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Stage and screen actor Eddie Mekka, most known for his breakout role on 1970s sitcom 'Laverne & Shirley', has passed away at 69.

Premium Content Subscriber only Motorsports fans will be on the edge of their seats when one of the most important meetings of the season gets underway this Saturday night, April 24, at Castrol Edge Lismore Speedway. After a whirlwind season, these races will define who takes out the Lismore Track Championship honours and, excitingly, there’s some exceedingly close scores. That means a number of drivers are still in contention from the respective divisions to ensure it all goes down to the season finale. Promoter David Lander said it’s a night a superlative speedway action which should no...

Originally called Laverne DeFazio & Shirley Feeney, the ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley was a pop culture phenomenon in the 1970s and early '80s.

Neil Patel, the ever-busy production designer of AppleTV+'s hit period comedy Dickinson, always finds time to design a little (or large) theatre set. Ever in demand, Neil has shared this creative talents in venues all over the world, including those in Mumbai, Tokyo, London and Venice. Neil took a break from his Dickinson designing to answer a few of my queries. Thank you taking the time for this interview, Neil! Before getting down to my questions, would you clarify the terminology of 'set designer' vs. 'scenic designer' vs. 'production designer'? I've seen all terms listed in theatrical p...

How ‘Laverne and Shirley’ Brought ‘Blue Collar Girls’ to TV Laverne & Shirley. The characters had originally shown up on TV in 1975, appearing for the first time in an episode of Happy Days. Garry Marshall, the hugely successful television producer, based the duo on two women he’d met during his dating days in Brooklyn. “We took these two girls out and we walked into this diner at three o’clock in the morning. And some girl at one of the booths said something to the girl I was with,” Marshall recalled to the Archives of American Television. Tensions between the women soon esc...