Deborah Behrens
@deborahbehrens.bsky.social
Award-winning arts/entertainment journalist based in Los Angeles
RIP #BobbySherman. I loved him as a kid, watched “Here Come the Brides,” and still have his “groovy” love beads from Tiger Beat magazine! ☮️
June 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
RIP #BobbySherman. I loved him as a kid, watched “Here Come the Brides,” and still have his “groovy” love beads from Tiger Beat magazine! ☮️
She was the soundtrack to my teenage and college years. Unrivaled grace, soul and poetry. Also adored her duets with the incomparable Donny Hathaway. RIP.
Roberta Flack, ’70s R&B Vocalist Known for ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
Roberta Flack, best known for her '70s hits 'Killing Me Softly' (later covered by the Fugees) and 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,' has died.
variety.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
She was the soundtrack to my teenage and college years. Unrivaled grace, soul and poetry. Also adored her duets with the incomparable Donny Hathaway. RIP.
I admired her so much. She was the best of us. 💔
Cecile Richards, who passed away today at 67, was interviewed for the current print issue of the Texas Observer by reporter @marytuma.bsky.social.
This story was going to run online later this month, but here is the interview now in light of the news:
This story was going to run online later this month, but here is the interview now in light of the news:
Cecile Richards Isn’t Giving Up the Fight
Despite a brain cancer diagnosis and political setbacks, the Texas native is investing in a new strategy: abortion storytelling for the TikTok age.
www.texasobserver.org
January 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I admired her so much. She was the best of us. 💔
Reposted by Deborah Behrens
Breaking: Longtime Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards dies after battle with brain cancer. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/20/c...
Longtime Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards dies after battle with brain cancer
Richards, the eldest daughter of Gov. Ann Richards, forged her own path as a tireless advocate for women across Texas and the United States.
www.texastribune.org
January 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Breaking: Longtime Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards dies after battle with brain cancer. www.texastribune.org/2025/01/20/c...
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Ann (@anntelnaes.bsky.social) is absolutely brilliant, and while her words here are scathing, they are not inflammatory. they're just spot-fucking-on. what a huge loss for the Post. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Ann (@anntelnaes.bsky.social) is absolutely brilliant, and while her words here are scathing, they are not inflammatory. they're just spot-fucking-on. what a huge loss for the Post. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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Lightning strikes Washington Monument 12/31/24
January 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Lightning strikes Washington Monument 12/31/24
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"Until ALICE, there hadn’t been a single mother on TV in a low income job, fighting for healthcare, fighting for benefits…Those stories came out of awareness of what was going on for working women.”
Farewell to Linda Lavin (1937-2024)
deadline.com/2024/12/lind...
Farewell to Linda Lavin (1937-2024)
deadline.com/2024/12/lind...
December 30, 2024 at 4:59 AM
"Until ALICE, there hadn’t been a single mother on TV in a low income job, fighting for healthcare, fighting for benefits…Those stories came out of awareness of what was going on for working women.”
Farewell to Linda Lavin (1937-2024)
deadline.com/2024/12/lind...
Farewell to Linda Lavin (1937-2024)
deadline.com/2024/12/lind...
Another legend gone. 😢
Linda Lavin, Star of TV’s ‘Alice’ and a Tony Winner, Dies at 87
Linda Lavin, star of the 1970s sitcom 'Alice' and a Tony winner who remained active in TV and on stage into her 80s, died Sunday. She was 87.
variety.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Another legend gone. 😢
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December 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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Nikki Giovanni spoke at my small Ohio liberal arts college in September 1978. I was 19 years old. She was mesmerizing. Hers was the first book of poetry I purchased myself as a young woman. So grateful to have lived my life witnessing her fierce wisdom these many years hence. RIP, truth teller.
December 12, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Nikki Giovanni spoke at my small Ohio liberal arts college in September 1978. I was 19 years old. She was mesmerizing. Hers was the first book of poetry I purchased myself as a young woman. So grateful to have lived my life witnessing her fierce wisdom these many years hence. RIP, truth teller.