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(1) GENRE SQUEAKS IN. [Item by Cora Buhlert.] Amazingly, there actually is one genre book on the Deutscher Buch Preis (German Book Prize) longlist, which is quite unusual for this award, which tends to go to family sagas with historical background or novels about rootless young people in the big city. The novel in question

Everyone’s favorite, Barbara Eden, is celebrating her 92nd birthday today.

Questions about films containing genies, djinns or other similar facilitators of wish fulfillment. 

Actress Barbara Eden makes her first appearance during Elvis Week at Graceland to discuss her movie work with Presley.

Reg Lewis, Actor and Mae West Muscleman, Dies at 85 Mike Barnes Reg Lewis OBIT Reg Lewis, the champion bodybuilder and actor who was a member of Mae West’s beefcake stage act that played in Las Vegas, Hollywood and around the country, has died. He was 85. Lewis died Feb. 11 in Los Angeles, his sister Jeannine Abbott told The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was immediately available. In 1954, Lewis joined West’s revue as the youngest in her crew when he was 18. Four y...

Reg Lewis with Mae West in 1958 He worked alongside the legendary actress in a Las Vegas and touring revue and in her 1977 film, Sextette. Reg Lewis, the champion bodybuilder and actor who was a member of Mae Wests beefcake stage act that played in Las Vegas, Hollywood and around the country, has died. He was 85. Lewis died Feb. 11 in Los Angeles, his sister Jeannine Abbott told The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was immediately available. In 1954, Lewis joined Wests revue as the younge...