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Faith-based entertainment sees a revival in Hollywood. Defining what it is can be a challenge

LOS ANGELES – At the movies this fall, Josh O’Connor plays a hot priest with a complicated past, Keanu Reeves is an angel who lost his wings, and Elizabeth Olsen has a romantic dilemma in th...

DATE: Dec 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Religion

Comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old

Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke celebrated his 100th birthday on Saturday, hitting the century mark some six decades after he sang and danced with Julie Andrews in “Mary Poppins” and starred in hi...

DATE: Dec 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Musician, iAM MUSIC co-founder Jesse Ogle competes on ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’

Durangoan No. 058 on season two of Netflix reality show

DATE: Nov 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Love is Blind’ put a spotlight on Colorado, but it’s not easy for filmmakers

State’s $5 million per year in film incentives a tiny fraction of other states in region

DATE: Nov 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor best known for ‘Dances with Wolves,’ dies at 73

NEW YORK – Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in “Danc...

DATE: Sep 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ dies at 60

LOS ANGELES – Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What’s Happening!!” has died. Spencer died Monday at age 60 after a yea...

DATE: Aug 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Here's what you need to know about ESPN's new streaming service and its deals with the NFL and WWE

ESPN's much-discussed streaming service finally has its launch date. The network announced Wednesday that its direct-to-consumer service and enhanced app will debut Aug. 21. The announcement...

DATE: Aug 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new ‘King of the Hill’ episodes

Show now streaming on Hulu

DATE: Aug 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

NFL and ESPN reach nonbinding agreement for sale of NFL Network and other media assets

Ever since the NFL announced it was looking to sell NFL Network and other media assets, ESPN had been seen as one of the favorites to make a deal. Nearly five years later, a framework is fin...

DATE: Aug 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Hulk Hogan, icon in professional wrestling, dies at age 71

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Hulk Hogan, a mustachioed, headscarf-wearing icon in professional wrestling who turned the sport into a massive business and cultural touchstone, died Thursday at 71, Flor...

DATE: Jul 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Gen Xers mourn drowning death of actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Actor best known as Theo on ‘The Cosby Show’ died Sunday at age 54

DATE: Jul 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, ends May 2026

CBS is canceling “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” next May, shuttering a decades-old TV institution in a changing media landscape and removing from air one of President Donald Trump’s mo...

DATE: Jul 18, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment