Television
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Glenda Jackson returns to screen with 'Elizabeth Is Missing'
Dec 30, 2020 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Only one project lured two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson back to the screen after an absence of 25 years: “Elizabeth Is Missing.” The film is a mys...
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Trebek's last new 'Jeopardy!' episodes airing with a tribute
Dec 30, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The final new 'œJeopardy!'ť episodes hosted by Alex Trebek will air next week, with highlights that promise to be memorable. The first of the five epi...
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'Gilligan's Island' star Dawn Wells dies, COVID-19 cited
Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Dawn Wells, who played the wholesome Mary Ann among a misfit band of shipwrecked castaways on the 1960s sitcom "Gilligan's Island," died Wednesday of cause...
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Slow down? Never. Ryan Seacrest says he's busier than ever
Dec 28, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Most folks have slowed down in the past nine months but Ryan Seacrest says he's been juggling more than usual during the pandemic. His regular TV and radio gi...
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Netflix reworks leftovers with food-based reality game show
Dec 28, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Just in time for anyone facing a heaving, post-holiday refrigerator comes a TV show about what to do with all those dubious dishes - leftovers. Each episode o...
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From his home, Attenborough shows viewers 'A Perfect Planet'
Dec 27, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON - Sir David Attenborough is a globetrotter, discovering far-flung lands and exotic species for TV audiences since the 1950s. The pandemic may have kept him at hom...
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NBC's Lester Holt adds empathetic commentaries to news anchor role
Dec 26, 2020 6:29 am - NEW YORK - During this brutal news year, Lester Holt has concluded that telling stories isn't enough. The "NBC Nightly News" anchor frequently ends his broadcasts now wi...
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In 'Bridgerton,' Shonda Rhimes stakes a sumptuous, provocative claim on Netflix - and the traditional period drama
Dec 25, 2020 5:00 am - No one can lay a special claim of ownership on the TV period drama. It is not sacred space or a part of a historical preservation act. It's make-believe, and therefore c...
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In 2020, the best entertainment was like eating grilled cheese and tomato soupDec 24, 2020 5:00 am - Tasked with producing an end-of-year list of some kind, I keep coming back to one word that best sums up my screentime in 2020: comfort. Comfort is hard to come by in a ...
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'Cheer' star pleads not guilty to child porn, sex charges
Dec 23, 2020 12:00 am - "Cheer" star Jerry Harris has pleaded not guilty to federal child pornography charges and allegations that he solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions and ...