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Amid a storm of criticism over a planned screening of a documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival, Robert De Niro, one of the festival’s founders, has pulled the plug on the screening. The New York Times reports that De Niro…
A Catholic nun who founded a TV and radio empire and became known as the “zinging nun” for her blunt personality has died. The Washington Post reports that Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation died on Easter Sunday at the…
Warner Bros.’ superhero showdown “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” set a box-office record with its weekend debut, grossing an estimated $170.1 million in the U.S. and Canada, the Los Angeles Times reports. The total pushed the movie past the…
The U.S. ad market is poised for a good year in 2016, with much of the anticipated increase being attributed to digital media, political spending and the Olympic Games. Citing a forecast from eMarketer, MediaPost reports that TV spending is expected…
“Jim Harrison, whose lust for life — and sometimes just plain lust — roared into print in a vast, celebrated body of fiction, poetry and essays that with ardent abandon explored the natural world, the life of the mind and…
“Oh, say can you see Dr. Drew Pinsky — mild-mannered radio and TV doctor — singing like Boccelli, Domingo or Pavarotti?? Of course you can’t, but turns out Dr. Drew really does have musical chops … and he used ’em to…
An actor known for his work on the long-running PBS series “Sesame Street” has died. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that David Langston Smyrl died Tuesday of lung cancer in a Pennsylvania medical center. He was 80. The multitalented Smyrl, who…
A report on ABC’s newest drama series from Shonda Rhimes’ ShondaLand production company includes an entertaining “guide” to what makes a ShondaLand drama. Writers Emily Yahr and Nicki DeMarco write in the report in The Washington Post that certain elements tend to…
A performer who has made an impact on popular culture on multiple fronts has been singled out for honors from MTV. The network announced that it will present the Generation Award to Will Smith during the 2016 MTV Movie Awards,…
Crediting Garry Shandling’s HBO series “The Larry Sanders Show” as the starting point for the new age of television, TV writer Robert Lloyd examines the comedian, the man and the show in an analysis in the Los Angeles Times. Lloyd…