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Diff’rent Strokes Curse Remains With Work Undone

By Smaktakula Diff’rent Strokes proved an instant hit with TV audiences in September of 1978.  The Norman Lear sitcom about Harlem orphans falling into the lap of luxury was anchored by veteran stage actor Conrad Bain, and featured promising child … Continue reading

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Cliff Robertson Is Dead

By Smaktakula Cliff Robertson, who played Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben in the film Spider-Man, is dead at 88.  This comes as something of a surprise to the millions of people who were heretofore unaware of the veteran actor’s  existence, as … Continue reading

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Duhamel Groupie To PT: ‘Step Your Game Up.’

By Promethean Times We’ve said it before: we love hearing from our fans. We are tremendously moved to know that what we do here has such a profound effect upon our readers.  Occasionally we like to throw the little people a bone … Continue reading

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Actor’s Childish Antics Bring Him To Our Awareness

By Smaktakula Through no fault of our own, an insipid bit of pop culture minutiae has bored its way into our brain like those nasty little brain-eating creatures in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.  Recently, Promethean Times became … Continue reading

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Mullets Are Slightly Less Heinous Than Fauxhawks

It’s a matter of degrees, but at least sweaty European soccer players embrace the mullet. Continue reading

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A Great New Way To Make Mom And Dad Pay For What They Did

By Smaktakula Why not get inked by tiresome former celebrity and citizen of Clan Arquette, David A. Cox?    Well, you know what, Mom?  Maybe if you’d bought me Red Power Ranger with the light-up eyes and collectible key chain for Christmas 1999 like I asked you … Continue reading

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Forgotten Author Renounces Ancient Religion

By Smaktakula Tween Romance author Anne Rice announced recently that she had renounced Catholicism.  This news serves to energize opponents of the Church, as well as to delight the author’s remaining fans, most of whom are all grown up now and just happy to know she’s still … Continue reading

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Actor Jeffrey Jones’ Interest In Underage Boys Is Touching

Actor and pederast Jeffrey Jones, featured in such modern classics as Howard the Duck and How High, has once again run afoul of the law.  Apparently, the in-demand actor has been so busy learning his lines, he sometimes forgets that he’s a voracious short eyes, constantly on … Continue reading

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All Men Are Created Equal (Not Really)

By Smaktakula For those who don’t know, a hate crime is a crime that is committed against a black, disabled, jewish or gay person that isn’t committed by a black, disabled, jewish or gay person. The distinction can be tricky.  Simply hating … Continue reading

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Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy Split

According to People, it’s true.     If Haim & Feldman were Gen X’s unrecognized Hope & Crosby, then perhaps the union of Hewitt and Kennedy produced Generation Y’s Tracy and Hepburn.    Hopefully fans’ grief will be mitigated somewhat the knowledge that while this … Continue reading

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