T he Palace Theater in Los Angeles was an odd place for a punk show. Its stage once featured worldwide stars like Harry Houdini. For many years it was an ornate movie theater. On this night in 2023, however, the cavernous five-story building was filled with bearded, flannel-wearing, middle-aged former …
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Steve Urkel was only supposed to appear in a single episode of Family Matters. It was the 12th episode of the new ABC sitcom about a working-class family in Chicago, and the script called for a hopeless nerd with a penchant for swallowing mice to ask eldest daughter Laura (Kellie …
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Rest in peace, Shannen Doherty — the quintessential Hollywood bad girl of the Nineties, the Heather-est of the Heathers. Doherty made her legend on Beverly Hills, 90210, the best TV teen drama ever by a mile, playing teenage chaos agent and drama factory Brenda Walsh. The world is mourning the …
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