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Mister Cee, a famed hip-hop DJ and key figure behind Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album, dies at 57
11Apr By adminNo Comments
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Mister Cee, a famed hip-hop DJ and key figure behind Notorious B.I.G.’s debut album, dies at 57

LOS ANGELES -- Mister Cee, one of hip-hop’s pioneering DJs and a New York City radio personality who played an instrumental role in the Notorious B.I.G.‘s debut album, has died. He was 57. The famed disk jockey’s death was confirmed Wednesday by Skip Dillard, the brand manager at 94.7 The Block NYC, where Cee had a show. The cause of death has not been announced.“We’ve lost one of the most important figures in the industry,” 94.7 The Block said in a social media post.Mister Cee was a key player in the rap community. He was formerly Big Daddy Kane’s DJ and an executive producer on The Notorious B.I.G.’s groundbreaking 1994 debut, “Ready to Die.”The New York native was also a radio personality on his hometown’s Hot 97. But he briefly quit his gig in 2013 after arrests in connection with sol...
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CMT Awards return Sunday night with host Kelsea Ballerini, tribute to late Toby Keith
7Apr By adminNo Comments
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CMT Awards return Sunday night with host Kelsea Ballerini, tribute to late Toby Keith

The CMT Music Awards, celebrating the best in country music videos, are set to return on Sunday night live from Austin, Texas.Hosted by Kelsea Ballerini, the fan-voted show begins at 8 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast from the Moody Center on CBS and Paramount+.This year, the awards are expected to feature a tribute to the late Toby Keith performed by Brooks & Dunn, Lainey Wilson and Sammy Hagar and backed by Keith's longtime band. Keith, a hit country crafter of pro-American anthems who riled up critics and was loved by millions of fans, died in February at 62 after being diagnosed with stomach cancer.Ballerini, Wilson, Jelly Roll, Megan Moroney and Cody Johnson lead the nominations with three each.All those artists, except for Moroney, are up for the night’s biggest honor: video o...
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Conan O’Brien will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show,’ 14 years after his acrimonious exit
5Apr By adminNo Comments
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Conan O’Brien will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show,’ 14 years after his acrimonious exit

Does time — and a new host — heal all wounds? Fourteen years after Conan O'Brien was messily ousted from NBC's “The Tonight Show” to make way for the return of Jay Leno — the comedian is finally back.O'Brien will appear on the April 9 show to promote his new travel series “Conan O'Brien Must Go” for Max in conversation with Jimmy Fallon, who took over from Leno in 2014.After more than 15 years of hosting “Late Night with Conan O'Brien” on NBC, O'Brien was promoted to lead the network's flagship late-night show in 2009, after it was announced Leno would be given a new prime-time show, also on NBC. After seven months of slipping “Tonight Show” ratings and and pressure from affiliates who said “The Jay Leno Show” wasn't a strong enough lead-in to their nightly newscasts, NBC made a plan to s...
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British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for ‘The Full Monty’ and ‘Michael Clayton,’ dies at 75
31Dec By adminNo Comments
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British actor Tom Wilkinson, known for ‘The Full Monty’ and ‘Michael Clayton,’ dies at 75

LONDON -- Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty," “Michael Clayton” and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” has died, his family said. He was 75.A statement shared by his agent on behalf of the family said Wilkinson died suddenly at home on Saturday. It didn't provide further details. Wilkinson was nominated for a best actor Academy Award for his work in 2001's family drama “In The Bedroom” and in the best supporting actor category for his role in “Michael Clayton,” a 2007 legal thriller that starred George Clooney. He is remembered by many in Britain and beyond for playing former steel mill foreman Gerald Cooper in the 1997 comedy “The Full Monty," about a group of unemployed steel workers who formed an unlikely male stripping act. Wilkinso...
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Pierce Brosnan is in hot water, accused of trespassing in a Yellowstone thermal area
28Dec By adminNo Comments
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Pierce Brosnan is in hot water, accused of trespassing in a Yellowstone thermal area

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, is now facing heat in real life, charged with stepping out of bounds in a thermal area during a recent visit to Yellowstone National Park. Brosnan walked in an off-limits area at Mammoth Terraces, in the northern part of Yellowstone near the Wyoming-Montana line, on Nov. 1, according to two federal citations issued Tuesday.Brosnan, 70, is scheduled for a mandatory court appearance on Jan. 23 in the courtroom of the world’s oldest national park. The Associated Press sent a request for comment to his Instagram account Thursday.Yellowstone officials declined to comment. Brosnan was in the park on a personal visit and not for film work, the U.S. Attorney's Office for Wyoming sa...
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TV actor Kamar de los Reyes of ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘Call of Duty’ dies at 56
26Dec By adminNo Comments
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TV actor Kamar de los Reyes of ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘Call of Duty’ dies at 56

Kamar de los Reyes, a television, movie and voice actor best known for playing a gang member-turned-cop in the soap “One Life to Live” and a villain in the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops II," has died in Los Angeles at 56, the family announced. De los Reyes died Sunday following a brief battle with cancer, according to a statement from Lisa Goldberg, a publicist for de los Reyes’ wife, Sherri Saum.In “One Life to Live,” de los Reyes starred as Antonio Vega, a former gang member who became a lawyer and then a cop, alongside Saum. In the popular video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops II," he played the villain Raul Menendez. He also had roles in Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow,” ABC’s “The Rookie” and CW's “All American.” The family statement said that at the time of his death, de los Reyes was film...
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‘Max Payne’ and ‘Rescue Me’ actor James McCaffrey dies at 65
19Dec By adminNo Comments
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‘Max Payne’ and ‘Rescue Me’ actor James McCaffrey dies at 65

NEW YORK -- James McCaffrey, who voiced “Max Payne” in the popular video game franchise and also starred in television shows including “Rescue Me,” has died, according to his agent. He was 65.McCaffrey's talent agent David Elliot confirmed Monday that the New York native passed away Sunday surrounded by family and friends.His wife, actor Rochelle Bostrom, told The Hollywood Reporter that he died at home in Larchmont, a New York suburb of Manhattan, following a battle with myeloma, a form of cancer that affects white blood cells. Fellow New York actor and “Entourage” star Kevin Dillon was among those who took to social media to honor McCaffrey. “#rip James McCaffrey we were lucky to have known you,” he wrote Sunday in an Instagram post that included a photo of the two. McCaffrey had a 35-y...
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Original AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess has died at 77. The Australian helped form the group in 1973
17Dec By adminNo Comments
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Original AC/DC drummer Colin Burgess has died at 77. The Australian helped form the group in 1973

Australian drummer Colin Burgess, an original member of the hard rock band AC/DC in the early 1970s, has died, the band confirmed on its social media accounts. He was 77. “Very sad to hear of the passing of Colin Burgess,” says an unsigned post on the band's official Facebook page late Friday. “He was our first drummer and a very respected musician. Happy memories, rock in peace Colin.”No cause of death was given. Burgess was recruited in November 1973 to help form AC/DC with Malcolm Young on rhythm guitar and his brother Angus on lead guitar, lead vocalist Dave Evans and bassist Larry Van Kriedt. The band fired Burgess in February 1974, accusing him of being drunk on stage, and he later said someone had spiked his drink. He was followed by a succession of drummers and filled in for one f...
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Maury Povich receives lifetime achievement award from wife Connie Chung at Daytime Emmys
17Dec By adminNo Comments
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Maury Povich receives lifetime achievement award from wife Connie Chung at Daytime Emmys

LOS ANGELES -- Maury Povich received the Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Honor on Saturday from his wife, journalist Connie Chung.The 84-year-old talk show host, who retired last year, was honored during the creative arts ceremony at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. “I know that you think he’s been determining the paternity of every child in America all his life," Chung said in her introduction. "But no, in his 67 freaking years in television, he’s been a news reporter and a news anchor and old fashion talk show host interviewing world leaders, politicians, members of Congress, authors, movie stars and even Julia Child.”Among those paying tribute in videos were Whoopi Goldberg, Kelly Clarkson, Lewis Black, Karamo Brown and sports broadcasters Michael Wilbon and Ton...
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Mayim Bialik says she’s out as a host of TV quiz show ‘Jeopardy!’
16Dec By adminNo Comments
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Mayim Bialik says she’s out as a host of TV quiz show ‘Jeopardy!’

LOS ANGELES -- Mayim Bialik won’t be giving answers as a host of “Jeopardy!” anymore.“The Big Bang Theory” actor posted news of her departure on Instagram on Friday.“Sony has informed me that I will no longer be hosting the syndicated version of Jeopardy!” Bialik wrote. “I am incredibly honored to have been nominated for a primetime Emmy for hosting this year and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to have been a part of the Jeopardy! family.”Former show champion Ken Jennings has been hosting season 40 of the syndicated show by himself.Sony Pictures Television in a statement noted Bialik was the one who announced her departure.“We made the decision to have one host for the syndicated show next season to maintain continuity for our viewers, and Ken Jennings will be the sole host for s...
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