Joyce Brothers

Fox bets on stars! ESPN eyes Open. Pressure on Sony to split

2013-05-14 05:41:00

After the coffee. Before the ESPN and ABC upfronts. The Skinny: I got through the day without any pizza. Let's see if I can make it two in a row. Tuesday's headlines include Fox's new TV schedule for next season. Also, a hedge fund manager is pressuring...

Dr. Joyce Brothers dies at 85; popular TV psychologist

2013-05-13 20:12:00

Fame was never her intent, Dr. Joyce Brothers often said. She was not yet 30, new to stay-at-home motherhood and struggling to help her husband stretch his pay as a medical resident when she came up with an ambitious plan: Transform herself into a...

Remembering Dr. Joyce Brothers: Movie and TV star

2013-05-13 16:47:00

Psychologist and columnist Dr. Joyce Brothers, who died Monday at the age of 85, won the top prize in 1955 on the popular TV game show "The $64,000 Question" on the subject of boxing. Smart, attractive and fearless, Brothers' media career quickly...

Dr. Joyce Brothers, famed TV psychologist, dies at 85

2013-05-13 15:56:00

Dr. Joyce Brothers, a psychologist who became a pop-culture fixture after she turned to radio and television in the late 1950s to tend to the nation’s psyche, has died. She was 85. Brothers died Monday in New York City, publicist Sanford Brokaw...

Letters to the editor: Kids and school sports, NRA and billboards

2013-05-16 00:00:00

Kids and school sports I am concerned about school sports programs taking over and controlling values and family time. I write this letter out of love for my 16-year-old son and many others. He loves to play soccer and football. He wakes up at 5:...

10 Things to Know for Today

2013-05-14 02:53:15

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. CONGRESS INVESTIGATING IRS SCANDAL A House committee is holding hearings this week on the IRS' targeting of tea party and conservative political...

Joyce Brothers, First TV Psychologist, Dead at 85

2013-05-13 18:30:04

Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, died Monday in New York City. She was 85. The...

Dr. Joyce brought psych to prime time

2013-05-14 03:24:03

Before there was Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew or even Dr. Ruth, there was Dr. Joyce. Dr. Joyce Brothers, a Ph.D. who introduced psychology into pop culture and helped lessen the stigma around mental illness and sexual concerns, died yesterday at 85. The cause...

Dr. Joyce Brothers dies: Famous pop culture psychologist was 85

2013-05-13 16:33:18

10 Stories that will be talked about today

2013-05-14 04:54:00

Act two difficult for some acquitted celebs

2005-06-17 00:00:00

Act 2 can be hard to do, even after an acquittal. Many people believe celebrities get away with heinous crimes thanks to their money and fame. So celebs who hear the words "not guilty" can still fall into a career limbo more difficult to escape than a...

Batman & Robin

1997-06-20 00:00:00

Friday June 20, 1997 ��The strutting bully that was the Batman franchise is no more. "Batman & Robin," the fourth film in the series, still preens and blusters, but there's no knockout punch. Lacking most kinds of inspiration and geared to undemanding...

Joyce Brothers, seen here in 2001 with Hugh Hefner, was not only a psychologist and columnist but also a popular movie and TV actress, often appearing as herself.

2013-05-13 16:18:50

Dr. Joyce Brothers in the studio of her direct-line radio show in an undated photo. Brothers saved the life of a would-be suicide in 1968. The popular psychologist, columnist and television and film personality died in New York City on Monday, May 13, 2013. She was 85.

2013-05-13 16:06:02

"The Dr. Joyce Brothers Show" debuted on NBC's New York affiliate in 1958. The afternoon talk show dispensed advice on child rearing, love, marriage and sex. An instant hit, it was soon airing nationally.

2013-05-13 15:52:00