Ball, Lucille (1911-1989)
Almost fifty years after I Love Lucy first aired on television, the image of "Lucy" is still omnipresent in U.S. culture. In movies, on television, and emblazoned on various ...
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The face of comedienne Lucille Ball (Lucille Desiree Hunt; 1911-1989), immortalized as Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy, is said to have been seen by more people worldwide than any other. "Lucy" to generat...
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Eighty-one years since she moved to New York City to study acting, 50 years since her canonical show ended and 18 years since she died, Lucille Ball has bought a million-dollar condo.
Her eponymous...
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Bob Carroll Jr., a pioneering television writer who worked on all of Lucille Ball's TV shows, including "I Love Lucy," has died. He was 87.Carroll, who had been in failing health for the past month...
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Wallace Seawell, a photographer who snapped portraits of such Hollywood stars as Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn and George Burns during a career spanning more than 60 years, has died. He was 90.Seawel...
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(Reuters) - Following are some facts about the
talk-show host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey. * For several years Winfrey, 53, has been selecting books
for her global TV audience to read, with t...
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Legendary crooner Don Ho, who entertained tourists for decades wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses and singing the catchy signature tune "Tiny Bubbles," has died. He was 76.He died Saturday morning...
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Vincent Sardi Jr., owner of Sardi's restaurant, the legendary Broadway watering hole where for decades the New York theater celebrated its opening nights, died Thursday at age 91.Sardi, who had bee...
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For most teens starting college this fall, disposable contact lenses have always been available, wars and revolutions have always been televised, and a stamp was rarely needed for communicatio...
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Melville "Mel" Shavelson, who wrote, directed and produced dozens of films with such stars as Lucille Ball, Jimmy Cagney and Frank Sinatra and was twice nominated for Academy Awards, died Wednesday...
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Today is Tuesday, Nov. 6, the 310th day of 2007. There are 55 days left in the year. This is Election Day.Today's Highlight in History:On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln d...
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