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Ricky Gervais is here, there and everywhere
You couldn't avoid Ricky Gervais right now, even if you wanted to.
The English comedian has a new stand-up special premiering on HBO on Saturday, just weeks before the DVD release of the first season of "The Ricky Gervais Show," an animated incarnation...Tags: Cinema Industry, Jerry Seinfeld, Comedy (genre), Chris Rock, Television Industry
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Lina Romay dies at 91; Cugat singer, MGM actress
Lina Romay, whose role as a lead singer with Xavier Cugat's orchestra in the early 1940s led to a career in the movies and a stint decades later as a Spanish-language radio announcer for Hollywood Park, has died. She was 91.
Romay died Dec. 17 of natural...Tags: Radio Industry, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Movies, MGM Inc., Xavier Cugat
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Randy Newman on writing songs about pigs: 'It probably hurt my chances for a hit'
The Big PictureWhen we last left off with Randy Newman, he was musing about the fact that Barry Levinson's "Avalon" was clearly about a Jewish family, but in the movie, the family was played by actors like Aidan Quinn, who were decidedly...... -
Pop culture: A better way to sell the perks of aging to young people
Opinion L.A.We need promotional campaigns to make aging seem more appealing to young people, writes Ideas columnist Kevin Lewis, so that they strive to live longer and stop binge drinking to block out the unavoidable: Everyone gets old. Aging is not...... -
Anne Francis dies at 80; costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic 'Forbidden Planet'
Anne Francis, who costarred in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later played the title role in "Honey West," the mid-1960s TV series about a sexy female private detective with a pet ocelot, died Sunday. She was 80.
Francis, who...Tags: Burke's Law (tv program) , Cinema Industry, Leslie Nielsen, The Twilight Zone (tv program), Celebrities
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Walter Seltzer dies at 96; former Hollywood press agent made a successful leap to producing
Walter Seltzer, a Hollywood press agent-turned-producer who started out at MGM in the 1930s and made an enduring mark on the industry in the 1980s as a tenacious fundraiser for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, has died. He was 96.
Seltzer died...Tags: Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas, Career and Workplace, Hal Roach, Celebrities
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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, March 23, 1941
The Daily MirrorMarch 23, 1941: The Times’ editorial page opposes raising taxes to fund the library. It’s the war, you know, and if we go around handing out money to the library, next in line will be the police, and firefighters and...... -
Liz Taylor on TV this week
Show TrackerThe movie star's life and career is remembered this week on Television. “Elizabeth Taylor: A Look Back” 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, REELZ; Celebration of the life and career of the actress spotlights her contribution to movies and her... -
'Dancing With the Stars' recap: Classically trained
Show TrackerIt's Classical Week, ballroom fans! For the first time ever, the stars danced to traditional and modern classical pieces. The Harold Wheeler band expanded to a 46-piece orchestra with woodwinds and was joined by rock violinist David Garrett and opera........ -
Blake Edwards dies at 88; 'Pink Panther' director was master of slapstick comedy
Blake Edwards, a writer-director who battled depression in his personal life yet was known as a modern master of slapstick and sophisticated wit with hit films such as the "Pink Panther" comedies, "10" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's," has died. He was 88....Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Comedy (genre), Henry Mancini, Broadway Theater, Celebrities
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Kathryn Grayson dies at 88; MGM singing star in 1940s, '50s
Kathryn Grayson, an MGM singing star in the 1940s and early '50s in musicals such as "Anchors Aweigh," "Kiss Me Kate" and "Show Boat," has died. She was 88.
Grayson died Wednesday of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, said publicist Dale Olson....Tags: Julie Andrews, Frank Sinatra, Nelson Eddy, Opera (genre), Death
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Broadway rocks, conclude The Times' theater and pop critics
Theater critic Charles McNulty and pop music critic Ann Powers began their conversation about the changing sound of the Broadway musical in the lobby of the Sam S. Shubert Theatre in New York, where they ran into each other at a Sunday matinee of...Tags: Music Industry, Adam Lambert, Dance, Broadway Theater, Twyla Tharp
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