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ROLL CALL: Nude Bea Arthur Portrait Fetches $1.9 Million

May 16, 2013

LOS ANGELES, Calif.

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You Ask What’s Next From Betty White? A New Book About Her Life And Career, ‘If You Ask Me’

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.

Betty White To Host New NBC Hidden-Camera Series That Turns Senior Citizens Into Pranksters

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.

Betty White Voted AP Entertainer Of The Year

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.

Bea Arthur’s Secret Marine Corps Past Revealed?

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.

Betty White To Be Made Honorary Forest Ranger By US Forest Service

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.