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Benedict Cumberbatch to star in short Showtime series

NEW YORK – Benedict Cumberbatch will play an aristocratic playboy, the title character in a five-part Showtime series “Melrose” that will begin production this summer. The series ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

FX to follow ‘Bette and Joan’ with ‘Feud: Charles and Diana’

The Associated Press NEW YORK – Producer Ryan Murphy’s first edition of “Feud,” which tells the story of film legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, won’t premiere until this week...

DATE: Feb 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl appearance spurs huge digital sales

NEW YORK – The Super Bowl was a triumph for fans of the New England Patriots but it also became very lucrative for Lady Gaga. The superstar singer who performed at the halftime sh...

DATE: Feb 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Music

Oprah Winfrey to be ‘special contributor’ to ‘60 Minutes’

NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey has been named a “special contributor” to CBS News’ “60 Minutes.” Winfrey will bring occasional reports to the newsmagazine starting this fall, when it be...

DATE: Jan 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Pioneering TV actress Mary Tyler Moore dies at 80

NEW YORK – Mary Tyler Moore, the star of TV’s beloved “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” whose comic realism helped revolutionize the depiction of women on the small screen, died Wednesday. She was...

DATE: Jan 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Sherlock’ season finale leaks online 1 day before premiere

LONDON – There’s a little less mystery about the season finale of the television series “Sherlock” after a Russian version of the episode leaked online. The show’s official Twitte...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Golden Globe predictions 2017

Who will win at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night? Who should? Who could surprise everyone? Here are our predictions in the major categories: Best picture, drama “Hacksaw Ri...

DATE: Jan 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ is missing something – and it isn’t just Donald Trump

To no one’s surprise, NBC’s “The New Celebrity Apprentice,” which was shot many moons ago but made its two-hour premiere Monday night, is very much like the old “Celebrity Apprentice” – dull...

DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

The best TV episodes of 2016, from ‘Black Mirror’ to ‘SNL’

Late-night TV hosts have cast 2016 as a downright apocalyptic year, but for television, it was actually pretty great. Here are our picks for the best TV episodes of the year. “...

DATE: Dec 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Politics dominated pop culture – and vice versa

Our politics is often reflected in our popular culture, and vice versa – especially in an election year. That relationship seemed closer than ever in 2016, when a TV personality was elected ...

DATE: Dec 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

That time Alan Thicke told me his Leonardo DiCaprio stories from ‘Growing Pains’

I was sitting in a Panera in Nashville this past February when I received a phone call from a blocked number. I eyed it suspiciously. Earlier in the day, I had talked to “Growing Pains” star...

DATE: Dec 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment

Blake Crouch cracks Top 20 list on Amazon

Durango author Now, his most recent book, Dark Matter, was selected by the editors at Amazon as one of the Top 20 books in 2016 in the Mystery, Thriller and Suspense category alongside boo...

DATE: Dec 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News