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Here are the entertainment news items for this week: CONDOLENCES The original James Phelps from the 1960’s series Mission: Impossible, Peter Graves, passed away this week at the age of 83 from natural causes. Actor Fess Parker, who played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone in the popular 1950’s TV series also passed away of natural causes at the age 85. …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: CONDOLENCES Lost Boy actor Corey Haim passed away this week at the young age of 38. Pro football star turned actor Merlin Olsen who appeared in Little House on the Prairie and then his own show Aaron’s Way (among others) passed away this week. Co Condolences are extended to both their …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: NEWS Congrats to the winners at the 41st Annual NAACP Image Awards. TV SERIES NEWS The second season of Drop Dead Diva will premiere on Lifetime on Sunday, June 6. Reports state that Robert Baker and Nora Zehetner are not expected to return next season to Grey’s Anatomy. Official word has …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: NEWS Congrats to all the winners of the British Academy Film Awards (aka BAFTA). First Lady Michelle Obama invited the cast of Glee to perform at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 5 and they are going to do it. Congrats to the cast for receiving this honor. …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: CONDOLENCES Power pop hitmaker Doug Fieger of the group The Knack (who was responsible for the song “My Sharona”) passed away this week at the age of 57 after reportedly battling lung and brain cancer for years. Legendary movie musical actress Kathryn Grayson, whose beauty and lilting soprano voice was featured …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: TV SERIES NEWS Vampire Diaries and Supernatural will be on hiatus until March 25 then there are no episode breaks until the season finales air on May 13. NBC announced the season finale dates for a number of their shows, including the following: May 10 – Trauma at 9 PM May …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: CONDOLENCES Days of Our Lives actress Frances Reid passed away this week at the age of 95. She was a theater veteran who appeared in the soap for 42 years (from 1965 to 2007). Condolences are extended to her family, friends and fans. NEWS Congrats to all the winners at this …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: CONDOLENCES Legendary actress Jean Simmons passed away earlier this week of lung cancer at the age of 80. She won an Emmy for her role in The Thorn Birds and was a two-time Oscar nominee. She appeared in the box office movies Guys and Dolls, Elmer Gantry and Spartacus (among many …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: (January 18 to 22): CONDOLENCES The best-selling mystery novelist and the creator of both the “Spenser” and “Jesse Stone” series of novels Robert B. Parker passed away earlier this week at the age of 77. Canadian folk singer and songwriter Kate McGarrigle passed away from cancer this week at the age …

Here are the entertainment news items for this week: (January 11 to 15): CONDOLENCES Legendary R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a 1982 car accident passed away this week at the age of 59. Condolences are extended to his family, friends and fans. Golden Girl Rue McClanahan suffered a minor stroke while recovering from …