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...spawned a television show of the same name, which won Berg the first-ever Emmy for Best Actress in a Comedy. Through an array of colorful interviews from Berg’s close family and longtime fans, including “All in the Family” creator Norman Lear and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kempner communicates the determination and warmth that made Berg, as one 1930s poll revealed, the second-most popular woman in America (just behind Eleanor Roosevelt). Although her show was clearly about a Jewish family, the Goldbergs’ laughter and struggle were accessible...
Magna's two biggest competitors, U.S.-based Lear Corp. and Delphi, are teetering on the brink of collapse. Lear filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a month ago, citing the need to restructure $3.6 billion in debt. Meanwhile, Delphi, a former GM subsidiary based in Troy, Mich., and that automaker's biggest parts supplier, emerged from bankruptcy protection in June after unloading $6.2 billion in pension liabilities on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (PBGC), a U.S. government agency whose job is to protect private pension plans. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
Mason did her own part to blaze a trail for African Americans. Tapped by legendary television producer Norman Lear to write for the sitcom Good Times, she went on to amass writing credits for shows like A Different World and Redd Foxx's Sanford--programs that brought to viewers an as-yet-unseen depiction of black lives...
When TV reflects a shift in the public mood, it often does so counterintuitively: 24 thrived under Bush, but so did The West Wing; Norman Lear's progressive comedies flourished under Nixon. And for all the change in the news, our top-rated shows remain American Idol and crime dramas, as they have been for years...
...word to all who would listen while he stood barefoot on sidewalks in the Square. Brother Blue will tell you the story of how the universe was created in the Blue Period, a time before the possibility of time, and is willing to give a rendition of King Lear in under five minutes. In fact Brother Blue sees the ability to capture the crowd quickly as essential to street performing.“Just to hold a crowd for five minutes is a miracle. You’ve got to be great,” says Blue, who has performed...