January 2015 – Idol Features

Burlesque Queen Noel Toy

Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Chris Charles 0

The above circa 1940 video of Chinese-American burlesque queen Noel Toy performing her famous fan dance, makes it clear to see why she was was often billed as “The Chinese Sally Rand.” Undoubtedly the most famous Asian-American Burlesque performer of

Mary-Madison Baldo

Monday, January 26, 2015 Chris Charles 1

Filmmaker and actress Mary-Madison Baldo (who’ll ask you to call her Madison, not Mary) has all the makings to realize her dream of hearing her name announced at the Oscars someday. Besides her talents, the not-quite-21-year old filmmaker has the

Connie Chung from 1980

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 Chris Charles 0

Here is a gem from May of 1980 featuring a then-33 year-old Connie Chung, delivering stories on a couple of long-forgotten names in the news. Connie occupied the KNXT Channel 2 in Los Angeles (now KCBS) anchor chair from

Veronica Lavery in The Damsel NSFW

Saturday, January 3, 2015 Chris Charles 0

Bridget Arnet’s 2014 (very) short film The Damsel, done in one single shot, features Czech model and actress Veronica Lavery as a bath-taking beauty who seems to feel like she’s in distress as she sits in the tub.