As a teenager growing up in Malibu in the 1950s, Kathy Kohner liked to hang out with the surfing set. But she wasn’t content with just being an onlooker. “I was 16. I didn’t want to be the girl on the ...

When Gidget premiered on ABC in 1965, the series followed Francie Lawrence through her surfing adventures in California. In the series, the character, nicknamed Gidget, was 15 and a half. In theory, ...

James Darren, Gidget teen idol actor who rose to fame in the 1950s, has died at 88, according to Nancy Sinatra, who counted him among her closest friends. “One of my dearest, closest friends in all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After the original “Gidget” movie, in 1959, Hollywood churned out any number of sequels. “Gidget Grows Up.” “Gidget Goes to Rome.” ...

There are very few manufacturers of travel trailers that manage to disperse their units worldwide. One such crew was Gidget, an Australian-born brand that made it all the way to America and then ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Denver Zoo this week again is in mourning the loss of a beloved animal. Gidget, a 27-year-old California sea lion, passed away Wednesday. “Gidget was a ...

P-Valley is the show that has captivated the summer. The critically-acclaimed STARZ series follows the ins and outs of those who work The Pynk, a popular strip club in Mississippi. One of the core ...

I can’t imagine growing up in the ’50s, certainly not as myself or any degree of myself that I am now. My strongest sense of the ‘50s comes from Betty Friedan and feminist critiques of the era. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Darren, the former teen idol and pop singer who played the dreamy surfer Moondoggie in three Gidget movies before starring ...