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Saoirse Ronan had challenges filming 'tough' movie 'The Outrun': 'It’s personal to me'
October 6, 2024 | 6:59pmSaoirse Ronan, playing an alcoholic, brings hospitals, addiction, sobriety onto Scotland’s small far-off Orkney islands in "The Outrun."
Matthew Perry honored at Emmys with emotional 'Friends' theme song during in memoriam
January 15, 2024 | 11:12pmPaying their respects. As the stars gathered at Los Angeles' Peacock Theater for the 2024 Emmy Awards on Monday, their bright light was dimmed by the memory of losses experienced...
'All in the Family' creator Norman Lear's cause of death revealed
December 18, 2023 | 3:48pmNorman Lear, known for his comedies such as “All in the Family,” “Maude” and “The Jeffersons," died at age 101 on Dec. 6.
Jimmy Kimmel gets choked up over Norman Lear's death in heartfelt TV monologue
December 7, 2023 | 11:28am"Last night at around 7 p.m., we lost not only a giant in the world of television, but a great man who was one of the most important and impressive...
The end of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce plus other 2024 celeb psychic predictions
December 6, 2023 | 7:26pmCelebrity seer John Cohan’s predictions for Year 2024: Taylor Swift not continuing so swift with Travis Kelce. His career’s on a high.
Celebrating Norman Lear's Midas touch: his immeasurable impact on pop culture
December 6, 2023 | 3:25pmLear's impact on pop culture is immutable and immeasurable; I can't imagine anyone else but him transforming Carroll O'Connor's Queens bigot Archie Bunker into a nuanced national treasure.
Rob Reiner, Jimmy Kimmel and more pay tribute to Norman Lear after his death
December 6, 2023 | 2:05pmThe “All in the Family" producer died Tuesday of natural causes at the age of 101.
Legendary TV powerhouse Norman Lear, who revolutionized the TV sitcom, dead at 101
December 6, 2023 | 8:44amTelevision producing titan Norman Lear — whose trend-setting 1970s comedies including "All in the Family," "Maude" and "The Jeffersons" transformed the sitcom landscape — has died.
101-year-old Norman Lear reflects on his birthday: 'Living in the moment'
July 28, 2023 | 1:35pmThe TV legend has some sage advice.
Mary Tyler Moore's tragedies and triumphs revealed in HBO doc
May 26, 2023 | 7:45amThe HBO documentary "Being Mary Tyler Moore" delves beneath the TV icon's cheerily enigmatic public facade to reveal her personal struggles, triumphs and tragedies.
Who can deny a happy hour with Zac Efron and Russell Crowe?
September 21, 2022 | 8:24pmNew comedy drama action movie “Greatest Beer Run Ever” stars Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Bill Murray. Supposedly legit story from a book by writer Joanna Molloy.
92nd Street Y is uptown NYC's hit parade
August 3, 2022 | 9:25pmNYC's 92nd Street Y is heading for its 150th anniversary, and everyone from RBG, Dylan Thomas, James Beard and Alvin Ailey have passed through the city institution.
Norman Lear celebrates 100th birthday by singing 'That's Amore'
July 27, 2022 | 8:38amNorman Lear revolutionized family television in the 1970s with shows such as "Good Times," "Sanford and Son," "One Day at a Time" and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.”
TV legend Norman Lear sells 15 CPW spreads for $17.5M
February 3, 2022 | 2:12pmOne of America's most prolific television producers and political activist Norman Lear -- who turns 100 in July -- and his wife Lyn Davis Lear have just sold their posh...
Norman Lear and Sally Struthers look back as 'All in the Family' turns 50
January 18, 2021 | 10:32amIn January 1971, "All in the Family" stormed onto America's TV screens. Series creator Norman Lear and Sally Struthers look back as the show turns 50.
Justina Machado gets animated for 'One Day at a Time'
June 8, 2020 | 6:27pmJustina Machado didn't even need to leave her house to shoot the “One Day At A Time” animated episode.
‘One Day At a Time’ plans animated quarantine special
April 28, 2020 | 2:55pmPop TV’s "One Day At a Time" is getting animated. The reimagining of Norman Lear’s classic will produce an animated special to air this spring. Like all other live-action Hollywood...
ABC's ‘Live in Front of a Studio Audience’ sees huge ratings drop
December 19, 2019 | 2:54pmThe second installment of Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel's “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” on ABC faced a huge ratings dip Wednesday night. The 90-minute nostalgic tribute to...
'Live in Front of a Studio Audience': Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei return
December 11, 2019 | 12:03pmThe Bunkers and the Stivics are set for a "Live" encore. ABC on Wednesday announced that Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei, Ellie Kemper and Ike Barinholtz will reprise their respective roles...
Jennifer Hudson's rendition of 'The Jeffersons' theme song is #MovinOnUp
May 23, 2019 | 10:25amJennifer Hudson gets all the pie. Last night the Grammy and Oscar winner put primetime audiences through a time warp into the 1970s, inside the Upper East Side apartment of...