Emmys plans changes: Some awards to be taped
LOS ANGELES The Emmy Awards, trying to pull out of a ratings spiral, will give less airtime to some winners and more to popular shows and stars. The plan calls for timeshifting eight of the 28 awards by recording their presentation before the sho...
3.0K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 249.0

'30 Rock' leads Emmy nominations with record 22 bids
LOS ANGELES Tina Fey s urbane sitcom 30 Rock received a record 22 Emmy Award nominations Thursday, while the 1960s retro series Mad Men led the drama pack with 16 bids. The shows were honored last year as best comedy and drama, and have a chanc...
7.8K - Jul. 17, 2009; scored 249.0

'Charlie's Angels' Farrah Fawcett dies at 62
LOS ANGELES - Farrah Fawcett, a 1970s sex symbol and TV star of Charlie's Angels, spent almost three years in private fighting for her life against cancer. But shortly before her battle ended, she allowed the public an intimate and inspiring look ...
4.0K - Jun. 26, 2009; scored 1000.0

'Charlie's Angel' Farrah Fawcett dies at 62
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A winsome smile, tousled hair and unfettered sensuality were Farrah Fawcett's trademarks as a sex symbol and 1970s TV star in Charlie's Angels. But as her life drew to a close, she captivated the public in a far different way: as ...
8.4K - Jun. 25, 2009; scored 249.0

'Tonight' sidekick Ed McMahon dies in L.A. at 86
LOS ANGELES - Ed McMahon, the loyal Tonight Show sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny! for 30 years, died early today. He was 86. McMahon died shortly after midnight at Ronald Reagan UCL...
1.8K - Jun. 23, 2009; scored 1000.0

Leno hands 'Tonight Show' baton to Conan
BURBANK, Calif.- It took a radio disc jockey to remind Jay Leno where he'll stand in Tonight Show history when he walks off the stage for the last time tonight. Leno was at the wheel of one of his famous vintage cars when he heard the DJ conduct a ...
3.7K - May. 29, 2009; scored 249.0

A shared prize
LOS ANGELES The top 10 American Idol finalists say they already count themselves as winners: They ve earned a place on the show s nationwide concert tour. For Adam Lambert, the summer tour means the chance to buy a condo. Danny Gokey sees it as a...
4.6K - Mar. 27, 2009; scored 249.0

'Idol' returns: the good, the bad, the bikini
LOS ANGELES The flat notes, the sweet surprises, the pleas of the rejected are all intact as American Idol returns for its eighth season of first-class karaoke. A new twist is the bikini-clad contestant who splits the judges straight down the gen...
1.9K - Jan. 16, 2009; scored 249.0