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Pat Gallagher is a Baby Boomer who would rather take a pie in the face rather than reveal her real age. She’s somewhere between the ages of Sandra Bullock and Dolly Parton. Pat is a big fan of the Jack Benny School of Aging; she turns 39 again on every anniversary of her 39th birthday. She loves quotes: “Age is just a number”; “All adults are the same age.”

Pat has covered the celebrity beat, as a freelancer, for the past 25 years for the likes of People magazine, Us Weekly, Country Weekly, AOL’s The Boot, TV Squad, Popeater and The Huffington Post. Most intimidating interview experience: Jack Nicholson; Favorite interviews (tie): John Travolta, George Clooney, Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Toby Keith, Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Joe Nichols, Taylor Swift, Betty White, Sam Donaldson, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Pinky Lee, Buffalo Bob Smith, Troy Donahue, Roy Rogers, Jonathan Winters and Tom Bergeron (the list keeps growing).

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Cher's Mom: Mother's Day Revelations With Georgia Holt

(4) Comments | Posted May 12, 2013 | 7:27 AM

"Other arms reach out to me; Other eyes smile tenderly; Still in peaceful dreams I see'
The road leads back to you..."
Lyrics to Georgia -- Ray Charles

Every day is Mother's Day to Cher -- and sister Georganne LaPiere. Their beautiful 86-year-old mom, Georgia Holt, knows a...

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Tim Allen: In Search Of A Midlife Crisis

(12) Comments | Posted April 29, 2013 | 5:53 AM

Tim Allen is not having a midlife crisis. He's been too busy to deal with such a thing. He seems free and clear of doing anything irrational to make himself feel young and invincible. These days, at 59, the Last Man Standing actor is coasting through life like a well-oiled...

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Kevin Bacon: Following His Instincts

(46) Comments | Posted April 22, 2013 | 6:57 AM

Kevin Bacon is a superstar. I know this because his publicist put the call through to me for our phone interview. I haven't had a celebrity's publicist put a call through to me since David Letterman's publicist did it circa 1988. I think the touch-tone dialing system was new then,...

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Joy Behar -- Standing Up Laughing

(22) Comments | Posted April 15, 2013 | 7:04 AM

Joy Behar is leaving The View. Maybe you heard. One of two original co-hosts left standing, Behar has no second thoughts about parting ways with the couch she has occupied since 1997 with Barbara Walters and the various other co-hosts who have come and gone over the years. The talk...

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Celebrity Couples Who Are Celebrating 25 Years of Marriage This Year

(69) Comments | Posted April 8, 2013 | 7:17 AM

Twenty-five years is a long time for any marriage to survive. But when you factor in celebrity marriages, it's almost an eternity. The Huffington Post was proud to give you "20 Celebrity Couples Who Have Been Married 25 Years... And Beyond," last year, which made us wonder who...

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Celebrities Who Married The Same Person Twice

(36) Comments | Posted April 1, 2013 | 6:22 AM

Who doesn't go into a marriage thinking that it will last till death do us part? OK, those people who sign prenups. But, everyone else? OK, maybe free-spirited celebrities and circus clowns. Is the general population getting cynical about the sanctity of marriage when it comes to Hollywood marriages? Or,...

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22 Celebrities Who Have Been Married Four Times Or More

(88) Comments | Posted March 20, 2013 | 8:03 AM

Multiple marriages have made headlines in the Hollywood community since the golden age of film, when movie stars began to see their names in lights and their private lives scrutinized by the press. If your name is Jane Smith or Harry Jones and you have walked down the aisle more...

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Don Rickles -- What's New, Pussycat?

(10) Comments | Posted March 11, 2013 | 7:01 AM

"The way the economy is going these days, there's talk of turning the Capitol Building into condos!" -- Don Rickles

Don Rickles has quite the mouth on him. But you knew that. What you may not know is that "the insult comic" isn't always running his mouth 90 miles an...

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Joel Osteen -- Always Taking The High Road

(197) Comments | Posted March 5, 2013 | 6:30 AM

"If God chose to use perfect people only, He'd have no one to choose from." ... Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen is a crowd pleaser. The senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, whose television ministry reaches over 100 million homes in the U.S., has been called "the...

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12 Post 50 Celebrities Who Have Never Married

(174) Comments | Posted February 26, 2013 | 12:21 PM

Back in the day when some of us were wearing petticoats, circle pins and saddle shoes, marriage was almost a rite of passage for young women. If a girl didn't have "a ring on it" by the time she was in her early 20s, the term "old maid" came into...

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20 Of The Best Oscar Songs of All Time -- From The Vault

(9) Comments | Posted February 21, 2013 | 6:00 AM

The annual Academy Award for Best Original Song dates back to 1934 when "The Continental" took the top honor from the movie "The Gay Divorcee." The Award was actually introduced at the 7th Academy Awards ceremony. Now, as the 85th Academy Awards approaches, it just seems appropriate to...

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David Steinberg -- Comedy Outside The Box

(7) Comments | Posted February 18, 2013 | 5:45 AM

Comedian David Steinberg is brilliant. The gifted stand-up comedian, who made over 130 appearances on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," skillfully dissects the comedy minds of some of the most creative comedians on planet earth in his one-on-one sit down conversations on Showtime's "Inside Comedy": Don Rickles,...

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Bob Newhart -- The Lights Are Always On

(29) Comments | Posted February 11, 2013 | 6:52 AM

Bob Newhart is the light at the end of the tunnel. No flashlight is needed. Just follow the sounds of laughter and you will find yourself heading into the Land of Newhart. The veteran stand-up comedian, who was a staple on shows like "The Ed Sullivan Show" and Johnny Carson's...

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Carl Reiner -- The Art Of Being Funny

(11) Comments | Posted February 1, 2013 | 5:12 AM

If Carl Reiner were a painting, he would be a Picasso. Reiner will leave "permanent marks on every discipline he entered" -- television and film producer, writer, director and comedian. At 90, this eclectic showman is a true role model for every person who has ever attempted to...

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler -- A+ for Golden Globes Monologue; D- for Taylor Swift Remark

(12) Comments | Posted January 23, 2013 | 12:05 PM

I can only think of one woman on television right now who is as funny and likable as Tina Fey and Amy Poehler who could pull off hosting a major awards show (that would be Ellen DeGeneres, in case you're wondering). I know the Golden Globes are behind us and...

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The 10 Nicest Post 50 Female Celebrities In Hollywood (And New York)

(14) Comments | Posted January 21, 2013 | 5:41 AM

Here's our follow-up to "The 11 Nicest Post 50 A-List Actors in Hollywood." The Women!

So often female celebrities get a bad rap for being too temperamental or high maintenance. It could be the younger crop of actresses/singers are getting bad press because of acting out and making...

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Dick Van Dyke -- At 87, Life is Better Than Ever!

(216) Comments | Posted January 11, 2013 | 6:45 AM

Dick Van Dyke is having the time of his life. At 87, his new lease on life began last year when he married the "new" love of his life, make-up artist Arlene Silver, who is 46 years his junior. If you added up all his titles -- actor, producer, singer,...

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Top 10 'Hollywood' A-List Wild Animals, Digital Animals, Domestic Farm Animals and Pets

(1) Comments | Posted January 7, 2013 | 12:52 PM

For your reading pleasure, here's our "Top 10 Hollywood A-List Wild Animals, Digital Animals, Domestic Farm Animals and Pets" list.

Now, let's have some fun with animals (what could possibly go wrong with this list?). Before you embark on this count down, please keep in mind what our new...

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The 11 Nicest Post 50 A-List Actors In Hollywood

(621) Comments | Posted December 31, 2012 | 5:30 AM

I am nobody. I promise. But I talk to lots of somebodies in my job as a celebrity freelance journalist. I'm happily writing for The Huffington Post now, and that helps the cause but my name isn't Oprah or Katie or Ellen so it's a bit more of a challenge...

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Top 9 Celebrities Over 50 Behaving Badly In 2012

(14) Comments | Posted December 19, 2012 | 10:56 AM

When celebrities behave badly, we usually chalk it up to youth and immaturity. We see the 20- and 30-somethings act out now and then and figure they'll outgrow these (hopefully) temporary acts of random brain farts. It's just part of the growing-up process... we think.

Yet these post 50 celebrities...

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