Today is my birthday, a fact I think I've mentioned here in the past. It's also the birth anniversary of a couple of noteworthy Hollywood stars, which was also the subject of one of my brief post back in 2012: Oscar-winner Burl Ives was born on this day in 1909, while Dorothy McGuire was born in 1916. Marla Gibbs, who is remembered for her TV work, is still alive at 95; while Boy George, who sang the theme song to The Crying Game, is 65.
As for obituaries, I should mention the passing of Gene Shalit, 2½ months past his 100th birthday. Shalit was the long time movie critic on the Today show here in the States, which I think is how most people in America would remember him. Well, that and the moustache.
I've also stated a few times over the past couple of months that it seems as though, since the start of 2026, FXM's Retro block has has more movies in it, although of course most of them are things I've blogged about before. I think it's been a while since I've mentioned Two for the Road, which comes up tomorrow at 10:00 AM.
A sign of the times, for me at least, is how much of the time any more when Jeopardy! has a movie-related category, everything is way too recent because nobody cares much about the past. On Thursday, for example, there was a "Movie Musicals" category, and the earliest movie in the category -- and the only one from the 20th century -- was Grease.
On the other hand, on Friday, one of the contestants mentioned doing a weekly movie night that's run to several hundred movies now. When Ken Jennings asked him to recommend something we'd be likely not to know, he selected Don't Think I've Forgotten. I'd agree with the guy that the movie is definitely obscure, although surprisingly enough it's one that I've blogged about despite how relatively recent it is.
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