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CBS Exec Stanton Dies at 98
Special to The TimesFrank Stanton, a pioneering executive in early television who was a major force in branding CBS as "the Tiffany Network" while also defending its news division against 1st Amendment assaults, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Boston. He was 98....Tags: 60 Minutes (tv program), Retirement, White House, Harvard University, Walter Cronkite
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Gretsch and McKenzie Make '4400' Connections
Zap2It.comFor its second issue of 2006, Emmy magazine, the publication of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, focused on science fiction, including a fashion spread with Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie of the USA Network series "The 4400," which...Tags: Jacqueline McKenzie, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Megalyn Echikunwoke, Joel Gretsch, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali
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Shatner Leads ATAS Hall of Fame Quintet
Zap2It.comThe Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has selected five honorees to earn induction into the Academy's Hall of Fame, a crew led by "TJ Hooker" star William Shatner. Also warranting celebration this year are Tom Brokaw, James Burrows, Leonard...Tags: NBC (tv network), Star Trek (tv program), America's Got Talent (tv program), Entertainment, William Shatner
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Sideshow Bob Wins Emmy
Zap2It.comKelsey Grammer has won his fifth Primetime Emmy Award, and he didn't even have to appear on camera to get it. Grammer, who has won four previous times for "Frasier," picked up his latest honor for his voice-over work as Sideshow Bob on "The Simpsons." He...Tags: Kelsey Grammer, Entertainment, Julie Kavner, Animation (genre), Bart Simpson
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New Emmy System Gets Its Test
Zap2It.comBefore the sun rises in Los Angeles Thursday, Lauren Graham will know whether the new voting system for the Primetime Emmy Awards really made a difference. Graham, the star of "Gilmore Girls," is one of the poster children for the changes the Academy...Tags: Gilmore Girls (tv program), Lost (tv program), FX (tv channel), Everybody Loves Raymond (tv program), Golden Globe Awards
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Ruben Salazar remembered
Today the United States Postal Service adds Ruben Salazar to its honor role of American journalists by issuing a first-class Salazar postage stamp. But the former Times columnist had left his mark long before his death during the 1970 Chicano Moratorium...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Employment, Natural Resources
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Can Yahoo Sign On to Hollywood?
Times Staff WriterThe difference between Hollywood's glitzy sensibilities and the smarty-pants culture of Silicon Valley was distilled in a 20-word e-mail to workers in Yahoo Inc.'s Santa Monica office. Sent this year on behalf of a Yahoo executive recently recruited from...Tags: Lost (tv program), Computer Networking and Internet, Viacom Inc., Dow Jones & Company, San Francisco
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Reality TV hosts eligible for Emmy
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterReal competition is coming to reality TV: hosts including Ryan Seacrest, Howie Mandel and Tyra Banks are now eligible for an Emmy Award. A category recognizing "outstanding host for a reality or reality-competition program" was created by the Academy...Tags: Simon Cowell, Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, Reality Television (genre), Jeff Foxworthy
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Emmys race comes down to old or new
Times Television CriticIt's a race to decide what we value most: the vibrant and new or that which is mellow with experience. Shall we surrender to the seductive nature of callow youth or the guaranteed satisfaction that only maturity can provide? Astonishingly enough, it...Tags: Lost (tv program), Golden Globe Awards, Tony Shalhoub, Literature, Mad Men (tv program)
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Hollywood signs on to assist war effort
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPresident Bush's top political advisor met Sunday with the country's entertainment titans in Beverly Hills in an attempt to enlist Hollywood in persuading the world that Americans are the good guys in the war on terrorism. Karl Rove began the 90-minute...Tags: Viacom Inc., DVDs and Movies, Afghanistan, Crime, Law and Justice, George W. Bush
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Telecast called off again; rescheduling uncertain
The Emmy Awards telecast, delayed three weeks by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was called off Sunday after the United States and Britain launched a military attack in Afghanistan. Whether the show would be rescheduled was unresolved. If this year's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, CBS Corp., Afghanistan, Defense, Entertainment
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Emmy campaigns steal a page from Oscars' script
Times Staff WriterWhen television professionals learn today who among them has been nominated for TV's highest honor, they'll also come to know a thing or two about the marketing effectiveness of specially packaged doorbells and rubber snakes jumping out of cans. Taking a...Tags: NPR, Public Relations, FX (tv channel), Satellite and Cable Service, DVDs and Movies
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