"Welcome Back, Kotter" star Robert Hegyes dies at age 60 (Reuters)

January 27th, 2012

Reuters – Robert Hegyes, who played the Jewish Puerto Rican wisecracking student Juan Epstein in 1970s comedy “Welcome Back, Kotter,” died on Thursday at age 60, a hospital official said.

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Robert Hegyes, played Epstein on ‘Kotter,’ dies (AP)

January 27th, 2012

AP – Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show “Welcome Back Kotter” has died. He was 60.

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Pat Sajak: Vanna White and I were drunk on "Wheel of Fortune" (Reuters)

January 27th, 2012

Reuters – “Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak has said in a broadcast interview that he and fellow host Vanna White were drunk when they taped some early episodes of the show, but that he is too old for that now.

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Costume designer Eiko Ishioka has died at 73 (AP)

January 26th, 2012

AP – Eiko Ishioka, a bold, Academy Award-winning visual artist whose surreal and sensual costumes were worn by Broadway actors, Olympic athletes, Cirque du Soleil performers and movie stars like Jennifer Lopez, has died in Tokyo. She was 73.

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Michael Jackson’s legacy cemented by children (Reuters)

January 26th, 2012

Reuters – Late pop star Michael Jackson was immortalized in cement on Thursday when his three children stamped the “Thriller” singer’s glove and shoe prints in the hallowed concrete courtyard of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

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Conan O’Brien and CBS plan on a "Super Fun Night" (Reuters)

January 26th, 2012

Reuters – Conan O’Brien and CBS plan on having a “Super Fun Night” together.

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Fox loses rating appeal on "This Means War" (Reuters)

January 26th, 2012

Reuters – “This Means War,” Fox’s comedy-action film starring Reese Witherspoon and Tom Hardy, will keep its R rating, the MPAA’s appeals board ruled Thursday.

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"Bridesmaids" cast to present at Oscars (Reuters)

January 26th, 2012

Reuters – Good thing they already have those fancy dresses.

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Longtime Oprah associate exits OWN (Reuters)

January 26th, 2012

Reuters – Another day, another shakeup for Oprah Winfrey’s struggling network OWN.

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Gay actors still worry that coming out will hurt careers (Reuters)

January 26th, 2012

Reuters – There’s still a celluloid closet in Hollywood.

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