Television
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HBO sets movie about 'Fantasy Island' star Herve Villechaize
May 09, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - HBO says it's green-lighted a movie about Herve Villechaize (ER-vay Vill-SHEZZ). He's the late actor who played Mr. Tattoo on TV's "Fantasy Island." H...
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NBC announces its first new sitcom for 2017-18 TV season
May 09, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - NBC is giving the nod to a new sitcom starring Glenn Howerton of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." NBC said Monday it has ordered the series, title...
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ABC announces revival of 'American Idol' next season
May 09, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK - ABC announced a deal Tuesday to revive "American Idol," only a year after the powerhouse music competition aired its 15th and last season on Fox. The show tha...
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South Koreans watch vote count with Game of Thrones, hip hop
May 09, 2017 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Koreans don't need to be bored by hours of vote-counting and punditry that fill airtime ahead of the announcement of a winner in the coun...
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Simone Biles on 'Dancing': Smiling doesn't win gold medals
May 09, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Simone Biles finds smiling overrated. The Olympic champion gymnast stood tight-lipped while receiving feedback from judge Carrie Ann Inaba following her pe...
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Back on TV, Kimmel zings critics of his health care plea
May 09, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jimmy Kimmel zinged his critics as he returned to late-night TV and resumed arguing that Americans deserve the level of health care given his infant s...
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Andrea Martin of NBC's 'Great News' makes an embarrassing, lovable sitcom momMay 09, 2017 6:00 am - On the eve of Mother's Day, the gods of television have blessed us with a wacky, weird and wonderful TV mother. She's Carol Wendelson of NBC's “Great News” (8 p.m. Tuesd...
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'Fifth Element' back on the big screen for its 20th anniversaryMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - May 9, 1997: I was working for Suncoast Motion Picture Company at Mount Prospect's previous, dearly departed incarnation of Randhurst. Those were the days of the Picnic ...
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Jimmy Kimmel slams critics of his emotional health-care plea, calls out Newt GingrichMay 09, 2017 1:00 am - A week after Jimmy Kimmel shared the news about his newborn son's heart defect - and made an emotional plea about pre-existing conditions amid the health care debate - h...
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Emma Watson praises genderless MTV Awards after 'Beauty' win
May 08, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Emma Watson had high praise for MTV's move to remove gender qualifiers for its Movie and TV Awards. In accepting the award for her role as Belle in Disney'...