And getting top billing this morning:WKRP in Cincinnati's Loni Anderson, 62, on Saturday married Bob Flick, a founding member of the 1960s folk group The Brothers Four.Per the AP, Anderson first met Flick in the early 1960s, at a movie premiere in Minneapolis a few years after his group's "Greenfields" hit No. 2 on the charts. A snapshot from that encounter served as the couple's wedding poster. Among those on hand for the exchange of vows was Anderson's son (via ex-husband Burt Reynolds), Quinton, who walked his mom down the aisle. Oh, and turkeys hit the pavement like sacks of wet cement. — MWM
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When VH1's So Notorious premieres this Sunday (10 pm/ET), it may leave some viewers a bit confused. They may think, "Hey, I never knew Loni Anderson was Tori Spelling's real mother...." But no, that's not one of Hollywood's best-kept secrets. Anderson, of course, is only playing the part in this fictionalized version of Tori's life. While Tori's real mother is Candy, Anderson is "Kiki," a twisted version of Aaron Spelling's wife. "Candy is a really nice lady," says Anderson, best known for her classic role as Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati. "And, as we all know, being nice isn't funny. So Tori needed a nemesis, and I am the mother you love to hate."
TVGuide.com: How did this role come about for you?Loni Anderson: I had to kind of fight to get in because they didn't want a celebrity name for the part. They wanted Tori to be the only celebrity because th
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