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Bill Erwin, Character Actor Known for 'Seinfeld' Role, Dead at 96
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsBill Erwin, a character actor known for his appearance as an embittered old man on "Seinfeld," has died of natural causes. He was 96. Erwin received an Emmy nomination for his performance as the cantankerous Sid Fields in "The Old Man" episode. In the show, Jerry Seinfeld volunteers to spend time with Fields through the Foster-a-Grandpa Program, but things don't quite go as planned. Like when Fields bites Kramer on the arm. Erwin is also well remembered for his role as Arthur the bellman in the 1980 fantasy film "Somewhere in Time." His television credits include roles on "The Twilight ...
'Governator' Schwarzenegger Gets Pumped ... to Leave Office
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Oct. 28) -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a man, and occasionally a machine, of action long before he was a politician. But in the past few days, the outgoing state "Governator" has been lighting up the wires in the final push toward election day in a public relations spree so relentless as to rival the police station shooting scene from "The Terminator" (with fewer fatalities and less destruction, of course). On Wednesday, he broke ground on the world's largest solar energy plant in the Mojave Desert, scheduled to go online in 2013 and power 140,000 homes. Then, he ...
Can Celebrity Sickness Boost Public Health?
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Sept. 8) -- Celebrities: They're just like us. That's true of putting on pants (one leg at a time!), grocery store trips, drunken faux pas and also, more seriously, illness. Surprisingly, though, when the rich and famous get sick, their diagnoses might actually improve the health outcomes of their fans and followers. That's the conclusion out of the United Kingdom this week, after a research team at the Warwick Medical School evaluated the impact of reality-TV phenomenon Jade Goody's cervical cancer diagnosis and eventual death. Goody, who announced her diagnosis to the press in 2008, is a ...
In Defense of Sean Penn
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyThe outspoken director, actor and political activist Sean Penn is no stranger to controversy. Now, however, he's insulted the rectal cancer folks. At least, that's the conventional wisdom. But what did Penn actually say? In response to CBS reporter Lara Logan's question on how Penn felt about criticism of celebrities in Haiti, Penn replied, "Do I hope that those people die screaming of rectal cancer, yeah... But I'm not going to spend a lot of energy on it." ...
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