The biggest TV news of the night comes from a network's news division, as NBC News launches Rock Center With Brian Williams (10/9c), the first high-profile network newsmagazine with serious intent to premiere in a long while, closer in tone to 60 Minutes than Dateline's lurid true-crime fixation. How serious is this? No less a legend than Ted Koppel has signed on as ...
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Deborah Kerr, whose most memorable film turns include From Here to Eternity and The King and I, died Tuesday at age 86. The actress, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, is survived by husband Peter Viertel, two daughters and three grandchildren.... The Rat Pack is at last no more, with the Wednesday passing of Joey Bishop at age 89. Bishop is survived by his son Larry, two grandchildren and his longtime companion, Nora Garabotti.read more
Question: I'm just curious which actors have been nominated the most times for Oscars without winning.Answer: Peter O'Toole has been nominated for a total of seven best-actor Oscars — starting with Lawrence of Arabia in 1962 and most recently for My Favorite Year (1982) — and never won once. Among the ladies, Deborah Kerr received six best-actress nominations throughout her long and distinguished career, including nods for The King and I (1956) and From Here to Eternity (1953), but never went home with an Oscar. In the supporting categories, legendary character actress read more