Daily entertainment news covering Bob Newhart en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/09/21/2009_primetime_emmy_awards_mega_diary Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:55:39 EST Entertainment News 138141@http://www.starpulse.com/news Ah, the Emmys. The one Awards show on TV that has a nonchalant attitude toward its honorees and the medium it seeks to honor. A ceremony that seeks to put on a funny show

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"Planet Terror" actress Rose McGowan (1973)

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/20/in_the_end_best_series_finales Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:15:28 EST Entertainment News 78453@http://www.starpulse.com/news The series finale. There is nothing quite like it in television. Many shows aren't given the luxury of a proper final episode, instead they are canceled prematurely and often without advanced notice.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/01/starpulse_s_top_10_christmas_movies_of_a Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:00:01 EST Entertainment News 68965@http://www.starpulse.com/news I'm sitting with my family at the Thanksgiving table. At the focus is the bird carcass, a bulging centerpiece surrounded by newly stuffed bodies. The cranberry jello, still quivering in the shape of the can, is the only untouched side dish. There is a settling quiet as the full-stomached groans subside and give way to satisfied smiles, until finally somebody strikes up a conversation. Like the feeding frenzy that preceded it, it starts out slow and steadily grows more frantic.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/12/01/mr_warmth_the_don_rickles_project_premie Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:31:44 EST Entertainment News 69593@http://www.starpulse.com/news The Merchant of Venom. The King of Zing. Mr. Warmth. Over the course of his long and illustrious career in comedy, Don Rickles has earned these nicknames for his incomparable ability to make insults seem endearing, and to make audiences laugh at each other and themselves.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/05/celebrity_birthdays_september_35 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 54466@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Charmed" actress Rose McGowan (1973), musician Dweezil Zappa (1969), Racer X bassist Juan Alderete (1963), singer Loudon Wainwright III (1946), drummer Buddy Miles (1946), Queen singer Freddie Mercury (1946; d. 1991), Scottish singer Al Stewart (1945), German film director Werner Herzog (1942), screen bombshell Raquel Welch (1940), Australian "007" George Lazenby (1939), actor William Devane (1939), actress/singer Carol Lawrence (1934), comedian Bob Newhart (1929), deadball era baseball player Nap Lajoie (1874; d. 1959), American outlaw Jesse James (1847; d. 1882), German artist Caspar David Friedrich (1774; d. 1840).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/21/bob_newhart_nominated_for_thurber_humor_ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:54:21 EST Entertainment News 56742@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Newhart, you're a funny guy, and a man of letters. The deadpan comic and sit-com star was one of three finalists announced Tuesday for the Thurber Prize for American Humor, a $5,000 literary honor named for the famed author and humorist James Thurber.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/27/elvis_presley_statue_unveiled_at_site_of Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:36:11 EST Entertainment News 53360@http://www.starpulse.com/news HONOLULU (AP) - Elvis lives, and he hasn't aged a bit since his legendary 1973 ''Aloha from Hawaii'' concert. A life-sized statue of Elvis Presley was unveiled Thursday at the site of the concert, looking much as he did 34 years ago. His hair is slicked back, vest plastered on, microphone tilted toward his lips and flared pants draped to the floor.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/27/jimmy_kimmel_races_back_for_don_rickles_ Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 49205@http://www.starpulse.com/news Late night U.S. talk show host Jimmy Kimmel raced back from his recent appendectomy - so he could pay a TV tribute to his hero Don Rickles. Kimmel had his appendix removed last week but was back behind his desk last night for a show dedicated to comedy legend Rickles.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/02/tom_poston_a_longtime_master_at_playing__85 Wed, 02 May 2007 09:15:15 EST Entertainment News 40448@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tom Poston, the tall, pasty-faced comic who found fame and fortune playing a clueless everyman on such hit television shows as Newhart and Mork and Mindy, has died. He was 85.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/09/05/celebrity_birthdays_september_5 Tue, 05 Sep 2006 03:00:28 EST Entertainment News 14916@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Charmed" actress Rose McGowan (1973), musician Dweezil Zappa (1969), Racer X bassist Juan Alderete (1963), singer Loudon Wainwright III (1946), drummer Buddy Miles (1946), Queen singer Freddie Mercury (1946; d. 1991), Scottish singer Al Stewart (1945), German film director Werner Herzog (1942), screen bombshell Raquel Welch (1940), Australian "007" George Lazenby (1939), actor William Devane (1939), actress/singer Carol Lawrence (1934), comedian Bob Newhart (1929), deadball era baseball player Nap Lajoie (1874; d. 1959), American outlaw Jesse James (1847; d. 1882), German artist Caspar David Friedrich (1774; d. 1840).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/18/celebrity_presenters_added_to_upcoming_e Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:35:40 EST Entertainment News 13473@http://www.starpulse.com/news Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Candice Bergen, Ray Liotta, Simon Cowell, Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow and Bob Newhart have been confirmed as presenters for the "58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards." This will be the first time that the Sheens will present together at the Emmy Awards. Cowell will also be at the helm of the telecast's special tribute to Dick Clark.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/03/31/teri_hatcher_s_mom_on_desperate_housewiv Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:07:50 EST Entertainment News 5078@http://www.starpulse.com/news Actress Leslie Ann Warren is dreaming up ways to kill off her Desperate Housewives character because she fears she'll have to quit the show if her upcoming TV drama is a hit. The star plays Teri Hatcher's mother Sophie Bremmer on the hit show, but she has given creator Marc Cherry notice after landing a leading role in new drama "In Plain Sight."

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