Wandering along the windy Whitstable coast and guess whose house I stumbled upon? Peter bloody Cushing's! I was almost too excited to eat my fish 'n' chips (but I managed).

Sucks to be Dracula. 🧛‍♂️✝️😱💥⚰️
#WorldDraculaDay 🌜🦇🩸🌞🪦

Sad to say goodbye to songwriter Richard M. Sherman - two-time Oscar-winner for his wonderful work on Mary Poppins (1964) - gone at 95. Along with his brother Bob, Dick worked musical wonders for Walt Disney, improving the quality of all our childhoods.

Remembering dear old Peter Cushing, star of scores of Hammer horror classics and so much more besides, born today in 1913. Here he is in an interview from 1989, spilling the beans on secretly wearing fluffy footwear while storming around as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars.

For Frank: 🎂
Actor, writer, director, performer of some of the most iconic characters in pop-culture, my dear friend & yes, a genial, genuine genius.
(I was today-years-old when I learned Frank Oz shared a birthday with one of his most enduring creations: Miss Piggy)

Marshall Julius 🚀 For Ruta: 🎂

When 80 years old you reach, look as good, you might not... Happy Birthday to man, muppet and kick ass comedy filmmaker Frank Oz!

Please join me in wishing my gorgeous, thoughtful, funny and above all else, patient wife Ruta a very happy birthday today! Because, honestly, what you see of me* here on Twitter is just a fraction of what she has to put up with. 🎁 🎂 🥂
*Actual husband not pictured.

The Dark Knit. 🧶

Happy 71st Birthday Alfred Molina!
'I love belonging to that list of English actors who play villains. I guess somewhere in the history of American film and television someone decided that the English accent sounded somehow villainous.'
(📽️ Spider-Man 2, 2004)

SNL makes a monkey out of Charlton Heston. 🙈🙉🙊

Remembering number one super guy Scatman Crothers - actor, musician and, of course, Hong Kong Phooey - born today in 1910.
'You know, I'd forget words and start just singing noises.'

As great as Alien was, it didn't have a song and dance number, and Mel Brooks fixed that.
(📽️ Spaceballs, 1987)

Remembering author, physician and spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born today in 1859 and seen here discussing his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, in a frank and funny interview from 1927.

I can't even stand up in roller skates... Was Gene Kelly even human?!?
(📽️ It's Always Fair Weather, 1955)

Remembering author, physician and spiritualist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, born today in 1859 and seen here discussing his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes, in a frank and funny interview from 1927.

Den update! Six months of effort in the blink of an eye...

It's a lovely drop but the hangover's mordor.

Happy 50th Birthday Fairuza Balk!
'I tend to have a darker nature than most.'
(📽️ Return to Oz, 1985)

Remembering Hollywood legend James Stewart, born today in 1908.
'I have my own rules and adhere to them. The rule is simple but inflexible. A James Stewart picture must have two vital ingredients: it will be clean and it will involve the triumph of the underdog over the bully.'