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Emmy-award-winning actor Patrick McGoohan died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 80. McGoohan was best known at the creator and star of the 1967 British series The Prisoner, in which he played "Number Six," a former spy trapped in a mysterious and sinister village. ()
Joan Rivers' book Men Are Stupid... And They Like Big Boobs doesn't hold back any details. ()
The Globes are considered the best predictor of who will win an Academy Award. ()
December 29, 2008 · Dora the Explorer has a new voice: Twelve-year-old Caitlin Sanchez has taken over the title role of Nickelodeon's bilingual animated adventure series. The Fairview, N.J., resident plays jazz piano and likes John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. ()
December 26, 2008 · When Sesame Street made its TV debut in 1969, it was thanks to Joan Ganz Cooney, co-creater of the show and of the Children's Television Workshop. She laid out the vision, hustled the money and assembled the creative team, including Jim Henson, to create one of the most successful television shows in TV history. ()
December 31, 2008 · It's been a difficult year on many fronts, but that doesn't mean we can't have a little fun. We asked comedy duo Frangela (aka Frances Callier and Angela Shelton) to help us with a year-end wrap up of the fluffier side of life. ()
December 24, 2008 · A new DVD box set of the Our Gang series of the '20s and '30s is a refresher course on key life lessons — like never skip school by pretending to be sick; you'll lose out because the teacher has special plans for the day. ()
December 19, 2008 · Cleveland has hitched a good part of its seasonal tourism success to A Christmas Story, a 25-year-old movie partly filmed in Cleveland that has developed a near-cult following. People pack the A Christmas Story House museum on weekends, buy fishnet stocking lamps and quote lines from the movie. ()
December 18, 2008 · From A Charlie Brown Christmas to A Colbert Christmas, the televised holiday special is a time-honored tradition. Some are sappy, and most are laden with clichés, but we still tune in. Which special is your favorite? ()
December 18, 2008 · Composer Erran Baron Cohen's latest CD Songs in the Key of Hanukkah offers a new take on traditional sounds. He talks about the album — and about collaborating with his brother Sacha Baron Cohen on the movie Borat. ()
December 15, 2008 · The Broadway-bound revival, staged by co-creator Arthur Laurents, rethinks the musical from top to bottom. Some characters sing in Spanish, for one thing. And those lovable gang thugs? They're angrier now. ()
December 13, 2008 · It takes more than activism or scholarly texts to get some young people really interested in debate about religion or social issues. For one college course, it takes some foul-mouthed fourth-graders who are leading authorities on everything politically incorrect. ()
December 12, 2008 · Jay Leno is moving to prime time. And months before he gets his new late-night talk show on NBC, Jimmy Fallon is taking the unusual step of testing the program online. It's high time to renovate the format, says critic Andrew Wallenstein. ()
December 12, 2008 · Actor Benicio Del Toro has wanted to play the role of Che Guevara for years. Now, he has his chance in a sprawling biopic by Steven Soderbergh. He discusses the role and what it was like performing, for the first time, in Spanish. ()
December 10, 2008 · NBC announced Tuesday that Jay Leno will move to prime time. "The Tonight Show" host will get a program five nights a week at 10 eastern time. The network is giving up on programming dramas in that time slot. That decision speaks volumes about Leno and NBC. ()
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