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Armand “Army” Archerd was a gossip columnist for Variety for over fifty years before retiring his “Just for Variety” column in September 2005. Archerd was hired by Variety to replace columnist Sheilah Graham in 1953. Army Archerd’s “Just for Variety” column was a regular and highly popular feature in Daily Variety from 1953 to 2005, breaking countless exclusive stories from even normally press-shy celebs like Marlon Brando. He is known for being fair and quoting people accurately. In November 2005 Archerd began blogging for Variety and is currently at work on a memoir.

In the words of Lee Solters, the public relations executive who represented Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Jackson, “[Archerd] is a first-class reporter. Before I give him anything, I ask myself all the questions that (I think) he would ask me; lo and behold, he will ask me other questions that I forget to ask myself. He wants facts, facts, facts. The truth.”

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Army Archerd to receive posthumous award
Variety, 2010-03-04 20:36:41
Publishing News: Late Variety columnist honored by Asbestos Disease Awareness Org -- Variety columnist Army Archerd will be honored posthumously by the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) next month in Chicago.

Celebrating Army Archerd
Variety, 2010-01-19 20:50:41
Publishing News: Spielberg, Poitier, Reiner pay tribute -- At Monday's memorial service for Army Archerd, Steven Spielberg said the late Variety columnist had been "our industry's continuity. He was the link between the golden past and the rapidly changing present."

Variety plans memorial
Variety, 2010-01-04 23:25:46
Obituary: Service set for columnist Army Archerd -- Variety will celebrate the life of columnist Army Archerd starting at 7:30 p.m. on Jan. 18 at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills.