Posts with tag "Jaleel White"

Jaleel White of 'Family Matters' Has New Web Series

Posted Jun 10th 2010 at 10:34 AM by Zach Dionne

The transition from mega-geek Steve Urkel to dapper Stefan Urquelle seems like nothing now that we've seen how cool 33-year-old 'Family Matters' star Jaleel White is these days. Fresh off writing, producing and starring in a new web series, 'Fake It Til You Make It,' White has been making the press rounds, chatting about his days as a '90s sitcom icon and his mastery of characters. Interview ...

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Jaleel 'Urkel' White Gets Acquainted With Urlesque

Posted Apr 2nd 2010 at 02:56 PM by PopEater Staff

All day on April Fools' Day, our pals over at Urlesque featured posts from a "guest contributor," none other than TGIF's Steve Urkel, and occasionally his suave alter-ego Stefan Urquelle. For a day, they became "Urkelesque." The April Fools Day "prank" was all over the Web, but most importantly -- seen by The Urkel himself: Jaleel White! After his friends bombarded his inbox with links to our ...

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Former Teen Stars Who Have Thrived in (and Out) of Show Business

Posted Mar 14th 2010 at 10:00 AM by Patricia Chui

The death of 38-year-old actor Corey Haim, after a history of drug abuse, was sad news to anyone who remembered him as that cute, gangly, cherub-faced kid from the '80s movies 'Lucas,' 'The Lost Boys' and 'License to Drive.' What's even more tragic is that Haim joins a long list of troubled former child and teen stars -- Brad Renfro, River Phoenix and Jonathan Brandis, to name a few -- who ...

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Cliffs, Pretzels and Baked Beans: Our Favorite Celebrity Death Hoaxes

Posted Oct 13th 2009 at 10:00 PM by Marc Schneider

If all celebrity death reports over the years turned out true (Zach Braff alive!), we'd have lost three big stars to the cliffs of New Zealand by now. Britney Spears would have met her maker thanks to a pretzel truck. And let's just say that Urkel's wake was closed casket. Hoaxes can be random, fun, disturbing. They also lift from common themes. Some of our favorites, starting with ... Deadly ...