Author: Hillel Italie
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‘Fire and Fury’ sales top 29,000 in first weekend
NEW YORK — Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” sold more than 29,000 hardcover copies in its first week of publication, NPD BookScan told The Associated Press. That number, announced Wednesday and the highest overall for books last week, is likely to grow far higher in future reports. Wolff’s explosive tell-all about the Trump administration only…
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Teen idol David Cassidy, ‘Partridge Family’ star, dies at 67
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NEW YORK — David Cassidy, the teen and pre-teen idol who starred in the 1970s sitcom “The Partridge Family” and sold millions of records as the musical group’s lead singer, died at age 67. Cassidy, who announced earlier this year that he had been diagnosed with dementia, died surrounded by his family, a family statement…
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Debate over Ken Burns Civil War documentary continues over decades
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NEW YORK — From the time it aired nearly 30 years ago, Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary has been a popular sensation and subject of debate. The 11-hour, nine-part series premiered in September 1990 and became one of PBS’ most widely seen educational programs, with some 40 million taking in at least part of the…
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Emmy Award-winning “Benson” star Robert Guillaume has died
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NEW YORK — Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings in St. Louis slums to become a star in stage musicals and win Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the sharp-tongued butler in the TV sitcoms “Soap” and “Benson,” has died at age 89. Guillaume died at home Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to his widow,…
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Lillian Ross, longtime New Yorker writer, dead at 99
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NEW YORK — Lillian Ross, the ever-watchful New Yorker reporter whose close narrative style defined a memorable and influential 70-year career, including a revealing portrait of Ernest Hemingway, a classic Hollywood expose and a confession to an adulterous affair, has died at age 99. Ross died early Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital after suffering a…
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Kate Millett, feminist author of ‘Sexual Politics,’ dies
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PARIS — Kate Millett, the activist, artist and educator whose best-selling work “Sexual Politics” was a landmark of cultural criticism and a manifesto for the modern feminist movement, has died at 82. Millett’s book was among the most talked-about works of its time and remains a founding text for cultural and gender studies programs. Her…
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Erin Moran, Joanie Cunningham in “Happy Days,” dies at 56
NEW YORK — Erin Moran, the former child star who played Joanie Cunningham in the sitcoms “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi,” has died. She was 56. Moran was found dead Saturday by emergency responders after a dispatcher for the Harrison County, Indiana, sheriff’s department received a 911 call, the department said. The cause of…
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‘Exorcist’ author William Peter Blatty dead at 89
NEW YORK — Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright of their lives with the best-selling novel and Oscar-winning movie “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 89. Blatty died Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, where he lived,…
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No one could make us laugh through pain like Carrie Fisher
NEW YORK — No one could make us laugh through the pain like Carrie Fisher. The daughter of Hollywood stars Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, and a survivor of early fame, drug addiction and bipolar disorder, she wrote with unsentimental wit and understanding about her private struggles and about an industry she was raised in…
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Jet-setting Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at age 99
Zsa Zsa Gabor, the jet-setting Hungarian actress who made a career out of multiple marriages, conspicuous wealth and jaded wisdom about the glamorous life, has died. She was 99. The middle and most famous of the sisters Gabor died Sunday of a heart attack at her Los Angeles home, husband Frederic von Anhalt told The…