Although he later starred in the longest running situation comedy in television history and became one of TV's top producers, Danny Thomas once denounced the new medium as a "workplace for idiots." He made this comment after...

Born January 6, 1914 Deerfield, Michigan Died February 6, 1991 Los Angeles, California Television star and producer; founder, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital Danny Thomas....

Danny Thomas, born Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yaqoob, (January 6, 1912 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor, best known for starring in the television sitcom Make Room for...

Selected home-video releases:"Bobby"Emilio Estevez writes, directs and co-stars with a remarkable cast in a fictionalized drama centered on a group of people at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel the night Robert Kennedy was assassinated there in 1968. The ensemble includes Estevez's father, Martin Sheen, Sharon Stone,...

Mel Tolkin, the head writer for Sid Caesar's "Your Show of Shows," which defined the art of sketch comedy during television's Golden Age, has died. He was 94.Tolkin died of heart failure on Monday at his Century City home, said his son, writer-director Michael Tolkin.Tolkin...

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 9-15:Sept. 9: Actor Cliff Robertson is 82. Actor Topol ("Fiddler on the Roof") is 72. Singer Luther Simmons (The Main Ingredient) is 65. Singer Inez Foxx is 65. Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 62. Singer-keyboardist Doug Ingle (Iron...

Nostalgia and a timely flood of donations saved the tails of the Weeki Wachee Springs mermaids a few years ago when the vintage Florida roadside attraction nearly succumbed to age and indifference.The mermaids are still swimming for appreciative audiences in this tiny town an hour...