Kate ackson Was Too Upset to Be a Part of Farrah Fawcett Tribute

Charlie's Angels star Kate Jackson pulled out of joining the Farrah Fawcett tribute at the TV Land Awards on Saturday - because her pal's death is still so fresh.

Fawcett lost her battle with cancer last June and her Charlie's Angels castmate is still struggling to come to terms with the loss.

So she had to pass on the opportunity to pay tribute to the late actress, alongside Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith at the awards show in Los Angeles.

In a statement to fans, the actress explains, "Farrah was not only my friend, she was an iconic star who allowed us to hit the ground running that first season and spun us into the stratosphere.

"Emotionally, it was simply too soon for me to join my co-stars."

“Charlie’s Angels” Alum Cheryl Ladd & Jaclyn Smith Reunite at TV Land Awards

How cool is this?

The ageless Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith were dazzling Saturday night at the TV Land Awards where Charlie’s Angels received an award and their late co-star, Farrah Fawcett was remembered in a tribute. (Nice of Farrah to receive her due after that infuriating Oscar snub last month.)

Cheryl and Jaclyn were handed the pop culture award after Ryan O’Neal introduced a Farrah who died last year.

USA Today reports that Jaclyn and Cheryl recalled when their show was a phenomenon in the 1970s. “We were rock stars,” Jaclyn said. Added Cheryl: “We had to sneak in the back doors of restaurants.”

The two were happy to receive the award acknowledgment, but Smith said it was “bittersweet, because we’re missing a lot of members of our family.” They include not only Farrah but John Forsythe, the voice of Charlie, who passed away earlier this month.

“It was so beautiful,” Cheryl said of the Farrah tribute.

“And well-deserved,” continued Smith, noting her omission from the Academy Awards’ recap of the year’s deaths. “It was sad she was left out at the Oscars, but certainly tonight she wasn’t. … You can see the distance her career went and how accomplished she became. And along with it, she was an interesting person, a good person to know, a good person to have on your side. I miss her.”

Cheryl and Jaclyn were members of the show’s cast for four and five years, respectively – longer than any of the other cast members including Farrah (1 full season plus three episodes in seasons 3 and 4), Kate Jackson (3 seasons), Shelley Hack (1 season) and Tanya Roberts (1 season).

They not only were the backbone of the show for most of its run, they are also two very lovely ladies who have conducted themselves with such grace and class over the years.

The gala will be aired on TV Land on Sunday, April 25th. Make sure you watch it!

Dennis Cole, Jaclyn Smith's 2nd Husband, Dies

Actress Jaclyn Smith's second husband, TV star Dennis Cole, has died.

The stuntman passed away at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday, aged 69. His cause of death was unknown.

Cole found fame on 1966 series Felony Squad before enjoying a stint on soap opera The Young and the Restless in 1981.

He guest starred on shows including Police Story and Charlie's Angels, where he met his second wife, Smith.

They married in 1978 but divorced just three years later.

Cole's son, Joe, from his first marriage was murdered during a home robbery in 1991 and the case was never solved.

He is survived by his brother Richard.

Jaclyn Smith Wants an Apology From Perez Hilton

Former Charlie's Angels star Jaclyn Smith has called on celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to "do the right thing" and apologise for going public with an erroneous story suggesting the actress had shot herself.

The Internet gossip misreported an incident involving Smith's one-time stunt double last month, and had the star's fans, family and friends fearing the worst.

Hilton's article suggested Smith had shot herself while on vacation in Honduras, but the actress quickly denied she had been injured. In a statement she explained she was "safe and home with her family".

The injured woman was, in fact, the actress' lookalike Sandra Franklin, who sustained a bullet wound to her stomach during an incident at her home.

Smith has been waiting for an apology ever since, stating, "I've moved on but apologies are always nice.

"It's irresponsible. It can be hurtful and painful to people that love you."

The actress did see Hilton's correction, but she tells news show Access Hollywood the damage had already been done - her son was already in a panic.

She explains, "My son was working that day and people came up to him and said, 'Your mom, your mom...' He said, 'I just talked to my mom!' He knows me, he knows I wouldn't have done something like that. But you don't wanna hear that."

Jaclyn Smith Says She's Alive and Well

Actress Jaclyn Smith took to her Twitter and Facebook pages Tuesday afternoon to debunk reports saying she had shot herself in Honduras.

"Jaclyn is safe and home with her family. She is not in Honduras. It is a lie," she posted on her pages. Her rep adds: "Totally untrue. She is fine, spoke to her this morning."

What started the rumor? A Honduras newspaper reported that Smith's stunt double on Charlie's Angels had accidentally shot herself.

Farrah Fawcett’s Final Three “Charlie’s Angels” Appearances are Out Today on DVD

By the time season four of Charlie’s Angels had rolled around, Kate Jackson had quit the show. It turned out that she was far more difficult to replace than Farrah Fawcett had been two years earlier when she quit after only one season.

The difference was that Cheryl Ladd was a sensation as Farrah’s replacement but Shelley Hack never really clicked as Jsckson’s replacement.

Why did Farrah come back? Producers sued her after she quit and the lawsuit was preventing her from appearing in any major studio films. So part of the lawsuit’s settlement agreement was the Farrah return for three episodes in seasons three and four.

The show lasted one more season with Tanya Roberts replacing Hack but Farrah never appeared as Jill Munroe again. That’s why this DVD, out today, is worth checking out.

Remembering Farrah Fawcett: Jaclyn Smith & Kate Jackson's TV Guide Interview

I know the world is Michael Jackson 24/7 right now but we still cannot forget about the life and death of Farrah Fawcett, who passed away just a few hours before Michael.

The current issue of TV Guide has some wonderful coverage of the late star’s life and career. Here are some excerpts from William Keck’s terrific interviews with Farrah’s Charlie’s Angels co-stars Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith.

The original Angels had a dramatic onstage reunion at the 2006 Emmys where they paid tribute to Aaron Spelling.

“The audience was on its feet - screaming and beating their hands together and they didn’t stop,” Jackson said of Emmy night. “We wanted to give the audience all over the world a little present - to see what they had wanted for so long.”

Added Smith: “It was not easy. But once we got it together on how we were going to do it, it was really fun and a memory we will all cherish forever. I know Farrah had fun. It was important we did it.”

Less a month later, Farrah got her cancer diagnosis and the three reunited off-screen more frequently from then on, the last time being an intimate birthday party for Farrah in February at Fawcett’s home.

Says Jaclyn: “My last time with Farrah was right before she left for her last trip to Germany (for experimental treatment). I took her to acupuncture. You would never have known she was sick that night if you didn’t know one leg was four times the size of the other. We were laughing like true girlfriends.”

Kate remembers the good-natured bickering that occurred while driving Farrah to a cancer treatment: “She made me so damned nervous, telling me to turn left. Farrah said, ‘Get in the left lane - no, not for another two blocks!’ Someone honked their horn because they almost hit us, and Farrah started laughing. She said, ‘See, this should be an episode.’ I believe she was looking back on that wonderful, glorious year when we were three little cocoons who turned into butterflies and she was the most beautiful, gorgeous, sexy, funny,. well-known woman in the world.”

Cheryl Ladd Talks About Working with Farrah Fawcett and Feeling “Hurt” at Being Left Out of “Angels” Emmy Reunion

With Farrah Fawcett’s passing last week, a great deal of attention has been paid to her last public appearance at the 2006 Emmy Awards - just two weeks before she received her cancer diagnosis.

At the end of a tribute to Charlie’s Angels creator Aaron Spelling on that Emmy night, Fawcett stunned and delighted the audience when she walked out hand-in-hand with her Angels’ co-stars Kate Jackson and Jaclyn Smith.

So where was Cheryl Ladd? She replaced Farrah on the show after season one and remained on it for four years until it was cancelled in 1981. She admits to feeling “hurt” that she was not asked to participate in the reunion and tribute to Spelling.

“I think Kate made the decision for everybody that this is how it was going to be,” Ladd says in the new issue of TV Guide. “I was the outsider, but Jaclyn and I have remained fast friends.”

While Farrah left the show after the first season, she and Ladd did work together for a total of six episodes during seasons three and four when Farrah made guest appearances as part of a legal settlement with producers. Since their characters were sisters, the two had many of their scenes together.

“It was awkward,” Ladd admits. “I don’t think she wanted to be there. She was a little surprised how well the show did after she left. So we both chose to be 100 percent professional.”

It is ironic that Ladd was excluded from the reunion since the continued success of the show hinged on her being able to fill Fawcett’s shoes and connect with the public. Ratings for seasons two and three soared and did not drop off until season four when Jackson left and was replaced by Shelly Hack.

Charlie's Angels Opening - Pilot Episode

In memory of Farrah Fawcett's recent death I share with you the opening of the pilot episode of Charlie's Angels, which aired in 1976. It is longer than the first season's opening.

Note that there are common points between them: Sabrina's also shooting the gun, the three girls going out from the police department together... But the building of Charles Townsend Agency isn't the same, and it's called Private Investigations.

Hollywood Pays Tribute to Farrah Fawcett

The angels are in mourning.

"Farrah had courage, she had strength, and she had faith. And now she has peace as she rests with the real angels," said Jaclyn Smith after the death of her friend and Charlie's Angels costar Farrah Fawcett.

Cheryl Ladd, who replaced Fawcett on the wildly popular '70s show, says: "I'm terribly sad about Farrah's passing. She was incredibly brave, and God will be welcoming her with open arms."

"I will miss Farrah every day," says Kate Jackson. "She was a selfless person who loved her family and friends with all her heart, and what a big heart it was. Farrah showed immense courage and grace throughout her illness and was an inspiration to those around her. When I think of Farrah I will remember her kindness, her cutting dry wit and, of course, her beautiful smile."

Added Jackson, "Today when you think of Farrah remember her smiling, because that is exactly how she wanted to be remembered."

Fond Remembrances

From pinup, to TV star, to entertainment icon, to hero: Fawcett is being fondly remembered by both Hollywood and the style community.

Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner called Fawcett, who died of cancer at age 62 Thursday morning, the "Marilyn Monroe of the 1970s" whose famous poster "defined what one thinks of as the All-American girl."

"Men fell in love with her and women wanted to look like her," says Hefner of his magazine's cover model. "She had a magic that never went away. She became a part of the pop culture.

Griffin O'Neal, son of Ryan, said, "I never looked at her as a 'star,' or a 'Charlie's Angel.' I looked at her always as this wonderful Southern Belle, a lady. I was fascinated by her. I loved her. She was the most gracious, wonderful person. I always wondered why she was around this family. 'Why are you here?' She was such a beautiful person. Especially in the latter days."

He went on to say, "It was incredible watching her battling to help [her son] Redmond. She had the patience of a giant. I'm so worried about my brother. What's he going to do without her? Farrah was part of my family. My heart is broken. I will miss her forever and ever. She was so kind and gracious."

Charlie's Angels costar John Forsythe said, "Though I did not know her well, Farrah left an indelible mark on me and the public during her one-year reign on Charlie's Angels. She put up a gallant fight against her unforgiving disease, and I send my deepest sympathy and prayers to her family and friends."

Former Husband Mourns

Fawcett's former husband, Lee Majors, says, "She fought a tremendous battle against a terrible disease. She was an angel on earth and now an angel forever."

Hairstylist Jose Eber, who created Fawcett's famous blonde mane, says, "She was blessed with the most amazing hair anybody could have."

"Her hair had its own personality," he says. "In my business, doing hair for so long now, very rarely do you see a person who has hair with such perfection. And it was all natural."

Although Fawcett was known for her beauty and glamour, Robert Duvall, who starred with her in The Apostle, notes that "Farrah had an outstanding talent, better than most feature-film actresses that I've seen. She was great to work with and will be missed."

David Pinsky, an entertainment marketing executive and a longtime friend, says, "It has been a true pleasure to call Farrah my friend for the past 15 years. While we may have met because of who she was, we became friends because of who she is – a good-hearted, funny and generous soul. I will miss her terribly but her spirit lives on inside her son Redmond."