13:55, Tue, Jun 23, 2015 Updated: 14:13, Tue, Jun 23, 2015 Yes, folks, Vin Diesel will be bringing his thespian talents to the role of the legendary lollipop-loving detective. Universal Studios has ...

America loved Telly Savalas in the 1970s, when the veteran Greek-American actor nailed the title role in CBS’ “Kojak” series — a tough New York City police lieutenant with a heart of gold, given to ...

If you`re Ariana Savalas, Papa does. Telly Savalas` 2-year-old toddler stole the spotlight right out from under his prominent beak at the recent TV critics` tour in Los Angeles. Savalas was supposed ...

Universal Studios is gearing up its “Kojak” movie with playwright Philip Gawthorne on board for Vin Diesel’s bigscreen version of the Telly Savalas cop series. Gawthorne recently signed on to write ...

Giallo: a splashy ‘70s subgenre of Italian horror with soft, overlit nightscapes filmed in garish Eastman color and stars whose hairlines didn’t recede, they advanced. Except for the lollipop-sucking ...

HE SUCKED LOLLIPOPS, called everyone “baby” and remains one of the coolest bald men in American history. But in Queens, “Kojak” star Telly Savalas is also the subject of an unconfirmed yet ...

Back when "Kojak" was king, Tom DiMenna wasn't even born. Yet, more than 35 years after that prime-time crime show made a star of Telly Savalas and launched one of the more enduring pop culture icons, ...

“Kojak” is back, 11 years after the death of Telly Savalas, in a limited series from the USA Network, and let us all admit from the start that, lollipops and “New York setting” aside -- Toronto ...

His lollipops and his former sidekicks may be gone, but thanks to Telly Savalas, Kojak is back. The actor returns to the role of the New York police detective, which fueled the popular 1973-78 CBS ...

George Savalas, 58, who played the mop-topped Detective Stavros on the Kojak television show that starred his brother Telly Savalas, died Wednesday of leukemia. Savalas was a former drama teacher who ...

"Who loves ya, baby?" he used to say, with the lollipop in his mouth. Well, Queen Elizabeth, for one. Once upon a time, the woman whom Bette Midler immortally described as "the whitest woman in the ...