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The unexpected death of political pundit Alice Stewart has drawn immediate response from her colleagues in the CNN newsroom and beyond. Stewart was found dead outdoors in her Bellevue neighborhood in northern Virginia early Saturday morning. No foul play is suspected, and officers believe a medical…

It was the late Bob Saget’s birthday on Friday. To commemorate the occasion, former castmate and friend John Stamos posted a pic that brought together the television family from Full House. In the photo are the Olsen twins, who were part of the original series, but not its sequel, Fuller…

Kim Zimmer portrayed Reva Shayne on the CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light from 1983 to 1990, returning in 1995 until the show’s final episode on Sept. 8, 2009. In 2006, a storyline had Shayne diagnosed with breast cancer. Now, Zimmer faces the same crisis in real life. “I was diagnosed with…

Tom Rothman, the Sony Motion Pictures Group chairman and CEO, wined and dined a select few at a splendidly swish soirée Friday at Mamo Michelangelo in Antibes, hosted by Charles Finch as part of his annual Filmmakers Dinner honoring 100 years of Columbia Pictures, and there was something he said about why…

Wives know best. John Krasinski’s wife, Emily Blunt, came up with the idea for a memorable golden moment between Jim Halpert (Krasinski) and Pam Beesley on The Office. On the May 15 episode of the Office Ladies podcast, Jenna Fischer (aka Pam) revealed that Blunt was behind the idea that…

As the Cannes Film Festival celebrates its parties and standing ovations, audiences in Hollywood and New York prepare to wallow in despair. And they'll enjoy it (almost). The festival called Bleak Week this week will deliver 43 films to an expected audience of 10,000 at theaters including the…

EXCLUSIVE: Meryl Streep says that a meeting is "imminent" where she'll hear about the proposals for her to return for a third helping of Mamma Mia! The acting legend, honored with an Honorary Palme d'Or at an emotional presentation Tuesday night during the Cannes Film Festival’s opening ceremony the…

The spring sun blazed down on London's Royal Festival Hall for the BAFTA TV Awards on Sunday and the conditions were right for Baby Reindeer to bask in its success.  Richard Gadd's dazzling "true story" of his experience with an alleged stalker won't be eligible for prizes until next year, but he…

The loudest voice in Hollywood last week belonged to Haim Saban. "Bad . . . Bad . . . bad decision, on all levels," he roared, in an email to President Joseph Biden, sent via White House aides, denouncing the Administration's announced plan to withhold bombs and artillery shells from Israel if it proceeds…

It was Aloha ʻAuinalā and Aloha Ahiahi for the cast of NCIS: Hawai’i on Friday evening, as they gathered on a local beach to join in gratitude for the show’s three-year run. Vanessa Lachey (who starred as Jane Tennant), Tori Anderson (Kate), and Jason Antoon (Ernie) and his wife Seana Kofoed (Dr…

Bert Kreischer made a joke involving his bag of nicotine patches during The Tom Brady Roast. Then it morphed into an accusation about cocaine, he told Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday, taking things into dangerous territory. Kreischer had nicotine patches in a can in his pocket, but he was informed by the…

Eric Schlosser knows food. Not in the way Bobby Flay or Giada De Laurentiis does, but in a scholarly manner that knows its affects on the health of anyone who eats. The author of the classic study Fast Food Nation and an EP on several films, Schlosser came to Bill Maher’s Friday Real Time as a…