Birth nameBetty Marion White Birth information17 January 1922, Oak Park, Illinois, USA BioAlthough best known as the devious Sue Ann Nivens on the classic sitcom "Mary Tyler Moore" (1970) and the ditzy Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" (1985), Betty White had been in television for a long, long time before those two shows, having had her own series, "Life with Elizabeth" (1952) in 1952. The widow of TV game-show host Allen Ludden, she has been inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and is known for her tireless efforts on behalf of animals.

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Tonight, the members of the Television Critics Association (including me) gathered at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena to give out its annual awards. The membership voted on the awards in the month leading up to the press tour; we were given a number of candidates to choose from in various categories. The membership was also asked to choose recipients for an individual Career Achievement award and the Heritage Award, which recognizes a past show that had a big impact artistically and on the industry.
The members gave ER its Heritage Award, which honors the impact the show has had on the TV landscape. As for current shows, the members gave Battlestar Galactica the Program of the Year award, Mad Men Outstanding Achievement in Drama. The Big Bang Theory
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It isn’t often that you find Betty White as well as the casts of “True Blood” and “Yo Gabba Gabba!” congregating near an open bar.
The Television Critics Association Awards ceremony, however, is a different kind of congratulatory event.  The association’s awards aren’t fancy; often, they’re not even listed in a series or a star’s list of career accolades in their public bios. But over the course of 25 years, we’ve done our part to acknowledge some truly fine programs (”Boomtown,” for example) and actors (Hugh Laurie, twice now) that the Emmys were (are?) content to over look.
It’s also one of the few awards nights in which the recipients know that they’ve won because they’ve been invited. Among the honorees who showed up last night were Jon…
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In case you haven't noticed, Empire is going mad for Studio Ghibli this month, as it warms up for the Western release of its latest magical adventure Ponyo (originally called Ponyo On The Cliff). And you can watch the brand new second trailer for the film right here. The story follows Sosuke, a young boy (voiced by the littlest Jonas brother, aka 'Bonus Jonas' Frankie ) as he befriends a pretty goldfish named Ponyo, who then turns into a girl (voiced by another pop-sibling, Noah "sister of Miley" Cyrus). This could only come from the mind of legendary animation director Hayao Miyazaki, and despite sounding a tad like The Little Mermaid's even littler sister, this promises to be an extravagant and epic fairytale which could only be executed by the Oscar-winning maker of Spirited Away.The English language version of the film also features the stellar line-up of voices including Cate Blanchett,

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