I was reading this piece about the potential but also pitfalls of more college football on Fridays. One reason for it isn't just that the viewing audience for network TV is old--it's so old that it is going to fall off a cliff in the...
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This is the grave of Herbert Middleton, who was known in his acting career as Taurean Blacque. Born in 1940 in Newark, Middleton grew up there and became interested in.
This is actually a very good Morley Safer piece from 60 Minutes on Chiang Kai-Shek from 1971. It's quite realistic about many issues--Chiang was not and never was any kind.
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...
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.