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Kate Walsh lists Los Feliz home at $4,295,000
She may only play a doctor on television, but actress Kate Walsh apparently knows good bones when she sees them.
The Spanish-style gated estate in Los Feliz that she has listed at $4,295,000 retains its original 1929 details, such as an intricately tiled...Tags: Crimes, Kansas City Chiefs, New England Patriots, Human Accomplishments, Super Bowl
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Ken Levine on Larry Gelbart: Nice guys don't finish last
The Big PictureWherever he is up in Showbiz Valhalla -- no doubt helping out some hapless previous arrival on a rewrite -- Larry Gelbart has to be secretly delighted, reading all the good notices he's received since his death late last week...... -
John Wells wins Writers Guild president's post, again
Company TownJohn Wells, the executive producer behind the hit TV shows 'ER' and 'The West Wing,' has been elected for the second time as president of the Writers Guild of America, West, ending a tight race that brought to the surface...... -
Review: Two books (mostly) about TV writing: Russell Davies' 'The Writer's Tale,' Mike Sacks' 'And Here's The Kicker'
Show TrackerWhen I am not watching television to write about television, or writing about television, sometimes I read a book. And while ideally this represents a complete break from my day job -- or, to be more accurate, from my day-and-night...... -
Larry Gelbart dies at 81; 'MASH' writer
Larry Gelbart, the award-winning comedy writer best known for developing the landmark TV series "MASH," co-writing the book for the hit Broadway musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and co-writing the classic movie comedy "Tootsie,"...Tags: George Burns, Korean War (1950-1953), Movies, Robert Altman, Red Buttons
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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: Jon Stewart, Career and Workplace, Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Labor Disputes
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What I did during the strike
Click to jump to: Wesley Strick | Ken Levine | Linda Teverbaugh | Frank Pierson | Larry Gelbart | Jonathan Green and Gabe Miller | Chris Provenzano | Tim Long Wesley Strick Credits include "True Believer" and "Cape Fear" and the novel "Out There in the...Tags: Mad Men (tv program), Bacon, Drew Carey, Awards and Prizes, DVDs and Movies
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Guild board favors deal, with caution
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe West Coast board of the Writers Guild of America has reacted favorably to the outlines of a pending agreement reached between guild negotiators and Hollywood studios. But the board is holding off on giving its blessing until it sees the exact language...Tags: Contracts, Career and Workplace, Unions, Collective Contract, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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*M*A*S*H Writer, Producer Larry Gelbart Dies at 81
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- Larry Gelbart, the award-winning comedy writer best known for developing the landmark TV series " MASH," co-writing the book for the hit Broadway musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and co-writing the classic movie...Tags: George Burns, Korean War (1950-1953), Movies, Robert Altman, Danny Thomas
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Writer Larry Gelbart, developer of TV's "MASH," dies at 81
Larry Gelbart, the award-winning comedy writer best known for developing the landmark TV series "MASH," co-writing the book for the hit Broadway musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and co-writing the film "Tootsie," died this morning....Tags: Comedy (genre), Broadway Theater, Death, Entertainment, Jack Lemmon
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What makes Brooks and Apatow laugh?
Funny people would rather be funny than talk about how to be funny.
As a result, the promise by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that writers Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks and Larry Gelbart would “crack the code of contemporary screen...Tags: Nazi Party, Jack Benny, Film Festivals, Death, HBO (tv network)
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TV Hall of Fame inductees named
The star of "Maude," a creative force behind "MASH," a talk show host and the creator of "Gilligan's Island" were among those announced Thursday for induction into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.
"Their respective careers have...Tags: Bea Arthur, Management Change, Game Shows, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Maude (tv program)
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