‘Golden Girl’ Rue McClanahan dead at 76

Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series “The Golden Girls,” has died. She was 76.
Her manager Barbara Lawrence said McClanahan died Thursday at 1 a.m. of a stroke–her family surrounded her bed when she died at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
She had [...]

Betty White: ‘SNL’ Golden girl

Betty White’s appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend did phenomenally well, attracting 12.1 million viewers. According to The New York Times, the episode did three times as well as most Saturday night prime-time network shows and really struck a chord with the most valuable advertising audience, viewers between 18 and 49 years old.
Even more [...]

The Betty White ’sensation’ helps boost SNL rating

Betty White’s hosting stint on “Saturday Night Live” brought in the biggest audiences in nearly two years for the NBC sketch comedy show. This weekend’s program topped all prime-time shows on major networks, according to preliminary numbers. Final numbers are due later this week.
With her muffin-touting, hardcore screamo antics and help from an all-star [...]

Jesse James’ Brand of Ultimate Betrayal–Betty White furious

Reports about Sandra Bullock’s alleged betrayal by her husband, Jesse James, have stirred compassion for the actress and aroused the interest and ire of ordinary Americans.
When Bullock–America’s sweetheart–married the reformed bad boy and tattooed biker in 2005, they appeared to be an unlikely couple, but as the years passed, their relationship seemed stable and [...]