Robert Hegyes, who played Juan Epstein in the 70's show, "Welcome Back, Kotter," died of an apparent heart attack at his home in Metuchen. Hegyes was born in New Jersey, and also starred in "Cagney and Lacey." NJ.com users remembered the actor and the Robert Hegyes, the Jersey-born actor who played Jewish Puerto Rican wheeler-dealer Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on the 1970s classic “Welcome Back Kotter,” died from an apparent heart attack after By Sue Epstein/The Star-Ledger Star-Ledger fileJonathan Zarate is pictured in Morris Superior Court in a...

That's before the classic "bow-bow-chicka-chicka" from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" plays, ending the preview with just the date of the Super Bowl left to tease us. It seems clear that Broderick reprises the role of Ferris Bueller, but the preview told There's a lot of buzz right now for the clip above showing Matthew Broderick appearing to be a grown-up Ferris Bueller (bow-bow-chik-chika-chika sound effect included) looking to skip work for another day off. Today: Canada's space program succeeds where Russia's has failed, Matthew Broderick is...

The GOP presidential candidates continue to play their parts in an implausible story of a world that could never exist, acting out nonexistent conflicts while delivering dialog that insults the intelligence. That's not because By Brian Summerfield, Online Editor, REALTOR® Magazine A subject we've talked about a great deal here on the Speaking of Real Estate blog got some play during the Republican presidential debate last night in Jacksonville. By Brian Summerfield, Online Editor, REALTOR® Magazine A subject we've talked about a great deal here on the Speaking of Real Estate...

Anyone see this new teaser ad with Matthew Broderick? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller??! According to the following video and this note from Vulture, Ferris Bueller is coming back for a Super Bowl ad. Yes, Matthew Broderick is bringing a 40-something Ferris back to avoid work and schlep for some sort of soft drink company. According to the following video and this note from Vulture, Ferris Bueller is coming back for a Super Bowl ad. Yes, Matthew Broderick is bringing a 40-something Ferris back to avoid work and schlep for some sort of soft drink company. While it seems unlikely that anything will be...

Slowly, over the past several years, the IRS has been insisting that more and more information be submitted from employers and from the savings and investment industry directly to them. At the same time, they've been There are three easy and convenient options for getting taxreturn transcripts and tax account transcripts from the IRS: on the web, by phone or by mail. There are eight things you need to know about getting federal taxreturn information from a The IRS urges everyone earning $49078 or less from wages, self-employment or farming in 2011 to see if they qualify by using the EITC...

Starring a painfully awkward Katherine Heigl, One for the Money mostly resembles a failed television pilot, a feeling which is only reinforced by its late-January release and failure to be screened for critics. Sporting brown hair, a drab wardrobe and The 'Grey's Anatomy' star should have just stayed on TV. By Ramin Setoodeh. You know the old saying: It's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and 10 for the free Katherine Heigl loot. Katherine Heigl stopped complaining about her long hours on the set of new action comedy “One For The Money” after...

But I had a special spot in my heart for Juan Epstein, the character played with such energy and adventure by Robert Hegyes. I didn't really understand my affection for Hegyes and Epstein, though, until 2000 when I wrote "The Jews of Prime Time," a If you grew up in the 70's like me, then you remember the TV show Welcome Back Kotter. One of the stars of the show, Robert Hegyes a.k.a. Sweathog Juan. Robert Hegyes, the Jersey-born actor who played Jewish Puerto Rican wheeler-dealer Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on the 1970s classic “Welcome Back Kotter,”...

By Sarah Anne Hughes Cher, left, and Kim Kardashian. (Dennis Cook/AP; Linda Davidson/The Washington Post)Poor Kim Kardashian got quite a scare last evening, as a completely false rumor about Cher's death spread on Twitter. Music legend Cher is not dead, so rest easy. No need to try to turn back time. I've known this guy long enough to realize that the only three species destined to survive a nuclear holocaust will be cockroaches, Cher and Newton Leroy Gingrich. I first met Gingrich 17 years ago at a Destin, Florida fundraiser held in my honor a few Just in case anyone is truly...