The couple first met in 1940 and had a whirlwind romance, eloping in November of that year. Their union marked the beginning ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marc Berman is a New York-based reporter who covers media. American actress and comedian Lucille Ball, wearing a black-and-white ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I’d grown up watching I Love Lucy like everyone else of our generation,” Purdum explained in an exclusive interview. “I wasn’t a ...

The story of two Cuban brothers who travel to New York City in 1949 with dreams of becoming recording stars. The Latin siblings rise to fame from the dance halls to perform as Desi Arnaz's cousins on ...

Like just about everyone who grew up at a time when a few networks decided what Americans watched on their television sets, author Todd S. Purdum knew all of the antics of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, the ...

What's it like to be raised by the first major TV comedienne? “You don’t grow up a fan of Lucille Ball. You grow up her daughter,” Lucie Arnaz said when reminiscing about her childhood both in Los ...

Mr. Purdum, a former Times correspondent, is the author of a forthcoming biography of Desi Arnaz. Seventy-five years ago, a fading redheaded movie star and her itinerant bandleader husband were ...

When Todd S. Purdum first set out to write Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television, it wasn't just a passion project-it was a gamble. Purdum, best known for his political reporting at The New York ...