Entertainment
The Sanford Herald / Friday, June 4, 2010 / 11A
‘GOLDEN GIRL’ BLANCHE
E-BRIEFS
Rue McClanahan dies at 76 By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer
NEW YORK — Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series “The Golden Girls,” has died. She was 76. Her manager, Barbara Lawrence, said McClanahan died Thursday at 1 a.m. at New York-Presbyterian Hospital of a brain hemorrhage. She had undergone treatment for breast cancer in 1997 and later lectured to cancer support groups on “aging gracefully.” In 2009, she had heart bypass surgery. McClanahan had an active career in off-Broadway and regional stages in the 1960s before she was tapped for TV in the 1970s for the key best-friend character on the hit series “Maude,” starring Beatrice Arthur. After that series ended in 1978, McClanahan landed the role as Aunt Fran on “Mama’s Family” in 1983. But her most loved role came in 1985 when she costarred with Arthur, Betty White and Estelle Getty in “The Golden Girls,” a runaway hit that broke the sitcom mold by focusing on the foibles of four aging — and frequently
AP photo
This Dec. 25, 1985 file photo shows the stars of the television series “The Golden Girls,” from left, Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, Bea Arthur and Betty White during a break in taping in Hollywood, Calif. McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actress who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series “The Golden Girls,” died Thursday. She was 76. eccentric — women living together in Miami. “Golden Girls” aimed to show “that when people mature, they add layers,” she told The New York Times in 1985. “They don’t turn into other creatures. The truth is we all still have our child, our adolescent, and your young woman living in us.” Blanche, who called her father “Big Daddy,” was a frequent target of roommates Dorothy, Rose and the outspoken Sophia (Getty), who would fire off zingers at Blanche such as, “Your life’s an open blouse.” Fellow “Golden Girl” Betty White called Mc-
Clanahan a close and dear friend. “I treasured our relationship,” said White, who was working in Los Angeles on the set of her TV Land comedy “Hot in Cleveland” on Thursday. “It hurts more than I even thought it would, if that’s even possible.” McClanahan snagged an Emmy for her work on the show in 1987. In an Associated Press interview that year, McClanahan said Blanche was unlike any other role she had ever played. “Probably the closest I’ve ever done was Blanche DuBois in ’A Streetcar Named Desire’ at the Pasa-
dena Playhouse,” she said. “I think, too, that’s where the name came from, although my character is not a drinker and not crazy.” Her Blanche Devereaux, she said, “is in love with life and she loves men. I think she has an attitude toward women that’s competitive. She is friends with Dorothy and Rose, but if she has enough provocation she becomes competitive with them. I think basically she’s insecure. It’s the other side of the Don Juan syndrome.” Vicki Lawrence worked with McClanahan on “Mama’s Family.” Lawrence called her “a consummate professional, an actor’s actor.” “It was my good fortune to get to work with her on the first season and a half of ’Mama’s Family.’ When she got stolen away from ’Mama’s Family’ to do ’Golden Girls,’ I cried,” Lawrence said in an email. After “The Golden Girls” was canceled in 1992, McClanahan, White and Getty reprised their roles in a short-lived spinoff, “Golden Palace.” McClanahan continued working in television, on stage and in film, appearing in the Jack LemmonWalter Matthau vehicle “Out to Sea” and as the biology teacher in “Starship Troopers.”
TELEVISION LISTINGS WANT MORE TV? Subscribe to CHANNEL GUIDE, a monthly magazine-format publication with 24/7 listings, features, movie details and more. Get 12 issues for just $30 by calling 1-866-323-9385.
Coleman’s parents seek custody of his remains SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The estranged parents of former child TV star Gary Coleman are seeking custody of his body and want it returned to the star’s boyhood home in Illinois, his former Coleman manager said Thursday. Coleman died Friday in Utah from a brain hemorrhage at age 42. His former manager and family spokesman Victor Perillo said Coleman’s parents, Sue and Willie Coleman, are the legal custodians of his body because Coleman was divorced from his wife, Shannon Price, in 2008. It was Price who ordered that Gary Coleman be taken off of life support. Utah Valley Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Janet Frank said Price was named in an advanced health care directive that allowed her to make health care decisions for Gary Coleman when he couldn’t make them for himself. His parents have said they learned about his hospitalization and death from media reports and that they had wanted to reconcile with their son before his death. In 1989, when Gary Coleman was 21, his mother filed a court request trying to gain control of her son’s $6 million fortune, saying he was incapable of handling his affairs. The move “obviously stems from her frustration at
FRIDAY Evening 6:00 22 WLFL 5
WRAL
4
WUNC
17 WNCN 28 WRDC 11 WTVD 50 WRAZ
6:30
7:00
7:30
My Name Is The Simpsons The Simpsons Family Guy Earl (TV14) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å WRAL-TV CBS Evening Inside Edition Entertainment News at 6 (N) News With Ka- “Sex Offender Tonight (N) Å (TVMA) tie Couric Island” Å PBS NewsHour (HDTV) (N) Å Nightly Busi- North Caroness Report lina Now Å (N) Å NBC 17 News NBC Nightly NBC 17 News Extra (N) at 6 (N) Å News (HDTV) at 7 (N) (TVPG) Å (N) (TVG) Å The People’s Court (TVPG) Tyler Perry’s Tyler Perry’s Å House of House of Payne (TVPG) Payne (TVPG) ABC 11 Eye- ABC World Jeopardy! Wheel of Forwitness News News With Di- (HDTV) (N) tune (HDTV) at 6:00PM (N) ane Sawyer (TVG) Å (N) (TVG) Å The King The King Two and a Two and a of Queens of Queens Half Men Half Men (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TV14) Å Hoop Heroes Touch of Grace
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
Smallville “Metallo” (HDTV) (TVPG) Å
Supernatural Dean and Cas- ABC 11/News (10:35) TMZ tiel team up to search for Ra- at 10 (N) (TVPG) Å phael. (TV14) Å Medium “Psych” (HDTV) Alli- Flashpoint A member of the Miami Medical “Like a Hurrison dreams of a schizophrenic team makes a sacrifice. (N) cane” An accident caused by a child. (TV14) Å (TVPG) Å drunken driver. (TV14) Å Washington North CaroNorth CaroExploring Legislative Week in Review Week (HDTV) lina Weekend lina People Å North Caro(N) Å (HDTV) Å (HDTV) Å lina (HDTV) Å Friday Night Lights “The Son” Dateline NBC “Disaster in the Gulf” (HDTV) The consequenc(HDTV) Becky and Tim grow es of the oil spill. (N) Å closer. (N) (TV14) Å WWE Friday Night SmackDown! (HDTV) Shocking news re- Family Guy Scrubs “My garding the future of the Undertaker. (N) (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å Old Lady” (TV14) Å The 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee (HDTV) The nation’s 20/20 (HDTV) (N) (TVPG) Å top young spellers compete. (Live) (TVPG) Å Past Life “Gone Daddy Gone” A man erupts in a violent outburst. (N) (TV14) Å Winning Edge Today’s Walk
House “Ignorance Is Bliss” (HDTV) Exceptionally brilliant physicist. (TV14) Å Discover Life (TVG)
46 WBFT
11:00 (11:05) My Name Is Earl (TV14) Å WRAL-TV News at 11 (N) (TVMA) Need to Know (HDTV) (N) NBC 17 News at 11 (N) Å
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Å ABC 11 Eyewitness News at 11PM Å WRAL’s 10pm (10:35) En(11:05) The News on tertainment Office (TVPG) Fox50 (N) Å Tonight Å Å Family Talk Heart of Caro- Wretched With lina Sports Todd Friel
news CNBC CNN CSPAN CSPAN2 FNC MSNBC
Mad Money (N) Kudlow Report (N) Situation Room-Wolf Blitzer John King, USA (N) House of Rep. Tonight From Washington (5) U.S. Senate Coverage Close-Up on C-SPAN (TVG) Special Report FOX Report/Shepard Smith The Ed Show (HDTV) (N) Hardball Chris Matthews
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room ››› (2005, Documentary) (R) Til Debt-Part Mad Money Campbell Brown (N) Larry King Live (N) Å Anderson Cooper 360 (HDTV) (N) Å Capital News Tonight From Washington Capital News The O’Reilly Factor (N) Å Hannity (HDTV) (N) Greta Van Susteren O’Reilly Countdown With Olbermann The Rachel Maddow Show Lockup: Raw (HDTV) Lockup: Raw
sports ESPN ESPN2 FOXSPO GOLF SPEED VS
NCAA Champ. College Softball NCAA World Series, Game 6: Teams TBA. SportsCenter (HDTV) (Live) College Softball NCAA World Series, Game 5: Teams TBA. Update (HDTV) From Oklahoma City. (Live) Å Å (HDTV) From Oklahoma City. (Live) Å NASCAR Racing Nationwide Series: FederNASCAR Now Pardon the In- NFL Live Å Who’s Number 1? Å Boxing Friday Night Fights. (HDTV) (Live) Å terruption (N) ated Auto Parts 300, Final Practice. Å The Final ACC All-AcHead to Head: Reds Live MLB Baseball Cincinnati Reds at Washington Nationals. (HDTV) From Nationals Park in Athlete 360 Score (Live) cess Wayne/West (HDTV) (Live) Washington, D.C. (Live) (HDTV) Golf Central PGA Tour Golf Champions: Principal Charity Classic, First PGA Tour Golf Memorial Tournament, Second Round. (HDTV) From Dublin, Ohio. (HDTV) (Live) Round. From Des Moines, Iowa. Pass Time NASCAR Rac- Trackside At... (HDTV) NCWTS Setup NASCAR Racing Camping World Truck Series: WinStar World Casino 400k. ing (HDTV) (Live) (HDTV) From Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. (Live) Hockey Cen- The Daily Line Whacked Out Whacked Out Sports Soup Hockey Cen- NHL Hockey Stanley Cup Final, Game 4 -- Chicago Blackhawks at Philadeltral Sports (TVPG) Sports (TVPG) tral (HDTV) (Live) phia Flyers. (Live)
family DISN NICK FAM
Hannah Montana (TVG) iCarly (TVG) Å That ’70s Show (TV14)
The Suite Life The Suite Life on Deck “Lost on Deck (TVG) at Sea” (TVG) iCarly (TVG) iCarly (TVG) iCarly (HDTV) Å Å (TVG) Å That ’70s America’s Funniest Home Show (TV14) Videos (TVPG) Å
The Suite Life The Suite Life Wizards of I’m in the on Deck (TVG) on Deck (TVG) Waverly Place Band (TVY7) Big Time iCarly “iPsycho” Carly, Sam Victorious Rush (N) Å and Freddie visit a fan. Å (N) Å America’s Funniest Home America’s Funniest Home Videos (TVPG) Å Videos (TVPG) Å
I’m in the Hannah MonBand (TVY7) tana (TVG) George Lopez Glenn Martin, DDS (TVPG) (TVPG) Å America’s Funniest Home Videos (TVPG) Å
Phineas and Ferb (TVG) Malcolm in the Middle The 700 Club (N) (TVG) Å
cable variety A&E AMC ANPL BET BRAVO CMT COM DSC E! FOOD FX GALA HALLM HGTV HIST LIFE MTV NATGEO OXYG QVC SPIKE SYFY TBN TBS TECH TELEM TLC TNT TOON TRAV TRUTV TVLAND USA VH1 WGN
American Justice: Blood Criminal Minds “Birthright” Criminal Minds “The Boogey- Criminal Minds “Psychodra- Criminal Minds A serial killer Criminal Minds (TVPG) Brothers (HDTV) (TV14) Å man” (HDTV) (TVPG) Å ma” (HDTV) (TVPG) Å resumes. (TV14) Å (5:30) The Goonies ›› (1985, Adventure) (HDTV) Sean As- Pet Sematary ›› (1989, Horror) Dale Midkiff, Fred Gwynne. They › (2002, Horror) (HDTV) Laura Regan, tin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen. (PG) An ancient burial ground holds a secret for a family. (R) Marc Blucas. Premiere. (PG-13) Å Whale Wars: The Aftermath Whale Wars: The Aftermath Whale Wars: The Aftermath Whale Wars (N) (TV14) Å Whale Wars (TV14) Å Whale Wars 106 & Park: BET’s Top 10 Live (N) (TVPG) Å ATL ›› (2006, Comedy-Drama) Tip Harris, Lauren London. (PG-13) Å Tiny & Toya Mo’Nique The Real Housewives of At- The Real Housewives of New The Real Housewives of New Seven ››› (1995, Suspense) Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman. Premiere. A killer lanta (HDTV) (TV14) Å York City (TV14) Å York City (TV14) Å dispatches his victims via the Seven Deadly Sins. (R) Smarter Smarter Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TVPG) Å Gator 911 (N) Danger Coast The Naked Gun ››› (1988, Comedy) Scrubs (TV14) Scrubs (TVPG) Daily Show Colbert Rep Tosh.0 (TV14) Presents Presents Presents Aziz Ansari: Intimate Com. Central Cash Cab Cash Cab Construction Intervention (N) Six Versus the World (TVPG) Cocaine Nation (TV14) Å Meth Nation (TV14) Å Versus-World Curse of the Lottery E! News (N) The Daily 10 Sexiest (TV14) Extreme Dr. 90210 Soup Pres The Soup Chelsea Lat The Next Food Network Star Challenge (HDTV) Chopped “Fired Up!” (HDTV) Diner, Drive-In Diner, Drive-In Diner, Drive-In Food Feuds Good Eats Malcolm in 2 Fast 2 Furious ›› (2003, Action) (HDTV) Paul Walker, Ty- American History X ››› (1998, Drama) Edward Norton, Edward Furlong. An Justified the Middle (TVMA) rese, Eva Mendes. (PG-13) ex-skinhead tries to save his brother from hate’s legacy. (R) Chiquitibum Con Ganas Cuando XH Derbez Festival del Humor Las Noticias por Adela Mundos Agua The Golden M*A*S*H M*A*S*H Touched by an Angel “The Touched by an Angel “The Elevator Girl (2010, Romance) Lacey Chabert, Ryan MerriGirls (TVPG) (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å Road Home” (TVG) Å Road Home” (TVG) Å man, Patty McCormack. Å Holmes on Homes (TVG) House House Property Property House Bang, Buck House House Battle/Block Ice Road Truckers (TVPG) Ice Road Truckers (TVPG) Sharp Shooters (TVPG) Å (10:01) Gangland (TVPG) Gangland Å Grey’s Anatomy “Sweet Sur- Grey’s Anatomy Izzie’s mother Grey’s Anatomy (HDTV) Will & Grace Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? › (1996, Suspense) render” (HDTV) (TV14) Å visits. (TV14) Å (TV14) Å (TV14) Å (HDTV) Tori Spelling, Ivan Sergei, Lisa Banes. Å Cribs Priciest Pads Cribs Priciest Pads Cribs Priciest Pads Cribs Priciest Pads Bad Boys ››› (1995, Action), Will Smith (R) Cannibal Hippos (TVPG) Lockdown “Newbies” (TV14) Dog Whisperer (HDTV) (TVG) Dog Whisperer (HDTV) (TVG) Kingdom of the Blue Whale Whisperer Next Friday ›› (2000, Comedy) Ice Cube, Mike Epps. Å Barbershop ›› (2002, Comedy) Ice Cube. (PG-13) Å Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) Å Picture Perfect Philosophy: Beauty “11th Anniversary” Friday Night Beauty Girls’ Night CSI: Crime Scene Investiga- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation “A la Cart” (8:18) CSI: Crime Scene In(9:36) 1,000 Ways to Die (10:21) World’s Scariest Potion (HDTV) (TVPG) Å (HDTV) (TV14) Å (DVS) vestigation (HDTV) (TV14) “Dead to Rights” (TV14) lice Chases 3 (TV14) Å (5) Stephen King’s The Tommyknockers ›› (1993, Horror) Jimmy Smits, Marg Helgenberg- Stargate Universe “Incursion” Merlin “The Lady of the Lake” Stargate Universe (N) Å (DVS) (HDTV) (N) Å er, Joanna Cassidy. An unearthly force sweeps through a Maine town. (R) (5) Praise the Lord Å Holy Land Supernatural Behind Hal Lindsey Joel Osteen Price Praise the Lord Å The King of The King of Seinfeld Seinfeld Family Guy Family Guy The Replacements ›› (2000, Comedy) (HDTV) Keanu Reeves, Gene HackQueens Å Queens Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TV14) Å (TV14) Å man. Misfit substitutes take the field during a football strike. Å Cops (TVPG) X-Play (TV14) 28 Days Later ››› (2002, Horror) Cillian Murphy. (R) Cops (TV14) Cops (TVPG) Cops (TV14) Cops (TVPG) Ninja Warrior Decisiones Noticiero A Corazón Abierto El Clon Perro Amor ¿Dónde Está Elisa? Noticiero Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Say Yes Law & Order “Cut” Novelist’s Bones “The Man on the Fair- I Am Legend ››› (2007, Science Fiction) (HDTV) Will Smith, I Am Legend ››› (2007, Science Fiction) death. (TV14) Å (DVS) way” Fragments. (TV14) Å Alice Braga, Dash Mihok. Premiere. (PG-13) Å (HDTV) Will Smith, Alice Braga. (PG-13) Å Johnny Test Garfield Show Total Drama Batman Ben 10 Ult. Generator Rex Star Wars Dude King of Hill King of Hill Venture Bros. Barbecue Wars (TVG) Å Man v. Food Man v. Food Man v. Food Man v. Food Ghost Adventures (TV14) Ghost Adventures (TV14) Most Haunted Wildest Police Videos Cops (TV14) Cops (TV14) Top 20 Most Shocking Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files Forensic Files All in Family All in Family Sanford Sanford Cosby Show Cosby Show Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Roseanne NCIS “Love & War” (HDTV) NCIS (HDTV) Posthumous ac- NCIS (HDTV) Body is found in NCIS (HDTV) The severed leg NCIS “Skeletons” (HDTV) Royal Pains (TV14) Å cusation. (TVPG) Å a tub of acid. (TVPG) Å of a corpse. (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å Dad Camp (TV14) Tough Love Couples (TVPG) Bsktb Wives Chilli Wants Chilli Wants NWA: The World’s Most Dangerous Group Hip Hop Hon. Funniest Lead-Off Man MLB Baseball Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros. (HDTV) From Minute Maid Park in Houston. WGN News at Becker Becker Nine (N) Å Home Videos (HDTV) Å (Live) Å (TVPG) Å (TVPG) Å
not being able to control my life,” he said. Perillo helped launch Gary Coleman’s career from Chicago around 1977 and worked with him for 15 years. Gary Coleman is originally from Zion, Ill., a small town about 50 miles north of Chicago near the Wisconsin border. Perillo said his parents have discussed having a small, private ceremony and that his body could be returned to Illinois as soon as Friday.
McCartney turns ‘Michelle’ into ode to first lady WASHINGTON (AP) — Paul McCartney had been itching to perform a certain song at the White House, and he seized the moment when it arrived. The former Beatle brought down the house at an East Room concert Wednesday night by belting out “MiMcCartney chelle,” aiming its romantic lyrics straight at a first lady named Michelle. After serenading the first lady with the words, “I love you, I love you, I love you,” McCartney joked that he just might be the “first guy ever to be punched out by a president.” The president didn’t seem to mind though: He was swaying along to the beat while his wife mouthed the words along with McCartney. The 90-minute concert was built around Obama’s presentation to McCartney of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, awarded by the Library of Congress. The president said McCartney had “helped to lay the soundtrack for an entire generation.”
Former ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ Miss Ellie dies at 17 PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. (AP) — Miss Ellie, a small, bug-eyed Chinese Crested Hairless dog whose pimples and lolling tongue helped her win Animal Planet’s “World’s Ugliest Dog” contest in 2009, has died at age 17 after a career in resort show business in the Smoky Mountains. The Mountain Press reported Thursday that Ellie starred in shows at the Comedy Barn in Pigeon Forge. She also appeared on The Animal Planet cable show “Dogs 101” and was on billboards and in a commercial. Pigeon Forge Mayor Keith Whaley proclaimed Nov. 12 as “Miss Ellie Day” for her owner’s efforts to raise money for the local humane society. Over the years, Ellie helped raise more than $100,000 for the Sevier County Humane Society.
**= No Passes
Showtimes for Showtimes August 21-27 June 4th for- June 10th Advance Tickets On Sale Now Toy Story 3 3D Premiers 6/18 The Twilight Sage: Eclipse Premiers 6/30 Splice R 1:00 3:10 5:20 7:30 9:45 Marmaduke PG 1:15 3:15 5:15 7:15 9:20 Killers PG-13 1:20 3:25 5:35 7:50 10:00 ** Get Him To The Greek R 12:45 3:00 5:15 7:40 9:50 ** Prince of Persia PG-13 12:00 2:30 3:00 5:00 7:25 7:45 10:00 **Sex and the City 2 R 1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00 **Shrek Forever After PG 12:15 3:15 5:15 7:15 9:20 Iron Man PG-13 1:35 4:35 7:35 10:05 ** Just Wright PG 12:50 5:30 10:00 ** Robin Hood PG13 2:35 7:25 Letters To Juliet PG 12:30 5:15 10:05 *Bargain Matinees - All Shows Starting Before 5pm - $7.00 - Special Pricing Surcharge For All 3-D Features ** No Passes Accepted **Advance Tickets Available at www.franktheatres.com
CALL 919.708.5600 FOR DAILY SHOWTIMES
WWW.FRANKTHEATRES.COM