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Ace sitcom director Alan Rafkin dies at 73

...most innovative, endearing and enduring sitcoms, ranging from "The Andy Griffith Show" to "MASH" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" to "Suddenly Susan," has died at age 73. Rafkin died Monday at UCLA Medical Center of heart disease, said...

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Actress Melissa Gilbert elected president of Screen Actors Guild

LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Little House on the Prairie" star Melissa Gilbert was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild in a hotly contested race, but the results could be challenged because of a flaw on thousands of ballots.

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Names and faces

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Billy Bob Thornton said he and Halle Berry got through their intense, explicit love scene in the movie "Monster's Ball" because they both have stable personal lives off-camera.

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Oscar-winning actress Heckart dies

...Free," and the twice Emmy-nominated Aunt Flo Meredith, globe-trotting international correspondent of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Lou Grant," has died. She was 82. The gravel-voiced consummate character actress, who earned a...

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Mary Tyler Moore to unveil statue

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Mary Tyler Moore will be on hand in May to unveil a bronze statue that captures the a key moment from the opening of her popular 1970s sitcom, when her character threw her cap skyward.

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Mary Tyler Moore returns

Mary Tyler Moore was mirrored by a bronze statue of herself as she waved to a helicopter flying overhead after the unveiling of the statue capturing her flinging her tam in Minneapolis on Wednesday. A crowd of about 2,000 gathered for the unveiling at the intersection in downtown Minneapolis where Moore originally twirled in the opening for her 1970's television hit, "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." (AP Photo)

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What we're watching

If TV is that vast wasteland, there are a lot of people out there.

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Opinion
Television's rush of nostalgia for old programming looks to have played itself out

...After a May ratings "sweeps" with clip-filled specials saluting "The Cosby Show," "M-A-S-H," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Laverne and Shirley" and other defunct programs, television executives admitted that yes, they overdid...

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Entertainment
Everybody loves Bob

If you've ever felt like there's nothing funny on TV anymore - except on TV Land and Nick at Nite - you're not alone. One of the greatest funnymen in sitcom history agrees with you.

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Minnesota woman was captured for all on television show's credits

BROOKLYN CENTER (AP) - The Minnesota woman whose quizzical look was captured for millions to see during the opening credits of the ''Mary Tyler Moore Show'' has died.

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