Bea Arthur: Last News

Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur’s military service during World War II was reportedly scrubbed from the U.S. Department of Defense website as part of the Trump administration’s overzealous efforts to purge anything related to diversity or LGBTQ identity.Last week, X user @swiftillery noted that the article on Arthur — first published in October 2021 — had been removed from the Defense Department website.According to The Advocate, the Internet Archive documented a “404 — Page Not Found” message at the URL where the article had been housed.Bonus chapter of Women’s History Month in honor of the program scrubbing DOD web articles.

Golden Girls: The Laughs Continue, a warmly loving, gut-bustingly funny stage parody of the hit NBC series that ran for seven seasons from 1985 to 1982, and lives on in perpetuity in reruns. Bernier portrays Dorothy, made iconic by the indomitable and legendary late Bea Arthur, for whom the 6’3″ actor is also a dead ringer.To prepare for the role, which Bernier plays in full drag, he “consumed everything that Bea Arthur had ever done — and we’re talking from Maude to her brief gig on the Star Wars Holiday Special to her brief voiceover role in Futurama.

Hulu has dropped the trailer for Mid-Century Modern, the much anticipated new comedy from Max Mutchnick and David Kohan that also marks Linda Lavin‘s final role before her death in December.

died in December 2021 at 99 — once “fat-shamed” her while appearing on Monday’s episode of “Let’s Talk About That! With Larry Saperstein and Jacob Bellotti.”Struthers brought up White after telling the hosts how she used to live four houses away from the exterior of the “Golden Girls” home in Los Angeles.“I have to say now that she’s gone, I wanna talk about Betty White for just a moment,” she said.“I know everybody loves her. They loved her so much.

With a new sitcom about a group of four friends in their golden years, Nathan Lee Graham understands if fans might be experiencing a little déjà vu.

William Earl Larry Auerbach, a top agent at William Morris Agency for nearly 50 years who also served 25 years at USC School of Cinematic Arts, died Nov. 23 at his home in Beverly Hills. He was 95.

Matt Bomer and Nathan Lane are about to have a fabulous time as roomies!

Bea Arthur.“I think that was just a life lesson in really putting yourself in everybody’s shoes,” Zimmerman said of his takeaway. “Like, put yourself in Betty’s shoes. What is she supposed to do?“She has a great sense of humor.

Have you ever watched a show and wished you could go back and enjoy it all again for the first time? Well, you can – kind of. Previously released television shows often have a way of finding new generations of viewers through word of mouth or via streaming platforms. Viewers who have already tuned into the classes may be on the hunt for something new but similar in premise.

girls had a relationship that was less than golden.Bea Arthur and Betty White’s contentious relationship has been the subject of speculation for decades.The “Golden Girls” co-stars allegedly had issues when working together on the classic 1980s sitcom. According to TV screenwriter Stan Zimmerman’s new book “The Girls: From Golden to Gilmore,” Arthur — who died in 2009 — believed White was two-faced.“During our time on set, I never felt tension between the two,” Zimmerman wrote.

For just about every decade that there has been a sitcom on television, it’s always been easy to identify those stars who shine bright as the current face of comedy. In the ’50s, it was Jackie Gleason and Lucille Ball. In the ’60s, it was Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith. The ’70s brought us Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore and Bea Arthur, followed by Sherman Hemsley, Bill Cosby and Michael J. Fox in the ’80s, Jerry Seinfeld, Roseanne Barr and the cast of Friends in the ’90s, Charlie Sheen and Bernie Mac in the early aughts and Tina Fey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jim Parsons in 2006 and beyond. 

Succession has made Emmy history with its final season.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Happy Emmy season, “you clock-watching fucks” — Logan Roy is still leading the way. Brian Cox has submitted his performance as Logan Roy, the recently departed Waystar Royco CEO on HBO’s “Succession,” into the lead actor (drama) category. Cox’s team exclusively confirmed to Variety that the actor’s iconic turn as the bold father and media mogul will be considered alongside his two co-stars, Jeremy Strong and Kieran Culkin, who opted to switch into the category for the show’s fourth and final season. Cox’s character died in the third episode of this season, “Connor’s Wedding,” which left many pundits speculating the Scottish actor, who received two previous noms in the lead drama actor field, would downgrade to either the supporting actor or guest categories. That won’t be the case, which puts the drama series uniquely positioned to make history in several ways.

The man, the myth, the legend! George Clooney is a cut above the rest when it comes to Hollywood greats — but his success wasn’t overnight.

late American treasure Betty White in the “Everything’s Coming Up Rose” category. “In 1986 she won an Emmy Award for playing Rose Nylund on ‘The Golden Girls,'” host Mayim Bialik, 47, read the clue. Contestant Ashwin Phadnis, an attorney from Hillsdale, NJ, buzzed in: “Who is McClanahan?”“Who is Bea Arthur?” replied Brian Alzua, a biocompatibility scientist from Minneapolis.

Harry Belafonte, the prolific and hugely popular artist who brought Carribbean music into the American mainstream, has died. He passed away this morning (Tuesday, April 25) in his home on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, according to his longtime spokesman, Ken Sunshine, who also confirmed his cause of death as congestive heart failure.

The late great Betty White's personal property - estimated to be worth around $2M - will be auctioned off this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Julien's Auctions Beverly Hills.Among the 1,500 lots of the national treasure's belongings includes her jewelry, gowns, home furnishings, artwork, awards, scripts, and other memorabilia left at her homes in Brentwood and Carmel.Golden Girls fans can bid on Betty's original director chair and the series finale scripts signed by her, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty, and guest star Leslie Nielsen. Going, going, gone! The late great Betty White's personal property - estimated to be worth around $2M - will be auctioned off this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at Julien's Auctions Beverly HillsThe Mary Tyler Moore Show fans can try to nab a framed picture of the entire cast with a plaque engraved 'Betty' with a handwritten note from Mary Tyler Moore and Grant Tinker.Julien's Auctions has White's Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement award, her 1994 Television Academy Hall of Fame award, and her 2015 People’s Choice Award for 'Favorite Icon.' There are also more personal items from the eight-time Emmy winner's 18-year marriage to third husband Allen Lunden, such as their gold leaf design wedding bands.There's several gowns up for auction including Betty's black-and-gold Mignon dress she wore to the Emmy Awards in 1989 as well as her taupe lace-and-satin dress she wore to the Emmy Awards in 1990.

Vernon Kay shares loved up holiday snap with Tess Daly[LATEST]Kimberley Walsh on why she avoids eye contact with Gethin Jones[EXCLUSIVE]Britney Spears goes topless as she puts on sultry display[PICTURES]She also played one of the wicked stepsisters in the 1965 television production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella with Lesley Ann Warren.The performer went on to win a Grammy award in 1980 for the recording of her one woman show Gertrude Stein.Her most memorable role to date thanks to Disney's The Little Mermaid, which came out in 1989.She was not the first choice of directors Ron Clements and John Musker or the musical team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, who reportedly wanted Joan Collins or Bea Arthur to voice the sea witch.Ms Carroll often said playing Ursula was one of her favourite roles to date.She said she saw her as an "Ex-Shakespearean actress who now sold cars"."She's a mean old thing! I think people are fascinated by mean characters," the voiceover star said in an interview."There's a fatal kind of distraction about the horrible mean characters of the world because we don't meet too many of them in real life.So when we have a chance, theatrically, to see one and this one, she's a biggie, it's kind of fascinating for us."She got the chance to reprise the role in several Little Mermaid sequels, spinoffs and even theme park rides.

purchase tickets beforehand and each entry includes a 90-minute reservation, as well as a choice of a main dish and a slice of cheesecake, of course. The menu was curated by executive chef Royce Burke of Dino’s Famous Chicken, Secret Lasagna and Wyldefire Hot Sauce.“Bringing Golden Girls to life has always been a dream of mine, the demand has far surpassed our wildest dreams,” Bucket Listers CEO Andy Lederman said in a press release.

 fans, this one's for you! A  pop-up restaurant, Golden Girls Kitchen, is opening in Beverly Hills, and ET got an exclusive first look at the show-themed spot that you'll want to bring your friends, pals, confidants to!ET's Matt Cohen spoke to  super-fan and expert, Jim Colucci, who created the pop-up about celebrating the show by bringing a little piece of it to fans not only in Los Angeles, but Miami, Chicago, San Francisco and New York City.«It was shot obviously here, we're in Beverly Hills, we're a stone’s throw from where Bea [Arthur] and Betty [White] lived,» Colucci shared. «So, it's like we're celebrating the girls in their hometown. I love it.»As far as how the cast — Betty White (Rose), Bea Arthur (Dorothy), Rue McClanahan (Blanche) and Estelle Getty (Sophia) — would feel about the pop-up, Colucci said the ladies would love it.«There's a story that one of the set designers from the  told me that says it all, I think,» Colucci began.

Emily Longeretta Norman Lear knows a thing or two about timely topics. So, what better time than now to recreate the famous “Maude” abortion episode, which originally aired in November 1972 — two months before Roe v. Wade made it legal across the United States.The two-part episode, “Maude’s Dilemma,” featured the lead character (played by Bea Arthur) grappling with what to do when she discovers that she’s pregnant, at age 47.