Longtime retroCRUSH artist pal Brandon Bird (we interviewed him back in 2003) has released 2 different lunchboxes featuring his super cool-ass goofy pop culture art. Whether you’d like the sensual stylings of Eric Roberts riding a white horse by a magic castle, or the cast of Gran Torino re-imagined as a classic Filmation Saturday morning [...]
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Eric Roberts and Gran Torino Lunchboxes
September 8th, 2011 
rberry 
Posted in CELEB TRIBUTES, OTHER 
Tags: brandon bird, clint eastwood, eric roberts, gran torino, lunchboxes 
Comments OffItems From Pat Morita Estate on eBay
September 6th, 2011 rberry Pat Morita’s widow is auctioning a handful of fun items from the legendary actor’s estate on eBay. Some items (like a cigarette lighter) have fairly reasonable opening bids, so it’s not too outrageous if you’d like a relic from the incomparable funnyman. Sadly, there’s nothing really iconic up for grabs, just a bunch of stuff [...]
Remembering Sherwood Schwartz 1916-2011
July 12th, 2011 rberry Sherwood Schwartz passed away in his sleep today at the age of 94. I interviewed him back in 2002 and it remains one of the most fun retroCRUSH pieces I’ve ever been lucky enough to do. I think this comprehensive interview with reviews his work on both The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island is a [...]
Posted in CELEB TRIBUTES, INTERVIEWS, MOVIES, tv Tags: brady bunch, Interview, sherwood schwartz No Comments »Futile PR Request #453
May 16th, 2011 rberry Just got this “tempting” email today. Hi Robert, I was just curious if you were interested in including the photo below of Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jacqueline Laurita. She was caught in Central Park working out and she seemed to have lost all her baby weight! I guess the Medifat meal program worked [...]
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
March 23rd, 2011 rberry Early deaths made Marilyn Monroe and James Dean stay forever young and timeless icons, while we saw the tabloids track every excruciating moment that Liz Taylor and Marlon Brando grew older, saggier, and heavier as time marches on. As a child of the ’70s, the Liz Taylor I grew up with didn’t speak to me, [...]
ADIOS, TURA! THE WORLD HAS LOST A GODDESS
February 6th, 2011 rberry The world has lost one of the most badass super sexy women to ever walk the earth, and retroCRUSH has lost a friend. Tura Satana was one of the coolest most gracious friends of the website and I am sad that she’s no longer with us. When putting together a dream list of retro celebrities [...]
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS GALLERY!
November 14th, 2010 rberry Probably the hottest modern retro beauty out there, don’t you think? She’s like those pictures comic book artists draw of super girls come to life! Share this article
Julie Newmar: A retroCRUSH CLASSIC!
November 7th, 2010 rberry Born in 1933, Newmar had extensive stage and dance training before landing a part in the 1955 musical version of LI’L ABNER. After working as a pinup model, she appeared as The Devil in a 1963 episode of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, and later a starring role in the series, MY LIVING DOLL as Rhoda the [...]
Dead To The Future
October 31st, 2010 rberry Just felt like drawing Zombie Doc and Marty! Share this article