At Monday’s memorial service for Army Archerd, Steven Spielberg said the late Daily Variety columnist had been “our industry’s continuity. He was the link between the golden past and the rapidly ...

Ex-Variety staffer and editor Amy Dawes attended Variety’s memorial service for the late great columnist Army Archerd Monday night, attended by Hollywood vets Steven Spielberg, Sidney Poitier, Sharon ...

Selma Archerd, an actress who starred in the original “Die Hard” film and had a recurring role in “Melrose Place,” has died at the age of 98. She was the widow of Variety columnist Army Archerd.

Selma Archerd, an actress who was well known in Hollywood as the vivacious wife of longtime Variety columnist Army Archerd, has died. She was 98. Selma Archerd died Dec. 14 in Los Angeles, according ...

Army Archerd bristled at the notion that he was a gossip columnist. Instead, he was closer to the label that Variety gave him in the final years of his career: “Hollywood’s original blogger.” But the ...

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Longtime Hollywood columnist Army Archerd died yesterday. He was 87 and suffered from a rare form of lung cancer. After the war, he went to work for Variety in 1953 and, in 1985, broke the story that ...

Veteran entertainment journalist Army Archerd, who wrote a column for the entertainment trade publication Variety for over 50 years, has died. He was 87. Archerd's spokeswoman said he died Tuesday at ...

Gossip columnist Army Archerd died this week in Los Angeles at the age of 87. He was the first journalist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One of Archerd's biggest scoops was the ...