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Photos: Ten Colorado-connected funny people

Yesterday in this space, we nodded to ten Colorado-connected hotties, ingenues and reality-TV stars. But our square state is known for funny business, too. Turns out the list of notables who were born or lived here includes lots of notable comedians and comic actors -- some hugely famous, others get ... More >>

Top 10 list of Colorado movies a ten-cent ticket fee didn't subsidize

"The Searchers."​The Colorado legislature just nixed a plan to tack a ten-cent fee onto movie tickets, money that would have been used to provide financial incentives for film companies that want to make movies in this state. As revised, the bill would now ask for donations from movie-goers -- ... More >>

The 120 most memorable mug shots of 2010

More photos below.​Over the past few weeks, we've shared the top 2010 mug shots of women, arrestees with face-and-neck tattoos and bad hair, plus busted teachers and caretakers, as well as celebrities and notables. But today, we offer the whole lollapalooza -- our monster batch of the 120 most ... More >>

Top 10 mug shots from 2010 of celebrities and notables

Photos below.​We're almost ready to unveil our top mug shots of 2010, after sharing galleries of women, tattoos, bad hair and accused teachers and caretakers. But as one last tease, check out booking photos of the famous and infamous that appeared here this year. Some you'll immediately recogn ... More >>

Tom Bosley, RIP: His Father Dowling Mysteries gave Denver film industry some very happy days

Tom Bosley.​Tom Bosley, who died at age 83, is best remembered as the all-knowing dad on Happy Days. But veterans of the local TV and film industry got to know and love him thanks to a post-Happy Days project -- Father Dowling Mysteries, which were largely filmed in Denver -- and yours truly ... More >>

Happy days are here again at the Squeaky Bean

Gary Coleman's wife too grossed out to help him after fall?

Courtesy of Inside EditionGary Coleman and wife Shannon Price.​Onetime Denverite Gary Coleman was only 42 when he died last Friday -- and now, People magazine is reporting that his wife, Shannon Price, didn't exactly go the extra mile in trying to assist him after a fall that preceded his deat ... More >>

Gary Coleman's short -- very -- time as a Denver celebrity

​In the late '80s, after the oil-busted Denver economy had been bumping along the bottom for years, longtime Denver residents were fleeing this town in search of greener pastures (and Denver was so down, a blade of grass was looking pretty green). So when anyone new came to town -- particularl ... More >>

Gary Coleman critically ill in Utah hospital after reported fall, head injury

Probably not Gary Coleman's favorite photo.​Update, 1:15 p.m.: Gary Coleman has died. Read the Washington Post's obituary here, and look below to read our original item, published at 7:29 a.m. this morning. When last we heard from former Denver resident Gary Coleman, back in February, he'd br ... More >>

RIP Gary Coleman: Whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis?

A moment of silence for Gary Coleman. The diminutive star of the '70s-era sitcom Diff'rent Strokes reportedly passed away this afternoon at the age of 42 from the effects of a brain hemorrhage he suffered earlier this week. Not only did Coleman provide endless laughs as Arnold Drummond to many of ... More >>

The 30 most memorable mug shots of 2010 (so far)

John Angerer's name fits his face.​The mug shot seen here of John Angerer, who was charged with murder yesterday in the 2006 slaying of Longmont's Angela Wilds, is among the most vivid we've seen lately -- but it's hardly the only memorable mug that's arrived of late. We're only a little over ... More >>

Gary Coleman busts into our Busted Former Child Star Mug Shot Hall of Fame

"Top this, Brian Bonsall!"​Last month, we created our Busted Former Child Star Mug Shot Hall of Fame in honor of onetime Family Ties cast member Brian Bonsall, who was arrested in Boulder for allegedly smacking a pal in the face with a stool back in 2007. Little did we know, another candidate ... More >>

Different Strokes joke about Broncos win gets Monday off to a painful start

Silly me. I thought the most aggravating Denver local-TV moment this morning would be Channel 9's use of a seemingly endless promo for the Baz Luhrmann film Australia as a blatant time waster toward the end of the 5 a.m. half hour -- a topic already derided here in the November 21 blog "Filler Vid ... More >>

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Blood Sweat & Towers (TVT)

Man of the Hose

From stockings to sequins, Studio Lites has cross-dressing covered.

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Raw Power

Matthew Helms is a martial-arts expert, a boy genius...and Hollywood's hair apparent.

The Message

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Off Limits

A tale of two Arnolds

Pulp Fiction

By making it up as they go along, the members of Log chop down genre conventions.

The Usual Suspects

Are the stars out tonight? Depends on who's asking.

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The Ramseys make the talk-show circuit rounds.

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Gossipmongers

Dishing dirt on the bigmouths of Denver.

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Twenty Years of Denver

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