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Naya Rivera, who rose to fame on ‘Glee,’ dies at 33

NEW YORK – Naya Rivera, a singer and actor who played a gay cheerleader on the hit TV musical comedy “Glee,” was found dead Monday in a Southern California lake. She was 33. River...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Soap opera’s smooches outwit coronavirus

Mannequins, spouses help keep sets safe

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Sheriff: ‘Glee’ actor Naya Rivera missing in California lake

LOS ANGELES – Authorities were searching the waters of a Southern California lake Thursday for “Glee” star Naya Rivera a day after her 4-year-old son was found alone on a rented boat. ...

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

Beavis and Butt-Head staging comeback

LOS ANGELES – Beavis and Butt-Head are coming back to TV in a reimagined version of the animated series about a pair of Gen X slackers. “It seemed like the time was right to get s...

DATE: Jul 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

New this week: ‘Clemency,’ ‘Doctor Sleep’

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies “Clemency.” Al...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Jimmy Kimmel apologizes for use of blackface in sketches

NEW YORK – Jimmy Kimmel apologized Tuesday for his 1990s blackface impressions of NBA player Karl Malone and other Black celebrities but said his delay in addressing the subject came in part...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

L.A. Story: Rams, Chargers to appear on HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’

LOS ANGELES – It will be lights, cameras, Los Angeles again for “Hard Knocks” but for the first time the show will feature two franchises. HBO and NFL Films announced Thursday tha...

DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Floyd’s death hastens shift in police portrayals

NEW YORK – Gary Phillips, a prize-winning crime novelist from Los Angeles, grew up on TV shows that showed a world nothing like the one he lived in. “I watched them all, ‘Dragnet,...

DATE: Jun 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

ABC names Matt James as its first black ‘Bachelor’

NEW YORK – ABC has named Matt James, its first black “Bachelor” to lead the network’s long-running dating competition show. The casting was announced Friday on “Good Morning Ameri...

DATE: Jun 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Four ‘Vanderpump’ regulars ousted over slurs, racial profiling

NEW YORK – Four cast members are not returning for another season of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” – two over their racist social media posts, and the others after they racially profiled a cowo...

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

Lea Michele apologizes for being ‘difficult’ on ‘Glee’ set

NEW YORK – Former “Glee” star Lea Michele has apologized for being “unnecessarily difficult” on the set of the musical TV show after a co-star accused Michele of making her time there “a liv...

DATE: Jun 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Little Fires Everywhere’ director Lynn Shelton dies at 54

LOS ANGELES – Lynn Shelton, an independent filmmaker who directed “Humpday” and “Little Fires Everywhere,” has died. She was 54. Shelton’s publicist, Adam Kersh, said in a stateme...

DATE: May 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming