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Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

LOS ANGELES – Larry King, the suspenders-wearing everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century,...

Tom Brokaw says he’s retiring from NBC News after 55 years

NEW YORK – NBC News veteran Tom Brokaw said Friday that he is retiring from the network after 55 years. Brokaw, author of “The Greatest Generation,” was NBC’s lead anchorman at “N...

Dave Chappelle tests positive for COVID-19; shows canceled

AUSTIN, Texas – Dave Chappelle tested positive for the coronavirus just before his comedy show scheduled for Thursday, forcing his upcoming appearances to be canceled, a spokeswoman said. ...

Elvis Presley’s Graceland starting live virtual tours

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Elvis Presley’s Graceland is now offering live online tours for fans around the world, including those who can’t travel to the Tennessee tourist attraction during the corona...

Dr. Dre recovering well after being admitted into hospital

LOS ANGELES – Dr. Dre says he will be “back home soon” after the music mogul received medical treatment at a Los Angeles hospital for a reported brain aneurysm. The rapper and pro...

Larry King moved out of ICU

LOS ANGELES – Veteran talk show host Larry King, suffering from COVID-19, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own, a spokesman sai...

Dawn Wells, wholesome castaway on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ dies of COVID-19 at 82

Dawn Wells, an actress best known as the pigtailed Kansas farm girl turned castaway on the 1960s sitcom “Gilligan’s Island,” died Dec. 30 at an assisted-living facility in Woodland Hills, Ca...

British model, fashion muse Stella Tennant dies at 50

LONDON – Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said Wednesday. ...

K.T. Oslin, country singer of ‘80’s Ladies,’ dies at 78

LOS ANGELES – Country singer K.T. Oslin, who hit it big with the 1987 hit “80’s Ladies” and won three Grammy awards, has died. She was 78. Oslin’s friend Robert K. Oermann said sh...

Jeremy Bulloch, Boba Fett in first ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, dies

LOS ANGELES – Jeremy Bulloch, the English actor who first wore a helmet, cape and jetpack to play Boba Fett in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, died Thursday. Bulloch died at a L...

Tony-winning choreographer, actress Ann Reinking dies at 71

NEW YORK – Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a cool, muscular hybrid of jazz and burlesque movement to Broadway and bey...

Fashion mogul Peter Nygard arrested in Canada on sex charges

NEW YORK – Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was arrested on charges alleging he sexually abused women and girls after luring them into his orbit with opportunities in fashion and modeling...