Maureen Stapleton News Today

Okay. Ill tell you what. You can come up to my place for coffee, but i have to get up early tomorrow. [ laughter ] you ever try that with a girl . It never works. [ laughter ] i want to thank you for that nice ovation. Im going to do something nice for you. Im going to stick around for the whole hour. [ laughter ] [ applause ] sitting in for standing. Not sitting. Standing in for doc tonight. Mr. Thomas newsom. [ applause ] wonderful guy, but kind of a loser. [ laughter ] you know his twin broth...

[ music ] the reason doc is not here tonight he came by a little earlier. He had to go to the dentist the other day. I donow going to the dentist is no fun, and he had a root canal for it, and he came back. He looked like a squirrel storing up nuts for the summer. [ laughter ] he tried to come in last night, so tom is filling in. If you just joined us we have betty white, jeff sideman. The mighty carson art players, and this man who is very funny. Comedian and actor. Just finished a movie called...

Three movies are on tap this week at The REES Theatre in historic downtown Plymouth. On Wednesday, at 2 p.m. it’s the Seasoned Citizens Matinee and the showing of “Cocoon.” Directed by Ron Howard, the Oscar-winner stars Wilford Brimley, Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy and Maureen Stapleton. Cocoon is rated PG13, Adults tickets are

Peter Kass' 1961 'Time of the Heathen' is an avant-garde drama set in the aftermath of the atomic bomb. Watch the trailer for the Arbelos restoration.

On Sunday, March 24, Spotlight on the News will examine the future of Midtown Detroit and the City of Westland.

The Rite Aid in Midtown will be the fifth drugstore to close in recent years along a stretch of Woodward running through Detroit and Highland Park.

From one of the best comedies ever to a bona fide Christmas classic, these 10 1980s movies are the best the decade had to offer.

Records are meant to be broken but these Academy Award milestones are almost impossible to beat...

The Money Pit: Comedy, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. The Money Pit airs on 5STAR at 12:45 PM, Saturday 9 March. Comedy, starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long

Maureen Stapleton takes over the job from Sue Mosey, who retired at the end of last year after serving as Midtown Detroit Inc.'s first director.