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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

And with that, an era ends: 'Thanks for watching us. It's the NBA on TNT'

Ernie Johnson could barely get the words out. The run of “Inside the NBA” on TNT came to an end on Saturday night after nearly four decades as a fixture of the league. The show will move to ...

DATE: Jun 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Margaret Houlihan on pioneering TV series ‘M.A.S.H.,’ has died at 87

NEW YORK – Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV ...

DATE: May 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on ‘Cheers’ and found another home onstage, dies at 76

George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway i...

DATE: May 20, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Sen. Bennet chalks wins – and misses – for Southwest Colorado

The senator has tackled public lands bills, television markets and FLC tuition waiver

DATE: Apr 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78

LOS ANGELES – David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died just days bef...

DATE: Jan 16, 2025 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment