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  • Obituaries

The legacy of visionary TV producer Norman Lear, dead at 101

Norman Lear, who addressed serious issues in humorous sitcoms, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 101. He leaves behind a legacy of hit 1970s sitcoms that revolutionized television.

December 06, 2023
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  • Eric Deggans
The SAG-AFTRA strike went on for nearly four months.

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  • Arts & Life

Hollywood performers ratify new contract with studios

SAG-AFTRA's actors, dancers, stunt performers and voice-over actors went on strike for nearly four months before the deal was finally made.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Mandalit del Barco
Lear dropped out of college and enlisted in the Air Force to fight in World War II. In his late 20s, he moved to Los Angeles where he struggled for several years, selling furniture door to door and taking baby pictures. He's shown above in his Los Angeles office in March 1979.

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  • Television

Norman Lear, who made funny sitcoms about serious topics, dies at 101

Lear's revolutionary comedies, including All in the Family and The Jeffersons, didn't shy away from issues of race, struggle and inequality. He believed that all people are "versions of each other."

December 06, 2023
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  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
The Kennedy Center Honorees, pictured L-R top row: Queen Latifah and Barry Gibb. L-R bottom row: Renée Fleming, Billy Crystal, and Dionne Warwick. The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors will air Dec. 27 on the CBS Television Network and stream on Paramount+.

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  • Arts & Life

Queen Latifah, Billy Crystal and others celebrated at Kennedy Center Honors

Billy Crystal, Dionne Warwick, Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees, Renée Fleming and Queen Latifah were given the star treatment as they received their Kennedy Center Honors.

December 04, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
<em>Squid Game: The Challenge</em> is a reality game show based on the sensational 2021 South Korean drama series. But this gruesome, creatively misbegotten concept should never have made it past the first meeting.

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  • TV Reviews

'The Challenge' is understanding why this 'Squid Game' game show was green-lit

Squid Game: The Challenge is a reality game show based on the sensational South Korean drama series. But this gruesome, creatively misbegotten concept should never have made it past the first meeting.

December 02, 2023
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  • Linda Holmes
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  • National

Appeals court upholds actor Jussie Smollett's convictions and jail sentence

An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions of the "Empire" actor, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police.

December 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
In Apple TV+'s <em>Slow Horses</em>, Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the slovenly, brilliant spy who's in charge of a group of failed British spies. The series is based on Mick Herron's <em>Slough House</em> novels. Herron says Lamb might not have "a heart of gold" but he does have "a moral code."

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  • Arts & Life

Gary Oldman had 'free rein' in spy thriller 'Slow Horses' — now back for Season 3

Oldman plays the slovenly leader of failed British spies in the Apple TV+ drama, based on Mick Herron's Slough House novels. Herron is more interested in the character's failures than his virtues.

November 30, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Jon Batiste unveiled his first symphonic composition, <em><a href="https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2022/09/22/Jon-Batiste-0800PM">American Symphony</a></em>, at New York's Carnegie Hall on September 22, 2022. An eponymous documentary by Matthew Heineman follows his life with his wife.

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  • Movies

Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad share journey of 'two extremes' in American Symphony

The same day musician Jon Batiste got 11 Grammy nominations, his partner, writer Suleika Jaouad, began chemotherapy. The new documentary American Symphony recounts their journey.

November 29, 2023
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  • Olivia Hampton and
  • Claire Murashima
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Sean 'Diddy' Combs temporarily steps aside as chairman of Revolt TV network

Combs temporarily stepped down as chairman of the TV network he co-founded in 2013, a spokesperson for the record executive confirmed. The move follows lawsuits against Combs alleging sexual abuse.

November 29, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Producer Marty Krofft arrives at the premiere of "Land of the Lost," at Gramuan's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on May 30, 2009. Krofft, one of the producing pair that put "H.R. Pufnstuf" and the Osmonds on TV, has died at 86.

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  • Obituaries

Marty Krofft, who changed children's TV with 'H.R. Pufnstuf,' dies at 86

Krofft and his brother Sid brought a trippy sensibility to children's TV and brought singling siblings Donny and Marie Osmond and Barbara Mandrell and her sisters to primetime.

November 28, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A U.K.-based law firm said at least two contestants felt "unwell" after standing for hours in cold temperatures during a taping for <em>Squid Game: The Challenge. </em>The reality competition was inspired by the hit South Korean drama.

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  • Television

'Squid Game: The Challenge' players say they suffered injuries while filming

A U.K.-based law firm said at least two contestants felt "unwell" after standing for hours in cold temperatures during a challenge for the reality competition inspired by the hit South Korean drama.

November 27, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
GPB News NPR

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  • Television

How comic Leslie Jones went from funniest person on campus to 'SNL' star

Jones says performing stand-up for the first time as a freshman in college felt like putting on a shirt that fit perfectly. Her memoir is Leslie F*cking Jones. Originally broadcast Sept. 21, 2023.

November 24, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley
The <em>Peanuts</em> gang celebrates Thanksgiving, but why is Franklin by himself on one side of the table?

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  • Pop Culture

'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' turns 50 this year. How has it held up?

CBS first aired the televised holiday special in 1973. The message still shines, but some characters and scenes feel a little dated.

November 22, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
In <em>Leo</em> Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard who learns he has a gift for helping kids sort through their problems.

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  • Movie Interviews

'Leo' is an animated lizard with an SNL sensibility — and the voice of Adam Sandler

If the pets in a 5th grade classroom could talk, what would they say? That's the premise of Leo, the new coming-of-age movie musical from Netflix.

November 21, 2023
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Billy Porter

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  • Music

'I've been trying to do this for over 30 years' — Billy Porter sings on his terms

Following star-making roles in Broadway's Kinky Boots and FX's Pose, Billy Porter has released an original album that plays out like mini-autobiographies: Black Mona Lisa.

November 20, 2023
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  • Phil Harrell
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