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Teleprompter Inventor Hubert Schlafly Dies in Conn. at 91
By not in system - AOL NewsHARTFORD, Conn. -- Hubert "Hub" Schlafly, a key member of the team that invented the teleprompter and rescued decades' worth of soap opera actors, newscasters and politicians from the embarrassment of stumbling over their words on live television, has died. He was 91. Stamford Advocate / AP Hubert Schlafly, shown here in 2008, died last week at age 91. The Emmy Award-winning inventor was best known for developing the teleprompter. Schlafly died April 20 at Stamford Hospital after a brief illness, according the Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, which handled the arrangements. A ...
ABC Cancels Two Longtime Soaps From Daytime Lineup
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- ABC canceled two of its three soap operas on Thursday, consigning "One Life to Live" and "All My Children" - and Susan Lucci, daytime's most famous actress - to television history. The move leaves "General Hospital" as ABC's only daytime drama, one of only four that will remain on ABC, CBS and NBC's daytime schedule. Soap operas have slowly been fading as a TV force, with many of the women who made up the target audience now in the work force. In place of the two canceled dramas, ABC will air shows about food and lifestyle transformations. Brian Frons, head of ABC's ...
AFA Promotes Open-Mouthed Gay Kissing
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWell, duh! It's no fun with your mouth closed!The American Family Association, founded by Rev. Don Wildmon, posted the video below with the headline, "Procter & Gamble promotes explicit open-mouth homosexual kissing." AFA's website ran a story urging members to contact P&G:(AFA President Tim) Wildmon encourages people to contact P&G and let them know they do not support such blatant promotion of the homosexual agenda. And while P&G officials say they want to treat everyone equally, the AFA president argues the company is alienating its core base.The delicious irony here is that the "As the ...
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