Mahogany: Where Did Our Love Go!

Funny what ages well. And what doesn’t.
Take Diana Ross, she of the one too many wine-coolers.
Her first movie was a moist Billie Holiday biop, and Diana, whose sizzle was being compared to the young Marilyn’s, was actually nominated for an Oscar. Today, you couldn’t pay Jeff Gannon to sit through the leaden Lady Sings the Blues.
It’s Mahogany, her second film, the one denounced as a vanity production and a bomb, that remains The Ultra-Sonic Diana Ross Experience.

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Go For The Weave, Helen!: Dolls To Kick Your Ass!

Based solely on this clip, I have to presume that I would not throw shade at the 1981 Valley of The Dolls TV miniseries, though Jean Simmons as Helen really should’ve torn into the Rainbow Brite tracks on Lisa Hartman’s head. Tit for tat.
Not only does this adaption get points for replacing the kindly lady bathroom attendant with Nathan Lane, but I love how Hartman — who clearly robbed Pia Zadora of the role she was born to essay — is clad to apparently accept the AVN award for Best Anal Sex Scene.

Tura! Tura! Tura!: A Cult Goddess Departs This Mortal Coil

If the world seems that much dimmer today, it’s because it lost one of its most precious graces.
Tura Satana — the definitive cult actress whose countenance should adorn a temple or mountain, goddamnit — died Friday in Reno, reportedly of heart failure.
If you don’t know Tura Satana by name and on sight, then you need to get schooled, bitch, because this chick ruled.

Great Moments In Poof: You Got Served!

The best of Mr. Humphries from Are You Being Served?

Belles On Their Toes: The Showgirl & The Swan

Irrefutable proof that The Black Swan is just an upscale art house remake of Showgirls. !sevil imoN

Raquel, Raquel!: A Young Woman’s Journey Into The Divine

Frikkin’ boney ass Gaga can eat it hard at 2:51.

Ma Ma Ma Maaaaaaaaaa!