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Alan Thicke's Sons: Wife Threatening Us for More Money

They say Tanya Callau has threatened bad publicity

(Newser) - Alan Thicke's kids are fighting with his third wife over the late actor's estate. Robin Thicke and brother Brennan, the oldest of Thicke's three sons, say that Tanya Callau—who wed Thicke in 2005—is threatening them with bad publicity unless they give her more of Thicke'...

'America's Favorite Dad' Remembered


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'America's Favorite Dad' Remembered

Alan Thicke had a 'surprisingly eclectic career'

(Newser) - Alan Thicke was "the greatest man I ever met," says his son, Robin Thicke, following his father's death at age 69 on Tuesday. Thicke tells the Los Angeles Times that his father died while playing hockey with his 19-year-old son, Carter , and that one of the last...

TV Dad Alan Thicke Is Dead at 69
TV Dad Alan Thicke
Is Dead at 69

TV Dad Alan Thicke Is Dead at 69

His big role was on 'Growing Pains'

(Newser) - TV's Alan Thicke, who first gained US fame as the dad on the sitcom Growing Pains in the 1980s, has died at age 69 of a heart attack. The publicist for his son, pop singer Robin Thicke, confirmed the news to the Los Angeles Times . In addition to his...

What It's Like Being Married to Gilbert Gottfried

'NYT' takes a look at Gottfried's marriage ahead of 'Celebrity Wife Swap'

(Newser) - Gilbert Gottfried is basically a professional loudmouth—but ask him how he met Dara, his wife and the mother of his two children, and he clams right up. "Open up a little, Gil!" urges the 43-year-old Dara, who met Gottfried, 58, in the late 1990s at a Grammy...

Kirk Cameron Defends His Anti-Gay Comments

Says he's been 'slandered' unfairly

(Newser) - Kirk Cameron, predictably, responded today to the controversy over his recent comments on the "destructiveness" of homosexuality , but he's not backing down. When he appeared on Piers Morgan Tonight Friday, "I spoke as honestly as I could, but some people believe my responses were not loving toward...

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