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Bea Arthur among 2008 TV Hall of Fame inductees; 'Maude' star said no first time around
AP Television WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) _ "Maude" and "Golden Girls" star Bea Arthur is happily poised to enter the TV Academy Hall of Fame, but she acknowledges it's her own fault the recognition didn't come sooner. Arthur says the academy approached her five years ago...Tags: Bill Cosby, Beverly Hills, Sherwood Schwartz, Theater, Music Theater
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The FAAAAH-scinating world of Stephen Baldwin
Spin CycleAt one point during the scripted frivolity of her most-hip appearance on Saturday Night Live, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin told Alec Baldwin that his actor sibling Stephen was her favorite Baldwin brother. Below, it is easy to see why: Just......Tags: Alec Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Alaska
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Learning to be a Long Island 'Survivor'
sylvia.king-cohen@newsday.comGet out your bandanna, sharpen your flint, measure out your ration of drinking water and fill that coconut shell with boiled rice. "Survivor Gabon" drops its 18 castaways onto your television screen Thursday, Sept. 25 at 8. Didn't make the cut? Well, try...Tags: Sociology, Sandra Dee, Natalie Wood, Missing Persons, Facebook
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$100,000 question
Court documents show a company founded by Merv Griffin is suing Ed McMahon for a $100,000 loan it claims has gone unpaid. The Griffin Group Inc. claims it lent the money to McMahon, Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show, in 2005. The company...Tags: Punishment, Oprah Winfrey, Crimes, Drug Trafficking, Prosecution
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When murder is a laughing matter
If a laugh-laden farce seems the right prescription to relieve current politico-economic concerns, a hilariously mindless one is being presented tomorrow and Saturday at Bowie Community Theatre's current show, A Little Murder Never Hurt Anybody, playing...Tags: Holidays, Theater, New Year's, Pets and Pet Supplies, Matthew Perry
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Collector of old vacuums
Tribune NewspapersStan Kann, an organist with an affinity for antique vacuum cleaners whose unlikely hobby made him a frequent guest on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson and other talk shows, died Monday at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis of complications...Tags: Los Angeles, Theater, Johnny Carson
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Deaths elsewhere
STAN KANN, 83 Vacuum cleaner collector Stan Kann, an organist with an affinity for antique vacuum cleaners whose unlikely hobby made him a frequent guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and other talk shows, died Monday at St. Louis University...Tags: Johnny Carson
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Boomer TV: Would You Believe?....
The TV ZoneWith the big-screen "Get Smart" opening Friday, lets give props to the original -- which coincidentally, took home an Emmy 38 years ago this week as Outstanding Comedy, while Don Adams won for best actor in a comedy. (There are......Tags: Bill Cosby, Carnegie Hall, Rugby League
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Talking with Tony Danza: Who's the cook?
robert.kahn@newsday.comCo-author a cookbook with your offspring and it will be a beautiful collaboration or the start of World War III. For Tony Danza and son Marc, it was undoubtedly the former, even if the charismatic performer snickers just a bit when he talks about Marc's...Tags: Long Island, Tony Danza, Manhattan (New York City)
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Bonnie Hunt prepares (sort of) for daytime TV
Channel IslandSPEND AN hour or so with Bonnie Hunt these days and you come away convinced she's got a daytime talk show inside her head. The only question now is whether she and her producers can extract and polish that vision within the next three weeks, when "The...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), Queen Latifah, Family, Second City, Bonnie Hunt
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Mr. Big Becomes 'My One and Only'
Zap2It.comChris Noth will take a male lead in "My One and Only," opposite Renee Zellweger. Richard Loncraine is directing the film, which is based on an anecdote actor George Hamilton once shared with Merv Griffin, according to Variety. Charlie Peters scripted...Tags: Renee Zellweger, George Hamilton
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Tom T. Hall's 'L.A. Blues' | 1971
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTom T. Hall approached songwriting like a hitchhiker in no particular hurry to catch a ride. "I'd go out by the highway and watch the truckers and I'd just go in that direction," the Kentucky native said. "I'd end up in all of these small hangouts with...Tags: Defense, California, Armed Forces, Music, Linda Ronstadt
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