Carrie Fisher's Genius & These Old Broads

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English - August 05, 2021 20:32 - 19 minutes - 22 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Cynthia delves into deep Hollywood history to help listeners understand and love Carrie Fisher's genius in the made-for-TV movie These Old Broads.

All in their late 60s, Debbie Reynolds, Shirley MacLaine, Joan Collins and Elizabeth Taylor look like they had a ball in this send-up of aging and the scandals of Hollywood's golden years.

RESOURCES

These Old Broads - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207156/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Unsinkable: A Memoir by Debbie Reynolds (2013) - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16075986-unsinkable?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=dSbiGfRu7P&rank=2

LA Times, Scandal's History for "These Old Broads (Feb. 12, 2001) - https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-12-ca-24245-story.html

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