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  • Pat Carroll, Emmy winner and voice of Ursula in The Little Mermaid, dies at 95 while recovering from pneumonia

    07/31/2022 8:09:43 PM PDT · by Morgana · 25 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | July 31, 2022 | ap
    Pat Carroll, a comedic television mainstay for decades, Emmy-winner for Caesar's Hour and the voice Ursula in The Little Mermaid has died at the age of 95. Her daughter Kerry Karsian, a casting agent, said Carroll died at her home in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Saturday, while EW reported she passed away while recovering from pneumonia. Her other daughter Tara Karsian wrote on Instagram that they want everyone to 'honor her by having a raucous laugh at absolutely anything today (and everyday forward) because besides her brilliant talent and love, she leaves my sister Kerry and I with the greatest...
  • No joke, comedian sued over mother-in-law humor

    08/26/2009 1:02:18 AM PDT · by DemforBush · 7 replies · 605+ views
    Yahoo (AP) ^ | 9/25/09 | John Rogers
    LOS ANGELES – "Take my mother-in-law — please," isn't a joke you're likely to hear often these days from Sunda Croonquist. The veteran comic is being sued by her mother-in-law after making her the punchline of too many jokes.
  • Hollywood Backlash Continues

    07/20/2004 10:06:51 AM PDT · by walford · 64 replies · 3,362+ views
    Utopia Unmasked ^ | William R Alford
    Hollywood Backlash Continuesby William R Alford - July. 20, 2004 Certain entertainment industry figures are having a tough time going beyond their qualifications by engaging in political discourse. 1970s diva Linda Ronstadt was recently booed off the stage for casting filmmaker Michael Moore as a truth-spreading “patriot” and encouraging the audience to see Fahrenheit 9/11. Las Vegas’ Aladdin Hotel president Bill Timmins reportedly had Ronstadt summarily ejected from her quarters for having “spoiled a lovely evening for our guests” by needlessly causing “all bedlam” to break loose. [Note: there were no fires, looting, brawling, etc. – these were not...