1/1/1879
Edward Dillon 1/1/1879 
Edie Martin 1/1/1880
Mary Forbes 1/1/1883 
Tom Dugan 1/1/1889 
Charles Bickford 1/1/1891 
Jason Robards Sr. 12/31/1892 
Stanley Price 12/31/1892
J. Edgar Hoover 1/1/1895 
Jule Styne 12/31/1905
Nelson Leigh 1/1/1905 
Theresa Harris 12/31/1906
Simon Wiesenthal 12/31/1908 
Pauline de Rothschild 12/31/1908 
Dana Andrews 1/1/1909 
Russ Bender 1/1/1910 
Frankie Lee 12/31/1911 
Gilbert Green 1/1/1914 
Arletta Duncan 12/31/1914
Beth Amos 1/1/1916 
Joan McCracken 12/31/1917 
Marian Heiskell 12/31/1918 
Carole Landis 1/1/1919 
J.D. Salinger 1/1/1919
G. Wood 12/31/1919 
Richard Hamilton 12/31/1920 
Barbara Baxley 1/1/1923
Zena Marshall 1/1/1925 
Matthew Beard 1/1/1925 
Norman Chappell 12/31/1925 
Frank Gatliff 12/31/1927 
Angelo De Meo 12/31/1930 
Ty Hardin 1/1/1930 
George Schlatter 12/31/1932
Edward Bunker 12/31/1933 
Harvey Ashby 12/31/1933 
Fred Holliday 1/1/1936
Anthony Hopkins 12/31/1937 
Rosalind Cash 12/31/1938 
Frank Langella 1/1/1938 
Paul Benjamin 1/1/1938 
Gavin MacFadyen 1/1/1940 
Sean S. Cunningham 12/31/1941
Sarah Miles 12/31/1941
Stanley Kamel 1/1/1943 
Pete Quaife 12/31/1943
Ben Kingsley 12/31/1943 
John Denver 12/31/1943 
Ron Perelman 1/1/1943
Taylor Hackford 12/31/1944 
Bob Minor 1/1/1944 
Vernon Wells 12/31/1945 
Barbara Carrera 12/31/1945 
Milena Canonero 1/1/1946
Diane von Furstenberg 12/31/1946 
Rick Hurst 1/1/1946
Tim Matheson 12/31/1947 
Donna Summer 12/31/1948 
Stephanie Faracy 1/1/1952
James Remar 12/31/1953 
Jane Badler 12/31/1953 
Richard Gibson 1/1/1954 
Madolyn Smith Osborne 1/1/1957
Meagen Fay 1/1/1957 
Bebe Neuwirth 12/31/1958 
Val Kilmer 12/31/1959 
Jeanette Walls 1/1/1960 
Scott Ian 12/31/1963 
Michael McDonald 12/31/1964 
Nicholas Sparks 12/31/1965 
Jennifer Hale 1/1/1965 
Rebecca Rigg 12/31/1967
Morris Chestnut 1/1/1969
Verne Troyer 1/1/1969
Danny Lloyd 1/1/1973
Joey McIntyre 12/31/1973 
Psy 12/31/1977 
Elaine Cassidy 12/31/1979 
Jermaine Williams 12/31/1982 
Colin Morgan 1/1/1986
Jessica Gunning 1/1/1986
Gabby Douglas 12/31/1995 


Celebrities Died on New Year's Eve/Day:

Darwin Karr 12/31/1945
Arthur Loft 1/1/1947 
Hank Williams Sr. 1/1/1953
Margaret Sullavan 1/1/1960 
Barton MacLane 1/1/1969 
Suzanne Dalbert 12/31/1970 
Pete Duel 12/31/1971 
Maurice Chevalier 1/1/1972 
Roberto Clemente 12/31/1972 
Raoul Walsh 12/31/1980 
Victor Buono 1/1/1982 
Ricky Nelson 12/31/1985 
Sam Spiegel 12/31/1985 
Lloyd Haynes 12/31/1986 
M.J. Frankovich 1/1/1992 
Cesar Romero 1/1/1994 
Warrene Ott 1/1/1995
Billie Dove 12/31/1997 
Michael L. Kennedy 12/31/1997
Ken Olfson 12/31/1997 
Jose Greco 12/31/2000 
Ray Walston 1/1/2001 
Eileen Heckart 12/31/2001 
Julia Phillips 1/1/2002
Meg Wyllie 1/1/2002
Cyril Shaps 1/1/2003 
Uta Hagen 1/1/2004 
Billy Booth 12/31/2006 
Brad Sullivan 12/31/2008
Ron Asheton 1/1/2009 
Edmund Purdom 1/1/2009 
James Avery 12/31/2013 
Juanita Moore 1/1/2014 
Edward Hermann 12/31/2014 
Natalie Cole 12/31/2015 
Mario Cuomo 1/1/2015
Donna Douglas 1/1/2015 
Ninon Sevilla 1/1/2015 
Wayne Rogers 12/31/2015 
Beth Howland 12/31/2015 
William Christopher 12/31/2016 
Jon Paul Steuer 1/1/2018 
Milton James 1/1/2018 
Martin West 12/31/2019
Don Larsen 1/1/2020 
Sherrie Wills 12/31/2020
Betty White 12/31/2021 
Pope Benedict XVI 12/31/2022
Shecky Greene 12/31/2023 
Max Julien 1/1/2022 
Fred White 1/1/2023

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Famous People That Died in the 1918 Flu Pandemic and the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic

NOTABLE PEOPLE THAT DIED DURING THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC: (also known as The Spanish Influenza) (Strain: Influenza A: H1N1)

Johnny Aitken: American race-car driver: 1885- 10/15/1918: age 33

Felix Arndt: American composer: 1889- 10/18/1918: age 29

True Boardman: American actor: 1882- 9/28/1918: age 36

Randolph Bourne: American writer: 1886- 12/22/1918: age 32

Larry Chappell: American baseball player: 1890- 11/8/1918: age 28

Rose Cleveland: former 22nd First Lady of the United States: 1846- 11/22/1918: age 72

John H. Collins: American director: 1889- 10/31/1918: age 28

William Courtleigh Jr. : American actor: 1892- 3/13/1918: age 26

Dark Cloud: Native American actor: 1861 - 10/17/1918: age 57

Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves: President of Brazil: 1848- 1/16/1919: age 70

Gaby Deslys: French actress: 1881- 2/11/1920: age 38

John Francis Dodge: co-founder of Dodge car manufacturer: 1864- 1/14/1920: age: 55

Horace Elgin Dodge: co-founder of Dodge car manufacturer: 1868- 12/10/1920: age: 52

"Admiral Dot" (Leopold Kahn): P.T. Barum circus performer: 1859- 10/28/1918: age 59

Myrtle Gonzalez: American actress: 1891- 10/22/1918: age 27

Charles Tomlinson Griffes: American composer: 1884- 4/8/1920: age 35

Charles Gunn: American actor: 1883- 12/8/1918: age 26

Tessie Harron: American actress: 1896 - 11/9/1918: age 22

Joseph Kaufman: American director: 1882- 2/1/1918: age 35

Julian L'Estrange: British actor: 1880- 10/22/1918: age 38

Harold Lockwood: American actor: 1887- 10/18/1918: age 31

Francis "Silk" O'Loughlin: American umpire: 1872- 12/20/1918: age 46

Egon Schiele: Austrian painter: 1890- 10/31/1918: age 28

Walter Stradling: American cinematographer: 1875- 7/4/1918: age 43

Wayland Trask: American actor: 1887- 11/17/1918: age 31

Alex "King" Watzke: American violinist: 1872- 1/14/1918: age 46

Pearl "Specks" Webster: American baseball player: 1889- 11/16/1918: age: 29

As you can see the 1918 virus attacked healthy immune systems and killed mostly people in their 20s and 30s.  The main breadwinners for most families.
Most deaths occurred in autumn of 1918.  However, people continued to contract the virus until 1920.


NOTABLE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED THE 1918 FLU PANDEMIC:


Alfonso XIII of Spain: King of Spain: 1886-1941: age 54

Raymond Chandler: American writer: 1888-1959: age 70

Walt Disney: American animator: 1901-1966: age: 65 

Peter Fraser: Prime Minister of New Zealand: 1884-1950: age: 66

David Lloyd George: former Prime Minister of England: 1863-1945: age: 82

Lillian Gish: American actress: 1893-1993: age 99

Robert Graves: British writer: 1895-1985: age: 90

Edvard Munch: Norwegian painter: 1863-1944: age: 80

Georgia O'Keeffe: American painter: 1887-1986: age 98

Mary Pickford: American actress: 1892-1979: age 87

Katherine Anne Porter: American writer: 1890-1980: age 90

Franklin D. Roosevelt: 32nd President of the U.S.A. : 1882-1945: age 63

Woodrow Wilson: 28th President of the U.S.A. : 1856-1924: age 67



HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF...


NOTABLE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED COVID-19 DURING THE 2020 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC OUTBREAK: 

Brooke Adams: American actress: born 1949

Prince Albert II: Prince of Monaco: born 1958

Babyface: American singer: born 1959

Brooke Baldwin: American CNN news anchor: born 1979

Antonio Banderas: American-Spanish actor: born 1960

Sara Bareilles: American singer: born 1979 

Maria Bella: American actress: born 1967

Andrea Bocelli: Italian singer: born 1958 

Usain Bolt: Jamaican olympic runner: born 1986

Jeff Bridges: American actor: born 1949 

Jackson Browne: American singer/musician: born 1948

David Bryan: American keyboardist for the band "Bon Jovi": born 1962

Cheryl Burke: American dancer: born 1984

Danny Burstein: American actor: born 1964

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall: born 1947

Anna Camp: American actress: born 1982

Prince Charles: heir to the British throne: born 1948

Chris Christie: former governor of NJ: born 1962

Andy Cohen: American TV host: born 1968

Brian Cox: Scottish actor: born 1946

Bryan Cranston: American actor: born 1956

Christopher Cross: American singer: born 1951 

Chris Cuomo: American CNN news anchor: born 1970

Zoey Deutch: American actress: born 1994

James L. Dolan: CEO of Madison Square Garden: born 1955

Placido Domingo: Spanish opera singer: born 1941

Zoey Deutch: American actress: born 1994

Lena Dunham: American actress: born 1986

Kevin Durant: American basketball player: born 1988

Idris Elba: British actor: born 1972

Queen Elizabeth II: Queen of England: born 1926

Patrick Ewing: American basketball player: born 1962

Mel Gibson: American actor: born 1956 

Rudy Gobert: American basketball player: born 1992

Lucian Grainge: British CEO of Universal Music Group: born 1960

Kathy Griffin: American comedian: born 1960

Rudy Giuliani: Former mayor of NYC: born 1944

Tiffany Haddish: American actress: born 1979

Tom Hanks: American actor: born 1956 

Neil Patrick Harris: American actor: born 1973 

Kevin Hart: American actor: born 1979

Melissa Joan Hart: American actress: 1976

John Benjamin Hickey: American actor: born 1963

Kristofer Hivju: Norwegian actor: born 1978

D.L. Hughley: American comedian: born 1963 

Boris Johnson: British Prime Minister: born 1964

Dwayne Johnson: American actor: born 1972

Daniel Dae Kim: American actor: born 1968

Hoda Kota: American TV host: born 1957

Jane Krakowski: American actor: born 1968

Damian Kulash: American musician: born 1975 

Olga Kurylenko: Ukrainian actress: born 1979

Debi Mazar: American actress: born 1964

Patrick McEnroe: American tennis player: born 1966

Reba McEntire: American singer: born 1955 

Jillian Michaels: American fitness trainer: born 1974

Alyssa Milano: American actress: born 1972

Brian Stokes Mitchell: American actor: born 1957

Jim Parsons: American actor: born 1973

Robert Pattinson: British actor: born 1986

Rand Paul: U.S. Senator: born 1963

Pink: American singer: born 1979 

Jonathan Pryce: Welsch actor: born 1947 

Chris Rock: American actor: born 1965

Michael Rooker: American actor: born 1955

J.K. Rowling: British writer: born 1965 

Tony Shalhoub: American actor: born 1953

Ed Sheeran: British musician: born 1991 

Jeff Shell: CEO of NBC: born 1965 

Sam Smith: British singer: born 1992

Lesley Stahl: 60 Minutes news anchor: born 1941 

George Stephanopoulos: News anchor: born 1961

John Taylor: British bassist: born 1960

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau: Wife of Canadian Prime Minister: born 1975

President Donald Trump: 45th President of the United States: born 1946

Melania Trump: 45th First Lady of the United States: born 1970 

Indira Varma: British actress: born 1973 

Ali Wentworth: American comedian: born 1965 

Rita Wilson: American actress: born 1956

Trisha Yearwood: American country singer: born 1964 


NOTABLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19 SINCE THE 2020 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC OUTBREAK:

Jay Benedict: American actor: 1951-4/5/2020: age 68

Julie Bennet: American actress: 1932- 3/31/2020: age: 88

Mark Blum: American actor: 1959- 3/26/2020: age: 69

Patricia Bosworth: American journalist and biographer: 1933 - 4/2/2020: age 86

Tim Brooke-Taylor: British actor: 1940 - 4/12/2020: age 79

Floyd Cardoz: Indian chef: 1961 - 3/25/2020: age: 59

Sonny Chiba: Japanese actor: 1939- 8/19/2021: age 82 

Forrest Compton: American actor: 1925 - 4/4/2020: age 94

Nick Cordero: American actor: 1978 - 7/5/2020 (after 95 days in the hospital) age: 41

Cristina: American singer: 1956 - 3/31/2020: age: 64

Allen Daviau: American cinematographer: 1942 - 4/15/2020: age: 77

Joyce Davidson: Canadian actress: 1931 - 5/7/2020: age 89 

Tom Dempsey: American football player: 1947 - 4/4/2020: age 73

Manu Dibango: Cameroonian jazz musician: 1933 - 3/24/2020: age: 86

Joe Diffie: American country music singer: 1958 - 3/29/2020: age 61

Alber Elbaz: Israeli fashion designer: 1961 - 4/21/2021: age 59 

Hernan Espinoza: Hispanic co-worker: Died 4/5/2020: age: 50s

Lee Fierro: American actress: 1929 - 4/5/2020: age 91

Allen Garfield: American actor: 1939 - 4/7/2020: age: 80

Juan Gimenez: Argentinian comic book artist: 1943 - 4/2/2020: age: 76

Annie Glenn: American activist and astronaut John Glenn's wife: 1920 - 5/19/2020: age 100

Henry Grimes: American jazz musician: 1935 - 4/15/2020: age: 84

Hilary Heath: British actress: 1945 - 3/30/2020: age 74

Roy Horn: German-born Vegas entertainer (Siegfried and Roy): 1944 - 5/8/2020: age 75

Jan Howard: American country music singer: 1929 - 3/28/2020: age: 91

Andrew Jack: British dialect coach for film: 1944 - 3/31/2020: age: 76

Larry King: American talk show host: 1933 - 1/23/2021: age 87 

Eddie Large: British comedian: 1941 - 4/2/2020: age 78

Ellis Marsalis Jr. : American jazz pianist: 1934 - 4/1/2020: age: 85

Rick May: American voice-actor: 1940 - 4/8/2020: age 79

Terrance McNally: American screenwriter: 1938 - 3/24/2020: age: 81

Meat Loaf: American singer: 1947 - 1/20/2022: age 74 

Alan Merrill: American musician: 1951 - 3/29/2020: age: 69

Philippe Nahon: French actor: 1938 - 4/19/2020: age: 81

Marc Pilcher: British hair and make-up designer: 1967 - 10/3/2021: age 53 

Bucky Pizzarelli: American jazz guitarist: 1926 - 4/1/2020: age 94

Jenny Polanco: Dominican fashion designer: 1958 - 3/24/2020: age 62

Colin Powell: American diplomat: 1937 - 10/18/2021: age 84 

John Prine: American folk singer: 1946 - 4/7/2020: age 73

David Prowse: British actor: 1935 - 11/28/2020: age 85 

Wallace Roney: American jazz trumpeter: 1960 - 3/31/2020: age: 59

Sergio Rossi: Italian shoe designer: 1935 - 4/2/2020: age: 84

Antonio Sabato Sr. : Italian-American actor: 1943 - 1/6/2021: age 77 

Adam Schlesinger: American singer: 1967 - 4/1/2020: age 52

Tom Seaver: American baseball player: 1944 - 8/31/2020: age 75 

Matthew Seligman: British bass guitarist: 1955 - 4/17/2020: age: 64

Gene Shay: American radio DJ: 1935 - 4/17/2020: age: 85

Ken Shimura: Japanese comedian: 1950 - 3/29/2020: age 70

Charles Siebert: American actor: 1938 - 5/1/2022: age 84 

Phil Spector: Music Producer: 1939 - 1/16/2021: age 81

Ann Sullivan: American animator: 1929 - 4/13/2020: age 91

Carol Sutton: American actress: 1944 - 12/10/2020: age 76 

Ty: British Rapper: 1972 - 5/7/2020: age 47

Fred "The Godson" Thomas: American rapper: 1985 - 4/23/2020: age: 35

Vangelis: Greek movie composer: 1943 - 5/17/2022: age 79 

Michael Vangi: American grandpa of my co-worker: 10/24/1924 - 3/27/2020: age 95

Dawn Wells: American actress: 1938 - 12/30/2020: age 82 

Hal Willner: American music tech/producer for Saturday Night Live: 1956 - 4/6/2020: age 64

As you can see the 2020 virus effects mostly seniors with weaker immune systems and people with pre-existing health conditions.  Some of these ailments combined with Covid-19 contributed to their deaths. 


STAY SAFE. WASH HANDS. ALWAYS

AS OF 12/15/2022.