As a teenager growing up in Malibu in the 1950s, Kathy Kohner liked to hang out with the surfing set. But she wasn’t content with just being an onlooker. “I was 16. I didn’t want to be the girl on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The show only lasted a single season from 1965 to 1966, and while most of the Gidget TV show cast would have short-lived careers ...

Meet Gidget, a seven-year-old pug from Southern California who overcame a life-threatening illness to become a world champion ...

When Gidget premiered on ABC in 1965, the series followed Francie Lawrence through her surfing adventures in California. In the series, the character, nicknamed Gidget, was 15 and a half. In theory, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88. Darren died in ...

P-Valley is the show that has captivated the summer. The critically-acclaimed STARZ series follows the ins and outs of those who work The Pynk, a popular strip club in Mississippi. One of the core ...

I can’t imagine growing up in the ’50s, certainly not as myself or any degree of myself that I am now. My strongest sense of the ‘50s comes from Betty Friedan and feminist critiques of the era. And ...

She also worked on several network soap operas as well as primetime series like 'The Loretta Young Show,' 'Ben Casey' and 'The Virginian.' By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Gabrielle Upton, who wrote the ...

The Denver Zoo this week again is in mourning the loss of a beloved animal. Gidget, a 27-year-old California sea lion, passed away Wednesday. “Gidget was a very charismatic animal that charmed ...

James Darren in 'For Those Who Think Young (1964), left, and with Sandra Dee in 'Gidget' (1959) Everett Collection James Darren, Gidget teen idol actor who rose to fame in the 1950s, has died at 88, ...