Turner Sports NBA sideline reporter Craig Sager has died at the age of 65, the network announced Thursday. Sager waged a public battle with cancer over the past two years after originally being diagnosed with leukemia in 2014. The cancer went into remission after a bone marrow transplant but returned in March 2015. Sager, who
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Sports & Competitions, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThey meet every Friday for lunch at the same spot in Beverly Hills: the former studio head, the retired producer and the greatest living figure in American comedy. “We are the three regulars,” says the ex-producer, Michael Gruskoff, who is joined each week by Alan Ladd Jr. and the legendary Mel Brooks in what is
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – As the widow of billionaire Carnival Cruise Lines founder Ted Arison, Lin Arison has had the chance to travel wherever she wants to around the world. The Carnival Corporation owns not only Carnival Cruise Lines, but such other cruise lines as Princess Cruises, Cunard Lines, Holland-America, Seabourn Cruises,
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Travel and FoodCanadian actor Alan Thicke, best known for his role as the father Jason Seaver in the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains,” died of a heart attack Tuesday. Thicke was 69 and suffered a cardiac arrest while playing hockey with his 19-year-old son Carter. A songwriter and producer in addition to being an actor and presenter, Thicke
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastIn 1915, the Aaronsohn siblings founded an espionage group in their village of Zichron Yaakov to help the Brits defeat the Turks. Outside of Israel, why was their tale whitewashed from history? By JP O’ Malley On December 11, 1917, the British imperial governor, General Sir Edmund Allenby, entered Jerusalem, placing the city under military
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastA Star Trek-inspired medical device gives us a glimpse of medicine’s future Paramount Television He’s dead, Jim! In so many ways, the gadgets seen in Star Trek remind us that the show is science fiction—a fantasy world inspired by the one we live in. And at times, the show can act as a glimpse into
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Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & BroadcastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today strongly condemned anti-Semitic lyrics in a newly released song by popular rapper Lupe Fiasco. In the song, “N.E.R.D.,” Fiasco rhymes about, “Artists getting robbed for their publishing by dirty Jewish execs who think that it’s alms from the covenant.” In response to a tweet from DJ
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USANatalie Portman has a lot to say about her role in “Jackie,” especially after receiving a Golden Globe Award nomination for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy, the wife of assassinated President John F. Kennedy. The Oscar-winning actress showcases the life of Mrs. Kennedy following the days of her husband’s assassination in 1963. “A lot of
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAAhuva Ozeri passed away on Tuesday at the age of 68, after a long battle with cancer. The funeral date has not been set. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein eulogized: “Ahuva Ozeri was a unique figure who blended East and West in an amazing way in her melodies and her lyrics. Her dedication to her work
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsYour browser does not support the video tag. JACKIE | OFFICIAL TRAILER | FOX Searchlight The legend is that the Kennedy family was cursed. The reality is that the Kennedy family was blessed with an unmistakably odd style of speech. “It doesn’t really sound like anybody else from Massachusetts,” says Amy Stoller, a dialect production
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe nominees for the 74th Golden Globe Awards have been announced. The 2017 Golden Globes Awards will be held Jan. 8 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Jimmy Fallon has been tapped to host the ceremony that will air live on NBC. Below is the complete list of nominees. ——— FILM ——— Motion
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Theatre, Film & BroadcastEsma Redžepova, the prominent and versatile Roma singer dubbed the “Romany music queen,” has died at the age of 73, hospital sources and her family said Sunday. The singer from Macedonia was one of the first vocalists in the Balkans to sing in the Romany language. She performed in some of the world’s greatest music
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International, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Obituaries & memorialsOn Monday, Kanye West took a trip to New York City reportedly in search of a finding a psychiatrist for when he visits the East Coast but it appears the rapper had other plans on his schedule as well. According to video from C-SPAN, the rapper, accompanied by his entourage, arrived for a meeting on
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Cynthia Citron LOS ANGELES — This past weekend I saw two intense biographical documentaries dealing with completely opposing viewpoints on the Holocaust. The first, Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe, told of the melancholy meanderings of the Austrian writer/playwright/philosopher who, at the height of his career in the 1920s and ‘30s was one of the
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