Archive of posts filed under the celebrity category.
DCS: evelyn west
Evelyn West was a pioneer… sort of a Hernando de Soto of Burlesque. In the early days of the art form theater, the emphasis for titillation was placed on sexy walks and suggestive pelvic gyrations. Evelyn, with her reputed 39 1/2 inch bust line, moved the focus upward. She employed her own style of publicity, …
inktober 52: scorpio
Australian actor Tristan Rogers played the character “Robert Scorpio” on the ABC soap opera General Hospital for twelve years. His character was killed, but Rogers returned for a series of episodes in which he played Robert Scorpio’s spirit. He returned again, this time playing a very much alive Robert Scorpio in early 2006. He popped …
DCS: pierre robert
In 1981, I was a student attending a small but respected* art school in Philadelphia. To help pay my tuition, I worked three evenings a week at my cousin’s health food restaurant. Each Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I would sneak out of class a bit early and rush to the restaurant to get there in …
inktober52: vacant
In a 2007 interview, 51-year old John Lydon — former punk rock poster boy Johnny Rotten — said this about second wave punk band Green Day: “I think Green Day fucking stink. I think they’re the biggest load of fake nonsense I have ever seen. This lot really irk me. They’re everything that’s wrong.” John …
DCS: june lockhart
June Lockhart passed away on October 23, 2025 at the age of 100. 100 — boy! what a run! June was most identified as the all-American wholesome model Mom, playing the definitive role in — not one but two — popular TV series, Lassie and Lost in Space. Well, I never watched Lassie and I’ve …
inktober 2025: week 6
Inktober 2025 draws to a close with the final entry in my “Scream Queens” series — Danielle Harris. I used to attend fan conventions on a regular basis back when I used to collect autographed photos. I no longer add to my collection, because — in my opinion — the shows and participating celebrities have …
inktober 2025: week 5
Starting her stage career as a ballet dancer, Neve Campbell danced in productions of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty in her native Canada. She did some modeling and appeared in a 1991 commercial for Coca Cola. In 1994, Neve was cast as orphan “Julia Salinger”” in the teen drama Party of Five. The show, and …
inktober52: firefly
DCS: ace frehley
I was a KISS fan for a few months when I was in 10th grade. I was one of the first people to wear a KISS t-shirt in my high-school. It was a big plastic-like iron-on decal of KISS’s debut album cover that I selected from a wall of designs on display at a local …