LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Actress Beverly Garland, who ran a namesake hotel in North Hollywood, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 82.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- From 1927 to 1951, some of Hollywood's top stars made up to an extra $5,000 per year -- $75,000 in today's dollars -- endorsing tobacco, researchers say.

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LOS ANGELES, April 14 (UPI) -- Film and television screenwriter A.J. Carothers has died of cancer at the age of 75 at his home in Los Angeles.

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2006 with 123 to follow.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Polly Bergen will play Kate Allen, the mother of the first female U.S. president, played by Geena Davis on ABC's "Commander in Chief."

Today is Tuesday, Aug. 30, the 242nd day of 2005 with 123 to follow.

BRENTWOOD, Calif., July 6 (UPI) -- Actress and singer June Haver, who left Hollywood to join a convent and later married actor Fred MacMurray, died at her Brentwood, Calif., home at 79.