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Publicist: Game show host Bob Barker has died

A publicist says popular game show host Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of “Truth or Consequences” and “The Price Is Right,” has died at his home in Los Angeles. He w...

DATE: Aug 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Barbara Walters, dead at 93, was cultural fixture, TV icon

NEW YORK – Barbara Walters was that rarest of TV personalities: a cultural fixture. For more than a half-century, she was on the air, placing in front of her audience world figures, big shot...

DATE: Dec 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Embarrassed’ Geraldo Rivera apologizes for ‘tawdry’ memoir

NEW YORK – Geraldo Rivera is apologizing for a memoir published a quarter-century ago that recounts sexual experiences he says he’s now “embarrassed” about. In a tweet on Friday, ...

DATE: Dec 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Harvey Weinstein sues former company over emails, records

NEW YORK – Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein sued his former company on Thursday, seeking access to emails, his personnel file and other records he contends may exonerate him from multip...

DATE: Oct 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Sopranos’ mobster, veteran actor Frank Vincent dies at 80

NEW YORK – Frank Vincent, a veteran character actor who often played tough guys, including mob boss Phil Leotardo on “The Sopranos,” has died. He was 80. Vincent died peacefully o...

DATE: Sep 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Emmy drama: Which nominee will be named Best Drama?

NEW YORK – Year after year, too many Emmy categories are laden with expected and oft-repeated winners. No drama then, when the envelope is torn. But there is drama ahead in the dr...

DATE: Sep 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Shelley Berman, comedian-bard of everyday life, has died

NEW YORK – Comedian Shelley Berman, who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1950s and 1960s delivering wry monologues about the annoyances of everyday life, has died...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

CNN sacks Kathy Griffin over Trump video as backlash builds

NEW YORK – Kathy Griffin has lost a decade-long gig ringing in the new year for CNN as a backlash builds over her video displaying a likeness of President Donald Trump’s severed head. ...

DATE: May 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Game of Thrones’ might spawn new HBO shows, says creator

NEW YORK – HBO’s “Game of Thrones” is in its home stretch. But the game isn’t over for its creator, George R.R. Martin, who is in the thick of planning for potential new series on the networ...

DATE: May 21, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Pioneering TV actress Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80

NEW YORK – Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV’s beloved “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday. She was...

DATE: Jan 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Emeril feasts globally on new series

Amazon Prime show depicts adventurous side of food

DATE: Sep 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Food

Christina Grimmie: A star on the rise cut down by gunman

Man shot her while she was signing autographs Friday

DATE: Jun 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World