Farrah Fawcett received a posthumous Emmy nomination Thursday for the TV special that documented her battle with cancer.
As one of the producers of NBC's documentary Farrah's Story, the Charlie's Angels actress was nominated in the Outstanding Nonfiction Special category. The special aired in May, just weeks before Fawcett's death on June 25.
This is Fawcett's fourth Emmy nomination. She previously received TV-movie acting nods for both The Burning Bed (1984) and Small Sacrifices (1989), and was recognized for a guest spot she did on The Guardian in 2003.
Farrah's Story will compete against 102 Minutes That Changed the World, a History documentary about 9/11; the HBO films Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired and The Alzheimer's Project: Momentum In Science (Parts 1 & 2); and ABC's Michael J. Fox: Adventures Of An Incurable Optimist.
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Friends and family gathered to mourn Farrah Fawcett at a private funeral Tuesday at a Los Angeles cathedral.
The star's longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal, was one of the pallbearers. The couple's 24-year-old son...
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Redmond O'Neal, Farrah Fawcett's son, will be allowed to attend her funeral Tuesday.
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O'Neal, who is currently serving a sentence for violating his probation on drug charges, will be released from Pitchess Detention Center to attend the invitation-only funeral, O'Neal's attorney told People. The ceremony will be held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels in Los Angeles at 4 pm/PT.
O'Neal is currently enrolled in a yearlong inmate rehab treatment program at the Pitchess facility. He was previously released in April to visit ...
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Viewers were drawn to their televisions on Thursday night as multiple networks fast-tracked special programming paying tribute to Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, both of whom passed away earlier in the day.
ABC's special 20/20 broadcast dedicated to Fawcett — and featuring an exclusive sit-down with the love of the actress' life, Ryan O'Neal — drew 8.23 million total viewers at 10 pm, making it the evening's second-most watched program (edged out only by a CSI repeat).
Also at 10, Dateline NBC's own remembrance of Fawcett drew 5.8 mil.
Of the Jackson tributes, CBS' 10 pm special delivered 7.6 mil, while ABC's and NBC's 9 o'clock profiles did 5.7 mil and 5.2 mil, respectively.
Elsewhere on Thursday, So You Think You Can Dance — which made note of all three tragic losses this week, Ed McMahon's included, and showed a "Thriller" clip - drew 6.9 mil.
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