Tuc Watkins is celebrating his 60th birthday today and the handsome and talented actor is aging like fine wine.
The star of the recent film Death on the Brandywine, Tuc has recurred in the Hulu series Paradise the past few years, guest starred on ABC’s Shifting Gears and The Rookie, and last month was announced as one of the series Escorted.
I’ve been a fan of Tuc’s work for a very long time and am so glad I got to see him in The Inheritance a few years back at the Geffen Playhouse where he stood out in a hugely talented ensemble cast.
Tuc also starred in the film Exit Interviews last year and a few years earlier co-starred in the Netflix comedy series Uncoupled as Neil Patrick Harris’ ex and in Unconventional as Dr. Trip Howell.
Tuc has been one of my favorite actors since I began watching him as the delicious David Vickers on One Life to Live in the 1990s. My fandom intensified when he played gay TV executive Malcolm for two seasons on Showtime’s Beggars & Choosers.
He played Congressman Roger Harris in seven episodes of the series Black Monday, was a regular cast member on Desperate Housewives and has a long list of TV guest spots on such shows as The Other Two, Major Crimes, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Franklin & Bash, Parks & Recreation, Castle, Awkward. and Telenovela and many more.
Tuc was very good in the Broadway production and movie version of Boys in the Band where he met his partner Andrew Rannells, starred in the feature film Retake and had a recurring role in the classic web series Where the Bears Are.
All I can say is that whatever Tuc is in, I want to see it!
The great, truly great Lily Tomlin turns 87 years young today and on behalf of the staff here are Greg In Hollywood (ha!), I’d like to wish this comedy genius a very happy day.
Lily is so smart and so sharp and so funny but also such a terrific actress in dramatic roles too.
She can do it all and is still going strong. Following their seven seasons on Grace & Frankie, Lily teamed up with Jane Fonda and others for the hit film 80 For Brady (I took my mom, who loved it!) and with Fonda again on the feature film Moving On. Of course, their first professional collaboration was on the 1980 comedy classic Nine to Five which also starred the late, great Dolly Parton who died just last week at the age of 80.
To celebrate her, I’ve selected some random clips including a detergent commercial parody that had me in stitches right now. There’s some Ernestine, a career retrospective, as well as interviews with Rosie O’Donnell, Christiane Amanpour and Jane Pauley .
Richard Gere turns 77 years old today and he has aged like fine wine.
I posted mostly photos of a very young Gere here from the American Gigolo era but he’s been gorgeous throughout a career that has also included such films as An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Primal Fear, Runaway Bride, Unfaithful, Sommersby, Shall We Dance?, Internal Affairs, Arbitrage, and Chicago, for which he won a Golden Globe Award as Best Actor.
His more recent films include The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Benefactor , The Dinner, Norman,Maybe I Do, and Three Christs.
Gere is currently one of the stars of the Amazon Prime series The Agency.
Dolly Parton died Aug. 25, 2026 at age 80. CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Lee Cowan looks back at the astonishing career of the queen of country music, whose talent, warmth, wit, and philanthropy made her a genuine, once-in-a-generation luminary – one who will be sorely missed.
What are the odds of any family having a successful professional athlete in it? Slim. What about having TWO? That was the case with the Moffits of Long Beach, CA.
Big sister Billie Jean Moffitt went on to become the number one tennis player in the world and a leader on and off the court. Billie Jean King is a legend in the battle for equality and the most beloved and universally respected and appreciated sports icons of all time.
Little brother Randy Moffitt, who died a year ago today, was Major League Baseball relief pitcher from 1972-83 playing for the San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros and Toronto Blue Jays.
On the anniversary of his ing at the age of 76, Randy’s big sis wrote this tribute on social media:
Not a day goes by when I don’t replay a memory from our shared childhood. We were so very lucky to have two parents that ed both of us in our pursuits to become professional athletes.
Not a day goes by when I don’t something we laughed about together, or a memory we shared.
But most of all, not a day goes by when I don’t think about how truly lucky I was to have a brother. He was my dream come true on the day he was born.
A year has ed, and I carry Randy with me every single day.
Well, if these two have a storyline together, I’ll start watching General Hospital on a regular basis again! Joe (Jonathan Bennett) and Lucas’ (Van Hansis) dream apartment becomes a battlefield before either of them have had the chance to settle in.
Somehow I was lucky enough to be invited to the The 25th-anniversary DVD release party for the 1980 comedy 9 to 5 took that took place in Hollywood in March 2006. It was on that night that I met Gary Lane and Larry Lane for the first time and, I believe, it was the first time they met Dolly Parton. It would not be the last!
They would go on the create, star in and produce the sweet road trip documentary From Hollywood to Dollywood which culminates with them presenting to Dolly a script they had written for her. The film went on to win won 24 film festival awards. Love the movie and love the twins. Dolly was also extensively for their 2022 documentary Still Working 9 to 5.
The Lane brothers appeared on last night’s special edition of The Story Is with Elex Michaelson on CNN. Their segment begins at the 17;55 mark.
Dolly Parton tributes have been wonderful to read – mostly because people seem to appreciate her as a whole person: her kindness, generosity, wisdom, common sense, vision, philanthropy in addition to the music and all the showbiz success. This 2006 Kennedy Center Honors video is what I needed to see tonight and if you watch it, you will see why.
Tim Curry, the offbeat British actor who specialized in playing eccentrics like the seductive, cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and such fiendish villains as Pennywise the Clown from Stephen King’s It, died Wednesday. He was 80.
Curry died at his Toluca Lake home in Los Angeles, his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz announced. He had suffered a major stroke in 2012.
Curry ed Rocky Horror in the original stage production at a tiny upstairs venue at London’s Royal Court Theatre, stuck with the sexual farce as it moved to larger London venues and Broadway and then starred with a young Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick in the 1975 Fox movie adaptation.
Below is an interview Tim Curry did just last year:
Dolly Parton, the poor girl from the Great Smoky Mountains who became the shining queen of country music, died on Aug. 25, 2026 at age 80. In this first “Sunday Morning” profile that originally aired Feb. 10, 2019, the singer, songwriter and philanthropist talked with CBS News’ Tony Dokoupil about creating a musical legacy (including writing such classics as “Jolene,” “I Will Always Love You,” and “Coat of Many Colors”), and counting her blessings – all while presenting herself as “a country girl’s idea of glam.” Dolly sat down with CBS News’ Anthony Mason on July 11, 2024, to talk about how “everything in life is a journey” and how she encapsulated her life’s work at a Dollywood exhibit.
Below: Here is tonight’s PBS News Hour report on Dolly which I think is especially good:
Lily Tomin, Parton’s Nine to Five co-star and friend who presented Parton’s honorary Oscar last year: “Friend. Songwriter. The Great Harmonizer of Humanity. Dolly. Dolly. Dolly. Forever Dolly.”
Jane Fonda: To her gay and trans fans, I want you to know that she loved you. You know that without me telling you. She loved all her fans and they are legion. And you know she doesn’t want y’all to mourn now. Dress up and celebrate her spirit. But first, watch the final episode of Grace and Frankie where she’s an Angel, the head honcho working class angel in Heaven.
Colman Domingo: Dolly taught us that you can be anything and do anything and to do it with kindness. What a light. We are all grateful that we lived in a time of Dolly Parton. We will always love her.
Rosie O’Donnell: This earth angel has gone back to heaven where she came from – heartbroken.
Melissa Etheridge: Words fail me today, words to describe the spirit that was Dolly. I was blessed with knowing her, just a little. We all were. I will strive the rest of my days to be as joyful and loving as she was. Her talent and gifts she gave us will live on for generations. We are a better world because she walked among us. May she live in the stars of the night and in the light of our days.
James Longman (ABC News): Trying and failing to write the news about Dolly’s death. Our team wrote a beautiful tribute and I’ll post that soon. My work often brings me close to everything that’s horrible about this world. And life feels increasingly complex and polarised and loud and angry. So I guess this hits because it feels like we’ve lost someone we really needed. But Dolly showed us what’s possible, and that example won’t die. What a legacy.
Michael Feinstein: Dolly Parton was incredibly kind to me through the years. We met at Roddy McDowall’s house Lord knows how many years ago, and she was everything she appeared to be. She was one of the first people to agree to record a duet on my Gershwin Country album, and I will always be proud that I got to sing “Love Is Here To Stay” with her. What a thrill. And what an incredible enlightened soul who brought so much goodness to the planet. There’s a new Angel in heaven now.
Fortune Feimster: Good lord, this one hurts. We were just talking about Dolly on today’s Handsome pod. I loved this woman like she was a family member but that’s how she made everybody feel. One of the few entertainers truly beloved by everyone. She was so insanely talented and did so much for literacy in our country and spoke up for human rights. And she was such an ally for the gay community. I’m so grateful I got to meet her a few years ago just to have a moment to say thank you for what she’s given all of us. It’s hard to believe she’s now gone. But what a legacy. There will never be another Dolly.
Wilson Cruz: Just shattered and heartbroken. I’m so grateful to Dolly Parton for all of the goodness she put into the world, all the personal effort she made to make her corner of the world (which was the world) better and for the example she set for anyone in the public eye. My heart is with her family and friends and all who continue and WILL ALWAYS LOVE her.
David Archuleta: Dolly, you changed this world for the better. Thank you for all the good you’ve done to brighten this world. The highlight of my time on American Idol was getting to share a brief moment with you and sing your song Smoky Mountain Memories that you wrote about your dad, and hear why that song was important to you. Thanks for helping me feel seen as a shy teenager from Utah, as you’ve made millions feel seen. Rest in peace. We will miss you
George Takei: A great loss for us all. A light in our darkness, a talent like none other. Rest in song and mirth, Dolly. The heavens have a new star among them.
Andy Cohen: “We were all so lucky to live in her midst and get to experience her music, kindness, and joy.”
Tonatiuh (star of the recent Kiss of the Spider Woman film): What a legend. Thank you for your light, your courage, and your music. She taught people to be themselves and to love others as they are. She had the courage to stand up for everyone while in the public eye when it wasn’t popular. What an extraordinary human.
Nate Berkus: Dolly Parton was my very first celebrity guest on The Nate Berkus Show. She had nothing to promote, no new book, no new product. We asked her to come and she drove to NYC to sit with me.RIP beloved, legendary, charming, kind and funny friend.
GLAAD’s President and CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis: “Dolly Parton was not only the ‘Queen of Country Music’, but indeed the queen of inclusivity and philanthropy. Her for LGBTQ people spans decades, from the 1990s with her track ‘Family,’ where she expressed that all should be welcome regardless of religion or sexual orientation; to the powerful ballad “Travelin’ Thru,” which Parton penned for the film “TransAmerica” and earned her an Oscar nomination; to her early of marriage equality in 2009, well before its legalization. Parton’s warm spirit, kindheartedness and joie de vivre deeply resonated with the LGBTQ community, cementing her as a global queer icon whose art always held space for outsiders, no matter the risk. Parton’s entire career was built on love and respect for all, and her unwavering allyship is a legacy that will last forever.”
Cody Alan: Ask anyone in the world who Dolly Parton is and they’ll know. Everyone knows her and everyone loves her. She was the one person we could all agree on, no matter what. Of course I ired her music and the extraordinary entertainer she was. She was an icon. But even more than that, she was an iconic human being—someone who gave back so much, and did it with love, laughter, kindness and grace. What a legacy she leaves behind. The light she carried will never be extinguished.
Lance Bass: The best of the best of the best of the best of the BEST! We will always love you Dolly.
Boy George: I cannot believe the world has lost Dolly Parton. OMG. I loved Dolly. Everyone loved Dolly!
Apple’s Tim Cook: Dolly Parton’s music helped light up the world. She was a brilliant songwriter, cultural icon, and dedicated philanthropist who helped instill a love of reading and learning in millions of children around the world. May she rest in peace.
I don’t know about you, but I’m just reeling over the death of Dolly Parton in a way that I have over very few celebrities. Never got to interview her but I followed her music and her movies and all she did for decades and not only enjoyed her talent and energy, I truly believed she was a remarkably good person who made the world a better place.
She was an absolute gem.
As sad as this day is, it is her music we will her by the most I think although her movies Nine to Five and Steel Magnolias are classics.
Dolly was born in Sevier County, Tennessee, as the fourth of 12 children. It’s well known the family was quite poor in of material possessions but had strong values and a lot of love.
And out of that situation emerged a beloved star who has been making hits for 50 years such as Jolene, Coat of Many Colors, I Will Always Love You, Islands in the Stream, Here You Come Again and Nine to Five, among others.
Of her longevity, Dolly said: ‘People feel like they’ve known me so long because I’ve been around a long time. I’m really like an aunt or a cousin or a person you’ve grown up with—like somebody in the family. So I think they feel comfortable with me. I really think that is Southern hospitality.”’
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