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By doris | Published: June 1, 2011

Full Story atomg.news on Yahoo! NEW YORK – Ewan McGregor was having a hard time keeping up with Christopher Plummer. At the suggestion of director Mike Mills, McGregor had brought his 81-year-old co-star to Barney’s in Los Angeles to pick up a scarf for Plummer’s elderly gay character in their film “Beginners.” But Plummer had [...]

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Alice Ward, mom portrayed in ‘The Fighter,’ dies

By doris | Published: April 30, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com LOWELL, Mass. — Alice Ward, the matriarch of a Massachusetts boxing clan who was portrayed in “The Fighter” in an Oscar-winning performance by Melissa Leo, has died. She was 79. Family friend John Descoteaux says Ward died at a Boston hospital Wednesday, one day after she was taken off life support. [...]

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Hollywood Dads Who Will Go From Pushing Strollers to Walkers

By doris | Published: February 21, 2011

Full Story at PopEater.com They may be dragging oxygen tanks behind them when they walk their daughters down the aisle or go to their sons’ baseball games, but these “mature” dads apparently know how to keep the spark alive in their marriages. From Clint Eastwood to Elton John to Nick Nolte, let’s hear it for [...]

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Jon Gosselin gets a real job

By doris | Published: January 22, 2011

Full Story at Scoop.todayshow.com The reality television gravy train seems to have officially left the station without Jon Gosselin. The patriarch of the “Jon and Kate Plus Eight” family has a new 9-5 gig with Global Green Property service in Pennsylvania. “He’s doing sales marketing, which means he goes out to companies or cold-calls them [...]

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Robert Wagner to voice Charlie on new ‘Angels’ series

By doris | Published: December 2, 2010

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com The hit 1970s show “Charlie’s Angels” is being reincarnated as a new series for ABC, and this time the sexy private eyes will be fighting crime in the Sunshine State. According to Deadline.com, the “Charlie’s Angels” reboot will switch the action from its original Los Angeles setting to heavenly Miami.

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How Will Michael Douglas’ Son Make It in Maximum-Security Prison?

By doris | Published: November 20, 2010

Full Story at EOnline.com Cameron Douglas should be able to go about his day job in relative peace—even if his day job happens to be in maximum-security prison. Michael Douglas’ eldest son, who’s serving five years on drug charges at Lewisburg Federal Prison Camp in Pennsylvania, might be bused to the nearby Supermax facility in [...]

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‘What Not to Wear’ gives ‘Facts of Life’ star a new look

By doris | Published: October 30, 2010

Full Story at theclicker.todayshow.com Ree Hines writes: “Facts of Life” star Mindy Cohn, better known as Natalie to her ’80s fan base, will appear on the season premiere of “What Not to Wear.” Much like “Blossom’s” Mayim Bialik two seasons before her, Cohn’s visit is all about being in the market for a marketable new [...]

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TV correspondent Edwin Newman dies at 91

By doris | Published: September 20, 2010

Full Story at TODAY.msnbc.msn.com NEW YORK — Edwin Newman, who brought literacy, wit and energy to NBC newscasts for more than three decades, and battled linguistic pretense and clutter in his best sellers “Strictly Speaking” and “A Civil Tongue,” has died. He was 91. Newman died on Aug. 13 of pneumonia in Oxford, England. He [...]

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Tim Allen: Back on TV in fall 2011?

By doris | Published: September 12, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (EW.com) — The fall season doesn’t officially begin until Sept. 20, but the broadcast networks have already kicked off development for the following September. A number of hot projects have hit the marketplace — a crime thriller and an Alcatraz drama from uber-producer J.J. Abrams, just to name two — but [...]

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Jerry Lewis: I’d smack Lindsay Lohan in the mouth

By doris | Published: September 4, 2010

Full Story at Marquee.Blog.CNN.com She survived 13 days of jail and 23 days in rehab, but can Lindsay Lohan handle Jerry Lewis? The 84-year-old comic legend says he has no sympathy for the troubled starlet, and has threatened to haul off and hit her if they ever crossed paths. “I’d smack her in the mouth [...]

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