Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Hillary Clinton to receive ‘Champion of the Century’ honor by Planned Parenthood

Hillary Clinton will be honored next month in New York City with a “Champion of the Century Award” by Planned Parenthood as it celebrates 100 years of operation. The U.S. presidential election may have went to Donald Trump, but his Democratic Party challenger is still a “Champion of the Century” to Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile […]

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Margarita Isabel Dead At 75: ‘La Madrastra’ Actress Dies Of Respiratory Complications

Margarita Isabel died at the age of 80 following respiratory complications, Aristegui Online confirms. It was revealed that the Mexican actress died at the Hospital Center of Cuernavaca, Morelos. Isabel was no longer active in telenovelas or the acting world, her last appearance on the small screen was in a guest starring role on “Soy

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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

21st Century Fox will investigate radio host’s sexual harassment claim against O’Reilly

A Los Angeles radio personality’s claim that she was sexually harassed by Fox News host Bill O’Reilly in 2013 is being investigated by the cable channel’s parent company, 21st Century Fox. Lisa Bloom, the lawyer representing KFI talk radio host Wendy Walsh, told CNN on Sunday that 21st Century Fox attorneys say they will look

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Baldwin Spoofs Trump and O’Reilly’s Bromance on ‘SNL’

“Saturday Night Live” gave embattled Fox News host Bill O’Reilly a boost from an even more powerful man who has faced similar sexual harassment allegations: Donald Trump. Alec Baldwin returned to pull double duty as both O’Reilly and Trump on this weekend’s episode of “SNL,” hosted by comic Louis C.K. Trump appeared as a guest

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Trivia, Humor & Satire

“Downton Abbey” fans will be sad to learn that this familiar face has passed away

Acclaimed actor Tim Pigott-Smith has passed away at the age of 70. Known to many as Sir Philip Tapsell from “Downton Abbey,” he had graced TV screens across the world since the 1980s when he was sprung into fame for his performance in “The Jewel in the Crown.” Pigott-Smith, who lived in London, had been

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International, Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jake Tapper called out Ivanka Trump for her stance on Syria following the United States’ airstrike

Jake Tapper is calling out Ivanka Trump for her stance on the citizens of Syria following the United States’ retaliatory airstrike. After the horrific sarin gas attack against Syria’s citizens Tuesday, which killed over 100 and injured at least 300, the United States conducted a successful airstrike against Shayrat air base late Thursday evening. On

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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Russian-Jewish filmmakers immortalize murdered Putin critic as ‘Boris Nemtsov, Jew’

Assassinated outside the Kremlin, the dissenting politician has become something of a cult figure and is the subject of films, poetry and song By Julie Masis Two years on, Russia hasn’t forgotten the tragic murder outside the Kremlin of Boris Nemtsov, the Jewish anti-Putin politician. He’s become something of a cult figure in a country

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International, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Gravitating to the familiar at the Fleet

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –While I gravitated on Wednesday, April 5, to an exhibit featuring the image of Albert Einstein and another portraying the cells that I imagine Jonas Salk grappled with while developing the vaccine against polio, my grandchildren—Sky, 10, Brian, 8, and Sara, 6 – were transfixed by a room filled

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, Travel and Food, USA

Schwarzenegger blasts Trump for proposed education cuts

LOS ANGELES — In the latest round of the simmering feud between Arnold Schwarzenegger and President Donald Trump, the former California governor Wednesday blasted the president’s proposal to slash federal funding for after-school programs. “President Trump promised us that he wants to make America great again. That’s not how you make America great, by taking

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Pepsi pulls controversial Kendall Jenner ad after widespread backlash

Perhaps having celebrity model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner re-enact a seminal moment in the Black Lives Matter protest movement to sell Pepsi wasn’t such a good idea after all. After initially defending its online video featuring Jenner and a can of soda as peacemakers in a street standoff between marchers and police, PepsiCo

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Ethics official says Mnuchin should not be disciplined for ‘Lego Batman’ pitch

WASHINGTON — A top government ethics official said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin should not be disciplined for plugging “The Lego Batman Movie” — as long as he keeps his promise not to do it again. Mnuchin handled the controversy better than White House adviser Kellyanne Conway did when she ran afoul of the same law

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA