Hal Kanter
Hal Kanter, the Emmy-winning comedy writer behind the groundbreaking series Julia, has died. He was 92.
Kanter died Sunday of complications from pneumonia at California's Encino Hospital, his daughter, Donna Kanter, told the Los Angeles Times.
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"What a dear man," friend Carl Reiner said. "He was considered one of the wits of the industry; there's no question about it. Any time he ...
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Andy Williams
Andy Williams revealed to concertgoers in at his Branson, Mo., theater he has bladder cancer, the Branson Tri-Lakes News reports.
"I do have cancer of the bladder," the 83-year-old "Moon River" singer and long-ago TV variety show host said. "But that is no longer a death sentence. People with cancer are getting through this thing. They're kicking it, and they're winning more and more every year. And I'm going to be...
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Jerry Leiber
Jerry Leiber, one half of the songwriting team Leiber and Stoller, has died, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 78.
Leiber, whose music with partner Mike Stoller was used as one of the themes on American Idol this past season, died Monday from...
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Glee
Sorry, Elvis, but there's a new king in town on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The cast of Glee has surpassed The King as the act with the highest number of songs to rank on Billboard's Hot 100.
Glee surpasses the Beatles for most Billboard Hot 100 chart entries
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Tura Satana
Tura Satana, the actress best known for her role in the 1965 film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, has died of heart failure in a Reno, Nev. hospital, The Los Angeles Times reports. She was 72.
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Glee
Another week, another musical milestone for the cast of Glee.
The Fox program's rendition of "Teenage Dream," debuted atop the digital track sales chart, selling 214,000 copies in its first week, Fox and Columbia Records announced Thursday.
It's the first time a Glee song has reached No. 1. ("Don't Stop Believing" peaked at...
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Chris Colfer
Twist and shout, Gleeks!
Glee surpassed the Beatles in the Billboard record books Wednesday, breaking the record for most songs on the Billboard Hot 100 by a non-solo act.
The announcement comes one day after the Fox hit featured its first tune from the Fab Four, when Kurt...
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Mr. Potato Head Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley meets Mr. Potato Head this fall with the release of a new collectible figure from PPW Toys, Hasbro, Inc. and Elvis Presley Enterprises.
The $20 spud — which will debut as part of Elvis Week events in Memphis in August — will wear a white sequined jumpsuit and come with a guitar, microphone and a characteristic surly facial expression.
A second Elvis Mr. Potato Head (dressed as the "black leather" Elvis) will be released for the 2010 holiday season featuring. Costumes, hairstyles, faces and instruments will be interchangeable among both versions.
The company previously issued ...
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This is a week that I have a tough time relating to. Born in ’76, I never really got the full impact of '60s music and never heard enough that excited me to make me want to go back and visit it. I know this sounds strange coming from a guy that found enough stuff exciting to own 4,000+ pieces of audio from the '80s, which is arguably the worst decade for music. (At least I know El DeBarge and Taco would be on my side of the debate). So a song like "Some Other Guy" is almost like listening to an original for me. Fortunately though, Leiber and Stoller wrote a lot of great tunes that were covered by a mess of bands, so I’m sure I can say I’ve heard most. Side note: Many of the artists I will type as the performer of the songs really aren’t the original performers and I know that. But the artists I type are the versions that I remember as the hits. In a lot of cases, the original Leiber and Stoller song was performed by a soul group to little fanfare and then turned ...
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As the 30th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death nears — it's Aug. 16, but you knew that — plans are moving full-steam ahead for an extreme makeover of Graceland. Among the upgrades:• a bigger, better visitor center • a convention hotel • a high-tech museum in which the digitized Lisa Marie's pop can swivel his hips forevermore.Since the ex-Mrs. Presley, Priscilla, was recently caught canoodling with American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe, can a reality show be far behind? "The Search for the Next King of Rock 'n' Roll," anyone?
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