Gen X weeps: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who rose to fame as a teenager playing Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show” in the mid-1980s, died in Costa Rica on Sunday. He was 54. Warner drowned while swimming at a beach on the Caribbean coast of...
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Without question, Norm was one of the best characters in network sitcom history. RIP.
This is the grave of Peter Falk. Born in 1927 in The Bronx, Falk grew up in a fairly typical Jewish family of that time. His dad owned a dry.
This is the grave of Don Adams. Born in 1923 in Manhattan, Donald Yarmy grew up in a Jewish-Catholic mixed household that had an interesting strategy for dealing with religions and the kids. Basically, Don's Catholic mother got to raise him that way and his...
The vast evil of artificial intelligence has led to fury among Hollywood creatives. Whenever AI came up during last year’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, it was a contentious issue, but one.
This is the grave of Richard Dawson. Born in Gosport, Hampshire, England in 1932, Colin Emm grew up working class. His father drove a van and his mom worked in.
This is the grave of Farrah Fawcett. Born in 1947 in Corpus Christi, Texas, Ferrah Fawcett (not a typo, that's the original spelling of her name) grew up in a working class family. Her father worked in the oil industry so prominent in that town,...
This is the grave of Darren McGavin. Born in 1922 in Spokane, Washington, William Richardson did not have an easy raising. His parents divorced when he was young and his.
This is the grave of David Lander. Born in 1947, David Landau grew up in Brooklyn in a middle-class Jewish family. His parents both taught school. From the time he.
This is the grave of Bob Crane. Born in 1928 in Waterbury, Connecticut, Crane grew up in Stamford as a kid mostly interested in jazz. He was a drummer in local bands. He graduated from high school in 1945, joined the state's National Guard in...
The problem with Jacobin is basically a problem of editorship. At its best, it does great work. I am real proud of my small part of the history of the.
This is the grave of Jim Backus. Born in 1913 in Cleveland, Backus grew up in the upper middle class world of that city's eastern suburbs, which are still pretty.