Billie Rae Bates
It's a fine, fine day when we can announce a new product in the BRBTV line, and it's even finer when it's a special day like New Year's!Since his TV debut in 1969, Scooby-Doo has been loved the world over. The comical, cowardly Great Dane and his human pals, Freddy, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy, have...
Michael D Hamersky
Michael D Hamersky
Congrats and Happy New Year Billie Rae!
Fri at 3:21pm
Kit Mesler Tessin

Kit Mesler Tessin Thus may not be nice, BUT look carefully at the front of the church....There is all the music stands and the music but no Christmon Tree with our christian symbols. They put the tree behind the organist. Margaret was really angry, Your mom, Margaret & I are last ones at Church that ever worked on the ornaments. Bar...b Nurse made a crown to put on top that was very intricate.

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December 30, 2009 at 7:11pm · Report
Billie Rae Bates

Billie Rae Bates The Inexplicable Lives of Dolls yearlong photo essay project is now complete! Click on the link on the bottom to see the "by the numbers" and get a little insight into the logistics of this sometimes-challenging raw-photography trip of nostalgia!

dolls.billierae.com
The Inexplicable Lives of Dolls is a yearlong photo essay project exploring the sweet, the sublime, the symbolic -- and the sociological implications!
Billie Rae Bates
Though it might be unwise for him to admit it in polite company, Lane Davies, our own original Mason Capwell of "Santa Barbara," once starred in a short-lived Fox sitcom called "Woops!" The premise of the 1992 show was the aftermath of a nuclear war, when six people -- seemingly the only survivor...
Kit Mesler Tessin

Kit Mesler Tessin Nancy couldn't get into the church this morning so we will go back about 4:30 tonight to take the picture of the Nativity. Aunt Margaret asked us over to her house after Church.

December 24, 2009 at 8:08am · Report
Billie Rae Bates
Billie Rae Bates
Thanks! Hope you had fun at Margaret's house -- I hope to join in again next year.
December 25, 2009 at 6:25am
Kit Mesler Tessin

Kit Mesler Tessin I have always been a fan of Billie Rae Bates. Do I get seniority for that?

December 23, 2009 at 8:01pm · Report
Billie Rae Bates
Billie Rae Bates
Yes, 41 and a half years. More than anyone else, basically.
December 24, 2009 at 4:24am
Kit Mesler Tessin
December 24, 2009 at 7:46am
Billie Rae Bates
OK, we don't make a practice of copying others' headlines (we used to write headlines ourselves for a living, once, ya know!), but this one was a good one. And along with the PR from Archie Comics, we got a line on the Hollywood Reporter's coverage of exciting news for Archie fans, and specifical...
Robert J. Guadagno
Robert J. Guadagno
"Scripted" and "Non Scripted" - A Josie "Reality TV" show? :P
December 22, 2009 at 8:35am
Billie Rae Bates
On September 27, we reported on a fab New Year's Eve event planned with a dozen "Dallas" castmembers in Naples, Florida. Well, unfortunately the event has been postponed, BRBTV has learned from Jeanne Jackson, director of the J. Timothy Hogan Foundation, which is hosting the event. We'll let you ...
Michael D Hamersky
Michael D Hamersky
That's too bad...
December 20, 2009 at 8:32am
Billie Rae Bates

Billie Rae Bates "The Inexplicable Lives of Dolls" is the second yearlong photo essay project by Billie Rae Bates. One raw, unretouched photo per week, accompanied by an essay touching on a variety of subjects from the sublime to the simply sociological, just as with the My Mother's Clothing project -- only this time she's digging into... the doll collection! Barbie, Batgirl, Betty Cooper ... these girls (and some guys) are coming out of the closet, so to speak, some after more than three decades in the dark ...

Watch this space each week for the "also-rans" of the project -- the photos that didn't make it onto the page but are fun nonetheless!

See the whole project at:
http://Dolls.BillieRae.com

See the project's official press release at:
http://www.pr.com/press-release/132822

And be sure to "become a fan" on the main profile page to catch updates of this and the other writing projects of BRB.

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Kit Mesler Tessin
Kit Mesler Tessin
So many really famous dolls. wow. You have a wonderful collection. Have you added some dolls since you are grown?
November 7, 2009 at 10:09am
Billie Rae Bates
Billie Rae Bates
I really would love to do these two projects as color coffeetable books. With more hours in the day, perhaps. And yes, quite a few of these dolls were adult-acquired, a few from Mother's shopping trips.
November 20, 2009 at 4:21pm
Billie Rae Bates
ARCHIE #604The aftermath of the Archie story of the century continues! What could possibly happen next? The answers may astound you!SCRIPT: Michael UslanART: Stan GoldbergOn sale at comic shops December 23, 2009On sale at newsstands January 5, 201032-page, full-color comic$2.50 U.S.ARCHIE & F...
Billie Rae Bates
For years BRBTV has been of the opinion that the only real way to revisit the "Dallas" property -- and give it fresh life, great continuity, honor, respectability and a whole new generation of fans -- is to center it around the boys, John Ross and Christopher. Throw in some Pamela Rebecca Cooper,...
Billie Rae Bates
Ahhhh ... Christmastime. And we do mean CHRISTMAStime, here at the BRBTV News Blog, being firm supporters of Christmas and all. Heck, we're even firm supporters of keeping this economy alive! And on our Black Friday daytrip up to the Big Apple, we were fairly sure that the flagship Macy's store o...
Billie Rae Bates

Billie Rae Bates "The Inexplicable Lives of Dolls" is the second yearlong photo essay project by Billie Rae Bates. One raw, unretouched photo per week, accompanied by an essay touching on a variety of subjects from the sublime to the simply sociological, just as with the My Mother's Clothing project -- only this time she's digging into... the doll collection! Barbie, Batgirl, Betty Cooper ... these girls (and some guys) are coming out of the closet, so to speak, some after more than three decades in the dark ...

Watch this space each week for the "also-rans" of the project -- the photos that didn't make it onto the page but are fun nonetheless!

See the whole project at:
http://Dolls.BillieRae.com

See the project's official press release at:
http://www.pr.com/press-release/132822

And be sure to "become a fan" on the main profile page to catch updates of this and the other writing projects of BRB.

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Kit Mesler Tessin
Kit Mesler Tessin
So many really famous dolls. wow. You have a wonderful collection. Have you added some dolls since you are grown?
November 7, 2009 at 10:09am
Billie Rae Bates
Billie Rae Bates
I really would love to do these two projects as color coffeetable books. With more hours in the day, perhaps. And yes, quite a few of these dolls were adult-acquired, a few from Mother's shopping trips.
November 20, 2009 at 4:21pm
Billie Rae Bates
- Forry Smith, the dashing Reese Walker on "SB," turns 57 on December 1.- Charlene Tilton, little Lucy Ewing of "Dallas," turns 51 on December 1, though reports sometimes conflict on her age.- Nicolas Coster, the unforgettable Lionel Lockridge on "SB," as well as Lyle S...loan and Joe Morris on "Dal...
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Tracy
Tracy
Thanks for posting this list! Interesting to note Dane Witherspoon and I share the same birthday. Neat!
December 1, 2009 at 8:50am
Billie Rae Bates

Billie Rae Bates Why hide from the holiday crowds -- why not embrace them? I decided I wanted to experience Christmas shopping in New York City, and boy did I experience it ...

Conshy
Conshy
Wow, you're crazy girl! Looks like you had fun but man, look at those crowds!
November 28, 2009 at 10:59am
Tracy
Tracy
Girl, I"m so envious lol
November 29, 2009 at 9:17am