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Hal Kanter dies at 92; Emmy-winning comedy writer, director
Hal Kanter, an Emmy Award-winning comedy writer, and a director and producer whose career included writing for Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, directing Elvis Presley and creating a landmark 1960s TV series starring Diahann Carroll, has died. He was 92....Tags: Diahann Carroll, Cartoons, Writers Guild of America, James Stewart, Walter Matthau
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Barry Feinstein dies at 80; rock music photographer
Barry Feinstein, a photographer who gained renown as one of the premier chroniclers of the 1960s and '70s music scene, including shooting iconic album covers for Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and George Harrison, has died. He was 80.
Feinstein, a longtime...Tags: Mary Travers, Photography, Bob Dylan, Arts, Artists
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On the Web: A literary marriage, a writer's lessons and more book news
Jacket CopyLibrarians meet, a 75-year-old author weds and an Oscar-winning writer shares his secrets in today's book news.... -
Madelyn Pugh Davis dies at 90; 'I Love Lucy' writer
Madelyn Pugh Davis, who with her writing partner Bob Carroll Jr. made television history in the 1950s writing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's landmark situation comedy "I Love Lucy," has died. She was 90.
Davis, a pioneering female radio and TV comedy...Tags: Desi Arnaz, Writers Guild of America, Henry Fonda, Vivian Vance, Radio Industry
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JetBlue's Steven Slater: What's the right pitch for his TV movie?
The Big PictureHow do you pitch a TV movie about Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who's become a folk hero after he cussed out a rude passenger, grabbed some beer and jumped down an emergency slide at JFK on Sunday? His...... -
Friday TV Highlights: 'Who Do You Think You Are?' on NBC
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Feb. 13 - 19 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Feb. 3 - 19 in PDF format (from latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv) Weekly TV Listings and more can be found...... -
Sidney Lumet dies at 86; prolific 'actor's director' steered clear of Hollywood
Sidney Lumet, the prolific four-time Oscar-nominated director known for guiding strong performances in classic films such as "12 Angry Men," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Network," died Saturday. He was 86.
Lumet, whose film career spanned more than 50 years,...Tags: Charles Champlin, Celebrities and Health Issues, Sidney Lumet, Woody Allen, Movies
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Betsy Blair dies at 85; actress appeared in 'Marty'
Betsy Blair, an actress best remembered for playing the shy schoolteacher who meets Ernest Borgnine's lonely Bronx butcher at the Stardust Ballroom in the 1955 movie "Marty," has died. She was 85.
Blair, who was blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s...Tags: Censorship, Constitutional Issues, Michelangelo Antonioni, Civil Rights, William Saroyan
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Reviews are in: B'Way cast recordings
Curious about the changing sound of the Great White Way? Times Theater Critic Charles McNulty weighs in on five noteworthy cast recordings from the year on Broadway -- four from new shows that couldn't be more wildly disparate and one from a classic that'...Tags: Gore Vidal, Olivia Newton-John, Film Festivals, Harvey Fierstein, Movies
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Lou Jacobi dies at 95; character actor
Associated PressLou Jacobi, an actor who was known for comic roles and won praise in dramatic ones over a long career in the theater and movies, including Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex" and Barry Levinson's “Avalon,” has died....Tags: Blake Edwards, Obituaries, Music Theater, Death, Woody Allen
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Who needs writers?
It's Day Four of the Writers Guild strike, and here's how to tell that the striking writers haven't so much as picked up a Bic: Their picket-line chants are crappy. Have you heard the lame call-and-response out there? "What do we want? CONTRACTS! When...Tags: Richard Nixon, Emmy Awards (tv program), Larry Gelbart, Labor Disputes, Career and Workplace
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Former gambler now in the chips
Special to The TimesScriptland is a new weekly feature on the work and professional lives of screenwriters. * There are few bets with longer odds than making a living as a screenwriter. And then there's Allan Loeb. A compulsive gambler since age 10, he's currently riding...Tags: Halle Berry, Lost (tv program), FX Networks, LLC, Tourism and Leisure, William Goldman
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