The TV footage was almost two months old, but the fist-pumping squeal from Tacoma’s Devan Lawrence looked fresh enough. It’s hard to contain the joy of winning $40,500.
A Tacoma woman won it big on game show “Wheel of Fortune” recently. She just can’t say how big until the show airs Friday night. “I will say I did really well,” said Devan Lawrence, 26, who even weeks after the taping could still barely contain her excitement.
Phillip Phillips, a bluesy Georgia guitar man, was crowned the new "American Idol" on Wednesday after defeating teenager Jessica Sanchez in record viewer voting. He was the fifth male "Idol" winner in a row.
Kristen Wiig got a musical sendoff on the season finale of "Saturday Night Live" as the popular and versatile cast member made her exit after seven years.
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"Modern Family" star Sarah Hyland has had a kidney transplant after a lifetime of pain and fatigue.
There was nothing desperate about this finale. ABC's "Desperate Housewives" concluded its rocky, racy and macabre eight-season run with a tidy, affectionate send-off.
Kathi Goertzen, the popular former Seattle KOMO-TV news anchorwoman, has been battling brain tumors since 1998, and recently underwent her ninth surgery.
Expect to see two shiny new Ford Escapes on area streets soon. That’s because Drew and Derek Konzelman won NBC’s and Ford Motor Company’s “Escape Routes” Saturday night, earning them $100,000 and their own Ford Escapes.
Goodbye, Wisteria Lane.
Expect to see two shiny new Ford Escapes on the streets of Puyallup soon. Drew and Derek Konzelman won NBC’s and Ford Motor Company’s “Escape Routes” tonight, earning them a $100,000 award and their own Ford Escapes.
LOS ANGELES – CBS is hoping a legal warning shot shatters rival network ABC’s plans for its reality show “The Glass House.”
A film about a hobo starring Hollywood actor Michael Pitt is being filmed in Tacoma through Thursday.
Two local teens are going to dance into America’s living rooms Wednesday night on MTV’s reality competition show “America’s Best Dance Crew.”
Now in its third season, the TLC cable channel’s series “My Strange Addiction” continues to raise the bar for News of the Weird stories. This season’s highlights include the man sexually attracted to his car, plus women who surround themselves with mothballs or eat cat food or drink nail polish or dig into their ears or eat adhesive tape. In one episode, “Ayanna,” 54, who has not cut her fingernails in three decades, reports that she has recently been cultivating her toenails, which are now 4 inches long and hampering her use of shoes.
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