Filmmaker Albert Brooks will be appearing in the Showtime series “Weeds,” playing the father-in-law of star Mary-Louise Parker, the New York Times says. Mr. Brooks tells the paper he likes the show and hopes his new gig will bring him…
A new series on Sundance Channel takes a look at the United State through the eyes of four Westernized Arabs and was designed to be shows in the Middle East, the New York Times reports. After its run on the…
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…
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’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…
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…
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