Freddie2 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 I'm done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Debbie and Carrie were just the type of people we needed to help us get through this shitty year, so of course they're gone. Debbie was the first celebrity I remember meeting and she's been one of my favorite actresses my whole life- just last week I watched her in one of my favorite movies, The Gazebo, from 1959. If you're looking for something to cheer you up, I'd reccomend that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Shared this on Facebook a moment ago. Otherwise, I am completely at a loss for words -- unexpectedly devastated. I can't imagine what poor Billie and Todd are going through. When I had the chance encounter with the great Debbie Reynolds in Toronto in the summer of 2010, I was completely starstruck. After a brief chat lasting a second or two, she grabbed me by the shoulders, turned me in the direction of the camera and said, "Darling, look up and into the air!" (Pronounced "aihh.") I thought that might simply have been just a trick she learned at Metro to get a good photo but the more I learned about her and read her own work I like to think it is how the #unsinkable Debbie made her way through life, not with her head in the clouds but with her eyes firmly on the horizon. Sadly, I suppose that horizon became all to bleak yesterday. Six years on -- and still no clearer on just what Debbie was going for that summer night -- I'm making "looking up and into the aihh" a New Year's Resolution. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvsbway Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Just an FYI. TCM's Fathome Events movie theatre showing in January is Singing In The Rain. I think it will get a great turnout. This was the first thing I ever saw Debbie in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 What is up with the massive amount of celebrity deaths all of sudden? And there is even two sets of related people that died right after the other .... Zsa Zsa Gabor and her adopted son and now Carrie Fischer and her mother Debbie Reynolds. 2016 is sure going out with a bang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Not to be pedantic, but...The two can't be compared. Zsa Zsa's "son" was adopted by Fred who regularly sells his last name for profit, as he purchased his in the 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 I'm in shock. This is unfathomable. That poor family. I just can't comprehend this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 This has really got me thinking. 2016 hasn't just been a record year for celebrity deaths. Six people who played a major part in my personal life at one time or another have all died this year. But, as a certain someone once said: "I figure whenever you're down and out, the only way is up", and while I ain't down yet, I'm sure going to have a hard time smiling tomorrow. At some point we have to stop grieving and start celebrating how our lives were changed by all these wonderful people. I really do believe that the legacies of people like Debbie, Carrie, Gene Wilder, David Bowie, etc, etc, etc, will be carried on through the work they left on film and in music, and, more importantly, by the people they inspired. Even though those we love are no longer here physically, their spirits are alive and thriving in every song, every laugh, and every time step that comes our way. I look forward to a new year, a new day, and a fresh start. Boy, do we need it now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Debbie's health had been so poor recently, it is so tragic she had to live through the last few days. It is too sad for words. Poor Todd and Billie. It will be fascinating to see the Carrie and Debbie documentary in this new context. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Debbie and Carrie were just the type of people we needed to help us get through this shitty year, so of course they're gone. Debbie was the first celebrity I remember meeting and she's been one of my favorite actresses my whole life- just last week I watched her in one of my favorite movies, The Gazebo, from 1959. If you're looking for something to cheer you up, I'd reccomend that. Debbie always spoke badly about The Gazebo and I can never understand why. It's a great movie and she's great in it. Perhaps she was unhappy when they were filming it and it colored her opinion of it. Has anyone seen The Rat Race? Debbie plays a tough-as-nails dance hall hostess doing almost anything to survive in New York. It's completely unlike her usual persona and she's terrific in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane91 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 How The West Was Won is another great one. And also a little known film; I Love Melvin, with Donald O'Connor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 This has really got me thinking. 2016 hasn't just been a record year for celebrity deaths. Six people who played a major part in my personal life at one time or another have all died this year. But, as a certain someone once said: "I figure whenever you're down and out, the only way is up", and while I ain't down yet, I'm sure going to have a hard time smiling tomorrow. At some point we have to stop grieving and start celebrating how our lives were changed by all these wonderful people. I really do believe that the legacies of people like Debbie, Carrie, Gene Wilder, David Bowie, etc, etc, etc, will be carried on through the work they left on film and in music, and, more importantly, by the people they inspired. Even though those we love are no longer here physically, their spirits are alive and thriving in every song, every laugh, and every time step that comes our way. I look forward to a new year, a new day, and a fresh start. Boy, do we need it now! EXTREMELY WELL-SAID, FREDDIE; and...thanks for doing it! Loving you, JK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 This made me tear up. Debbie's last words: "I want to be with Carrie." http://people.com/movies/debbie-reynolds-last-words-were-carrie-fisher/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 HBO will be rebroadcasting Wishful Drinking on Sunday. I cannot reccomend it enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 20/20 will have a special edition on Debbie and Carrie tomorrow night. It's still so hard to digest any of this happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted December 30, 2016 Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 HBO has moved up the air date of the phenomenal Debbie and Carrie documentary, Bright Lights, to January 7! I cannot recommend it highly enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2016 Thanks for the heads-up. I can't wait to watch this. (With a box of Kleenex and alcohol of some sort) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Thanks for the heads-up. I can't wait to watch this. (With a box of Kleenex and alcohol of some sort) Ditto! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 It was nice to see Mr Robert Osborne in 20/20's special tonight. I hope it was a current interview (think so), it was a relief seeing him again! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leenorman Posted December 31, 2016 Report Share Posted December 31, 2016 Terrible thing to be 'thinking'; but, have been thinking of him lately; wondering . . . . and praying he wouldn't be the last one of the year to depart...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted January 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 A comment from Billie Lourd: Receiving all of your prayers and kind words over the past week has given me strength during a time I thought strength could not exist. There are no words to express how much I will miss my Abadaba and my one and only Momby. Your love and support means the world to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted January 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2017 Joely Fisher has written a great remembrance of Carrie and Debbie: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joely-fisher-pays-tribute-sister-carrie-you-lost-princess-leia-i-lost-my-hero-guest-column-9602 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 Joely Fisher has written a great remembrance of Carrie and Debbie: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joely-fisher-pays-tribute-sister-carrie-you-lost-princess-leia-i-lost-my-hero-guest-column-9602 Beautifully written. I've always enjoyed her work as well. I know she'll carry on the legacy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Kampen Tripp Posted January 3, 2017 Report Share Posted January 3, 2017 This is just terrible. Carrie was a disappointment but Debbie also makes it a SHOCK! RIP ladies... watched on Christmas Day Singing in the Rain and watched Poastcards from the Edge last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted January 4, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2017 People has a lovely cover this week: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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