Donald Trump has gotten upset with a number of different media outlets in his rise to the presidency. Those include CNN, The New York Times, MSNBC, Vanity Fair and a few other organizations. And “Saturday Night Live” has been the thorn in his side throughout the entire race. He’s tweeted that the show is “boring
LOS ANGELES — The best known of three glamorous sisters from Hungary, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor pioneered a modern version of celebrity — she was famous for being famous. With the advent of television talk shows, Gabor became a frequent guest as early as the 1950s, charming audiences with her fractured English and slightly risque
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAThe head of the Oxfam International confederation of charities admitted that the organization’s public spat with former celebrity ambassador Scarlett Johansson over her support of the Israeli company Sodastream was a mistake which cost the organization thousands of donors, the Guardian reported. Mark Goldring made the comments at a seminar which addressed the issue of
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastDonald Trump may be the “Manchurian candidate” doing Russia’s bidding in the United States, but he’s a witless one, on the outside looking in while Vladimir Putin and Secretary of State pick Rex Tillerson plot—at least in “Saturday Night Live’s” treatment of current events. Alec Baldwin reprised his role as the president-elect in the cold
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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USALess commonly — or successfully — portrayed than Christmas, the Jewish festival of lights has nevertheless created some great screen moments By Lior Zaltzman Seth from The O.C. presents Chrismukkah (YouTube screenshot) ‘Tis the season of TV Christmas specials! The drama, the intrigue, your favorite TV characters in ill-fitting Santa costumes — the Christmas special
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Jewish Religion, Theatre, Film & BroadcastLOS ANGELES — Bernard Fox, known to a generation of TV viewers as Dr. Bombay on “Bewitched” and the fumbling, forever naive Col. Crittendon on “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. He was 89. Fox died Wednesday of heart failure while hospitalized in Van Nuys, family spokesman Harlan Boll said. Though his role as the womanizing, wisecracking
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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & BroadcastGuyanese author, teacher and diplomat E.R. Braithwaite, whose 1959 book To Sir, With Love told the story of a black teacher struggling in a classroom in a white London slum, has died in surburban Washington at age 104. Braithwaite moved into teaching after a career as an oil worker and serving in Britain’s Royal Air
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International, Theatre, Film & BroadcastTurner 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, USACanadian 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 & BroadcastA 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 & BroadcastNatalie 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, USAYour 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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