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'Chs. Carroll Turns Detective; Solves Initial Mystery' [History Matters]
100 Years Ago 'Refined' burlesque An ad in the Times: "Gayety Theatre — A Big Event in Local Theatricals — An announcement will soon be made of the coming to Baltimore of one stellar aggregation of stars, that will surprise even the...Tags: Ellicott City, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, Howard County, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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SAG Awards 2013: Dick Van Dyke honored for life achievement
It was an emotional, nostalgic moment at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last year when Dick Van Dyke gave Mary Tyler Moore the guild's 48th Life Achievement Award. The two veterans, who had come to TV fame playing Rob and Laura Petrie on the landmark...
Tags: Celebrities, Golf, 30 Rock (tv program), Screen Actors Guild Awards, Music Theater
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Comedy writer Sidney Reznick dies at 93
VarietySidney Reznick, a comedy writer who began in radio in the early 1940s with "The Jimmy Durante Show," worked in the golden era of television and remained in the business long enough to pen three episodes of "The Love Boat," died in Los Angeles on July 24....Tags: Jimmy Durante, Game Shows (genre), Vic Damone, Richard Nixon, Comedy (genre)
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Dancer Gisella Orkin dies at 83
VarietyGisella Orkin, a dancer who appeared in the original Broadway productions of "Kiss Me Kate," "Carousel," "Follow the Girls," "Look Ma, I'm Dancin'!" and "Paint Your Wagon," died in New York City of natural causes on Aug. 10. She was 83. Cole Porter...Tags: Cyd Charisse, Peter Sellers, Manhattan (New York City), Nickelodeon (tv network), New York City
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Oscar-winning star Ernest Borgnine dies at 95
Ernest Borgnine, the beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in “Marty” in 1955, died Sunday. He was 95. His longtime spokesman, Harry...
Tags: Ernest Borgnine, Family, Celebrities, Frank Sinatra, Katy Jurado
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Woody Allen's latest: A love letter to rome
Liz Smith"LOOK, I'm an intelligent guy. I've got a 165, 170 IQ." "Well, only if you calculate it by Euros." So goes an exchange between Woody Allen, as a retired stage director, and his wife, Judy Davis, in Woody's latest, "To Rome With Love." (Ms. Davis is...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Jon Hamm, Ornella Muti, Judy Davis, Cate Blanchett
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PASSINGS: Doe Avedon Siegel, Dan Frazer
Doe Avedon Siegel
Model and stage, film, TV actress
Doe Avedon Siegel, 86, a model, actress and young muse for photographer Richard Avedon, died of pneumonia Sunday at Encino Hospital Medical Center, said her daughter-in-law Annette Siegel.
Born...Tags: Celebrities, Heart Attack, Don Siegel, Richard Avedon, Pneumonia
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Around Town: 'Mad, Mad World' and other comedy classics
24 FramesThe American Cinematheque is ringing in the New Year with some wild and crazy comedy classics... -
Aaron Ruben dies at 95; 'Andy Griffith' producer was an advocate for needy children
Aaron Ruben, a comedy writer, producer and director whose five-decade career included producing "The Andy Griffith Show" for the first five seasons and creating the spinoff series "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.," has died. He was 95.
Ruben, who devoted much of...Tags: Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Ron Howard, Stockard Channing, Andy Griffith, Hospitals and Clinics
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PASSINGS: Bill Monroe, John Strauss
Bill Monroe
Host of NBC's 'Meet the Press'
Bill Monroe, 90, who hosted the long-running Washington political television show "Meet the Press" for nearly a decade, died Thursday at a Washington-area nursing home.
Monroe was the NBC show's fourth...Tags: Bill Monroe, Nursing, Los Angeles Times, Today (tv program), Dancing
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Leonard Stern dies at 88; TV writer, producer also co-created Mad Libs
Leonard Stern, an Emmy Award-winning writer, producer and director whose career in television spanned "The Honeymooners," "Get Smart" and "McMillan & Wife" and whose additional career in publishing included co-creating the classic Mad Libs word game...Tags: New York University, Media Industry, Dan Greenburg, Jackie Gleason, Printing Service
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'Car 54, Where Are You?' The sitcom reconsidered
Show TrackerIn Sunday's Calendar I write about the great, undersung early-'60s sitcom "Car 54, Where Are You?," whose first season has just been released, by Shanachie Entertainment, for the first time on DVD. Set and filmed in the Bronx, both on......
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