Phyllis Diller

After 4,000 'Let's Make a Deal' episodes, an Emmy for' Monty Hall

2013-06-10 06:30:00

After doing more than 4,000 episodes over the last half-century of his iconic daytime game show "Let's Make a Deal," Monty Hall is finally getting an Emmy Award. "TV's Big Dealer" is receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 40th Daytime...

L.A.'s Decades does reality TV with 'Dukes of Melrose' on March 6

2013-01-24 16:14:00

Cameron Silver and Christos Garkinos, owners of the upscale vintage boutique Decades on Melrose Avenue, are set to make their reality television debut March 6 with “Dukes of Melrose," Bravo�TV announced Thursday.� The debut season of the long-...

Tuesday's TV Highlights: 'New Girl' on Fox

2013-01-14 20:05:00

Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 13 - 19, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies �� SERIES Raising Hope: Jimmy (Lucas Neff) participates in medical experiments to raise money to buy an pawn shop's engagement ring for...

Phyllis Diller dies at 95; outlandish comedian

2012-08-21 00:00:00

She was a self-described "cartoon," a zany housewife-turned-comedian with an electrified hairdo who broke into the male-dominated world of stand-up comedy in the 1950s with an outlandish wardrobe and a barrage of self-deprecating jokes punctuated by her...

In Hollywood, a sign unveiling fit for Tinseltown

2012-12-04 15:43:59

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies abroad after illness

2012-08-21 02:54:25

Andy Williams dies at 84; 'Moon River' singer

2012-09-27 00:00:00

Andy Williams' signature hit song from the early 1960s was no accident of timing. Audrey Hepburn sang it first in the 1961 film "Breakfast at Tiffany's," and it was nominated for an Oscar. But when the producers of the Academy Awards show asked...

Is Malibu turning into the Larry Ellison beach club?

2012-09-30 00:00:00

The membership roll in Malibu's unofficial Billionaire's Beach club is shrinking. Former Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Terry Semel and his wife, Jane, have sold their spot to Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison, who already has eight other houses along Carbon...

Phyllis Diller lived here and named many of the rooms

2012-09-21 14:40:00

The longtime home of comic Phyllis Diller has come on the market in Brentwood at $12.9 million. The Country English-style house sits on 1.25 flat acres. It was built in 1914 as a summer home for Lawrence C. Phipps, who made his fortune in the steel...

Wednesday's TV Talk Shows

2011-11-01 21:36:14

Wednesday's Highlights: 'Roseanne's Nuts' on Lifetime

2011-08-09 21:36:50

2011 Summer movies list

2011-05-01 00:00:00

May 6 The Beaver A once-successful toy executive and family man suffering from depression begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Written by Kyle Killen. Directed by Foster. Summit...

She inspired a new generation of funny ladies. During her long career, she was in more than two dozen movies, including three with Bob Hope, with whom she also appeared on numerous TV specials and traveled with to Vietnam to entertain U.S. troops.

2012-08-24 12:54:54

Known for her electrified hairdo and outlandish wardrobe, the zany housewife-turned-comedian made her comedy club debut at the age of 37. Famed for her self-deprecating jokes, Diller enjoyed a long career in clubs, movies and TV. She was 95.

2012-08-22 09:46:17

Diller at the Emmy Awards. In her TV career, she hosted a 1964 talent show called Show Street, starred as the widowed matriarch of a financially strapped society family in the 1966-67 situation comedy " The Pruitts of Southampton" (renamed "The Phyllis Diller Show " midway through the season), and

2007-07-11 15:25:46