Category Archives: Family

Hundreds attend Jubilee Duggar’s memorial

By doris | Published: December 17, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (PEOPLE.com) — On Wednesday, an unseasonably warm winter day in Springdale, Arkansas, friends and family of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar gathered to pay their respects to the couple’s 20th child, a stillborn baby girl named Jubilee Shalom. “I feel a great sorrow and grief, and yet at the same time [...]

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Michelle Duggar: ’19 Kids and Counting’ Star Has Miscarriage

By doris | Published: December 10, 2011

Full Story at ABC.News.go.com Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were preparing to welcome their 20th child in April when a routine doctor’s appointment revealed that Michelle had miscarried during the second trimester. “I feel like my heart broke, telling my children,” Michelle Duggar, 45, told People magazine today. “They have all been so excited about [...]

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‘Wizard of Oz’ memorabilia set to roar at Los Angeles auction

By doris | Published: December 8, 2011

Full Story at entertainment.msnbc.com Don’t be afraid! Well, be afraid for your wallet, if you’ve got a hankering for one of the two known Cowardly Lion costumes from “The Wizard of Oz.” The lion costume will be joining one pair of Dorothy’s ruby slippers (as previously reported) from the film in an auction later this [...]

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‘Waltons’ still a happy family after 40 years

By doris | Published: December 2, 2011

Full Story at TheClicke.today.msnbc.msn.com To some, it was a too-sweet show that put a sugary sheen on growing up during the Depression — but to millions, “The Waltons” was the ultimate wholesome show about the importance of family. And 40 years on, as TODAY’s Matt Lauer told eight members of the cast in the studio [...]

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Betty White’s fans just keep getting younger

By doris | Published: November 29, 2011

Full Story at TheClicke.today.msnbc.msn.com She may be 89, but that doesn’t mean Betty White has stopped making new fans. To the likely surprise of TV Land network executives and Betty herself, her show “Hot in Cleveland” apparently has a strong adolescent following. “Twelve-year-old boys!” White told Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford Tuesday on TODAY [...]

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Long-running star to leave ‘General Hospital’

By doris | Published: November 26, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msn.com LOS ANGELES — In yet another blow to the ailing soap-opera genre, “General Hospital” star Kimberly McCullough is leaving the series. McCullough is leaving the long-running soap — which she joined in 1985, at the age of 7 — in order to focus her efforts behind the camera. “Kimberly McCullough has [...]

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5 movies for which to be thankful

By doris | Published: November 24, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOS ANGELES — It’s Thanksgiving this week, a time to reflect on the people and things for which we’re grateful. Since I love movies, I thought it would be a good time to choose five for which I’m thankful. These are the cinematic equivalent of comfort food, ones I can watch [...]

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Review: ‘The Muppets’ is a nostalgia trip for kidults

By doris | Published: November 23, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com CNN) — Remember the Muppets? Silly question — you’re old enough to read, so they probably helped teach you. Back when I was kid, they were huge. “The Muppet Show” ran five seasons, 1976-1981, and spawned half a dozen film spin-offs. The first Muppet movie (“More entertaining than humanly possible!”) boasted [...]

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‘Little Couple’ stars’ joy shattered by surrogate’s miscarriage

By doris | Published: November 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (PEOPLE.com) — Pregnancy joy turned to sadness for the stars of TLC’s “The Little Couple,” as they learned on Tuesday’s episode of the successful transfer of an embryo to their surrogate, who later miscarried their unborn child. Dr. Jennifer Arnold and husband Bill Klein, who both have skeletal dysplasia, a bone-growth [...]

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3-D ‘Puss in Boots’ is the cat’s meow

By doris | Published: October 28, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.com Fairy tales are coming to life all over the place these days, what with “Grimm” and “Once Upon a Time” both kicking off on TV this month. On the big screen, classic kids’ tales and nursery rhymes combine in “Puss in Boots,” which spins off Antonio Banderas’ suave feline from the [...]

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