Cloris Leachman News

LOVE TAKES WING, The Seventh Installment Of The Love Comes Softly Series, Arrives On DVD May 5 From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Renowned actress and entertainer Cloris Leachman headlines the 2009 annual fundraiser luncheon for Heritage Pointe, a non-profit retirement and assisted-living community in Orange County. She will host the annual luncheon and boutique fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine on April 6. Her presentation will feature a conversation with Cloris as she offers a personal perspective on her expansive career in Hollywood and beyond.

Renowned actress and entertainer Cloris Leachman has taken a very natural approach for her new ad for PETA encouraging a vegetarian lifestyle. She is 'wrapped head from head to toe' in greens.

Renowned actress and entertainer Cloris Leachman headlines the 2009 annual fundraiser luncheon for Heritage Pointe, a non-profit retirement and assisted-living community in Orange County. She will host the annual luncheon and boutique fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine on April 6. Her presentation will feature a conversation with Cloris as she offers a personal perspective on her expansive career in Hollywood and beyond.

Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle announces its April schedule of events. Upcoming appearances and signings will be made by Cloris Leachman (discussing her memoir Cloris) on April 2nd, Joyce Carol Oates (signing and discussing her book Dear Husband) on April 14th, and Kristin Chenoweth (signing and discussing her memoir, A Little Bit Wicked) on April 15th.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM), television's foremost authority and showplace for classic film, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year by sharing a passion for cinema with the network's devoted fans.

This year's new entries include Johnny Mathis, Perez Hilton, The New York Times' Ben Brantley, Idina Menzel, Eden Espinosa, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Betty Buckley, Carol Channing, Cynthia Nixon, Phyllis Diller, Florence Henderson, Marsha Mason, Laura Osnes, John Schneider, Adam Shankman, Frank Wildhorn, Jonathan Tunick, Paul Gemignani.

Entertainment Tonight has broken news that film actress and former 'Dancing with the Stars' competitor Cloris Leachman recently fell ill, but is now happliy on the mend.

Cloris Leachman confirmed this morning on ABC's The View that she did indeed get the offer to reprise her film role of Frau Blucher for the Broadway production of Young Frankenstein.

According to The New York Post's PAGE SIX, Mel Brooks might have changed his 'tune' when it comes to Cloris Leachman reprising her film role of Frau Blucher in his Broadway production of Young Frankenstein. Last year, Mel Brooks, creator and producer of the Broadway musical comedy, told Leachman that, at 81, she was too old for the role of Frau Blucher (the character she originated in his 1974 movie). Despite a stellar audition, Brooks was concerned that Leachman didn't have the 'stamina' for eight shows a week reports the Post.

Dancing with the Stars, will return with a three-night premiere event, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on ABC. Each week, has announced their new lineup of celebrity dancers. Season seven marks the largest cast assembled to date, the oldest and youngest competitors ever, and includes two Olympic Gold medalists, a Grammy®-winning singer, a television legend, an Oscar® winner, and a Super Bowl champion.

Dancing with the Stars, will return with a three-night premiere event, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 (8:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on ABC. Each week, has announced their new lineup of celebrity dancers. Season seven marks the largest cast assembled to date, the oldest and youngest competitors ever, and includes two Olympic Gold medalists, a Grammy®-winning singer, a television legend, an Oscar® winner, and a Super Bowl champion.

In addition to its 24 full productions, dance series, developmental series and concerts, The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year by partnering with Ailey Citigroup Theater, Nuyorican Poets Café, The Philip Coltoff Greenwich Village Center, The Loft at Professor Thom's, The Cutting Room, and Paley Center (formally The Museum of Television & Radio) to bring more diverse special events to this years Festival, running September 15th to October 5th.

In addition to its 24 full productions, dance series, developmental series and concerts, The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) celebrates its fifth year by partnering with Ailey Citigroup Theater, Nuyorican Poets Café, The Philip Coltoff Greenwich Village Center, The Loft at Professor Thom's, The Cutting Room, and Paley Center (formally The Museum of Television & Radio) to bring more diverse special events to this years Festival, running September 15th to October 5th.