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Joyce Brothers, columnist, TV star, and $64,000 winner, dies
Joyce Brothers dies: After getting her start on 'The $64,000 Question,' Joyce Brothers offered advice on talk shows and in Good Housekeeping columns for decades.
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Jonathan Winters dies: Ground-breaking improv comic inspired funny men and women
Jonathan Winters dies following a long career as a comic and writer. Jonathan Winters dies after working with some of the greats in the comedic arts.
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Jay Leno leaving 'Tonight,' has NBC learned transition lessons?
Jay Leno leaving: NBC's hand was forced, to its perspective, by ABC when that network put Jimmy Kimmel in the time slot shared by Leno and CBS' David Letterman earlier this year.
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Jimmy Fallon faces impossible 'Tonight Show' task (+video)
As 'Tonight Show' host, Jimmy Fallon will try to hold on to Jay Leno's traditional audience while also tempting the social media generation. Analysts say he might not be able to do both.
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Fran Warren dies, leaves 'Sunday Kind of Love' legacy (+video)
Fran Warren dies: One of the singer's biggest hits was the 1947 "Sunday Kind of Love." Fran Warren was also an actress who appeared in an Abbott and Costello film.
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Joe Garagiola retires after nearly six decades in broadcasting
Joe Garagiola entertained audiences for 58 years with a sharp sense of humor and a seemingly endless trove of stories.
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Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer, denied parole again (+video)
Mark David Chapman was praised by the parole board for 'good conduct' but denied parole. Mark David Chapman, who shot John Lennon in 1980, has sought parole seven times.
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Gore Vidal: a celebrity, a life writ large
Gore Vidal was known as much for his fierce public spats as he was for collected works that included 25 novels, 200 essays, six plays, several screenplays, and a National Book Award for essays on the United States.
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From Our Files: the unvarnished Gore Vidal (+video)
Gore Vidal, who died Tuesday, was a prolific American author, provocateur, and Renaissance man. The Monitor's Daniel B. Wood interviewed Vidal in 2006 at his art-studded home in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills. Here's the story that emerged from that Vidalian encounter.
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Oprah charts comeback with big-name interviews (+video)
Oprah Winfrey is working to revive her OWN channel with more celebrity interviews, including the Kardashians. But Katie Couric is also vying for big-name interviews.
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Richard Dawson remembered for personal touch hosting TV's 'Family Feud'
Richard Dawson was an actor, comedian, and television game show panelist. But at least for one generation of fans, Richard Dawson will be revered for being the host of TV's 'Family Feud.'
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Dick Clark remembered as 'American Bandstand' host, TV & radio impresario
Dick Clark, the longtime host of ABC's 'American Bandstand,' TV game shows, and radio programs, died Wednesday near Los Angeles.
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'The Muppets' is a charming, sweet movie for all ages
'The Muppets' has catchy musical numbers, well-placed celebrity cameos and genuinely funny jokes.
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"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.
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Calvin Trillin remembers 9/11 differently from the rest of us
Calvin Trillin's beloved wife Alice died on Sept. 11, 2001 – in a strange but unrelated parallel to the terrorist attacks on the city that both the Trillins loved.
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Winfrey farewell show taped live in front of 13,000 fans
Winfrey farewell: The show being taped Tuesday afternoon will be the finale of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' according to Harpo Productions. The show will air on Wednesday.
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In Pictures: Oscar hosts
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Difference Maker Using a wood chipper to save cheetahs, Africa's most endangered big cats
Laurie Marker cuts down thorn bushes and gets farmers to change from herding dogs to guard dogs to protect cheetahs.
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Jay Leno: Hasty Pudding Man of the Year? Really?
Jay Leno: The comedian was named to be Harvard University's Hasty Pudding 2011 Man of the Year. Why was he chosen?
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Jay Leno back on 'Tonight Show' as TV landscape changes
Jay Leno has bumped Conan O'Brien to return to his 'Tonight Show' spot. But with cable TV, the Internet, and comics such as Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert drawing younger audiences, late-night TV is changing dramatically.
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Fans line up as Conan O'Brien makes $45 million exit
Conan O'Brien tapes his last 'Tonight Show' Friday after settling on a $45 million severance package from NBC. But the surge in support – and ratings – for the red-headed comedian suggests that broadcast television is out of touch with public tastes in comedy, say media analysts.
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Biggest loser in 'Lenogate': Conan? Nope, 'The Tonight Show.'
NBC is reportedly set to offer Conan O'Brien $32.5 million to give back the reins of 'The Tonight Show' to Jay Leno. The debacle will hurt the show more than O'Brien, media analysts say.
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Curtains for prime time's 'Jay Leno Show'?
NBC's experiment with a prime time comedy hour appears to be a flop, with reports that the network is pushing the faltering 'Jay Leno Show' back to its old late-night slot.
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Palin, Shatner mock each other on Tonight Show
Palin, Shatner read excerpts from each other's books on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
Garry Shandling's humor on DVD, an Italian cook's life in paperback, Cuban music after Castro, and more.
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