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Monday, December 28, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Bea Truly "Bosom Buddies to the End"
Actress Bea Arthur left in her will, $300,000 to The Ali Fornay Center.
The center, located in New York City, provides services to more than 1,000 homeless gay youth each year. It currently runs seven residential sites.
It also operates two drop-in centers offering food, clothing, medical and mental health treatment, HIV testing, treatment and prevention services, and vocational and educational assistance.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Roman Polanski arrested on 1978 warrant
Controversial filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland.
He was taken into custody on Saturday on a 1978 U.S. warrant, which was issued after Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
Polanski fled to France before sentencing in 1978 and has been unable to travel to the U.S. since the warrant was issued.
The 76 year old was held upon his arrival in Switzerland, where he was due to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival on Sunday.
Polanski, a French citizen, had been battling to have the case thrown out in recent months, but a U.S. judge formally rejected his requests in May.
A representative for Polanski could not be reached as WENN went to press.
— Story
Monday, September 14, 2009
Patrick Swayze dead at 57
Patrick Swayze has died after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
Swayze’s publicist Annett Wolf says the 57-year-old “Dirty Dancing” actor died Monday with family at his side. He came forward about his illness last spring, but continued working as he underwent treatments.
It was 1987 when Swayze became a star with his performance in “Dirty Dancing,” a coming-of-age story set in a Catskills resort. The 1990 film “Ghost” cemented his status as a screen favorite.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Erich Kunzel dead at 74
CINCINNATI - Erich Kunzel, the award-winning conductor who headed the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra since it was founded three decades ago and who won international fame through sales of more than 10 million recordings, has died. He was 74.
Kunzel was diagnosed with liver, colon and pancreatic cancer in April, but continued conducting while undergoing treatment. He died Tuesday morning at a hospital near his home in Swan's Island, Maine, said Chris Pinelo, a spokesman for the Cincinnati Pops.
On July 4, Kunzel conducted a concert at the U.S. Capitol with Aretha Franklin. He had led the National Symphony on the Capitol lawn in nationally televised Memorial Day and Independence Day concerts since 1991.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Dead at 88
AP - AUG 11, 2009, BARNSTABLE, Mass. - Former President John F. Kennedy's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver died early Tuesday, her family said.
The 88-year-old Shriver had been hospitalized in Massachusetts since last week. Members of her extended family had gathered at her bedside at Cape Cod Hospital in Barnstable.
Shriver organized the first Special Olympics in 1968. She was inspired in part by the struggles of her mentally disabled sister, Rosemary Kennedy.
Friday, July 17, 2009
RIP, Walter Cronkite
NPR - Walter Cronkite, the CBS News anchor who famously became the most trusted man in America, died Friday at the age of 92.
For nearly two decades, tens of millions of Americans tuned in to Cronkite to learn "that's the way it is" every night during a rancorous age. Although Cronkite left the anchor's desk at CBS Evening News more than a generation ago, he was still known by many as "Uncle Walter" — the ultimate reliable source, the nation's narrator and the standard by which all other TV news anchors are judged.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Flood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince premiered today to mixed reviews. The rain-drenched masses didn't seem to agree with the reviewers of this latest installment due for full release on 15 July 2009.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Drug charge for Potter film actor
Jamie Waylett, 19, who plays bully Vincent Crabbe in the film series, allegedly grew 10 cannabis plants at his home in Kilburn, north London.
He has been in all the Harry Potter films as the right-hand man to character Draco Malfoy.
Mr Waylett will appear in court alongside John Innis, 20, from Barnet, north London, who was charged with possession of 11 bags of cannabis and a knife.
Friday, July 3, 2009
The Only Posting I'll do on Michael Jackson
His music was full of excitement and exuberance ... and none more so as from this tribute by the organist at Trinity Episcopal, Wall Street, in NYC.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Are You Being Served? Actress Dies
Actress Mollie Sugden has died at the age of 86, her agent has said.
The TV star, best known for playing Mrs Slocombe in long-running BBC sitcom Are You Being Served?, died at the Royal Surrey Hospital after a long illness.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
RIP, Angel
Actress Farrah Fawcett, who became an icon of 1970s US television, has died of cancer in Los Angeles aged 62, her spokesman has confirmed.
Friday, October 31, 2008
David Tennant quits as Dr Who
David Tennant has announced he is quitting the BBC's Doctor Who series at the end of next year.
Tennant's decision brings to an end his popular four-year tenure as the time lord [tenth doctor].
He made the announcement while collecting the Outstanding Drama Performance gong at the National Television Awards.
Tennant said: "When Dr Who returns in 2010 it won't be with me.
"Now don't make me cry. The 2009 shows will be my last playing the doctor. "I love this part. If I don't take a deep breath and move on now I never will."
Friday, October 24, 2008
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