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Walter Cronkite Dies at 92

I’m sorry if it seems that, in the last few months, the Pop Culture blog has become more of the Dead Celebrity blog, but we have lost so many great personalities. Today, we lost another as Walter Cronkite died at the age of 92. It sometimes seems as if there wasn’t a new story from the twentieth century that Cronkite didn’t cover. World War II? Check. Nuremberg Trials? Check. First man on the moon? Check. Assassination of President John F. Kennedy? Check. Watergate? Check. Not only was Cronkite there for the pivotal times of our last century, he covered each … Continue reading →

“Mr. Wizard” Dies

He was considered a miracle worker (of sorts) in our home. “Mr. Wizard” was one of the only people who could provide my parents with peace and quiet (if only for 30 minutes). His science show was riveting and when it was on all six of us would be glued to the TV trying to figure out which one of his experiments we could recreate in our own home. Now “Mr. Wizard” is gone. Don Herbert, who was known to millions of kids as science whiz “Mr. Wizard” died yesterday. He was 89. According to news reports, Herbert passed away … Continue reading →

Diane Sawyer Slammed By A Fellow Journalist

I like Diane Sawyer. Whereas I have never met the award-winning television journalist in person, as a former television news reporter, I often studied her work to improve on my own. I certainly don’t think she is perfect (who is), but I must say I disagree with the recent move a fellow journalist made in publicly bashing Sawyer during his review of her primetime TV special on poverty, which airs tonight. The ABC News special focuses on poverty in the United States; specifically struggling families in Camden, New Jersey. Yesterday Sawyer revealed she was inspired to do the program because … Continue reading →

“Everybody Loves Raymond” Star Dies

Actor Peter Boyle, well known for his role as curmudgeon Frank Barone on the CBS hit “Everybody Loves Raymond” has died. According to his publicist, Boyle died last night in New York after a long battle with heart disease and multiple myeloma, a bone-marrow cancer. Boyle was nominated several times for an Emmy for his Raymond role, though he never won. However, he did win an outstanding guest actor Emmy in 1996 for his appearance on “The X-Files.” You could say that Boyle was born to be an actor. His father, Peter Sr., was known as Uncle Pete, host of … Continue reading →

Tucker Carlson Leaves MSNBC

I really only know of Tucker and his infamous bow tie from his stint on “Dancing with the Stars” (short though it was), but now you will not even be able to turn on MSNBC to see Tucker Carlson’s show “Tucker.” The show began in June 2003, but MSNBC just announced its cancellation today. Tucker will remain at MSNBC as a campaign reporter. Tucker is the son of Richard Warner Carlson, himself local news anchor in Los Angeles. He was also the director of the U.S. Information Agency and an ambassador to Seychelles, so maybe that is how Tucker got … Continue reading →

Rosie & Barbara Far From Friends

Be careful what you tell Rosie O’Donnell. It’s a lesson Barbara Walters is learning the hard way. Last week, the former “View” co-host joined Roseanne Barr on stage at a local New York City comedy club and sang like a canary divulging some of Walters’s most intimate secrets. According to the New York Daily News, O’Donnell started off by telling the audience that contrary to popular belief, she was fired by the Emmy Award-winning journalist. The truth finally comes out. The revelation was a far cry from the glossy statement given by O’Donnell earlier this summer when she told the … Continue reading →

Andy Rooney: Victim of Fraudulent Emails

Andy Rooney has always been one to clearly state his opinion and he is doing that once again – saying that he never made the racist commentary attributed to him that is circulating around the Internet in an email. Yet he is cautious, not wanting to give the originators of these emails any more attention than they have already received. Rooney told AP that he hated to think that people believed he wrote the things said in those emails. The email is filled anti-minority statements such as “I have the right not to be tolerant of others because they are … Continue reading →

Top 10 Celebrity News Items for the Week of November 10, 2006

The celebrity news you may have missed! 10. Ed Bradley Dies It seems to me that “60 Minutes” people just live forever, but sadly, Ed Bradley lost his battle with leukemia this week. He was truly a classy journalist that will be hard to replace. 9. Lindsay Lohan Afraid She Will End Up Like Princess Diana Often chased by the paparazzi, Lindsay Lohan is telling friends she fears she will end up like Princess Diana and die in a car crash trying to avoid the cameras. I wish she’d get as classy as Diana was! 8. Joely Richardson Leaves Nip/Tuck … Continue reading →