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Daily Archives : Jun 2, 2008

A ‘Real World’ Grows in Brooklyn

Hour-long episodes of MTV’s “Real World,” set in Brooklyn this season, is the most “vivid, engaging and artful in years,” the Los Angeles Times says. Already one member of the cast has gone into rehab, another has been arrested, and…

Wayne Brady Getting a Bunch of Work

In addition to hosting Fox’s “Don’t Forget the Lyrics,” Wayne Brady is recording a CD of soul songs and contemporary tunes and performing live in Las Vegas, the Washington Post reports. Mr. Brady notes the old age that one should…

Betty White Back on ‘Password’

Betty White’s long television career is coming full circle as she returns to CBS’s Million Dollar Password,” a new version of the venerable game show, the New York Post reports. Ms. White, who also starred on “The Mary Tyler Moore…

Myers, Composer of Show Themes, Dies

Farlan Myers, who spent six decades working both as an advertising executive and theme-song writer, died in Los Angeles at age 89, Daily Variety reports. Myers wrote jingles for such companies as Ford Motor Co. and Hunt Foods in addition…