Television
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Five things that should happen at the OscarsFeb 24, 2019 6:29 am - This year's Oscars ceremony will be remembered for several reasons, not limited to its being the first in recent memory to go commando without an official host. With cel...
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Oscars: A record year for women, but is it progress?Feb 22, 2019 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - At the glad-handy Oscar nominees luncheon earlier this month, film academy president John Bailey proudly told the 171 nominees in the room that there were ...
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'Empire' producers cut Smollett from season's last episodesFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - Actor Jussie Smollett's character on "Empire" will be removed from the final two episodes of this season in the wake of his arrest on charges that he staged a racist, an...
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How Chicago's vast network of surveillance cameras helped cops in Smollett investigation
Feb 22, 2019 12:00 am - Police tapped into Chicago's vast network of surveillance cameras - and even some homeowners' doorbell cameras - to track down two brothers who later claimed they were p...
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Omaha on trial in shooting death of 'Cops' crew member
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Omaha police used justifiable force when firing dozens of bullets at an armed robbery suspect in a fast-food restaurant and had no duty to protect a l...
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Television signal cuts out on North Carolina-Duke telecast
Feb 21, 2019 6:00 am - Some viewers watching the North Carolina-Duke men's basketball game missed much of the second half of the telecast, which a cable system blamed on a technical issue. WRA...
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Police: 'Empire' actor staged attack to 'promote his career'
Feb 21, 2019 12:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett staged a racist, anti-gay attack on himself because he was unhappy about his salary and wanted to promote his career, Chica...
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Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77Feb 21, 2019 12:00 am - Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly o...
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'This Is Us' finally delivers some of Beth's back story and more proof of a master planFeb 20, 2019 9:00 am - LOS ANGELES - With each step taken (forward or backward) in its intricately structured master plot, NBC's hit drama "This Is Us" risks losing another once-ardent fan. It...
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Ego, publicity at stake when stars and TV critics meet
Feb 20, 2019 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Jerrod Carmichael, lamenting what he called the "terrible" state of TV comedy, asked his audience if they'd seen some of it. Staring back at the ...