May 16, 2011
NEW YORK, N.Y.
A few Betty White turn-ons:
She likes a cocktail before dinner and a weekly poker night. She has a taste for french fries and hot-dogs, and a jones for crossword puzzles. And, in service to her passion as a writer, reams of lined notebook paper really get her going.
Indeed, White has written a new book, “If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t).” It’s a chipper, hop-scotching meditation on her life, loves and career — with lots of photos — that reads like a chat with the beloved star.
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March 31, 2011
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
The unstoppable Betty White is taking on reality TV with a hidden-camera show that turns senior citizens into merry pranksters.
NBC has ordered 12 episodes of “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers,” the working title for a series based on a hit Belgian program that has been produced in other European countries and South Korea.
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December 20, 2010
NEW YORK, N.Y.
What Betty White did in 2010 doesn’t usually happen: an 88-year-old actress with more than six decades in Hollywood suddenly became the object of adulation of the Facebook-connected masses, which campaigned for her to host “Saturday Night Live,” boosting the show’s ratings and helping her set ratings records for her own show.
After a year remarkable for a star of any age, White has been voted the Entertainer of the Year by members of The Associated Press.
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December 10, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Bea Arthur served up the jokes, making America laugh for decades on TV – but, as it turns out, the late actress also served her country in the Marine Corps during her youth.
According to TheSmokingGun.com, the “Maude” and “The Golden Girls” star served for 30 months starting in 1943. She reportedly was a member of the Women’s Reserve and worked as a truck driver and typist.
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November 09, 2010
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Betty White will soon be able to add “Forest Ranger” to her list of honors.
The actress known for her roles on “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” will be made an honorary ranger Tuesday by the U.S. Forest Service. The 88-year-old White has said that as a young girl she wanted to be a forest ranger, but women weren’t allowed to have the job.
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September 23, 2010
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
With a new TV series, a comic book inspired by her life and a slew of recent hit movies under her belt, Betty White has become one of Hollywood’s hottest commodities. Could “Dancing with the Stars” be the next stop for the former “Golden Girl”?
“They’ve called me and I thanked them,” Betty told Access of “Dancing with the Stars” producers, at the premiere for her new film, “You Again,” on Wednesday. “I think Cloris Leachman took care of that for me.”
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