Laverne and Shirley News

Movie & Entertainment News provided by World Entertainment News Network 2009-07-08 13:30:07 - LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY actor EDDIE MEKKA was arrested in Las Vegas on Friday on suspicion of drink driving.

First it was Three's Company star Joyce DeWitt getting popped for suspected DUI.

"suspected drunk driver." When police arrived, they administered field sobriety tests and arrested Eddie Mekka for suspicion of driving under the influence.

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Superior Donuts , the new American play by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Tracy Letts, will open Oct.

Actor Gene Barry is 90. Actress Marla Gibbs is 78. Actor Jack Bannon is 69. Singer Rod Argent of the Zombies is 64.

It is easy to plant a seed, but less easy to tend to it and maintain the patience and optimism one must dedicate to the process of germination and bloom.

Leslie Easterbrook's 'luck and fortune' has her as the Pioneer Playhouse's star in 'M is for the Million' this summer.

Students at Mundya TMs Bay Public School take time from class to witness the presentation of a cheque for $1,200 from Yvonne Moreau of the Huronia Communities Foundation to Jennifer James, program account manager for Junior Achievement.

Lt.-Gov. David Onley will return to Midland, the town where he was born, to be the guest speaker at a Rotary Club luncheon on July 7. David C. Onley entered the world 59 years ago in the town of Midland.

Cindy Williams, best known for her portrayal of Shirley Feeney in the hit sitcom "Laverne and Shirley," will headline the production of "Moon Over Buffalo" starting next month at the King's Wharf Theatre in Penetanguishene.

In my favorite episode of "Laverne & Shirley," washboard-flat Shirley Feeney purchases a prosthetic behind with an incredible name - the Hubba Hubba Hiney - to add some curves.

MedusaMorlock of the TCM Blog has a lovely birthday tribute posted to the wonderful Betty Garrett , who turned 90 years old a few days ago.

Grease is the word: Personal and the Pizzas. Do you remember rock - n' roll radio? The danger and derring-do of so-called "jungle music"? The wop-bop shoo-bop shoo-bop? Two local bands - Personal and the Pizzas and Shannon and the Clams - tap a good-natured, jokey vein of garage rock that summons those sentiments.

The trio behind Spinal Tap have cast off their wigs, but with dates at Glastonbury and Wembley, they're not about to ditch the amps and guitars any time soon, writes Dave Itzkoff LATE into their set at the Warner Theatre in Washington earlier this month, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, the members of the comedy music groups ...

Christopher Guest, from left, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer. Sorry to let the cucumber out of the tinfoil, Spinal Tap fans: But it's called the Unwigged & Unplugged tour for a reason.

Harry Shearer, left, Michael McKean, and Christopher Guest reprise songs from mockumentaries such as This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind at the Palace Theatre.

Good looks, talent and determination -- a combination that landed a Kearney grown girl a career in Hollywood.

Superior Donuts , a small-scale 2008 workplace play by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts, is expected to open for business on Broadway in fall 2009, the Chicago Tribune reported.

The Buffalo Niagara Film Festival got going Saturday in the Riviera Theatre in North Tonawanda with a tribute to "American Graffiti," and who better to introduce the classic 1973 film than one of its own - actress Cindy Williams.

After the aforementioned, horrible, and never-to-be-mentioned-again Who's Watching the Kids? , Paramount still liked Jim Belushi enough to put him in another sitcom in 1979.