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Saying Goodbye to Bea Arthur
I was heartbroken to learn that Bea Arthur died this weekend in her LA home at the age of 86. Already the Web is overflowing with tributes to the distinguished comedic actress, which says so much about her great talent. Reading through some of them, I realize that an entire generation came to know and love her as Maude Findlay.
Lifetime Remembers Estelle Getty With Golden Girls Marathon
The news of Estelle Getty's death has really put a cloud over my week. Since her passing, I keep finding myself wandering over YouTube to watch classic Golden Girls clips (the best are the ones with Getty's feisty old Sophia giving Blanche hell). It just reminds me of what a touchstone The Golden Girls really was.
We'll Miss You, Estelle Getty
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Sad news this morning, Buzz readers: Estelle Getty (a.k.a. Sophia from The Golden Girls) has passed away at the age of 84.
Best known as Sophia, the snappy, sarcastic mother of Bea Arthur's character Dorothy, Getty endeared herself to audiences everywhere for being hilariously no-nonsense — effectivey shattering the stereotype of the sweet old lady.
Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- The ultimate question: Pretty in Pink vs. Sixteen Candles. Which do you choose?
- Project Runway started this week!
Recast Golden Girls and Win a Prize!
Every Wednesday on BuzzSugar, I post a Recast challenge, where I ask you to choose new actors for a classic TV show or movie. The reader who submits the best cast wins a BuzzSugar t-shirt!
If you could recast this 1985-1992 TV show with new actors, who else could capture the charm and pep of these funny ladies in their "golden" years?
Link Time! 1/25
- Pop Candy tells you where to find the "Lost" producers talking about upcoming episodes.
- "Gilmore Girls" takes its indie-rock references very seriously, notes Stereogum.
- Hecklerspray is delighted that no one wants to buy the Dakota Fanning rape movie.
- Idolator unlocks the secret to making the MTV web site much less annoying.
- Popwatch finds Pierce Brosnan gearing up for another Thomas Crown Affair.
- I Guess I'm Floating makes my day by posting a soaring new Andrew Bird track.
- Now that Anne Heche is ditching her husband for co-star James Tupper, TV with MeeVee digs up a hilariously revealing interview with Tupper.
- Give Me My Remote has the details on Emily VanCamp from "Everwood" joining "Brothers and Sisters."
- Fear not, "SVU" fans: TV Squad reports the stars will be back.
- You can thank Best Week Ever for this hilarious clip of the Golden Girls starring in Clueless.
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