The Enduring Photo Booth and Its Tiny Reels of Memory
A Minnesota State Fair operator keeps about 40 coin operated booths, restoring them for events from weddings to proms. The piece traces the booth’s origin with Photomaton in 1925 and recalls its heyday in Woolworth stores, noting nostalgia and ongoing rental demand. Todd Erickson curates, rents, and preserves a relic of everyday history in black and white strips.
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Paul
Todd Erickson
Erickson
Minnesota
In Style
Oprah
Perri Levitus
Landmark Center
St. Paul
Anatol Josepho
Siberia
Broadway
51St Street
New York City
Josepho
Jean Paul Michael Pettier
Melissa Masse Mullarky
White Bear Yacht Club
White Bear Lake
Minn
American Idol Judge Rents Westside LA Villa
Simon Cowell rents a Westside Los Angeles home for about 25000 per month during American Idol filming. The gated contemporary villa, built in 1991, features five bedrooms seven bathrooms and 7500 square feet with guest quarters office pool and waterfall. Cowell’s primary residence remains a four bedroom house in London.
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Los Angeles Times
Simon Cowell
Los Angeles
Cowell
Birthdays for Erika Slezak Loni Anderson Maureen McCormick Tawny Kitaen
A roundup of notable birthdays including Erika Slezak Loni Anderson Maureen McCormick Tawny Kitaen Adam Yauch Jonathan Silverman Terri Clark with ages listed for each. The list highlights entertainers and a musician born on various dates.
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Erika Slezak
Loni Anderson
Maureen McCormick
Tawny Kitaen
Adam
McA"’ Yauch
The
Beastie Boys
Jonathan Silverman
Guy
Terri Clark
Zellweger buys Bel-Air home for about 6.8 million
Renee Zellweger, star of Chicago and nominee for Bridget Jones's Diary, purchased a Bel-Air residence for about 6.8 million. The 6,400 square foot traditional home features seven bedrooms eight baths, a pool, guest house, maid quarters, and two-thirds of an acre.
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Los Angeles Times
Renee Zellweger
Roxie Hart
Chicago
Bel-Air
Calif
Zellweger
Hollywood Hills
Paul Williams
BB3 Contestants Face Legal Woes and Personal Strife
CBS reality show Big Brother 3 faces scrutiny as Amy Crews pleads no contest to a 1999 Arkansas DWI, with prior suspended licenses and a $6.77 bounced check. Chiara Berti has a May DUI charge, and Tonya Paoni is amid a contentious divorce.
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Zap2it.com
CBS
Thesmokinggun.com
Amy Crews
Crews
Arkansas
Chiara Berti
Los Angeles
Tonya Paoni
Pickfair Lodge listed for sale near Beverly Hills
Pickfair Lodge, a home built for Buddy Rogers after Mary Pickford died, is on the market for just under 4 million dollars. The estate traces to the 1932 Pickford Fairbanks mansion, later reduced from 15 acres to 3.1 acres and sold in 1980 to Jerry Buss before changing hands to Meshulam Riklis and Pia Zadora.
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Los Angeles Times
Buddy Rogers
Mary Pickford
Pickfair
Beverly Hills
Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
L.A. Laker
Jerry Buss
Buss
Meshulam Riklis
Pia Zadora
Pickford and Fairbanks
Wallace Neff
Rogers
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Woolworth’s
Kresge
Norm Pink
Midwest Automatic Photo Company
Upper Midwest
Fargo
N.D. Kalamazoo
Mich
Rapid City
S.D
Circus Pizza
Pink
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Falcon Heights
Claire Devries
Jason Devries
Lindstrom, Minn
Mullarky- Pettier
London
Paula Abdul
Randy Jackson
Chicago’ Star
Pickfair Lodge
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