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Worried about your favorite TV show?

The recent cancellations of series such as WGN’s “Underground,” Netflix’s “Sense8” and “The Get Down,” as well as network series including “American Crime” led me to ponder last week whether...

DATE: Jun 13, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Reza Aslan becomes second CNN personality dumped after attacking Trump

For the second time in just over a week, a CNN personality has been cast off the network after a vulgar attack on President Donald Trump. At the end of May, Kathy Griffin’s contra...

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

Adam West learned to embrace Batman role he couldn’t shake

LOS ANGELES – Before Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck wore Batman’s cape in a stream of Hollywood blockbusters, there was Adam West. West...

DATE: Jun 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

‘Batman’ star Adam West dead at 88

LOS ANGELES – Adam West, whose straight-faced portrayal of Batman in a 1960s TV series lifted the tight-clad Caped Crusader into the national consciousness, has died at age 88, his family sa...

DATE: Jun 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Poignant moments are overshadowed by filler in new season of ‘Orange Is the New Black’

“You’ve got time,” Regina Spektor croons in the theme song that precedes each episode of “Orange Is the New Black.” For the inmates of Litchfield Penitentiary, that’s not a comforting statem...

DATE: Jun 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Director: Stacy Keach had a heart attack during Chicago play

CHICAGO – Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls says actor Stacy Keach suffered a heart attack during the opening night of a play at the venue in Chicago. Goodman officia...

DATE: Jun 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Deaf singer wows crowd, judges on ‘America’s Got Talent’

LOS ANGELES – A deaf singer is moving on to the semifinals of “America’s Got Talent” after delivering a performance judge Simon Cowell calls “one of the most amazing things” he’s ever seen o...

DATE: Jun 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Skip the first episode of ‘I’m Dying Up Here’

Showtime’s “I’m Dying Up Here” is a fictional drama about the Sunset Strip stand-up comedy scene in 1973, and it’s full of revelations that it (wrongly) assumes to be fresh news to a cable a...

DATE: Jun 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Bill Maher's use of racial slur on HBO show draws criticism

LOS ANGELES (AP) â€” Bill Maher is facing criticism for his use of a racial slur during a discussion with a Republican senator on his HBO talk show Friday night. Maher was speakin...

DATE: Jun 3, 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

ABC’s chemistry-lacking ‘Dirty Dancing’ has two left feet

You will not have the time of your life watching ABC’s “Dirty Dancing” musical. It is neither good nor deliciously bad. It is a banal, three-hour time-suck that manages to feel both rushed a...

DATE: May 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

How did Rashad Jennings win ‘Dancing with the Stars’? It’s still an athlete’s show

NFL running back Rashad Jennings won Season 24 of “Dancing With the Stars” on Tuesday night, a well-deserved victory after a season of high scores and fan-favorite dances. “I don’...

DATE: May 24, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment