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'The Sopranos' tops WGA's top 101 TV shows of all time
They say that television is a writer's medium, so it makes sense that the Writers Guild of America would have its own list of the 101 greatest TV shows of all time. At the top of the list is "The Sopranos," HBO's multiple award-winning hit series that...
Tags: New York City Police Department, The Muppet Show (tv program), Curb Your Enthusiasm (tv program), Television, The Simpsons (tv program)
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'The Wire': No. 9 on 'best-written' series list but zero Emmys
"The Wire," HBO's groundbreaking and multi-layered drama about drugs, politics and life in Baltimore, is generally regarded by TV critics and experts as one of TV's finest and most eloquent dramas ever. The show has gained even more admirers and acclaim...
Tags: The Killing (tv program), All in the Family (tv program) , Television, Writers Guild of America, Entertainment
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David L. Ulin's summer reading project
Summer is my favorite season — always has been. Partly, it's the light: slow and thick, like a glaze of honey spread across the world. Partly, it's the heat, which I feel in my joints, making me imagine I was loose-limbed again. But more than...
Tags: Book, David Foster Wallace, Jack Nicholson, Authors, Stanley Kubrick
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Anne Serling reflects on life with writer-father Rod
Before his death in 1975 at age 50, Rod Serling was one of the top Emmy Award-winning writers during the golden age of live TV drama of the 1950s, penning such acclaimed dramas as "Patterns," "Requiem for a Heavyweight" and "The Comedian." In the 1960s he...
Tags: Rod Serling, Entertainment, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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The Whitmore family will never grow out of this stage
Prolific character actor James Whitmore appeared in countless films ("The Asphalt Jungle," "The Shawshank Redemption") and TV series ("The Twilight Zone") in his six -decade career, earning Oscar nominations for 1949's "Battleground" and 1975's "Give...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Arts and Culture, Celebrities, Sons of Anarchy (tv program), Lee Baca
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Review: Tom Cruise's 'Oblivion' a sci-fi adventure to remember
"Oblivion" will make you remember, not forget. This Tom Cruise vehicle is a throwback to the days when on-screen science fiction was about speculative ideas rather than selling toys to tots — think of it as the most expensive episode of "The...
Tags: Washington Monument, Literature, Life of Pi (movie), Arts and Culture, Rod Serling
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Appreciation: Jack Klugman relatable as Oscar, fervid as Quincy
Los Angeles Times Television CriticJack Klugman, who died Monday at the age of 90, was already 48 years old when he became a TV star, playing slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison on ABC's adaptation of Neil Simon's "The Odd Couple." He was not unknown, being by that time the possessor...Tags: Abusive Behavior, The Odd Couple (tv program), Celebrities, The Defenders (tv program), Jack Lemmon
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John Rich dies at 86; director of landmark sitcoms
As a top television comedy director who won an Emmy directing "The Dick Van Dyke Show"in the early 1960s, John Rich was faced with a tough choice in 1970.
On the same day he received a phone call from Mary Tyler Moore wanting to set up a meeting to...Tags: Radio Industry, Television, University of Michigan, Benson (tv program) , Barney Miller (tv program)
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Dick Clark's whimsical house in Malibu for sale at $3.5 million
A whimsical house in Malibu that looks like something out of "The Flintstones" has come on the market at $3.5 million. The owners are iconic television personality Dick Clark and his wife, Kari, according to public records.
The unusual architectural...Tags: Harrison Ford, Arts and Culture, Georgetown, Personal Service, Game Shows
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Writer Pen Densham sells Windsor Square-area home for $2.75 million
Writer-producer-director Pen Densham has sold his house in the Windsor Square area for $2.75 million.
The English Manor-style home, built in 1906, was moved to its current location from Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue by the Bullock family —...Tags: Robin Hood
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Alan Sues dies at 85; 'Laugh-In' regular
Alan Sues, the actor best known as a flamboyantly campy regular on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" in the late 1960s and early '70s, has died. He was 85.
Sues died Thursday night while watching television at his home in West Hollywood, said Michael Gregg...Tags: Jo Anne Worley, International Travel, Television, Bing Crosby, Ruth Buzzi
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PASSINGS: Margaret Field O'Mahoney
Margaret Field O'Mahoney, 89, an actress who gave up her career in movies and television to raise her children, including daughter Sally Field, died Sunday at her home in Malibu after a six-year struggle with cancer, publicist Heidi Schaeffer said.
Using...Tags: Gene Autry, Television, Entertainment, Thriller (genre), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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