McKellen to ride pink Cadillac as Pride Parade marshal
Ian McKellen and Sharon Gless will be celebrity grand marshals for this weekend's Pride Parade in San Francisco. McKellen, 63, known for The Fellowship of the Ring and Monsters, says he is comfortable as an openly gay actor. Gless stars in Queer as Folk and rose to fame on Cagney and Lacey.
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Patti LaBelle Embraces Later-Life Rise On Tour
Philadelphia soul icon Patti LaBelle at 58 credits menopause as a turning point in her career and life. She says learning to manage aging hormones helped her grow stronger and more confident on a U S tour while reflecting on her 31 year marriage ending in divorce two years ago.
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King reveals Diary authorship Ridley Pearson wrote Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Stephen King says Ridley Pearson authored The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, a best seller linked to his Rose Red miniseries. King posted the confession on his website, noting Pearson did a great job and he could not have done better. Rimbauer’s diaries concern a Seattle industrialist’s wife in the early 1900s.
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Tony Award winner Dolores Gray dies at 78 in Manhattan
Dolores Gray, Tony winning actress and singer, died of a heart attack in her Manhattan apartment at age 78. She rose from Hollywood clubs at 14 to stardom, starred in Annie Get Your Gun in London, won 1954 best musical actress for Carnival in Flanders, and appeared in MGM musical films with Gene Kelly, Gregory Peck, and Lauren Bacall including It's Always Fair Weather and Designing Women.
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Fifty Years Ago June 30 1952 Guiding Light TV Debut
A retrospective notes The Guiding Light began television on CBS on June 30 1952 marking a milestone in broadcast history. The piece also recalls Hitler's 1934 purge in Germany and Mitchell's Gone with the Wind 1936 publication, plus 1971 Soyuz mission tragedy and the 26th Amendment ratifying 18 year old voting.
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Birthdays celebrate Lena Horne and others today
Today's birthdays honor Lena Horne age 85 and Nancy Dussault 66. Also listed are Hal Lindes 49, David Alan Grier 47, Vincent D Onofrio 43, Rupert Graves 39, and Mike Tyson 36. Lena Horne highlighted among notable honorees.
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Toy pioneer Spud Melin of Wham-O dies at 77
Arthur Spud Melin co founded Wham-O in 1948 with Richard Knorr, creating the Frisbee and Hula Hoop. He died at 77 after Alzheimer's disease, cited Friday, ending a saga that launched a string of popular toys from sling shots to pellet guns and flying discs.
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Will Smith Returns for Men in Black II in Manhattan Heat
Will Smith promotes MNB II during a sunlit weekend in New York. He discusses pay, back-end potential, and teamwork with Tommy Lee Jones and director Barry Sonnenfeld. Smith shares family details and notes Trey's praise of the film.
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Saturday Powerball and Kansas Pick 3 Results
Powerball drawings show numbers 433 35 36 45 with 22 as the Powerball in Saturday’s draw. Kansas Pick 3 results list 463 for the Saturday drawing.
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Rosemary Clooney Dies At 74 In Beverly Hills
Grammy nominated singer Rosemary Clooney died at her Beverly Hills home after a battle with lung cancer. The White Christmas star had endured a public career resurgence following years of personal turmoil and a 1968 Reno meltdown. Born May 23, 1928 in Maysville Kentucky, she rose from radio duos with her sister Betty to fame with Come on a My House and later film work with Paramount.
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