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Creative Arts Emmy Winners
Reality Program: Intervention, A&E Animated Program (less than an hour): South Park, Comedy Central Animated Program (more than an hour): Destination Imagination/Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Cartoon Network Nonfiction Series: American Masters, PBS Nonfiction Special: 102 Minutes That Changed America, History Guest Actor in a Drama Series: Michael J. Fox, Rescue Me (FX) Guest Actress…
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Obit: Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary Dies at 72
Was at the forefront of the folk movement in the ‘60s, as well as at the forefront of the civil rights and anti-Vietnam war movements.
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Obit: Political Columnist Robert Novak Dead at 78
Longtime political columnist Robert Novak, known for his conservative views and for being the first to publish Valerie Plame’s name in the CIA leak case, died at his home in Washington, D.C., Tuesday after a battle with brain cancer. Known as the “prince of darkness” – a label he was so proud of that he…
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Moguls Found on a Boat! (Summer ’09 Edition)
Latest port of call: Amalfi coast. Grazer and Berkus are with Vivi Nevo; Ron Meyer has obviously made up with David Geffen. Check out the latest floating heads!
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Obit: Former ABC TV Chief Mark Mandala
Mark A. Mandala, the former president of ABC TV Network, died Saturday, while playing golf near his home in Vermont. He was 72. Mandala joined ABC in 1962, working both in sales and management positions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. In 1983, he was promoted to president of the ABC Owned…
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Obit: Beatles, Stones Manager Allen Klein
Infamous record label owner Allen Klein, who at one time controlled music from such rock luminaries as the Rolling Stones, managed the Beatles, and represented the Animals, Herman's Hermits, Bobby Womack, the Kinks, Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell and others, died in New York on Saturday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, a spokesman said. He…
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Obit: Longtime Johnny Carson sidekick Ed McMahon
Longtime Johnny Carson sidekick and TV host Ed McMahon died in his sleep early Tuesday morning at the UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center in Los Angeles. Although no official cause of death is known yet, the man who sat by Carson’s side on “The Tonight Show” from 1962 to 1992 — and who created the…
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Obit: Comic Actor Dom DeLuise
Larger than life funnyman Dom DeLuise died in his sleep Monday night at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, according to his son Michael DeLuise. He was 75 and had suffered from a long undisclosed illness. DeLuise's agent Robert Malcolm told the Associated Press that the actor had high blood pressure and diabetes but "seemed…
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Obit: Las Vegas Star Danny Gans
Singer-impressionist-comedian Danny Gans — barely known outside of Las Vegas but one of that city’s biggest draws — died early Friday morning in his Vegas home. He was 52; no cause of death has yet been announced. He complained of shortness of breath in at about 3:30 a.m., but was dead by the time paramedics…
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Obit: Director Ken Annakin
Director Ken Annakin has died at the age of 94. The British-born filmmaker is best known for directing the 1965 World War II epic "The Battle of the Bulge" with Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Robert Shaw and Telly Savalas. Annakin's daughter, Deborah Peters, says he died at his Beverly Hills home Wednesday night. Peters says…
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Obit: Brit Cinematographer Jack Cardiff
Oscar-winning British cinematographer Jack Cardiff, who was also nominated as a director, died after a short illness in his home at Cambridgeshire in southeast England on Wednesday. He was 94. Cardiff won his Academy Award for the 1947 film "Black Narcissus." He received two more nominations, for "War and Peace" in 1956 and "Fanny" in…
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Obit: Jody McCrea, ‘Beach Party’ Star
Jody McCrea, best known for his roles as a muscle-bound surfer in the "Beach Party" movies in the 1960s, died on April 4 in New Mexico, of cardiac arrest. He was 74. McCrea was the son of movie stars Joel McCrea and Frances Dee. In addition to the "Beach Party" comedies "Muscle Beach Party," "Bikini…
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Obit: J.G. Ballard, Wrote ‘Empire of the Sun’
British writer J.G. Ballard, a novelist whose work was turned into films by such directors as Steven Spielberg and David Cronenberg, died Sunday, his agent said. He was 78. Ballard had been suffering from prostate cancer diagnosed in 2006. It was not immediately clear where he died. He was best known for the autobiographical novel…
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Obit: Peter Rogers, Produced ‘Carry On’ Series
Peter Rogers, producer of the popular British "Carry On" films, has died. He was 95. Rogers died Tuesday at his home in Gerrards Cross, northwest of London. He produced all 31 of the innuendo-laden "Carry On" films, beginning with "Carry On Sergeant" in 1958 and including "Carry On Nurse" and "Carry On Doctor," which featured…
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Obit: Marilyn Chambers, Porn Star, Found Dead at 56
Marilyn Chambers, the Ivory Snow model who became a porn sensation, was found dead in her Southern California home April 12. She was 56. Chambers was found unresponsive in her Canyon Country home at 8:15 p.m. Los Angeles County coroner's spokesman Ed Winter told the Los Angeles Times that the cause of death was under…