Aw, so sad! I guess she'd been ill for a while...

Quoted: Estelle Getty, the diminutive actress who spent 40 years struggling for success before landing a role of a lifetime in 1985 as the sarcastic octogenarian Sophia on TV's "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 84.

Sad! Apparently he also helped create the designs for Mr. Snuffleupagus, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster (and he played Willy the hog dog vendor). He insists that Kermit the Frog wasn't named after him, but there's no proof... :)

Quoted: Designer Kermit Love dies at 91. He helped create `Big Bird' for Jim Henson, costumes for ballets and puppets for film and advertising, including Snuggle the bear from the fabric softener commercials.

Aw, sad...

Quoted: Mr. Carlin was hailed for his commentary, observations of the absurdities of everyday life, and routines like “Seven Words You Can Never Use on Television.”

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Okay, this video proves why Bea Arthur rules (and how Golden Girls really was the precursor to Sex and the City!) Haha, awesome.

Quoted: Classic TV Stars like Bea Arthur (Dorothy from 'Golden Girls') and Katherine Helmond (Mona from 'Who's the Boss?') take on their characters in this parody of the popular series, 'Sex and the City.'

Wow, it's amazing how much thought Michelle Obama had to put into every detail of this appearance on The View.

Quoted: Obama had approached the appearance, to quote Barbara Walters' on-air reading of the morning's New York Times, "with an eye toward softening her reputation." To this end, she did not do her hair in the Jackie Kennedy flip that André Leon Talley—the Vogue editor who Page Six alleges to be her style guru—pegs as central to her "image strategy."

A great piece on Tim Russert written by Gwen Ifill from Washington Week, The Lehrer News Hour, and Meet the Press.

Quoted: Tim Russert was a rarity in Washington; when he said he wanted to understand other people, he meant it.

I didn't know this award festival existed. Some of these ads are truly awesome...

Quoted: MIAMI—This year, the featured guest speaker at the Clio Awards festival—the ad world's version of the Oscars—was artist Ralph Steadman.

I really like Jimmy Fallon - it'd be nice to see him back on the air!

Quoted: Jimmy Fallon to take over NBC's 'Late Night' when Conan O'Brien leaves to fill Leno's time slot, published reports say

Not sure that I agree with this...

Quoted: To judge by the ads, the most loyal adherents to CBS' quasi-journalistic programming are impotent and incontinent. It so happens that they share these afflictions with the network's actual news division.