Archive for the 'Celebrities' Category
Roy Scheider dead at 75
He’s best known for his role as Police Chief Martin Brody in the first two Jaws films, but Roy Scheider had a expanded television career as well.
He played Captain Nathan Bridger on Seaquest DSV in the mid-90s, and plus had a regular role on Third Watch. His other TV appearances included spots on…
TV Obits: McWethy, Cuniff, Dabney
A roundup of TV public from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed absent.
John McWethy: He was a veteran journalist who was the chief national defense and Pentagon reporter for ABC News from 1979 to 2004. He reported on everything from foreign affairs, the military, …
MSNBC’s David Shuster is not having a good week - VIDEO
MSNBC correspondent and anchor David Shuster finds himself in not one but two controversies nowadays.
First, while filling in for Tucker Carlson yesterday, Shuster made the comment “Doesn’t it seem like Chelsea’s sort of being pimped out in some weird sort of way?” referring to Chelsea Clin…
A letter to Anderson Cooper
Dear Anderson:
I was just reading about you by at TV Newser. I guess that is the new trend in TV news shows, anchors blogging habitable while their show is still going on. Greta Van Susteren by on Fox News has been doing it, and now you’re doing it too.
You called Wednesday night’s first effor…
Penn Badgley: In the Limelight - VIDEO
If you were asked “Who is Penn Badgley?,” you would probably say something like “Isn’t he the guy from Gossip Girl?” Yes, he is. Others would probably reply with “The curly haired cutie from The Mountain?” Again, right. But what did he do before that? Silence would probably be the most popular rep…
Chris Berman takes his crew to effin’ TV school - VIDEO
This video has been floating around the blogosphere for a few days — thanks to Deadspin, who always seems to be able to dig up fun clips like that — but I wanted to put it up here, for those who missed it (or those who find it so funny that they want to see it by and by again):
The clip is an o…
Star Jones’ show is over
It’s the law of television: when one talk show comes to life, one must die.
Star Jones has lost her Court TV (sorry, TruTv) show, The Star Jones Show. The program only lasted about six months, but the powers that be have decided that considering the network has changed its sort and focus (from le…
Silly walking man makes appearance on FOX News - VIDEO
There was a special surprise guest on FOX News final night, talking about the Republican Presidential Debate from the Reagan Library in California.
At first I thought that person was there for some comedian relief, but he actually talked seriously about how the American system of debates an…
TV Obits: Allport, Truman, Stetson, Marcus
A roundup of TV society from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed absent.
Christopher Allport: He was a veteran actor who most recently played Pete’s father on Mad Men. He was a regular on such shows as Felicity, Days of Our Lives, and Commander-In-Chief, and addition…
Would you wear a Hannah Montana wig?
I guess that question is for all of the 9 year old girls reading that (believe it or not, girls 12 and under are our biggest demo) and not any of the 40 year old men who are reading that. Though after the various things that dads (and moms) have done recently to get tickets for their daughters, po…
Mike Wallace receives triple bypass
Mike Wallace, the semi-retired 60 Minutes correspondent, underwent triple-bypass heart surgery by the weekend at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.
The 89-year-old Wallace, the oldest of the 60 Minutes correspondents, is recovering nicely, according to a CBS News spokesperson. The spokesperson add…
Roger Clemens appearing on Moment of Truth?
According to TMZ, the game show Moment of Truth sent a letter to Roger Clemens’ manager asking him to seem as a contestant on the show. For those unaware, the former Yankees pitcher was mentioned in a document called the Mitchell Report which accused multiple baseball players of taking steroids and …
‘Shenanigans’ claimed in Hogan divorce
The Hulkster’s soon-to-be-ex is accusing him of trying to pull a fast one on her. Linda Hogan has requested that the judge freeze Hulk Hogan’s (real name: Terry Bollea) assets to prevent him from spending the proceeds from the sale of the couple’s ten million dollar mansion. She goes further to cl…
The Fonz to get statue in Milwaukee
It looks like the “Bronze the Fonz” campaign worked. The archetypical Happy Days character will be getting his own bronze statue in the city where the T.V. show was set.
This isn’t the first duration a television character has gotten a statue. I habitable approach New York City and I walk past th…
TV Obits: Nettleton, Eagle, Elkes
A roundup of TV public from in front of the camera and behind the scenes who have passed absent.
Lois Nettleton: She was a veteran TV, film, and stage actress who arised in a number of TV shows, including The Twilight Zone, Seinfeld (she played the mother of the woman George was dating when he a…
Roger Ebert has more surgery today
We’ve all been waiting a lengthy instance for Roger Ebert to come back to his seat on Ebert & Roeper, and now it looks like we might have to wait a while longer.
Ebert writes in a notice on his web site that he has gone in for more surgery nowadays. He doesn’t go into details about the proced…
John Gibson mocks Heath Ledger’s death
John Gibson, the mentally unbalanced guy who hosts a daily show on FOX News, went even more overboard on his radio show (syndicated by Fox Radio Network) yesterday.
Gibson opened his radio show with funeral march music and an audio clip from Brokeback Mountain, next said “Well, he found out how t…
Suzanne Pleshette dead at 70
I was just at the supermarket and saw the headline in one of the gossip mags that Suzanne Pleshette was on her death bed, and now I take in that Pleshette has died of cancer at the age of 70.
TV fans will remember Pleshette from her role as Emily Hartley, wife of psychologist Bob Hartley on CBS’ …
Allan Melvin dead at 84
Allan Melvin had so many roles on so many TV shows by the years that it’s tough to know where to start, but I guess the most logical spot would be The Brady Bunch, where he played Sam The Butcher, the guy Alice dated. He was additionally a regular on The Phil Silvers Show, played Archie Bunker’s f…
