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Meredith Baxter Claims David Birney Had Abused Her Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 4:34PMMeredith Baxter the star of previous sitcoms in the 1970’s, 1980’s, Bridget Loves Birney and Family Ties, is now claiming that David Birney, his estranged husband, had allegedly struck her during the time they have been married.
Looking Past the Politics at Our Economic Future Monday, January 10, 2011 @ 3:06PMSix people dead, 14 wounded. A congresswoman left in a medical coma. Our ensuing forecast for 2011: more mayhem to come. Not because the crazy SOB who did it was justified. Jared Loughner’s Facebook postings and YouTube videos were, to put it mildly, incoherent.
KMBC boss: Earlier ‘ Nightline ’ is ‘probably indefinite’ Tuesday, January 4, 2011 @ 12:11PMNight owls across Kansas City may have noticed a little change to the KMBC late-night schedule on Mo
Hilary Swank on her journey from trailer park to Tinseltown: 'I know what it's like to be the outsider' Saturday, January 1, 2011 @ 5:36PMShe is a woman with determination and drive – which makes Hilary Swank perfect for her latest role, as a working-class mother on a mission.
Billingsley's June: the other mom we loved Tuesday, October 19, 2010 @ 9:47AMThe passing of Barbara Billingsley represents a death in every TV viewer's family. A half-century later, June Cleaver, as Billingsley portrayed her, remains a TV mom against which real-life moms are still measured.
Prince of Darkness Takes a Bite Out of October Wednesday, October 6, 2010 @ 2:00PMSan Diego is a town that loves its Halloween. I noticed this when I moved here in the first week of October 1980. Retail shops displayed PVC pumpkins and skulls amid ubiquitous floor-to-shoulder-height displays of bale-sized sacks of chocolate bars.
Nothing funny about repeat winners in comedy supporting actress Emmy race Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 8:17PMHolland Taylor, who has a 1999 supporting win for the drama series "The Practice," could join Doris Roberts in having won both dramatic and comedic Emmys.
The Beav, Wally and Eddie fondly recall memories from TV's 'Leave It to Beaver' Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 6:07AMLOS ANGELES -- Jerry Mathers doesn't want to give anyone the wrong impression; he loved working as a child actor. But he didn't like the audition process. So when it came time for one of his last interviews for the role of the irrepressible Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver on the beloved sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” he told the producers that he'd rather be at his first Cub Scout meeting.
Classic Hollywood: 'Leave It to Beaver' Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 8:17PMThe beloved family sitcom that will forever live in reruns is out this week on DVD. The actors who played Wally, Beaver Cleaver, Lumpy and Eddie recall it fondly. The beloved family sitcom that will forever live in reruns is out this week on DVD. The actors who played Wally, Beaver Cleaver, Lumpy and Eddie recall it fondly.
Surely it’s 30. (And don’t call me Shirley!) Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 9:29AMPublished: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 11:50 p.m.
'Airplane!' marks 30th anniversary Monday, June 28, 2010 @ 3:21PMSurely, the classic comedy can't be that old. But it is. (And stop calling it Shirley.)
Art Linkletter: Seminal broadcaster whose work laid down the templates for many successful shows Thursday, June 10, 2010 @ 6:22PMW C Fields' famous warning to those in show business against being upstaged by children never reached Art Linkletter. For 30 years Linkletter, who has died aged 97, was a mainstay of American daytime television and radio, with two shows, People Are Funny and Art Linkletter's House Party, running simultaneously. In an era where a woman's place was still in the home, Linkletter was the perfect ...
Heaton savors vantage point as mom at 'The Middle' Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 2:44AMBeen there. Done that. Won the Emmy.
Wrestlers focus on finals Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 3:33AMMarc Juergens sat in the same corner chair Thursday morning for a stretch longer than most sitcoms.
Overview of Michael Smith's Work Presented at Ellen de Bruijne Projects Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 7:49PMMichael Smith is best known for his performances, installations, drawings and videos, but his artistic career also includes puppet shows, commercial and cable television skits, stand up comedy and comic publications.
‘Ah, the good old days …’ Thursday, October 1, 2009 @ 1:02PMp2pnet news view | TV:- When not hiring comedians to narrate documentaries, jumping on the reality/game show bandwagon, or commissioning terrible unnecessary remakes of classic sitcoms and serials, the BBC has never passed up the opportunity to roll out the red carpet for nostalgia. The past week saw a repeat of a special on the best [...]
PASSINGS: Mike Bongiorno, Jack Manning, William A. 'Bill' Schoneberger Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 12:58AMMike Bongiorno, Italian quiz show host, dies at 85; Jack Manning, character actor, dies at 93; William A. Schoneberger, head of Aero Club of Southern California during Spruce Goose era, dies at 83 Mike Bongiorno
A Taste of Fringe Thursday, September 3, 2009 @ 10:42AMWhen seeing a show at FringeNYC it’s advisable to squelch expectations, since even the best intentions can get derailed by the confines of budgets, rehearsal time, and quirky theater spaces.
VAULTS: Screwball triangle in 'Choose Me' Sunday, July 26, 2009 @ 4:08AMOne of the principal characters in Alan Rudolph's whimsically inspired romantic farce "Choose Me," now approaching its 25th anniversary, would appear to be clinically crazy: Keith Carradine's amorous drifter Mickey, first encountered strolling away from confinement in a "mental home" and subsequently embellished with a resume that suggests a parody of the International Man of Mystery. A strong ...
Before 'Bruno': A brief history of gay characters in movies and TV Wednesday, July 8, 2009 @ 12:09PMBruno, the flamboyant Sasha Baron Cohen character who will stride boldly into America's multiplexes on July 10, still won't have a lot of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered company when he gets there.
inFocus Articles Sunday, May 10, 2009 @ 10:25AMThere's a charming little building north of the Events Center, nestled comfortably in the big buildings' shadows.
inFocus Articles Wednesday, May 6, 2009 @ 10:12AMThere's a charming little building north of the Events Center, nestled comfortably in the big buildings' shadows.
PBS gets serious about comedy Wednesday, January 21, 2009 @ 3:38AMLOS ANGELES (Jan 21, 2009) -- Early in the first instalment of Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America, Judd Apatow, writer-director of the hit comedies Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, notes, "There's no comedy that isn't about immaturity."
Been and gone Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:43AMGuitarists, glamour girls and other sad losses
Greatest Olympian ever? Wednesday, August 13, 2008 @ 1:05PMBEIJING -- On Wednesday, Michael Phelps won gold medals in the 200-meter butterfly and 4x200-meter relay to increase his career total to 11 Olympic golds, the most by any athlete in any sport in the history of the Games. Phelps had been tied with four others, each of whom had nine. You could make a case for each of those athletes, and for Phelps, as the greatest Olympic athlete in history.
Obituary: Tony Melody Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 6:29PMObituary: Northern actor familiar on television in roles glum and droll
Casting call brings in movie hopefuls Monday, July 28, 2008 @ 12:40AMLocal director Mark Donnell to embark on filming for latest project
Casting call lures movie hopefuls Sunday, July 27, 2008 @ 12:36AMCORVALLIS — On Sunday afternoon, those with aspirations of being in a feature film got their chance to audition for the big screen at the Majestic Theatre.