Topic: Emmy Awards

Harry Morgan remembered for TV's 'M*A*S*H,' as well as film roles

Harry Morgan didn't start out wanting to be an actor, but developed an interest in college. He eventually worked with some of the biggest names in film and TV.
12/07/2011 04:35 pm

5 great gift book ideas: something for everyone

Got a sports fan on your gift list? An Angophile? An art lover? No problem. Here are some gift book ideas that should allow you to please everyone on your shopping list this year.
12/02/2011 12:24 pm

Chapter & Verse James Garner's not afraid to dish in 'The Garner Files'

James Garner offers straight talk about fellow actors like Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson, in addition to revelations about his own drug use and his hardscrabble childhood.
11/01/2011 05:11 pm

Chapter & Verse "Shatner Rules": William Shatner's new book tells readers how to live as he does

In "Shatner Rules," William Shatner dishes on his "Boston Legal" role, his feud with George Takei, and more.
10/05/2011 12:48 pm

Tea Party Tally Hank Williams Jr. cites tea party in defense of 'Hitler' comments

Hank Williams Jr., on a Monday TV program, likened President Obama to Hitler. In trying to explain his remarks later, Hank Williams Jr. talked about the tea party being painted as racist and extremist.
10/04/2011 01:02 pm

Hank Williams Jr. in hot water for comparing Obama to Hitler

Hank Williams Jr saw his Monday Night Football jingle pulled by ESPN. Why? Hank Williams Jr. compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler.
10/04/2011 11:03 am

Chapter & Verse 'Magic School Bus' series celebrates its 25th anniversary

The book series featuring science teacher Ms. Frizzle and her unusual field trips has 58 million books in print in 10 languages.
09/30/2011 05:18 pm

Doritos: Can Lonely Island boost the cheesy snack's image?

Doritos launches sixth Super Bowl ad contest with a twist. Comic music group The Lonely Island will be competing to produce the winning Doritos ad.
09/27/2011 06:04 pm

Culture Cafe 'Raising Hope' creator offers hints for new season

'Raising Hope' creator Greg Garcia talks inspiration for the show and Greyson Chance's appearance.
09/21/2011 04:37 pm

The reality of fall TV

An upstart genre shows its influence as reality TV dominates the fall lineup and finds its techniques adopted across the TV landscape.
09/12/2011 11:33 am

Culture Cafe Ted Danson to replace Laurence Fishburne on 'CSI'

Multi-award winning actor and television icon Ted Danson has agreed to join season 12 of ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.' Ted Danson will take the place of Laurence Fishburne, who announced he would be leaving the series last month.
07/14/2011 12:35 pm

Culture Cafe TNT's 'Falling Skies' stomps on 'The Walking Dead'

TNT's new sci-fi show 'Falling Skies' echoes themes in AMC's 'The Walking Dead,' but 'Falling Skies' does it better. Post-apocalytic survival is more action packed and human in 'Falling Skies.'
06/21/2011 12:30 pm

Taking on the Tonys: Is 'War Horse' the best play or 'a puppet show'?

'War Horse,' which involves complex puppetry, won best play at the Tonys. 'The Book of Mormon,' written by the creators of 'South Park,' won best musical. Is this a step forward or backward?
06/13/2011 05:23 pm

Tony Awards big winners: 'Book of Mormon,' 'War Horse'

Tony Awards: On a night when the hilariously profane 'The Book of Mormon' reigned supreme, the famously troubled 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' got attention both positive and negative at Sunday's Tonys.
06/13/2011 10:50 am

Culture Cafe Nick Offerman of 'Parks and Recreation' offers his views on life, Los Angeles and his character, Ron Swanson

In an interview with 'Parks and Recreation' star Nick Offerman, one can’t help but be struck by the eloquence and sincerity of his words. So get ready, because if, based on Ron, you think you know Offerman, you’re in for a surprise.
06/07/2011 12:45 pm

Pirates and 26 other sequels this year: Are Hollywood execs ruining movies?

By one count, Americans will be served a record 27 movie sequels this year: Pirates of the Caribbean, Spy Kids, Cars 2, The Hangover Part II, Happy Feet 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, etc., etc. Have Hollywood moguls gone overboard on sequels?
05/18/2011 06:45 pm

Why Obama rejected John Glenn's plea to save the space shuttle progam

In a 40-minute plea at the White House to save the US space shuttle, John Glenn said that relying on the Russians to get US astronauts into space was a mistake. Why did President Obama turn him down?
05/16/2011 06:07 pm

Is daytime TV in decline, or just getting ready for the next ‘big thing’?

Daytime soaps are dying and Oprah is leaving, sort of, so where is daytime TV headed? With changing demographics and women's evolving tastes, it's not yet clear where the next hit will come from.
05/11/2011 09:54 pm

Betty White hosts new hidden camera show

Betty White to host new show: A new hidden camera show, hosted by Betty White, will follow seven senior citizens as they play pranks on others in Betty White's Off Their Rockers.
04/01/2011 01:09 am

I Was a Dancer

Acclaimed dancer and choreographer Jacques d’Amboise shares perspectives from seven decades of life inside the New York ballet world.
03/11/2011 06:15 am

Opinion Super Bowl commercials: What happens to those CareerBuilder chimps?

They're not monkeys. They're chimpanzees with short working lives in entertainment, after which they can't be returned to zoos or the wild. Lucky ones end up in sanctuaries, needing care for the next 40 years. Major ad agencies have pledged not to use great apes. Why won't CareerBuilder?
02/07/2011 03:06 pm

NFL Hall of Fame welcomes Sanders, Sharpe and 5 others

Defensive end Richard Dent, running back Marshall Faulk, linebackers Chris Hanburger and Les Richter, contributor Ed Sabol, cornerback Deion Sanders, and tight end Shannon Sharpe make up the Class of 2011 Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinees.
02/06/2011 02:20 pm

Vox News Keith Olbermann last show: Has MSNBC killed its golden goose?

Keith Olbermann, last show on Friday, leaves MSNBC after eight years. His sudden exit, midway through his contract, has some saying he's been fired and others pointing to new owner Comcast.
01/22/2011 11:53 am

In Pictures Regis Philbin retires

Ideas for a better world in 2011

In many ways, 2010 is a year you may want to relegate to the filing cabinet quickly. It began with a massive earthquake in Haiti and wound down with North Korea once again being an enfant terrible – bizarrely trying to conduct diplomacy through brinkmanship. In between came Toyota recalls and egg scares, pat downs at airports and unyielding unemployment numbers, too little money in the Irish treasury and too many bedbugs in American sheets. Oil gushed from the floor of the Gulf of Mexico for three months, mocking the best intentions of man and technology to stop it, while ash from a volcano in Iceland darkened Europe temporarily as much as its balance sheets. Yet not all was gloomy. The winter Olympics in Canada and the World Cup in South Africa dazzled with their displays of athletic prowess and national pride, becoming hearths around which the world gathered. In Switzerland, the world's largest atom smasher hurled two protons into each other at unfathomable speeds. Then came the year's most poignant moment – the heroic and improbable rescue of 33 miners from the clutches of the Chilean earth. There were many transitions, too – the return of the Republicans in Washington and the Tories in Britain, the scaling back of one war (Iraq) and the escalation of another (Afghanistan), the fall of some powers (Greece) and rise of others (China, Germany, Lady Gaga). To get the new year off to the right start, we decided to ask various thinkers for one idea each to make the world a better place in 2011. We plumbed poets and political figures, physicists and financiers, theologians and novelists. Some of the ideas are provocative, others quixotic. Some you will agree with, others you won't. But in the modest quest to stir a discussion – from academic salons to living rooms to government corridors – we offer these 25 ideas.
12/26/2010 12:56 pm