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Trebek: ‘Jeopardy!’ retirement isn’t imminent despite cancer

PASADENA, Calif. – The brief farewell that Alex Trebek says will close his final “Jeopardy!” episode isn’t on the horizon. “I don’t foresee that 30-second moment coming up in the ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Inuit-Canadian singer who covered ‘Diamonds’’ dies at 26

LOS ANGELES – Kelly Fraser, a Canadian pop artist who gained attention for an Inuit-language cover of Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” part of her advocacy efforts for her indigenous culture, has died....

DATE: Dec 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Music

In Apple TV’s ‘Morning Show,’ women rebel, men misbehave

LOS ANGELES – “The Morning Show” started life as a behind-the-scenes peek at a slice of network TV as familiar and routine as a wake-up cup of coffee. Then shocking revelations of sexual mis...

DATE: Oct 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘SNL’ adds three to its cast, including an Asian American comic

LOS ANGELES – “Saturday Night Live” is adding three new cast members for its upcoming 45th season, including the show’s only Asian American performer. Bowen Yang, who joined NBC’s...

DATE: Sep 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Game of Thrones’ earns a record-breaking 32 Emmy Award nods

LOS ANGELES – HBO’s “Game of Thrones” slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations Tuesday for its eighth and final season, leading HBO back to dominance over Netflix, the streami...

DATE: Jul 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

PBS’ ‘Let’s Go Luna!’ takes kids on globe-spanning tour

LOS ANGELES – Carmen, Leo and Andy are globe-trotters to envy, jumping from Paris to Nairobi to New Orleans and beyond in the company of a tour guide who knows her way around: Luna the moon....

DATE: Nov 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Readers pick America’s best-loved novel in nationwide vote

LOS ANGELES – “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a coming-of-age story about racism and injustice, overcame wizards and time travelers to be voted America’s best-loved novel by readers nationwide. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Books

CBS’ ‘Murphy Brown’ is back, ready to ‘make some noise’

LOS ANGELES – Last season’s short-lived “Roseanne” revival blew an air kiss to President Donald Trump in its debut episode before it reverted to finding laughs in family and working-class wo...

DATE: Sep 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Study: Middle Eastern actors ignored, stereotyped by TV

LOS ANGELES – Actors and characters of Middle Eastern and North African descent are either ignored by TV or stereotyped, according to a new study. The few such actors who get work...

DATE: Sep 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Church of Scientology launches TV channel

LOS ANGELES – The Church of Scientology launched its own TV channel with a vow that it will be candid about every aspect of the church and its operations but isn’t seeking to preach or conve...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Religion

PBS series examines sexual misconduct, chance for change

PASADENA, Calif. – PBS, which dealt with sexual misconduct allegations in its own backyard, will air a series examining the pressing social issue. The five-part series, “#MeToo, N...

DATE: Jan 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Actress Rose Marie of ‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ fame dies at 94

LOS ANGELES – Rose Marie, the wisecracking Sally Rogers of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and a show business lifer who began as a bobbed-hair child star in vaudeville and worked for nearly a cent...

DATE: Dec 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment