Diller ends standup career with final Northridge show
Comedian Phyllis Diller, 84, gave her last live performance at California State University, Northridge, ending a standup career that began in San Francisco in 1955. Fans and friends, including Bob and Dolores Hope, paid tribute as Diller delivered a 40 minute set centered on self deprecating jokes about Fang, her imaginary husband.
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Maya Angelou Apologizes at Dartmouth Tucker Foundation Anniversary
Poet Maya Angelou told Dartmouth College students she regrets handing them a world filled with hate. As keynote for the Tucker Foundation's 50th anniversary, she praised the students as the best we have and urged them to become rainbows for future generations.
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History Shorts Prompt: 1947 Texas City Blasts and Echoes
The entry recalls the Grandcamp disaster at Texas City on April 16 1947 with the Highflyer blast the next day killing 576. It also marks 1862 DC abolition bill, 1912 Harriet Quimby Channel crossing, 1935 Fibber McGee and Molly debut, and 1945 Allied troops reach Nuremberg.
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Birthday list highlights multiple stars and ages
Today's notable birthdays include Martin Lawrence 37 and Peter Ustinov 81. Jazz musician Herbie Mann is 72, Bobby Vinton 67, Ellen Barkin 48, Jimmy Osmond 39, David Pirner 38, and Jon Cryer 37.
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Asparagus Lovers Find Spring Delights In Recipes
Asparagus lovers are stalking the spring vegetable with lingering flavors. Wednesday's Food section offers tasty recipes to extend cooking and eating enjoyments of asparagus.
Aerosmith honored on MTV iconic tribute show iCON
Steven Tyler says the ultimate praise is when other artists cover Aerosmith songs. The band headlines MTV’s iCON with performers like Kid Rock Pink Train Shakira Nas and includes testimonials from Mila Kunis Alicia Silverstone and Janet Jackson.
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Russia bars sale of Malevich Black Square at Inkombank auction
The Russian Culture Ministry declared Kasimir Malevich’s Black Square a state cultural monument and ordered removal from the Inkombank auction, keeping the 1913 work for the state while two other Malevich pieces sold. The painting remained at the Hermitage for valuation and a copy was shown at auction.
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Henry Goodman exits Producers after four weeks on stage
Henry Goodman is fired from The Producers after four weeks as Max Bialystock. Brad Oscar replaces him, with Susan Stroman praising Goodman’s acting while the producers seek a different quality for the role. Lane’s understudy had been set to step in today.
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