Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes to Play Jack and Jackie

It was announced Wednesday that versatile Greg Kinnear and the lovely independent spirit Katie Holmes will play John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy (seen above on a 1963 trip to Dallas) in the History Channel’s 2011 eight-hour mini-series, The Kennedys. Joel Surnow, creator of 24, will produce with already controversial scripts from filmmaker Robert Greenwald, who will reportedly limn Jack as the playboy that he was.



Oh, this is going to be wonderful.


Caroline Kennedy has already said she is outraged because JFK will be portrayed as a "sex maniac." And who to play Caroline as a child?


Suri Cruise?! Oh, I hope so!

Who will play JFK's favorite mobster moll girlfriend, Judith Exner?



I vote for Monica Lewinsky! I'm smellin' Emmys!

Shore Thing

Mack Sennett Bathing Beauty Marie Prevost in Laguna Beach in 1916...


and "Jersey Shore" trashlet Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi in Miami Beach in 2010.

That's entertainment.

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Chexy's Saturday Matinee -- In Technicolor!

From 1934's "Kid Millions," here's one of the earliest Technicolor sequences, starring Ethel Merman and Eddie Cantor. "Get me 16 pigtailed milkmaids!"



Here's some more early color process, Dufaycolor. From "Radio Parade of 1935" -- here's American blues singer Alberta Hunter. This really gets good when the drum sequence starts!



More Technicolor fun, from 1950, a film by Chevy. "Miamah!"




Arrrrgh! Pirates! Can't get enough Technicolor! From MGM in 1935, the Fanchonettes.

Happy Birthday, Keely Smith!

Keely Smith made her debut with Louis Prima in 1949, they were married for a while, creating numerous hits. She's 78 today! Here they are with Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin" from the Ed Sullivan show, June 1960.

Chexy's Saturday Matinee

Forty years ago, this was the #1 song. Here's BJ Thomas with "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head."


Here's some trippy video from Duane E. Roberts.




Miss Nina Simone, from what I think is a 1960 appearance on "Toast of the Town" with Ed Sullivan. Here's "Love Me or Leave Me."




A little gem... James Dean's first screen appearance in "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" from 1952. Mr. Smith played by Charles Coburn, and the lovely Piper Laurie as Millie.

Tiger's Tale: No Hos No Mo Bro

He's so sorry.

Can we all move on now?

Ride a Housewife

Expectant "Skinny Girl" author and "Real NYC Housewife" Bethenny Frankel as seen yesterday in New York, and a 1946 Packard.

So alike, and yet only one has an expanded front end.

Lady Gaga: The End

The underwhelming costume fetishist Lady Gaga revealed her assets onstage at The Brit Awards on Tuesday in London.

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It's Not Over Until...

Goodbye to 2009!