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Kathryn Joosten Dead At 72
3 June 2012 7:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Desperate Housewives star Kathryn Joosten has lost her battle with lung cancer.
The 72-year-old actress died on Saturday, surrounded by family members, at her home in Westlake Village, California.
A family statement announcing the death of the two-time Emmy Award winner reads: "The family of Kathryn Joosten... long-time Governor of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, lung cancer advocate, and so much more, regrets to announce that Kathryn succumbed to her 11-year battle with lung cancer today, June 2, 2012, surrounded by love and humor til the end.
"Thanks to everyone for their love and support. We are laughing through our tears. We love you, Kathy, thanks for everything."
Joosten began her career as a nurse in her native Chicago, Illinois and turned to acting in her early 40s, winning acclaim on TV and onstage in a series of roles.
She is perhaps best known for two TV performances - as the President's secretary Mrs. Landingham on The West Wing and as meddling neighbour Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives.
Joosten won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2005 and 2008 for her role in Desperate Housewives. Ironically, her character lost her lung cancer battle in the series finale, which aired in America last month.
Her other TV credits include Dharma & Greg, Monk, Joan of Arcadia, Las Vegas, The Closer, My Name Is Earl, Grey’s Anatomy, Ally McBeal and Scrubs. She also appeared in the movies Bedtime Stories, Wedding Crashers and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
Joosten was also a two-time lung cancer survivor, and she became the national spokesperson for Pfizer’s Lung Cancer Profiles Campaign.
Joosten's Desperate Housewives co-star Felicity Huffman took to Twitter.com to pay her respects on Saturday night, writing, "Rest in peace, she was an amazing woman and a wonderful actress."
She is survived by her two sons, Jonathan and Timothy. The family will hold a private service and there will be a memorial service announced in the near future. »
Obituary: Actress Kathryn Joosten
3 June 2012 5:51 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Kathryn Joosten (2nd from l.) with (l. to r.) Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, Dana Delany and Eva Longoria in Desperate Housewives.
After saving the day in the finale episodes of TV’s Desperate Housewives as Karen McCluskey this past season, actress Kathryn Joosten died Saturday, June 2, 2012, of lung cancer. She was 72.
McCluskey won Joosten two Emmy Awards, for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2005 and 2008, but she was also well known by fans of TV’s The West Wing as the President’s executive secretary Dolores Landingham, who convinced the Chief to run for a second term.
Joosten, who made the move to Hollywood to be an actress later in life, was celebrated by Cracked.com as one of “5 Famous People Who Succeeded Long After They Should’ve Quit.” After a career as a nurse, Joosten pursued acting when she was a single mother of two in her forties. »
- Sam
Kathryn Joosten Dead At 72
2 June 2012 10:41 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Desperate Housewives star Kathryn Joosten has lost her battle with lung cancer.
The 72-year-old actress died on Saturday, surrounded by family members, at her home in Westlake Village, California.
A family statement announcing the death of the two-time Emmy Award winner reads: "The family of Kathryn Joosten... long-time Governor of The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, lung cancer advocate, and so much more, regrets to announce that Kathryn succumbed to her 11-year battle with lung cancer today, June 2, 2012, surrounded by love and humor til the end.
"Thanks to everyone for their love and support. We are laughing through our tears. We love you, Kathy, thanks for everything."
Joosten began her career as a nurse in her native Chicago, Illinois and turned to acting in her early 40s, winning acclaim on TV and onstage in a series of roles.
She is perhaps best known for two TV performances - as the President's secretary Mrs. Landingham on The West Wing and as meddling neighbour Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives.
Joosten won two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2005 and 2008 for her role in Desperate Housewives. Ironically, her character lost her lung cancer battle in the series finale, which aired in America last month.
Her other TV credits include Dharma & Greg, Monk, Joan of Arcadia, Las Vegas, The Closer, My Name Is Earl, Grey’s Anatomy, Ally McBeal and Scrubs. She also appeared in the movies Bedtime Stories, Wedding Crashers and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
Joosten was also a two-time lung cancer survivor, and she became the national spokesperson for Pfizer’s Lung Cancer Profiles Campaign.
Joosten's Desperate Housewives co-star Felicity Huffman took to Twitter.com to pay her respects on Saturday night, writing, "Rest in peace, she was an amazing woman and a wonderful actress."
She is survived by her two sons, Jonathan and Timothy. The family will hold a private service and there will be a memorial service announced in the near future. »
'Desperate Housewives' Emmy-Winning Actress Kathryn Joosten Dies at 72
2 June 2012 2:52 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Kathryn Joosten, who won two Emmys for her work on "Desperate Housewives," died Friday after a long battle with lung cancer. She was 72. Joosten also had a memorable role on another long-running series: She played Martin Sheen's secretary Mrs. Landingham on the first two seasons of "The West Wing." Also read: Notable Celebrity Deaths of 2012 She also appeared in such recent movies as "Wedding Crashers" and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" and a long string of guest-starring roles in such series as "Monk," "The Mentalist," "The Closer" and "Malcolm in the »
- Lew Harris
Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #10 – Adrian Monk
29 May 2012 3:35 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Tony Shalhoub's brilliant yet vulnerable obsessive compulsive detective can outsmart any crook
Regular readers of this column will have realised that it is not in any particular order, except for this week. Making Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) the 10th detective in the series was only fair to him, and his round-number loving fans. He is, after all, the only detective who, when framed for murder and given a $900,000 bail, asked if it could be rounded up to an even million (Mr Monk is on the Run). I love Monk for innumerable reasons, but I will keep it to 10, so he wouldn't feel uncomfortable.
1) He is the obsessive compulsive detective
Monk can outsmart any crook, even a chess grandmaster (Mr Monk and the Genius) but he will still have to straighten anything crooked, arrange things in height order, and only eat foods which don't touch each other. This makes him »
- Natalie Haynes
Memorial Day Weekend 2012: TV marathons, the Indy 500 and more programming
24 May 2012 9:22 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
It's Memorial Day Weekend and while we should all take a moment to remember our fallen soldiers and maybe thank a veteran, let's not forget that there is a plethora of TV being offered up as well.
So if you've got plans, be sure to get those DVRs set for all the TV and movie marathons, sporting events and specials on Memorial Day Weekend 2012 - and if you don't have plans, settle in with us!
All times Eastern.
Friday, May 25
A&E: "Dog the Bounty Hunter," "Duck Dynasty" and "Storage Wars" marathons, 7 a.m. to
ABC Family: "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie marathon, 2:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
AMC: Military movies marathon, 9 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. the next day ("A Bridge Too Far," "Patton," "The Green Berets," "The Dirty Dozen," "Midway")
Bio: "Dog the Bounty Hunter" marathon, 6 p.m. 4 a.m. the next day
Bravo: "Millionaire Matchmaker" marathon, »
- editorial@zap2it.com
Cher Lloyd Performs Her New Single "Want You Back" and Talks Snoop Dogg and Wedding Plans
21 May 2012 11:30 AM, PDT | Popsugar.com | See recent Popsugar news »
Cher Lloyd first made waves as a 16-year-old contestant on the UK's The X Factor, winning over the judges with her version of Soulja Boy's "Turn My Swag On." Cut to two years later, and Cher is poised to bring her signature style of pop - and big personality - to the States. Her new single, "Want You Back," featuring a rap by Snoop Dogg, will hit radio stations here today and we were lucky enough to have Cher swing by and perform an unplugged version of the song for us at PopSugar Studios. We talked to Cher about her reaction to hearing Snoop on her song, her outspoken ways, and the moment early in life when she decided to pursue a music career. She also chatted about her fiancé Craig Monk, who she said is her "biggest fan," and her plans for her upcoming Us album. Check out our interview! »
- Lindsay Miller
TV News: USA Serves Up Culinary Assassins, Dick Wolf Drama
18 May 2012 7:29 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – The USA Network is pretty excellent at taking ridiculous ideas and making them quality entertainment. The network that brought us the Ocd Detective Monk and managed to squeeze a Christmas episode out of Stephen King’s ‘The Dead Zone’ is back at the quirky drama cafe yet again after offering up a preview of it’s 2012 Drama slate.
The most scrumptious morsel looks to be the ‘Culinary Action Thriller’ (which, lets face it, we all hope becomes a thing) “Rare,” about a talented chef who has a past in the special forces. Is he as good with a knife inside the kitchen as he is outside? The press release seems to think so, and if the show features at least one crème-roulette to the face an episode, the proceedings could be exciting.
In case you didn’t know, Synthesia is a disease that allows you to see emotions, and »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
30 Rock's Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan seal deal with Sony Pictures Television
8 May 2012 2:21 AM, PDT | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Supervising producers of 30 Rock Dylan Morgan and Josh Siegal have signed a two-year deal with Sony Pictures TV Variety reports that the deal allows them to stay with NBC Universal's 30 Rock for the remainder of its 13 episodes next season, then they're off to Sony for to develop new projects. Siegal and Morgan have worked on 30 Rock for the past three seasons. Prior to that, they worked on Monk as well as Dog Bites Man and Crossballs: The Debate Show. They also tried their hand at film scripting for Harvey Glazer's less-than-well-received Kickin It Old Skool, writing along with Trace Slobotkin. Jamie Kennedy starred in that pic »
Comedy Writers Josh Siegal & Dylan Morgan Sign Overall Deal With Sony Pictures TV
7 May 2012 7:00 PM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
30 Rock writer-producers Josh Siegal and Dylan Morgan have signed a two-year, seven-figure overall with Sony Pictures Television. This marks the first overall pact for the duo, who will focus on developing new projects for the studio. The deal allows Siegal and Morgan to complete what is expected to be the final season of 30 Rock where they are being promoted to co-executive producers. Siegal and Morgan have been on 30 Rock for three seasons, having started on the show in fall 2009 as co-producers. Before that the duo worked on the USA dramedy Monk. Siegal and Morgan are repped by Dennis Kim, a newly minted partner at Rothman Brecher Kim, and attorney Mitch Smelkinson. Siegal and Morgan are the latest 30 Rock writer-producers to ink overall deals for new projects over the past couple of weeks — Matt Hubbard signed with Universal TV, Kay Cannon inked with 20th TV. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Jazz Starter Kit - 50 Albums
30 April 2012 6:56 AM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
Monday, April 30, is International Jazz Day, proclaimed by Unesco goodwill ambassador Herbie Hancock. There will be streaming concerts and much more on jazzday.com. It seems like an apt time for a solid historical overview of jazz. Over the years, people have asked me, "I've just started listening to jazz, what should I get?" and "What jazz albums do you think everyone should have in their collection?" Here are my top recommendations to provide a broad foundation for understanding jazz through classic performances that have stood the test of time.
By putting the essential albums in chronological order, the development of jazz is outlined. Usually I recommend just one album per artist, but there are three among them who tower over the history of jazz so monumentally that they are represented by multiple albums: Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. Figures as protean as these three cannot be represented »
- SteveHoltje
Homeland resonates to jazz – but what other shows benefit from great music?
26 April 2012 7:31 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Carrie listens to Thelonius Monk, while Treme is also filled with jazz, proving a powerful soundtrack can enhance any TV plot
The squeaks and squalls of jazz are an essential part of Homeland. Music features frequently in the Channel 4 Us import, from the hazy, trumpet-led dissonance of the opening titles – complete with archive footage of Louis Armstrong sandwiched next to the portentous rambling of Donald Rumsfeld – to CIA members Carrie and Saul's discussions about their favourite jazz musicians.
Yet the music does not merely add an air of sophistication to the drama. It is another knot to untie as we unravel the complexities of the characters in particular the wayward Carrie (Claire Danes). At the beginning of Sunday's episode she listened to a version of Thelonious Monk's standard Straight, No Chaser while driving to a meeting at CIA headquarters in Washington.
Monk was hospitalised at various points in »
'Scrubs' Actor Josh Randall Files For Divorce -- My Marriage Has Flatlined
24 April 2012 4:25 PM, PDT | TMZ | See recent TMZ news »
Josh Randall -- the guy who played Elliot's old boyfriend Jake on "Scrubs" -- has filed for divorce from his real-life wife of 11 years Claire Rankin ... TMZ has learned. According to documents filed in L.A. County Superior Court and obtained by TMZ ... 40-year-old Randall cites irreconcilable differences for the split ... and lists the official date of separation as May 5, 2011. The couple has no children together. Claire is also an actor -- who has appeared »
- TMZ Staff
Anniversaries: Joe Henderson (1937-2001) Born 75 Years Ago
24 April 2012 3:11 PM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
Joe Henderson always had the respect of fellow musicians and hardcore jazz fanatics, but for a long time it seemed the closest he'd get to fame was his brief stint in Blood, Sweat & Tears (years later he reminisced, in one of my favorite interviews, about how that short period was when sax companies wanted his endorsement and gave him free horns). Hardly fair considering that he spent a quarter century ranked among the top three tenor saxophonists alive, along with Rollins and Shorter. Then, almost miraculously, Verve put together a masterful production/promotion campaign that made him more famous in his last decade than he'd ever been before. Alas, emphysema took him at age 64, but he'd managed to leave an impressive legacy with nary a misstep -- he never made a bad album, and his appearance on anyone else's album was always a mark of quality. (Why is Ptah, the »
- SteveHoltje
Preview HBO's hot Emmy contender 'Hemingway
21 April 2012 2:20 PM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
The Emmy derby is about to get a massive A-list shake-up when HBO's original film "Hemingway and Gellhorn" makes its long-awaited debut Monday, May 28. The film screens out of competition at the Cannes filmfest the week before. Golden Globe winner Clive Owen ("Closer," 2004) and Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman ("The Hours," 2002) lead an all-star cast that includes Oscar champ Robert Duvall ("Tender Mercies," 1983), Emmy victor David Strathairn ("Temple Grandin," 2010), SAG Drama Ensemble nominee Molly Parker ("Deadwood," 2007) and three-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub ("Monk," 2003, 2005, 2006). The star appeal of its cast should give "Hemingway & Gellhorn" some major Emmy attention when nominations are announced July 19. However, when HBO recently confirmed with Gold Derby all of their acting submissions for the year, Duvall was a notable omission. Gold Derby's »
Bolton vs Swansea – Match Preview
21 April 2012 5:11 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Team news ahead of Bolton vs Swansea, a 3pm kick-off in the Premier League this afternoon. The match at the Rebook Stadium won’t be televised live in the UK.
Bolton manager Owen Coyle is hoping that the FIFA clearance for former Rangers winger Gregg Wylde, who was released from the Scottish club as part of their administration cutting costs, comes through so he is able to play in today’s game.
Lee Chung-young (broken leg) has increased his training and could be ready for a first-team comeback before the end of the season.
For Swansea, defender Alan Tate may be missing for two weeks with a calf injury.
Meanwhile, manager Brendan Rogers has said that he wants to utilise all the members of his squad in the final four games of the campaign as they are say from relegation threat. That means fringe players Wayne Routledge, Luke Moore, Leroy Lita, »
- Matt Holmes
Fox Turns 25: J.J. Abrams & More Look Back
19 April 2012 3:50 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
In celebration of Fox's 25th anniversary, the youngest of the Big Four broadcast TV networks is gathering its biggest stars to look back on the quarter-century of lots of laughs and plenty of drama that all started on April 5, 1987.
The alt-nuclear family of "Married ... With Children," "Ally McBeal" herself, Calista Flockhart, the heartthrobs of "Beverly Hills, 90210," Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny of "The X-Files," the flashback friends of "That '70s Show" and many more will reminisce on Sunday in a special will be there to pay tribute to Fox's most memorable moments.
But before "Fox's 25th Anniversary Special," hosted by none other than Ryan Seacrest, kicks off on Sunday, April 22 at 8 p.m. on Fox, HuffPost TV reached out to some of the industry's finest to look back on the network.
HuffPost TV asked those who helped shape Fox (from "Lost's" J.J. Abrams and "24's" Howard Gordon), those who »
- The Huffington Post
Fox Turns 25: J.J. Abrams & More Look Back
19 April 2012 3:27 PM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
In celebration of Fox's 25th anniversary, the youngest of the Big Four broadcast TV networks is gathering its biggest stars to look back on the quarter-century of lots of laughs and plenty of drama that all started on April 5, 1987.
The alt-nuclear family of "Married ... With Children," "Ally McBeal" herself, Calista Flockhart, the heartthrobs of "Beverly Hills, 90210," Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny of "The X-Files," the flashback friends of "That '70s Show" and many more will reminisce on Sunday in a special will be there to pay tribute to Fox's most memorable moments.
But before "Fox's 25th Anniversary Special," hosted by none other than Ryan Seacrest, kicks off on Sunday, April 22 at 8 p.m. on Fox, HuffPost TV reached out to some of the industry's finest to look back on the network.
HuffPost TV asked those who helped shape Fox (from "Lost's" J.J. Abrams and "24's" Howard Gordon), those who »
- The Huffington Post
Happy Birthday Jeffrey Dean Morgan! Today, April 22, You’re 46 Years Old!
18 April 2012 12:26 PM, PDT | HollywoodLife | See recent HollywoodLife news »
Happy birthday Jeffrey Dean Morgan! You give us plenty of reasons to love you! Enjoy this special day with your friends and family. We can't wait to see more magic from you in Magic City! For those born on the Aries-Taurus cusp, timing is everything. Take Grey's Anatomy hottie Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Though the former fiancé of Weeds actress Mary-Louise Parker has been acting for 20 years, his fame had been building gradually, via mainstream vehicles like Watchmen and critically acclaimed TV fare like Monk and The O.C. Rest assured, with his Aries charm and Taurus durability, he's in for the long haul! Get more details at Astrology.com. »
- HL
Maria Crenna Joins Mandeville Films As President Of Television
17 April 2012 10:07 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: Former CBS Paramount Network TV top development executive Maria Crenna has been named President of Television for Todd Lieberman and David Hoberman’s Mandeville Films. The company has an exclusive deal at ABC Studios, where the company has been based for a decade. Mandeville scored big with the long-running USA Network dramedy Monk, which was originally developed at ABC Studios for ABC, and has been looking to land another hit series. With that in mind, Lieberman and Hoberman launched a search for a new TV executive to succeed Paul Shapiro, who left about six months ago. “We definitely wanted to step up the television activity of our company and met with several people,” Lieberman said. “Maria was definitely uniquely qualified.” Added Hoberman, “It was a great opportunity for us to get somebody of her level to run television for us.” In recognition of Crenna’s extensive, high-level experience, she »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
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