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David Nelson death at 74

David Nelson, the last surviving member of the idealized TV family portrayed on the show, died Tuesday in Los Angeles of complications from colon cancer, his representative Dale Olson said, according to reports. David Nelson, who played the elder son on the 1950s sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, has died at 74. Nelson played a fictionalized version of himself on the popular series, which started on radio, became a movie and then ran on ABC from 1952 to 1966. The family, which used t

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Rooney Mara W magazine photos 2011

New photos of Rooney Mara, 25, as Lisbeth Salander, the title character in Hollywood#39;s adaptation of Stieg Larsson#39;s best-selling novel, are set to be published in February#39;s W magazine, on newsstands Jan. 25 – and they put to rest any doubts that Mara might not look the part. Whatever happened to sweet-faced, innocent Rooney Mara? Well, she got tattooed. And pierced. And her hair dyed jet black and chopped. And handed a pack of cigarettes. All for her role in the upcoming blockbuster

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Does Latest 3-D TV Rival the Movies? Movieline Takes It For a Test Spin

The 3-D explosion of the 1950s — and its re-emergence in the 21st century – had a very specific economic agenda in mind; namely, to get people to stop watching their TVs and to drag themselves out to the movies. But will the new 3-D TVs take away the last special perk that movie theaters have to offer?

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Does Latest 3-D TV Rival the Movies? Movieline Takes It For a Test Spin

Kristen Stewart’s Red Carpet Talk: This Dress Was "Funner"

Kristen Stewart changed up her edgy look a little when she rocked a girlie Pucci dress and pink lipstick to the NYC premiere of The Runaways, but she was still her adorably awkward self during…

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Fess Parker, TV’s Iconic Davy Crockett, Dead at 85

The King of the Wild Frontier is gone. Fess Parker, the strapping star who played Davy Crockett in the hugely popular Disney television show of the 1950s, died today of natural causes…

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1950s Vitamin Mascots Will Scare You Hungry

Back in the 1950s healthy eating was taught by “vitamin mascots.” What are vitamin mascots, you say? A collection of soul-quakingly creepy semi-racist food creatures, of course.

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1950s Vitamin Mascots Will Scare You Hungry