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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It would be six years before the Gidget TV show cast would come together in what was designed to be a direct sequel to the film, ...

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 ...

James Darren, an actor, director and singer who had his breakout role of Moondoggie in the 1959 movie “Gidget,” died Monday at age 88, Variety reported. The entertainer died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital ...

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." ...

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 ...

She says those characters paved way for the revolution to come in women's roles I can’t imagine growing up in the ’50s, certainly not as myself or any degree of myself that I am now. My strongest ...

Go-Go Gidget This Labor Day! Shop The Essential Pieces To Get Her Look Labor Day is near, and if you're lucky, so are a few blissful days of sun, sand, and surf. Take advantage of the last official ...

Southern Californian surf bums Francie Lawrence and Jeff Matthews - Gidget and Moondoggie to their friends - have just gotten pinned. Jeff is home from college for the summer, so he and Gidget only ...

In the premiere episode of the current season of HBO’s Girls, creator and lead actress Lena Dunham revealed one of the great unsung Jewesses of American pop culture: California surfer girl Gidget. Yes ...