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Comic-Con Founder Sheldon Dorf Dies at 76
Avid comic reader turned 300-attendee fest in Detroit to major Hollywood and fanboy event.
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Spade Regrets Doing DirecTV Ad With Farley
“I wouldn’t want anyone to get a whiff that I’m trying to get something off Chris.”
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Obit: ‘Dr. No’ Dies at 91
Joseph Wiseman played the sinister title character in the first James Bond film.
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Obit: Child Advocate Nancy Daly Dies at 68
Was married to CBS head Robert Daly and former L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan
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Obit: Former TV Academy President Doug Duitsman Dies
Held senior positions with Columbia Pictures Television and Warner Brothers Television.
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Weinstein Loses a Round in ‘Precious’ Fight
Judge rules against TWC and in favor of Lionsgate in distribution skirmish.
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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…