The one and only Shirley MacLaine, actress, reincarnated harem girl from a Turkish pasha, and devotee of New Age philosophy, turns 80 today. Happy birthday! We concur with an attendee of one of MacLaine's seminars in 1987: "'Astral,' says a lady in the lox line. 'That's what Shirley is, astral!'"
Shirley MacLaine Brings Her Fabulousness to Downton Abbey
I usually don't give a fuck about casting news, but when I saw that Shirley MacLaine was cast on Downton Abbey it seemed so awesomely perfect I thought for sure it had to be a prank. It isn't.
Happy Birthday
Gossip Cindy Adams celebrates her 79th birthday today. Barbra Streisand is 67. Designer Jean-Paul Gaultier turns 57. Mets star Carlos Beltran is turning 32. Playwright Eric Bogosian is 56. Djimon Hounsou (and Kimora Lee's significant other) is 45. Political reporter Andrew Kirtzman turns 48. Mystery writer Sue Grafton…
Shirley MacLaine Wishes She'd Killed Elisabeth Hasselbeck In A Past Life
Today, friends, is one that brings us deep concern for the ladies of The View. First, we learned that outspoken pro-life activist Sherri Shepherd "had more abortions than I would like to count." (How many, we wonder, would she have had no problem with counting?) Then came this uncomfortable exchange between veteran…
After All These Years, Debra Winger Still Can't Stand Shirley MacLaine's Guts
It's been 25 years since Terms Of Endearment arrived in the multiplexes of America, turning virtually everyone who saw it into an emotional basketcase. And while the film swept most of the major awards at the 1984 Academy Awards, there was one integral member of the cast who left the L.A. County Music Center that…
Annette Bening Suddenly Ten Years Younger!
[Shirley MacLaine in Malibu, Jan 6; image via X17]
Compassionate Producers Invite Lindsay Lohan To Relapse On Their Movie Set
· Finally, some good news for Lindsay Lohan: After convincing Poor Things producers Shirley MacLaine and Rob Hickman that she's confident she'll be able to step right in and disrupt their production with blown call times and suspicious absences the moment she gets out of rehab, they've agreed to rearrange their…
