It’s being reported that renowned author, producer and all-around raconteur DOMINIC DUNNE has passed away at the age of 83. He was a great guy and a friend to HOLLYWOOD OUTBREAK. He’ll be missed. 

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Senator Edward M. Kennedy, fondly referred to as Ted or Teddy, has died.

He had been suffering from brain tumor, for over a year having been diagnosed with brain cancer in May of 2008.

The senator, though ailing, continued to lobby [...]

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Barbara Walters is kicking off the new season of 20/20 with an exclusive interview with Michael Jackson’s sister, La Toya Jackson.

The Jackson sibling will participate in the no-holds-barred conversation with Walters and will cover all topics Jackson. His life, death, which was just ruled a homicide, [...]

On this day in 1960, Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist for many of the most popular musicals of the 1930s and ’40s, dies. Born on July 12, 1895, Hammerstein helped set the direction of American musical theater in 1927 with Show Boat, written with composer Jerome Kern, which included the song “Old Man River.” Hammerstein’s best-known [...]

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CBS News not only reacted to the death of 60 MInutes creator, Don Hewitt on the network’s web site, but they have also planned to devote the entire 60 Minutes telecast this Sunday to the news [...]