THERE are ugly rumors that during the 1970 filming of “Trog,” her final movie, Joan Crawford kept a Pepsi cooler full of vodka — Smirnoff Silver Label, reportedly her favorite — near her at all times.

This event could easily appear in black and white, like a dream or a memory, and you might not notice. The Race of Gentlemen, colloquially as TROG, is designed that way. Taking its que from the images ...

Local drag performer Matthew Martin has long reincarnated much of the royalty of classic cinema and television: Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Peggy Lee and Rue McClanahan. He’s no ...