For fun, we’ve already added our own captions to these screenshots from Gen-X staple shows The Love Boat, Charlie’s Angels, and Batman, but please, consider this a weekend open thread and add your own captions in the comments below! 1. “Must…not…look…must…not…look!!” 2. “I don’t know about you Kelly, but I’m ready to do things undercover … Continue reading Caption This!
Briana Returns
I am not up on today’s top models, unlike how most of us were, simply by osmosis, back in the nineties. Back then, models—and specifically supermodels—were major celebrities. Cindy Crawford springs immediately to mind as one such example. These days though. I do know of Briana Smith, who I stumbled upon at some point in … Continue reading Briana Returns
Michelle Monday
Catwoman debuted in Batman #1, which went on sale April 25, 1940. That means our favorite feline fatale turns 85 this week. Amazingly, she still doesn’t look a day over 30 because, kids, comics! “I am Catwoman…hear me roar.” I love almost every incarnation of Selina Kyle as Catwoman, from comics to screen, over those … Continue reading Michelle Monday
Hot Shots of the Week: Vintage Bunnies
Who needs the Easter Bunny with these original-vintage Playboy Bunnies around? This might be the most images ever in a “Hot Shots of the Week” post, because once we started collecting original Bunny shots, well, we simply couldn’t stop. Is it hot in here or is it just her? Welcome to the Playboy Club! Those … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Vintage Bunnies
Five Fabulous Years
Five years ago tomorrow, and one month into a global pandemic, I launched the Starfire Lounge on April 19, 2020 as a tribute to my love of Michelle Pfeiffer’s Susie Diamond and the movie The Fabulous Baker Boys. Of course, this site was always meant to be more than just a place to sing Susie’s … Continue reading Five Fabulous Years
The Greasy Double Cheeseburger of the Art World
Scottish artist Jack Vettriano died in March at age 73. Vettriano, whose paintings have been described as being “like a double cheeseburger in a greasy wrapper,” was insanely popular with the masses but thoroughly despised by the art world. Considered a terrible draftsman whose work lacked anything of substance to say about the world, he … Continue reading The Greasy Double Cheeseburger of the Art World
Hot Shots of the Week: Daniela Melchior
Portuguese bombshell Daniela Melchior played Ratcatcher 2 in The Suicide Squad (2021). Along with Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Melchior was our favorite part of that Tim Gunn joint. Her performance was wonderfully weird and funny, yet also tender and heartfelt. Plus, she’s drop-dead gorgeous, so it’s understandable why a bunch of rats—or any sentient … Continue reading Hot Shots of the Week: Daniela Melchior






