Phyllis Diller, the cackling comedian with electric-shock hair who built an influential career in film and nightclubs with stand-up routines that mocked irascible husbands, domestic drudgery and her extensive plastic surgery, died August 20 at her home in Brentwood, Calif. She was 95. Her manager (Milton Suchin) confirmed the death but said he did not […]
Tony Scott, director of blockbusters Top Gun and Days of Thunder, jumped to his death Sunday from the Vincent Thomas Bridge – authorities said. According to the Associated Press, Scott (68) climbed a fence on the bridge and jumped around 12:30 p.m. One report quoted a coroner’s report that said Scott jumped “without hesitation.” U.S. […]
On Friday, after something of a show trial, three young women in a Russian punk band were found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison for an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral earlier this year. But, despite its high profile, the Pussy Riot trial was just one on a long list of […]
Joey Kovar – a native of Evergreen Park who appeared in “Real World: Hollywood” and “Celebrity Rehab 3″ – was found dead this morning in south suburban Chicago Ridge, according to family and police. Chicago Ridge police and paramedics were called to an apartment building in the 9800 block of South Sayre Avenue shortly before […]
Actor Ron Palillo (who played nasal-voiced delinquent Horshack on “Welcome Back, Kotter”) died of a heart attack this morning in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. He was 63. Palillo’s New York-accented Horshack was best known for the stretched-out pronunciation of his last name when greeting people with his signature line “Hello. How are ya. I’m Arnold […]
Adored by generations of Red Sox fans, Johnny Pesky was so much a part of Boston baseball that the right-field foul pole at Fenway Park was named for him. Pesky, who played, managed and served as a broadcaster for the Red Sox in a baseball career that lasted more than 60 years, died Monday. He […]
Former “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston is engaged to marry her actor and screenwriter boyfriend Justin Theroux – People magazine reported on Sunday. “Justin Theroux had an amazing birthday on Friday, receiving an extraordinary gift when his girlfriend Jennifer Aniston accepted his proposal of marriage” – Theroux’s representative told the celebrity magazine. Aniston’s publicist Steven Huvane […]
Police say Dolphins receiver Chad Johnson has been arrested on a domestic violence charge, accused of head-butting his newlywed wife during an argument in front of their home in Davie, Fla. Davie police Capt. Dale Engle says Johnson and his wife were at dinner Saturday night and she confronted him about a receipt she had […]
David Rakoff, a humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture earned him the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor, died Thursday in New York City after a long illness. He was 47. The statement from Doubleday and Anchor Books announcing his death did not give a cause but Rakoff had long written about his […]
The U.S. women’s soccer team won its third straight Olympic gold medal Thursday, beating Japan 2-1 in a rematch of last year’s World Cup final and avenging the most painful loss in its history. Carli Lloyd scored early in both halves, Solo leaped and dived to make saves, and the entire roster found the redemption […]