After seven seasons, comedy star bows out.
With one episode left before its dreaded hiatus, we celebrate the glorious sitcom.
While wearing glasses. You see where this is going.
Clear eyes, full hearts, goodbye.
A video collection of Simon at his worst.
Thousands of Michael Jackson fans gathered outside the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles yesterday for the chance to be among the first to see 'This Is It.'
Hundreds of mourners flocked to the funeral of David Carradine over the weekend -- including former co-stars Lucy Liu, Tom Selleck and Jane Seymour.
Following is a TV Rants & Raves column for August 30. Mentioned names and titles are Friends Jennifer Aniston David Schwimmer HBO Band of Brothers Mister Rogers Fred Rogers Sopranos Robert Iler Vincent Pastore Olsen Pokemon Survivor Big Brother II Jeff Varner Alicia Callaway Gervase Peterson Susan Hawk Gary Condit Connie Chung Robert Blake
Walt Disney is paving the way for chairman Peter Schneider's imminent departure. The Mouse House announced that not only is Schneider stepping down from his post as chairman of film and television studios at The Walt Disney Co. to start an independent Boradway production company, but that it will also kick in some of the venture capital for Schneider's new place of business, reports Reuters. Schneider, who has been in his current role at Disney for 18 months, was described by Disney CEO Michael Eisner as being "at the center of our incredible creative successes in animation and the legitimate theater." Three exces at Disney will assume Schneider's duties, as no successor has yet been named.
Keiko, the star of the Free Willy films, is about to be released into the Atlantic, the London Times reported Thursday. Calling him "the film world's most famous whale," the Times observed that it has taken nearly five years to "untame" the whale so that he can feed and fend for himself in open waters.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 11, 2000 -- President Clinton attended what would be his final holiday party as the nation's chief Sunday, Reuters reports. The president attended the 19th annual “Christmas in Washington” concert at the National Building Museum with first lady and senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter Chelsea Clinton. ``This is our last one here,” Clinton said. “Also, it's the first Christmas of the new millennium,'' he added. ''Tonight I am grateful that we can celebrate an America blessed with unprecedented peace and prosperity.'' Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar hosted the event, which featured performances by Brian McKnight, Marc Anthony, Chuck Berry and Jessica Simpson. The event will air Sunday on cable’s TNT. PRESIDENT GERVASE: For someone still milking his sudden fame stemming from CBS' “Survivor,” the cow hasn’t run dry just yet for
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25, 2000 -- Another staple of television will soon leave the tube. Dick Van Dyke, television personality through and through, has announced that he plans to retire from television after this season of "Diagnosis Murder," The Associated Press reports today. "It's time for me to go to pasture," Van Dyke told AP Radio. "Tastes have changed. Television's going, as far as I'm concerned, downhill, and I'm an anachronism." Van Dyke is of course known for his wildly successful "The Dick Van Dyke Show" of the 1960s. His latest show, the CBS detective drama "Diagnosis Murder," began airing in 1993. 'TUCKER' OUT; 'DADDIO' ON HIATUS: That pretty much sums it all up. "Tucker," NBC's rookie family comedy starring Katey Segal ("Married ... With Children"), is the first series to get the boot from the new fall season lineup, Daily Variety reports. NBC decided to
HOLLYWOOD, July 20, 2000 -- Nature phone no more. Greg Buis, the Richie Rich-looking Ivy Leaguer from Colorado, got slapped with the "out" vote on "Survivor" during Wednesday night’s broadcast. No apparent reasons were given for his dismissal. The 24-year-old self-proclaimed journeyman’s legacy on the Pulau Tiga includes the invention of the titular "nature phone" (a makeshift communication device made out of a coconut), winning Wednesday night’s reward challenge (where he got to watch a videotape of his sister) and requesting a cigar (instead of food) after he got the bye-bye. Perhaps due to chronic malnutrition, Buis’ valedictory speech, as posted on the CBS Web site (www.cbs.com), made very little sense. "It's an excellent game, well manufactured and well thought-out. A microcosm of humanity and humanitarianism possibly, possibly not, possibly just a game." on
SANTA MONICA, Calf., Feb. 10, 2000 -- "Hey Vern," roll the credits. Jim Varney, the big-nosed, gawky actor who brought empty-headed hayseed pitch-man Ernest P. Worrell to life in a series of popular, albeit arguably annoying TV commercials and then in a skein of kids' movies, died today of lung cancer. He was 50. Varney, an actor since his teen years, had been in the public eye for more than 25 years. He was a stand-up comic in New York in the early 1970s, and became a regular on the TV variety series "Johnny Cash and Friends" in 1976. He also was a regular on "Fernwood 2-Night," "Operation Petticoat" and other late 1970s TV comedy shows. His (literally) in-your-face TV ads, with his nose pressed against the camera and his incessant "Hey Vern" sales spiels, began airing in 1980. But it was Varney's "Ernest" movies, with their innocent brand of slapstick, goofball comedy
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 28, 1999 -- Clayton Moore, who reigned as the star of TV's "Lone Ranger" for nearly a decade and continued to wear his character's trademark getup for years after, died today of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital. He was a reported 85. Widely hailed as a hero to American youngsters, Moore's masked man shouted the famous line, "Hi-Yo, Silver!" while facing down bad guys with sidekick Tonto (played by the late Jay Silverheels).Moore originally held down the title role in "The Lone Ranger" from 1949-1952. His run ended when he was fired in a salary dispute. Briefly replaced by actor John Hart, Moore made films (more Westerns) until he was hired back in 1953 -- at a higher salary. He stayed on as the Lone Ranger until the syndicated series ended in 1957, after 169 episodes.But even as the show ended, Moore endured as the Old West crim