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Would You Pay $2 Million for This Painting of Naked Bea Arthur? [NSFW]
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 05/15/13 07:11AMMormon Church to Members: Quit Baptizing Dead Jews
Louis Peitzman · 03/03/12 10:36AM
Researcher and ex-Mormon Helen Radkey raised some eyebrows when she reported that a Mormon temple in Idaho had baptized deceased Jewish reporter Daniel Pearl. But it doesn't stop there. Radkey also discovered posthumous baptisms of Anne Frank and Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal's family. Needless to say, the Jewish community isn't thrilled, and the Mormon higher-ups have been forced to take action. (Read: they sent out a letter.)
Rue McClanahan, Actress and Golden Girl, Dies at 76
Brian Moylan · 06/03/10 10:36AMTop 10 Academy Award Mysteries: Explained
Brian Moylan · 03/08/10 04:10PMThe Most Memorable Moments from the Oscars
Matt Cherette · 03/08/10 01:46AMA Drunken Stephanie Pratt Feels the Credit Crunch
Andrew Belonsky · 09/15/09 04:20AMBea Arthur, Beloved Gay Icon, 1922-2009
Owen Thomas · 04/25/09 07:12PMAnd Now Your Friday Downer: No 'Golden Girls' Made It To Estelle Getty's Funeral
Seth Abramovitch · 07/25/08 05:50PMUh-oh—don't let that crying kid on YouTube see this, lest we prepare for a tsunami of waterworks that could very well short-out the entire internet: None of the surviving Golden Girls showed up to Estelle Getty's funeral. Not even her own daughter. Inside Edition tracked down two of the three to find out where they were:
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Mark Graham · 05/13/08 08:00PM· Get ready for the summer of exploitation on E! If Denise Richards or Dating Nightmares doesn't do it for ya, might we interest you in the White Oprah and her fame-starved daughter Ali? Nothing warms our cockles like the sight of a table full of sycophantic slags toasting a 14-year-old's non-existant career with champagne! [E!]
· What better way to honor Bea Arthur on her birthday than by counting down her 10 best moments? [BWE]
· Videogum is on the hunt for TWMOAT. What's that, you ask? The Worst Movie Of All-Time, natch. [Videogum]
· While the hot Muppet meme of the moment seems to be Sad Kermit singing "Needle In The Hay", we here at Defamer HQ vastly prefer Miss Piggy's tribute to "Fuck The Pain Away." [YouTube via Fimoculous]
· Larry Levine, the recording engineer who helped bring Phil Spector's "Wall Of Sound" to life, passed away at the age of 80. Roll down your windows and play The Ronettes' "Be My Baby" extra loud tonight in his honor. [LAT]