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Al Gordon dies at 89; Emmy-winning comedy writer for Jack Benny
Al Gordon, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer who spent much of his more than 40-year career writing for Jack Benny's penny-pinching, vain and perennially 39-year-old persona, has died. He was 89. Gordon died Wednesday of age-related causes at Cedars-...
Tags: Jack Benny, The Smothers Brothers, Carol Channing, Emmy Awards (tv program), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Theater review: ‘Hello! My Baby’ at the Rubicon Theatre
Culture MonsterPhilip Brandes reviews Cheri Steinkellner's new Tin Pan Alley-themed jukebox musical, "Hello! My Baby" at the Rubicon Theatre.... -
Classic Hollywood: Joel Grey looks back — and forward — at his career
There was a time in 1965 when Joel Grey thought he would throw in the towel on show business. He wanted to be Laurence Olivier but instead he was doing a dreadful musical in Jones Beach, Long Island, called " Mardi Gras" with the June Taylor Dancers.
"It...Tags: Neil Simon, Long Island, Dancing, Jennifer Grey, Bars and Clubs
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Honorary Oscars going to four 'extraordinary' men
Gold DerbyOn Wednesday, the motion picture academy announced the four honorees to be feted at the second annual Governors Awards on Nov. 14. Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola is to receive the Thalberg Award while film historian Kevin Brownlow, French auteur Jean-... -
What 'Boardwalk Empire' really does right: American pop's salad days
Pop & HissI love the golden age of appointment television. I was a lifelong surfer, jumping between cooking shows and "Law and Order" reruns in a vain attempt to avoid being told what probiotic to buy, until our DVR made it possible...... -
Eddie Fisher dies at 82; popular 1950s crooner was known for his high-profile marriages
As Eddie Fisher once put it, by the time he was 33, "I had been married to America's sweetheart and America's femme fatale, and both marriages had ended in scandal.
"I'd been one of the most popular singers in America and had given up my career for love....Tags: Elizabeth Taylor, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Judaism, Bars and Clubs, Mary Murphy
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Gloria Stuart dies at 100; 'Titanic' actress
Gloria Stuart, a 1930s Hollywood leading lady who earned an Academy Award nomination for her first significant role in nearly 60 years — as Old Rose, the centenarian survivor of the Titanic in James Cameron's 1997 Oscar-winning film — has...Tags: Cancer, Bars and Clubs, Kim Basinger, Entertainment, James Cagney
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At 'Cast Party,' the mike is open and the party is on
By the time Liza Minnelli took the stage at Birdland, just after midnight, the party was in full swing: Michael Feinstein hugged the Broadway legend and a bubbly, upbeat crowd sang happy birthday to her.
Parker Posey performed a wild, gyrating dance to...Tags: Judith Light, Esther Williams, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Short, Bars and Clubs
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Morton Lachman dies at 90; gag writer for Bob Hope, sitcom producer
Morton Lachman, one of the creative minds behind Bob Hope who was a writer and producer for the famous comedian for more than two decades before shifting into sitcom production in shows including "All in the Family," "Gimme a Break" and "Kate & Allie,"...Tags: All in the Family (tv program) , Death, Family, Heart Attack, Education
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Ed Asner on SAG's choice
"If you stand together, you cannot lose. Actors cannot be beaten except by actors. The guild is for you, and you must be for the guild. Stand together."
Eddie Cantor, president, Screen Actors Guild, at the guild's first annual membership meeting, El...Tags: Television, Celebrities, Ed Asner, Best Buy Company Inc., Entertainment
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Smaller gyms help exercise social skills
Special to The TimesWHEN IT comes to health clubs, do you prefer the enormous, multilevel variety where you can retain your anonymity even after years of blood, sweat and towels, or do you opt for the small mom-and-pop "Cheers"-type gym where everybody knows your name? A...Tags: Television, Lifestyle and Leisure, Irene Dunne, Celine Dion, Bars and Clubs
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Steffi Sidney-Splaver dies at 74; 'Rebel Without a Cause' actress
Steffi Sidney-Splaver, who as a young actress appeared in and then gave up acting to become a Hollywood writer, publicist and producer, has died. She was 74.
Sidney-Splaver died Monday of kidney failure at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, said her...Tags: Television, Celebrities, Death, Movies, Natalie Wood
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