Blog Post Star Trek: Stories from the original cast STAR TREK , the 2009 film by JJ Abrams opens this Friday, but before all of that, we sat down with members of the original Trek television series: cast, writers, art directors, composers, producers & executives. Check out our interviews online at " Star Trek Stories" for interview excerpts and...
Blog Post Rock 'n' Roll Was In and "Your Hit Parade" Was Out, 50 Years Ago Fifty years ago today, Variety ran its last review of Your Hit Parade a veritable obituary that appeared with the title, " Hit Parade Dies As Rock 'n' Roll Takes Its Toll of Longrunner." In the 1930s and 40s, "Your Hit Parade" was one of radio's mainstays-- a Saturday night fixture that had...
Blog Post Actress Beatrice Arthur Dies at 86 - Interview Online Bea Arthur, the Emmy-winning star of Maude and The Golden Girl s, who also garnered a Tony Award for the musical Mame , died Saturday at 86. In January, one of her last public appearances, she was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. She was interviewed by the Archive in 2001. Click...
Blog Post 7th Annual TV Land Awards Airs Tonight TV Fans Rejoice! Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, the Seventh Annual TV Land Awards rolls out the red carpet tonight to honor the best of TV, movies and music. Lots of great TV tributes including the casts of M*A*S*H, Home Improvement, Two-and-a-Half Men, Magnum P.I., Knots Landing, and Married with...
Blog Post Rick Baker on the making of Michael Jackson's Thriller The Archive interviewed make-up artist Rick Baker in 2003 about his work in film and television. Baker also worked on Michael Jackson's infamous Thriller music video, and talks about the star and the process of creating the "zombie" looks in this interview excerpt.
Blog Post The Backstory: How Michael Jackson almost didn't make TV History in 1983 "...I shudder to think how close we came to not having that moment ever happen." Although not yet online, here's a striking interview excerpt from the Archive of American Television's interview with legendary producer, Don Mischer, who co-produced and directed Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever...
Blog Post Popular '50s TV Star Gale Storm Has Died at age 87-- Archive Interview Online Gale Storm became America's sweetheart, playing free-spirited "Margie Albright" on the sitcom My Little Margie , forever trying to keep her widowed father (Charles Farrell) out of (romantic) troubles. She followed up this series playing social director "Susanna Pomeroy" of the "S. S. Ocean Queen"...
Blog Post Longtime Grammy Awards Producer Pierre Cossette Has Died-- Interview Online Soon Cossette died at the age 85. The Archive's two-hour interview with Pierre Cossette was conducted by Bonnie Datt on June 4, 2008.
Blog Post From the Collection: Leonard Nimoy on the creation of the "Vulcan Salute" on "Star Trek" From the Archive of American Television's Interview collection, Leonard Nimoy describes inventing the "Vulcan Salute," first seen on the original series episode "Amok Time."
Blog Post Columnist and Red Carpet Fixture Army Archerd Has Died at Age 87-- Interview Online Daily Variety 's Army Archerd wa seen in print and on television as part of the Hollywood scene for over 50 years. Below is Archerd's entire 5-part Archive interview. Interview Description: Army Archerd described his early years in New York and his initial desire to be an actor. After his service...
