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They tell me Tony Curtis is dead.  I don’t believe it.  We interviewed Mr. Curtis not long ago where we found him vigorous, humorous - no different than when I saw him in 1958, when he was the most popular [...]

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Stage and film director Arthur Penn died in Manhattan yesterday at 88, he was for 30 years a sometimes popular and often influential force in entertainment, but best known for directing Bonnie and Clyde.

Born in Philadelphia, Penn began as an early TV director, but he [...]

Eddie Fisher, father of Carrie, Todd, Joely and Tricia Fisher and ex-husband of Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Tayor, Connie Stevens and Terry Richard, has died. Fisher, who was a superstar singer in his own right, is best known for his hit tunes that included, Oh! My Pa-pa, I’m Yours and Lady of Spain.

His daughter, Tricia Leigh [...]

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Kevin McCarthy, who is best known for his starring role in the original 1956 sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers has died.

The actor made his mark on the stage, in film and on TV [...]

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22-year-old Damon T. Dana finally got what he wanted, to see his name in print.  Dana told TMZ that he didn’t want to do it the hard way, so he broke into Sylvester Stallon’s compound to “impress him” with his fighting abilities.  After getting passed the first [...]

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Veteran actress, Patricia Neal died Sunday of lung cancer. Neal is probably best known for her starring roles in A Face in the Crowd (1957), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (’61) and her Oscar-winning performance as Alma Brown [...]

Mitch Miller, who was a major influential force in music has died.

Miller graduated from Eastman School of Music and was classically trained as an oboist and English Horn specialist. He joined Mercury Records in 1948 and was instrumental in guiding the careers of Vic Damone, Patti Page and Frankie Lane.

It was his work [...]

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Thomas Mankiewicz, who is [...]

Self-help guru Tony Robbins believes his new reality series Breakthrough with Tony Robbins is a unique project, and the Awaken The Giant Within author describes the program as the ant-thesis to the average reality show.  Breakthrough With Tony Robbins premieres tonight on NBC at 8 pm et/pt.

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“…there is nothing quite so limited in life than being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner,” original Yankee unequal partner John McNullen said when asked why he was selling out.
George Steinbrenner, the George Patton of baseball owners (he quoted the general and classical figures frequently), the most [...]