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Newhart returns in 3rd 'Librarian'
McClatchy NewspapersBy Rick Bentley At 79, Bob Newhart can be choosy about what he does. He has had hit television shows, best-selling comedy albums, a long successful stand-up comedy career and has even been in movies. A few years ago, though, he wasn't showing up on TV...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Noah Wyle, Weaponry, Abraham Lincoln, Movies
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Longtime downtown tax lawyer
Tribune reporterBernard Kleinman, a downtown tax attorney for 47 years, devised tax strategies for entertainers such as Curtis Mayfield and Bob Newhart. He also defended Olympics hero Jesse Owens on tax-evasion charges. Mr. Kleinman, 82, died Tuesday, Nov. 18, of cancer...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Justice System, World War II, Internal Revenue Service, Curtis Mayfield
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Studios can watch Strike.TV, but they can't touch its content
Striking writer Peter Hyoguchi was walking the picket line outside Disney's ABC Studios in Burbank in January when he had an epiphany. ¶ What if scriptwriters launched a website featuring their work, which they would own and control free of studio...Tags: Startups, Consumer Electronics Industry, Los Angeles, Star Trek (movie), New York
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Tim McGraw, Faith Hill list Beverly Park home at $14.8 million
As far as his country music fans are concerned, Tim McGraw could sing the Yellow Pages, and it would still sound mighty purdy. And the fact that he's mad at his record label for putting out another greatest-hits package of his songs instead of new tunes,...Tags: Anaheim Angels, CSI (tv program), Celebrity Mothers, Television, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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On this day in history
On Sept. 16, 1498, Tomas de Torquemada, notorious for his role in the Spanish Inquisition, died in Avila, Spain. In 1630 the village of Shawmut, Mass., changed its name to Boston. In 1810 Mexicans began their revolt against Spanish rule. In 1893...Tags: North Carolina, Kansas, Gerald Ford, Environmental Pollution, Theater
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It's no mystery that 'X-Files' is on the big screen
Special to NewsdayIt's a mystery worthy of Fox Mulder's scrutiny: Why make a theatrical motion picture of that iconic '90s TV series "The X-Files" six years after the last original episode aired? Nobody's doing "Seinfeld: The Movie," "Friends Forever" or "Walker, Texas...Tags: Peter Boyle, Federal Bureau of Investigation, David Duchovny, Television, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 31-Sept. 6: Aug. 31: Actor Warren Berlinger ("Operation Petticoat," ''The Joey Bishop Show") is 71. Drummer Jerry Allison of Buddy Holly and the Crickets is 69. Singer Van Morrison is 63. Guitarist Rudolf Schenker...Tags: George Lazenby, Dweezil Zappa, Damon Wayans, Gloria Estefan, Terry Bradshaw
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'Nobody, nothing was sacred'
Shortly before midnight on Aug. 3, 1958, Lenny Bruce got off an airplane at Midway Airport. No one knows exactly what he did the next day until, at 8 p.m., he walked onto the stage of the Cloister Inn nightclub and said, "I've been thinking a lot about...Tags: Lenny Bruce, Humphrey Bogart, Maryland, Mike Nichols, Family
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The familiar face of Gary Cole; foreign cussing; burying Martha Stewart
Q. Could you please tell me the name of the actor who played Wayne on Desperate Housewives? He looked very familiar. — N.R., Boca Raton A. Gary Cole played Wayne Davis, a former abusive husband of Dana Delany's character, on Desperate Housewives....Tags: Kelsey Grammer, Boca Raton, NBC, Fort Lauderdale, Jack Lemmon
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Harvey Korman, 1927-2008
The TV ZoneThis has been a hell of a week for the dearly departed in television, with the deaths of Sydney Pollack (a classic TV director before he was a classic big screen one), and the amazing (and amazingly) prolific Earle......Tags: Harvey Korman, Sid Caesar, Bob Hope, Dick van Dyke, Jackie Gleason
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TNT Checks Out 'Librarian' Again
Zap2It.comThe most mild-mannered action hero in TV history will be back on TNT late this year. The cable network has begun production on the third installment of its "Librarian" franchise, with former "ER" star Noah Wyle reprising his title role. The movie, titled...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Noah Wyle, New York, Jonathan Frakes, Jane Curtin
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Remembering Suzanne Pleshette
Tribune Newspapers: Orlando SentinelSuzanne Pleshette was a lot saltier than Emily Hartley. She'd be the person you'd want to sit next to at a party because you were sure to hear some choice comments, delivered with sass. Pleshette died Saturday at age 70 of respiratory failure. She had...Tags: NBC, Celebrity Mothers, Television, Medical Conditions, Lou Gehrig
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