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Brenda Fricker, the first Irish actress to win an Oscar for ‘My Left Foot,’ dies at 81
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (408+ words) Posted today at 10:19am The Irish character actor died Thursday night in Dublin after a period of ill health, her agent, Phil Belfield said in a statement. Fricker became the first Irish woman to win an Academy Award in 1990 for best…...
Eurovision, eh? Canada will compete at the glitzy song contest in 2027
2+ week, 2+ day ago (440+ words) Contest organizer the European Broadcasting Union and Canadian public broadcaster CBC announced that Canada will send an act to the 2027 contest in Bulgaria in May. Canada is the first new country to join Eurovision since Australia entered in 2015. The announcement…...
Penelope Keith, star of classic British sitcom ‘The Good Life,’ dies at 86
2+ week, 4+ day ago (321+ words) Posted today at 12:19pm Keith’s family said Monday that she had been diagnosed with cancer and died at her home in Surrey, near London. Keith began her acting career onstage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963. But she found her…...
Exclusive-Nick Bilton has hired consultant to help with transition to ’60 Minutes,’ sources say
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (816+ words) Posted today at 2:00pm By Edmund Lee, Helen Coster and Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK, June 10 (Reuters) – When Nick Bilton, the new head of “60 Minutes,” showed up at his first staff meeting last week, the CBS newsmagazine was already in turmoil. His…...
Remaining three ’60 Minutes’ stars say they’re staying at CBS show, don’t want to see it die
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (462+ words) Posted today at 3:18pm A memo from Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker to fellow staffers at the CBS News show expressed anger over the recent firings at the show, and said the three had had “a hard time” deciding…...
Canadian government tells regulator to back off on charging streamers like Netflix more
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (420+ words) Posted today at 6:18pm Instead, Culture Minister Marc Miller said, the government will invest hundreds of millions of dollars into the sector. The U-turn comes after the Motion Picture Association, the U.S. group representing streamers, called on the Canadian Cabinet to reconsider…...
Scott Pelley of ’60 Minutes’ accuses CBS News head Bari Weiss of ‘murdering’ the show, report says
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (510+ words) Posted today at 4:18pm Pelley made his accusations in an introductory meeting Monday between the newsmagazine’s staff and Nick Bilton, the new executive producer named by Weiss last week, according to a detailed report on the Status website, which said it…...
Calling for ‘new approach,’ CBS’s Bari Weiss replaces executive producer at ’60 Minutes’
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (306+ words) Executive producer Tanya Simon will be leaving about a year after being named to the job following 30 years at the venerable Sunday evening program. In a memo to staff Thursday, Weiss and CBS News President Tom Cibrowski said their goal…...
Trump says more late night talk show hosts to depart after Colbert exit
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (573+ words) Posted today at 9:43am WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday that more late-night talk shows will depart after he praised the end of CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Trump has repeatedly pressured the Federal Communications Commission…...
Paul McCartney helps Stephen Colbert say goodbye to ‘Late Show’
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (766+ words) Posted today at 12:24am By Alicia Powell and Lisa Richwine NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) – Comedian Stephen Colbert signed off from his late-night talk show on Thursday after 11 seasons with a sentimental chat with Beatles musician Paul McCartney and pointed jokes about…...