Unabomber updates Harvard alum profile
Harvard alumni attending their 50th class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates – including Ted Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber.
Kaczynski graduated in 1962 and is serving a life sentence for killing three people and injuring 23 during a nationwide series of bombings between 1978 and 1995.
In an alumni directory, he lists his occupation as “prisoner” and under awards lists “eight life sentences.”
A Harvard spokesman says the update was submitted by Kaczynski but could not immediately say how the university confirmed that.
The Harvard-trained mathematician railed against the effects of advanced technology and led authorities on the nation’s longest and costliest manhunt before his brother tipped off law enforcement in 1996.
Bristol gets show about motherhood
Lifetime network has set a premiere date for its new reality series about Bristol Palin’s home life in Alaska. The network says “Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp” will debut June 19 with two new half-hours airing weekly.
The 14-episode series stars the daughter of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and will explore her pressures raising toddler son Tripp as she maintains her close relationship with the larger Palin clan.
The former first daughter of Alaska, Palin became one of the nation’s most prominent single mothers after the 2008 birth of Tripp. In 2010, she competed on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars.” Last June she published a best-selling memoir.
Burnett book to remember daughter
Carol Burnett’s next book will likely inspire tears along with laughter.
The beloved actress and comedienne has an agreement with Simon & Schuster for a memoir about her daughter, Carrie Hamilton, who died of cancer in 2002 at age 38. The publisher announced Tuesday that Burnett’s book, ‘Carrie and Me,” is expected in April 2013.
The memoir will be a “funny and moving” story of Burnett’s relationship with her daughter, an actress and writer who appeared on stage in the musical “Rent” and on such television shows as “Touched by an Angel” and “The X-Files.” Carol Burnett’s previous books include “This Time Together” and “One More Time.”
The birthday bunch
Comedian Tommy Chong is 74. Singer Bob Dylan is 71. Actor Gary Burghoff is 69. Singer Patti LaBelle is 68. Actress Priscilla Presley is 67. Actor Jim Broadbent is 63. Singer Rosanne Cash is 57. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 52. Actor John C. Reilly is 47. Rock musician Rich Robinson is 43. Actor Bryan Greenburg is 34. Actor Billy L. Sullivan is 32.