As the year winds down, we look back on the best television of 2009. Every TV critic is making a list and checking it twice. ...more

December 23, 2009

Dame Edna Everage says she's bringing her own stimulus package to town. "I am bringing laughs with a capitol 'L' to all my little possums in this time of need," she noted in a telephone interview. "In these hard economic times, if we can't laugh, what can we do?" ...more

March 26, 2009

James Whitmore, the many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theater with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt, died Friday, his son said. He was 87. ...more

February 6, 2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year. ...more

November 21, 2008

The Happening ** If Mark Wahlberg can pass for a science teacher, and audiences can forget "Lady in the Water," then perhaps incredulity can be stretched even farther to accommodate M. Night Shyamalan's latest plotline, a murky tale of mass suicides, urban flight and eco-disaster. The good news is that he is now working with an R rating, which means he can be melodramatic and gross. ...more

October 10, 2008

Like a shrewd salesman who keeps his suitcase to the side, Thomas McCarthy's "The Visitor" doesn't immediately announce itself as a movie about immigration policy. ...more

May 11, 2008

And the winner of the Super Bowl of advertising is Bud Light, Audi, Pepsi, Planters? ...more

February 4, 2008

SEBRING — When it comes to being in charge and acting like an authority figure, Sun 'n Lake resident Terry Loughlin has just about done it all. Loughlin was a DEA agent, police officer, judge, jury foreman, school principal, lawyer, professor and even a general. The 63-year-old character actor worked in more than 20 feature films, about as many television shows and several theater productions. His resume includes movies: "A Time to Kill," "The Jackal,"and "Billy Bathgate;" plus television shows, "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Heat of the Night." ...more

January 24, 2008

Does anyone remember "Blansky's Beauties"? The short-lived 1977 sitcom is the answer to last week's trivia question, which asked readers to identify the least successful spinoff of "Happy Days." ...more

December 27, 2007