Category Archives: Cast

What will we lose when soap operas go kaput?

By doris | Published: June 14, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com And while “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “The Young and the Restless” “General Hospital” and “Days of Our Lives” are keeping the chat shows at bay, the status of one of those already looks a little shaky: With Katie Couric’s announcement that she’ll be debuting a syndicated talk show next year, [...]

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Inside Oprah’s star-studded farewell

By doris | Published: May 18, 2011

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com More than 150,000 “Oprah Winfrey Show” fans wanted to get in to the talk show host’s star-studded spectacular last night, but just 20,000 fans made it. The lucky ticket holders for tapings of two of Oprah Winfrey’s final shows lined up outside Chicago’s United Center Tuesday afternoon – anxious to escape [...]

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Robin Williams haunts Broadway in ‘Bengal Tiger’

By doris | Published: April 11, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Robin Williams made either a risky, or courageous, choice for his Broadway acting debut by depicting the ghost of a Bengal tiger slinking around the bloody streets of Baghdad trying to make sense of humans and war.

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Wynonna and Naomi Judd: Therapy healed our relationship

By doris | Published: March 30, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (PEOPLE) — Wynonna and Naomi Judd have been at the top of the country charts but they’ve also been down a long and bumpy road worthy of a somber country song. And it tested their relationship. But with the help of a counselor they’ve been seeing for five years, the five-time [...]

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Ashthon Jones Eliminated From ‘American Idol’

By doris | Published: March 12, 2011

Full Story at huffingtonpost.com LOS ANGELES — “American Idol” viewers didn’t tell Ashthon Jones they loved her. The silky smooth 24-year-old retail manager from Nashville, Tenn., on Thursday was revealed to have the fewest viewer votes on the Fox talent competition. The judges decided not to save Jones after her performance of Diana Ross’ “When [...]

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John Travolta reuniting with ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ gang at TV Land Awards

By doris | Published: March 6, 2011

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com It’ll be a high-school reunion of sorts when John Travolta reunites with the cast of the ’70s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter” at the 2011 TV Land Awards. The classic series, which ran from 1975-1979, starred Gabe Kaplan as Mr. Kotter, an inner city high school teacher whose students include the underachieving [...]

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‘Two and a Half Men’ shuts down for the season

By doris | Published: February 26, 2011

Full Story at TheClicker.today.com. Uh oh. Looks like Charlie Sheen’s wild radio rant on “The Alex Jones Show” Thursday is having a really negative impact. (Click to listen to the diatribe.) The hit CBS show is immediately stopping production for the rest of the season, even though Sheen was originally scheduled to return to the [...]

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Alaska says TV miners shouldn’t have killed bear

By doris | Published: February 18, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com ANCHORAGE, Alaska — In one of the first episodes of the “Gold Rush: Alaska” Discovery Channel series, miners hoping to strike gold kill a bear near their camp. The killing was unwarranted, even though the shooter had a license and a non-resident black-bear tag, the state Department of Natural Resources said. [...]

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Original Ewings are heading back to ‘Dallas’

By doris | Published: February 11, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com Some of the biggest names in TV history are heading back to Southfork. The original Ewings — Larry Hagman (J.R.), Patrick Duffy (Bobby) and Linda Gray (Sue Ellen) — have signed on to appear in the pilot reboot of “Dallas,” Access Hollywood has confirmed. VIEW THE PHOTOS: Through The Years: TV’s [...]

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Cowell courts groups, maybe Abdul for `X Factor’ AP

By doris | Published: February 7, 2011

Full Story atnewsYahoo! News LOS ANGELES – Simon Cowell wants his new Fox talent series “The X Factor” to include controversy, vocal groups and, maybe, Paula Abdul on the judging panel. “We’ve spoken to her, she knows I’m a big fan,” Cowell said of his former fellow “American Idol” judge. “I’ve always said at some [...]

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