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DIED. CARROLL O'CONNOR, 76, Shakespeare-schooled actor who left an enduring mark on TV history as the coarse but lovable working-class bigot Archie Bunker on Norman Lear's All in the Family (1971-79); of a heart attack; in Culver City, Calif. O'Connor won four Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Archie; he won another for his role as a liberal-minded Southern cop on the NBC drama In the Heat of the Night (1988-94). In his later years, after his drug- and alcohol-addicted son Hugh committed suicide in 1995, O'Connor became an outspoken...
...feel about the never-ending drama of Robert Downey Jr. Already facing a court date this week for a drug-related arrest in November, Downey was busted again last week when police found him lurking after midnight in an alleyway behind a motel in Culver City, Calif. He was cited for suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance. More serious charges, if any, will await the results of a urine test administered that night. Downey, who was immediately fired from Ally McBeal, quickly checked himself into a rehab clinic, a step that may or may not help...
...maintain its dignity when it's so closely associated with (ahem) adult magazines, mentioned only sotto voce and, as of Wednesday, the focus of a California lawsuit. The parents of 11-year-old Brittany Johnson, who is suffering from a genetic kidney disorder, brought a case against a Culver City, Calif., sperm bank, charging that the facility should have screened Brittany's biological father more carefully for genetic diseases. As it turns out, Donor 276, as the father has been dubbed, has a family history of renal disease, a fact that no one at the sperm bank bothered to uncover...
...small but worthwhile part of his good fortune is the first-ever U.S. revival of his first professionally produced play, called, with ironic aptness,The Man Who Had All the Luck. Now running in a smart, wonderfully acted production at the Ivy Substation in Culver City, Calif., the play opened on Broadway in 1944 and closed after four nights. At the time, Miller thought it was victimized by the cult of the well-made play, and he may be right. For Luck is a sometimes comic melodrama that flirts a little messily with tragedy--particularly in that Miller specialty, father...
...Monday's meeting, Senior Advisory Committee Chair John C. Culver announced that former Arkansas Senator David H. Pryor would be the next director of the IOP, giving students an opportunity to highlight their concerns as the IOP enters a transitional period...