OFFBEAT: Pat Boone here for rare Mother's Day concerts

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A year for enduring pop culture icons to shine

The Associated Press' highly subjective pop-culture journey through the year:

Memoir tells the story of Midway's Hollywood history

Before transcontinental flights, planes stopped at Midway Airport to refuel and luminaries such as Katherine Hepburn, John Wayne and President John F. Kennedy were often spotted there.

OFFBEAT: Princess Diana wedding cake slice auctioned next month

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ADVANCE PLANNING: Role models for a longer-than-anticipated life

A few years ago, I thought I had found a useful role model in Frank Lloyd Wright. Broke and a social pariah who had alienated all of the few friends he ever had, at the age of 70-something he wrote an autobiography about how great he was. He started a school for architects and proceeded to b…

LAST RESORT: The value of role models

A few years ago, I thought I had found a useful role model in Frank Lloyd Wright. Broke and a social pariah who had alienated all of the few friends he ever had, at the age of 70-something he wrote an autobiography about how great he was. He started a school for architects and proceeded to b…

Retro is forever, get used to it

Retro looks are everywhere, and they’re quickly making their way from Hollywood to the shores of Lake Michigan.

High flying Starship singer to fightin' Irish favorite

Midwest music veteran Cathy Richardson gives a rare solo performance tonight during a short break from a world tour as lead singer of the legendary Jefferson Starship.

Debbie Reynolds excited about ''Liberace' film and Drury Lane return

Hollywood royalty Debbie Reynolds says she's still not "exactly sure" why the producers of the new HBO film about Las Vegas showman pianist Liberace cast her to be their film.

OFFBEAT: 'All About Eve' Actress Celeste Holm Dead at age 95

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OFFBEAT: Madame Tussauds' wax figures helping celebrate Oscars and Hollywood's anniversary

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OFFBEAT: Columbia Restaurant a Florida jewel, special guest for tonight's 'Quartet'

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OFFBEAT: Debbie's auction nets big profit, she's resting more easily without debt worry

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OFFBEAT: Marilyn, Liz and Joan dresses, Harpo's hair and Dorothy's slippers on the block for Debbie's sale

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OFFBEAT: Movie star Jane Russell, dead at age 89, missed for many reasons

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OFFBEAT: New Hollywood Casino includes rare celebrity items

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OFFBEAT: Marilyn Monroe's stuffing recipe a fascinating culinary discovery

Actress Marilyn Monroe is shown in this undated photo offering some cooking assistance to a member of her household staff.

OFFBEAT: Marilyn Monroe's stuffing recipe a fascinating culinary discovery

Phil Potempa's daily entertainment news column.

OFFBEAT: Marilyn Monroe's stuffing recipe a fascinating culinary discovery

A handwritten recipe by Marilyn Monroe for a homemade stuffing is getting lots of press after it was published in a new book of Monroe's personal correspondence titled "Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters" (2010 Macmillan Press $30)