Chris Charles

National Mean Girls Day

Friday, October 3, 2014 Chris Charles 3

This past April marked the 10th anniversary of the theatrical release of the now-cult classic film Mean Girls. While it may not be in the same midnight-showing cult league as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, or even Night of the

Choi Jin-sil on Saturday Night Music

Thursday, October 2, 2014 Chris Charles 0

Even though she was never much of a singer, top Korean actress Choi Jin-sil made quite a few appearances on the MBC show Saturday Night Music. Above is a then-24-year-old Miss Choi singing “For Our Precious Love” during an

Whatever Happened to Helen Selby?

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Chris Charles 5

February 2015 Author’s Addendum: News recently broke that Helen Selby, now going by her married name, Helen Gumpel, has reemerged to join the ranks of Bill Cosby accusers. The above 1981 TV commercial for L’eggs Sheer Elegance pantyhose (back when

Shannon McDonough Revisited

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Chris Charles 4

Actress, model, and (as she puts it) self-employed rock star Shannon McDonough was featured here back on St. Patrick’s Day, as I thought it appropriate to have an Irish lass in top spot that day. I recently got in touch

JAV Idol Mana Aoki Makes the Cover of Basic Mathematics

Sunday, September 28, 2014 Chris Charles 0

Earlier this month, Thai publishing company Muangthai Book released a public school math textbook featuring a shot of JAV Idol Mana Aoki as their “cover girl.”

Tammie Baird

Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Chris Charles 4

Award-winning Hollywood stuntwoman Tammie Baird grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. The eldest of six children, Tammie studied gymnastics as a child until her mother deemed it too dangerous and made her quit. Needless to say, it didn’t

Charlo Greene says “F*ck it” and Quits

Monday, September 22, 2014 Chris Charles 1

Above is KTVA reporter and sometime anchor, Charlene Egbe, known professionally as Charlo Greene, giving her final news report as an employee of the station, in which she announces on the air that she’s the owner of the Alaska Cannabis

Calista Flockhart & Lucy Liu – Television’s First Interracial Lesbian Kiss

Saturday, September 20, 2014 Chris Charles 0

Many TV trivia pundits say that US television’s first interracial kiss was between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura (William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols) in a 1968 episode of Star Trek. Actually, that isn’t true because Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (Lucille