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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

In Florence Henderson’s Carol Brady, a reassuring (and vanishing) sense of adulthood

Florence Henderson was 34 when she was cast as Carol Brady, an unmarried (presumably divorced; it’s still up for debate) mother of three little girls who met and married a widowed father of ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Fake Donald Trump returns to ‘SNL,’ and the real one is not happy

Alec Baldwin returned to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend in his first post-election appearance, portraying President-Elect Donald Trump as he grapples with his transition from candidate i...

DATE: Nov 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

TV-lover gifts abound: ‘Mad Men’ opus to Roku to Slanket

LOS ANGELES – The TV lovers in your life deserve holiday gifts that recognize their passion. There’s lots of ways to achieve that, with creative goods that lets fans flaunt their ...

DATE: Nov 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

How a fed-up group of ‘Good Girls’ beat the ‘Mad Men’-era sexists

NEW YORK – In the late 1960s, the researchers at Newsweek magazine were known as “the Dollies.” The Dollies were all women, and when they handed over the results of their work to ...

DATE: Oct 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Ben and Lauren’s ‘Bachelor’ spin-off is a nightmare, but not for the reason you think

Let’s state the obvious: Yes, producers had to amp up the drama when they inexplicably gave the sweet-but-very-dull couple Ben Higgins and Lauren Bushnell their own reality show. Titled “Ben...

DATE: Oct 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Rolling Stone has come up with the 100 greatest TV shows of all time; my list was a little different

The Oct. 6 issue of Rolling Stone is out, with the magazine’s list of “The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time” on the cover. (No. 1? Hardly a spoiler alert needed – it’s HBO’s “The Sopranos.”...

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Amy Schumer will play Mr. Burns’ mom on ‘The Simpsons’ season premiere

Amy Schumer is slated to appear as the mother of prominent Springfield resident Mr. Burns on the season premiere of “The Simpsons,” which will air Sunday. The comedian will voice ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Emmy predictions: Who will win, who deserves it

Awards show on ABC tonight

DATE: Sep 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Rob & Chyna’ premiere managed to tell us something we didn’t already know

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna revealed that they are expecting a baby girl on their E! reality show, “Rob & Chyna,” which premiered Sunday night. The move was straight from the “K...

DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Star Trek’ turns 50: What would Gene Roddenberry think of 2016?

Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of when “Star Trek’s” original “five-year mission” first launched into American households. And next month marks the 25th year since Gene Roddenberry, cre...

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Arts and Entertainment