It’s called “growing into yourself.” You lose baby fat, features get definition, the nose elongates, even your hairline changes. But beneath all that, an imprint remains. Here are some baby boomers as children before Hollywood fame and fortune, probably before they ever dreamed or aspired to be pop culture icons. Can you identify them? ►MatchRead the Rest…
I’m the baby boomer “comeback kid,” although I’m hardly a kid anymore. Believe or not, the most collected male doll in pop culture will be 50 in a couple of days. I was born a teenager due to the miracle of modern plastics. I never had to search for my dream girl: Barbie Millicent RobertsRead the Rest…
Reverie: 1980 I asked her out three times. Three excuses, including the lame and insulting: “I have to change my hair color that night.” I can take a hint, but she was always so friendly and flirty. Plus, everything a baby boomer dream girl should be: smart, liberated, sexy – not to mention “legs thatRead the Rest…
Those great music stars of the 1980s. Take a nostalgia vacation to see them on tour. From A to E, here’s what’s coming up: Allman Brothers, March 10-26, New York City Bangles, March 17, Austin Texas Chicago, April 8 & 9, Las Vegas Def Leppard, June 17, Tampa Elton John, March 23, Philadelphia Before makingRead the Rest…
TODAY IN BABY BOOMER HISTORY 1997: Starting on this day, smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in the U.S. 1996: Album of the Year is won by Alanis Morisette for “Jagged Little Pill.” 1994: The Brady Law, named after former President Reagan’s press secretary wounded during the assassination attempt, goes intoRead the Rest…
With all due modesty, I was the best-looking feminist of the baby boomer era, not that it matters. But who else could go “undercover” as a Playboy bunny to write an expose of the mistreatment of women at their clubs? It was a sensation and landed me a job at New York Magazine. A popRead the Rest…
THIS DAY IN BABY BOOMER HISTORY 1998: Oprah Winfrey wins. A suit brought by Texas cattlemen for alleged damage caused by her “anti-meat” comments during a show on mad cow disease is dismissed. 1997: At the Grammys, 15-year-old LeAnn Rimes is the Best New Artist. 1993: The World Trade Center in New York City isRead the Rest…
♫ Fer sure, fer sure She’s a Valley Girl In a clothing store Like, OH MY GOD! (Valley Girl) Like – TOTALLY (Valley Girl) Encino is like SO BITCHEN (Valley Girl) There’s like the Galleria (Valley Girl) And like all these like really great shoe stores I love going into like clothing stores and stuffRead the Rest…
AMAZING, LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT LIZ TAYLOR ►She was born with a rare mutation that caused a double row of eyelashes, making her even more alluring, especially on camera. ►In her later years, she became a follower of Kabbalah, a mystic Jewish tradition. She convinced her friend, Michael Jackson, to wear a Kabbalah red stringRead the Rest…
I’m still alive, if not kicking. You probably know I was diagnosed with a congestive heart condition. And my aching back. I fell off a horse when filming National Velvet (I was 12) and it never healed right. Both my hips have been replaced. I survived a benign brain tumor and skin cancer. I sufferRead the Rest…
