Tag: happy birthday
I Don’t Pop My Cork For Every Man I See
The words are from one of Dame Shirley Bassey’s numerous hits ‘Big Spender’ and may (or may not) be true about the diva’s very colorful life that helped established her as Britain’s favorite gay icon. Dame Shirley, best known for singing three of the James Bond theme songs, started performing 63 years ago at the…
Happy Birthday Edith (and Jake)
It would have been Édith Piaf’s 101st birthday today, and even though it is over 50 years since she died, her music still sends tingles down our spine. Here in one of the few live recordings that are in existence is France’s greatest chanteuse ever singing Non Je Ne Regrette Rien <br <br P.S. It…
Happy Birthday Tilda & Robert
Happy Birthday iconic actress (and never a diva) Tilda Swinton ….. and we are far to polite to mention her age. One of queerguru’s very favorite Oscar winners, Tilda can currently be seen in Dr Strange that opened in US Theaters to some stellar reviews this weekend. Yesterday marked the 70th anniversary of the birth…
Happy 70th Birthday Freddie Mercury
I’m playing my role in history Looking to find my goal Taking in all this misery But giving it all my soul …… so sang the late great Freddie Mercury in ‘Made in Heaven’. Two days shy of what would have been his 70th birthday, here’s a look at the many faces of Freddie who…
Happy 46th Birthday River Phoenix
River Phoenix would have been celebrating his 46th Birthday today. 29 years after his untimely death after making 24 movies, he is still regarded as one of the most celebrated and influential young actors in the twenty first century. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Running on Empty (1988), it was his role…
