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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ wins Tom Cruise 1st $100 million opening

June 1, 2022 Lindsey Bahr, Associated Press

Forget breaking the sound barrier: Tom Cruise just flew past a major career milestone. The 59-year-old superstar just got his first $100 million opening weekend with “Top Gun: Maverick.” In its first three days in […]

Maury Povich retiring from daily talk show after 31 years

March 26, 2022 David Bauder, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Veteran daytime talk show host Maury Povich is retiring, with the last original episodes of “Maury” set for broadcast in September after 31 years on the air. NBC Universal confirmed the impending […]

Louie Anderson, Emmy-winning comedian, dies at 68

January 21, 2022 The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Louie Anderson, whose more than four-decade career as a comedian and actor included his unlikely, Emmy-winning performance as mom to twin adult sons in the TV series “Baskets,” died Friday. He was […]

2 stars of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ look back at a classic

December 17, 2021 Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

NEW YORK — It was just another job for child actor Karolyn Grimes. She was 6 and had already done four movies by the summer of 1946 when filming began on “It’s a Wonderful Life.” […]

‘Jeopardy!’ stays with hosts Bialik, Jennings for the season

December 10, 2021 Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings will continue as tag-team hosts of “Jeopardy!” through the rest of this season. “We’re so pleased to have such an excellent and experienced team in front of […]

Q&A: Mel Brooks, 95, is still riffing

December 3, 2021 Jake Coyle, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Leave it to Mel Brooks to blurb his own memoir. There, along with laudatory quotes from Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Conan O’Brien and others is one from “M. Brooks,” who hails “All […]

McCain book shares why she left ‘toxic’ times at ‘The View’

October 21, 2021 David Bauder, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Meghan McCain says she decided to leave “The View” following her second day back from maternity leave in January when frequent foil Joy Behar said “I did not miss you” during a […]

NBC dominates in premiere week for TV’s broadcast networks

September 30, 2021 The Associated Press

NEW YORK — NBC opened the new television season with a dominant week against its rivals, and it wasn’t just football that was responsible. The network’s Sunday night football franchise was by far last week’s […]

Review: ‘The Sopranos’ prequel is made for the TV fans

September 30, 2021 Mark Kennedy, Associated Press

When “The Sopranos” is brought up these days, it’s usually for the nebulous way it ended: That now-famous cut-to-black in a crowded diner while Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” plays. Whether Tony Soprano lived or died […]

Piers Morgan to launch new TV show in deal with News Corp

September 18, 2021 Associated Press

LONDON — British presenter Piers Morgan will join News Corp and Fox News Media and host a TV show that will air in the U.S., Britain and Australia, the company said Thursday. News Corp executive […]