Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterWith genius comic actors sometimes pictures are so much better than words, so to mark the death of the gloriously funny Gene Wilder here are clips of two of queerguru’s favorite performances of the great man who gave us such joy. Naturally both are from Mel Brooks movies. Thank you so much
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterMarni Nixon an accomplished concert singer whose claim to fame was that she was the ‘voice’ who performed for major Hollywood movie stars who appeared in musicals even though they couldn’t sing a note, died on Sunday in NY aged 86 years old. One of Marni’s most famous roles was dubbing for Deborah Kerr in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBill Cunningham the legendary street-style NY photographer whose brilliant weekly style essays in the The Times were de rigueur viewing, died today aged 87 years old. With his very sharp eye and keen sense of shifting trends he captured changing fashions and styles before almost anyone else for the past 40 years. He was also fixture … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe UK lost one of it’s much loved comedian/writers today with the untimely death today of the multi-talented Victoria Wood at the age of 62. Since she burst on to British television in 1974 by winning the ATV talent show New Faces, Wood became one of the most popular award-winning comic performers of her generation. Her … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt’s totally true everybody did love Doris far more than we ever loved Raymond. The SAG Award and 5 time Emmy Award winning veteran actress Doris Roberts who passed away on April 17th at the ripe old age of 90 was one of those favorite character actors that everyone really loved even when she played … Continue reading
