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Christine White: Heroine From a Classic ‘Twilight Zone’ Episode

Posted on 05/20/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | LegacyActress Christine Lamson White, who died on April 14 at age 86 in Washington, D.C., racked up an impressive 53 appearances in TV series and made-for-TV movies during a career that stretched from 1952 to 1976, including roles on hit programs such as The Fugitive, Bonanza, The Untouchables, and Perry Mason. She also had a small role in a 1973 Clint Eastwood action movie hit, Magnum Force. But White remains best known as the wife who sat next to a then-youthful …

Kenneth Battelle: The Hairdresser Behind Jackie’s Bouffant

Posted on 05/15/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Beauty & Fashion | Bulletin TodayBack in 1961, the New York Times ran a lengthy article to mark the 34th birthday of a Manhattan hairdresser who had already reached such a level of renown that the paper dispensed with its traditional practice of referring to a news subject by his surname and the title “Mr.” Instead, it simply referred to him as “Kenneth,” and proclaimed, lyrically, that “being besieged by a bevy of beautiful women is all in the line of business for one young man.” …

Dr. Joyce Brothers: Her 5 Most Surprising TV Moments

Posted on 05/14/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyToday, when we’re feeling in need of advice or reassurance about our inner woes, we’re accustomed to turning on the TV and watching someone such as psychologist Phil McGraw or physician and addiction expert Drew Pinsky elicit epiphanies from troubled people right in front of the camera, and in the process dispense advice to millions. But it was Joyce Brothers, who died on May 13 at age 85 in Fort Lee, N.J., who invented the role of the TV psychologist in …

Richard Griffiths: 5 Priceless Scenes with the ‘Harry Potter’ Actor

Posted on 03/30/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | LegacyWhen the word “Falstaffian” is used to describe an actor, it’s usually intended as a euphemistic reference to his girth. But in Richard Griffiths’ case, he really captured the dissolute, larger-than-life outrageousness of Shakespeare’s signature rotund rascal in myriad stage and screen roles. The British character actor, who died on March 28 at age 65  in Coventry, England, after complications from heart surgery, actually did play Falstaff in Henry IV, Part I and Part II, for the Royal Shakespeare Company. …

John Karlin: The Scientist Who Pioneered Digital Dialing

Posted on 02/11/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyToday, the title of the sexy 1960 Elizabeth Taylor drama BUtterfield 8 probably puzzles a lot of younger movie buffs who come across it on Netflix. They don’t recognize it as an old-fashioned phone number, with the first two letters and a number denoting a local exchange on Manhattan’s posh Upper East Side. And for that, we have John E. Karlin to thank. Karlin, a Bell Labs industrial psychologist, who did the behavioral research that showed that telephone users were capable of …

Edith Lauterbach: She Fought for Equal Rights in the Sky

Posted on 02/7/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyWhen Edith Lauterbach started working as a flight attendant in 1944, women who held the job were referred to as “sky girls” or “coeds,” and they could be fired for marrying or gaining weight — or even for reaching the age of 32. As detailed in a 1985 Knight-Ridder News Service article, they had to put up with touch inspections to verify that they were wearing girdles, and their nail polish and lipstick had to be company-approved. They also had to …

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