http://www.mail.com/people/53998-don-rickles.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/53998-don-rickles.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2026830-friars-club-to-honor-don-rickles-comedy-career.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Friars Club is honoring Don Rickles with a lifetime achievement award. The entertainers' group said Wednesday it will celebrate the 86-year-old comedian at its annual awards ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. Bob Costas, Tony Danza, Kathy Griffin, Bob Newhart, Regis Philbin and Joan Rivers are among those set to part... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:37:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2026830-friars-club-to-honor-don-rickles-comedy-career.html 2013-04-17T22:37:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2005920-girl-door-annette-funicello-dies-70.html NEW YORK (AP) — She was the first crush for a generation of boys, the perfect playmate for a generation of girls. Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mouseketeer on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, ruled among baby boomers, who tuned in every weekday afternoon to watch her on their flickering black-and-white television sets. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:16:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2005920-girl-door-annette-funicello-dies-70.html 2013-04-08T22:16:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854166-mayers-rigoletto-set-vegas-opens-met.html NEW YORK (AP) — For all the bright lights and razzle-dazzle of the Las Vegas locale, the most illuminating stretches in Michael Mayer's showy new production of "Rigoletto" at the Metropolitan Opera occurred when the three commanding singers were left alone at the front of the stage and the splashy scenery receded into the background. The opening-act fan d... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1854166-mayers-rigoletto-set-vegas-opens-met.html 2013-01-29T17:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1840816-sin-city-duke-met-moves-rigoletto-to-las-vegas.html NEW YORK (AP) — Diana Damrau recalled when she learned the Metropolitan Opera's new production of "Rigoletto" would be set in the glitzy Rat Pack-era Las Vegas of 1960, not 16th-century Mantua. "At first you get a shock. Why and how?" the German soprano said. "But I think it works perfectly for the U.S.A., so they have a real American 'Rigoletto.'" The fi... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1840816-sin-city-duke-met-moves-rigoletto-to-las-vegas.html 2013-01-23T17:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1728236-bob-saget-book-2014.html NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Saget has a book coming out, and, yes, it may get dirty. The actor and standup comedian has a deal with It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It Books announced Tuesday that the book, Saget's first, is currently untitled and is planned for early 2014. Saget, 56, has had a double life in the entertainment... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1728236-bob-saget-book-2014.html 2012-11-28T12:03:00Z