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Jerry Fuller, “Travelin’ Man” and “Young Girl” Songwriter, Dies at 85
Jerry Fuller, the songwriter and producer whose stellar career included such hits as “Travelin’ Man” for Ricky Nelson, “Young Girl” for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, “Show and Tell” for Al Wilson and “Little Green Apples” for O.C. Smith, has died. He was 85.Esta TerBlanche, 'All My Children' Star, Dies at 51 Fuller died Thursday at his home in Sherman Oaks of complications from lung cancer, publicist Bobbi Marcus told The Hollywood Reporter. Fuller’s first production for Puckett was the million-selling “Woman, Woman,” which was released in 1967 and peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. He then wrote...
Michael Jackson’s Signed Drawings Set for Auction in Los Angeles
In August at a to-be-disclosed Los Angeles location, fans and collectors will have a chance to own Michael Jackson’s signed drawings, as several dozen of his works are being auctioned off to the highest bidder, King’s Auctions announced this week. Graceland Questions Authenticity of Elvis Presley Memorabilia Sold by Auction House On August 3 at a to-be-announced location that global auction firm King’s Auctions promises will be an “upscale Beverly Hills venue,” 78 drawings by the late King of Pop will be auctioned. Each drawing by the music sensation was signed by him personally, giving auction winners a piece of both the...
Maura Tierney Boards ‘Law & Order’ for Season 24
Law & Order is putting a new cop on the case for its 24th season.Stephanie March on the 'Law & Order: SVU' Storyline That Led to Her Real-Life Passion Two-time Emmy nominee Maura Tierney is joining the NBC drama’s ensemble in the fall, playing an NYPD lieutenant. Her casting comes after Camryn Manheim departed the series after three seasons of playing Lt. Kate Dixon. Tierney is the second new(ish) castmember on the long-running crime procedural; Tony Goldwyn joined L&O midway through last season after the departure of the show’s longest-serving castmember, Sam Waterston. A two-time Emmy nominee, Tierney has starred in two...
Lewis Is Back: Target’s Viral Eight-Foot Pumpkin Ghoul Returns After Selling Out Within Days
Each year, Target reveals a new large-scale Halloween character to deck out yards across America; and after last October’s viral success of Lewis the Pumpkin Ghoul, the retailer is doing a re-release for the first time ever.'Stranger Things' Returns in 2025: The Coolest Show-Inspired Merch to Hold You Over Until Season 5 Lewis, an eight-foot tall speaking jack-o’-lantern ghoul, took national news and social media by storm last year, gaining over 34 million views on the #MyNameIsLewis hashtag on TikTok in under two weeks. The Smashing Pumpkins even featured Lewis in an Instagram Reel. Within the first week of his 2023...
‘Pachinko’ Stars Yuh-Jung Youn, Jin Ha Confront Family and Business Conflict in Season 2 Trailer
A Korean family’s generational struggles with war, forbidden romance and business survival continue in the second season trailer for Apple TV+’s Pachinko, which dropped on Monday.'Lady in the Lake' Review: Natalie Portman's Apple TV+ Mystery Has a Lot on Its Mind, for Better and Worse Parallel storylines in the latest series teaser have Minha Kim starting in Osaka, Japan, in 1945 as younger Sunja making dangerous decisions to ensure her family’s war-time survival, before Minari Oscar winner Yuh-Jung Youn as an aged Sunja, now a grandmother, is with her Western-educated grandson Solomon Baek (Jin Ha) in 1989 in Tokyo. The time-hopping, trilingual...
Sony Pictures Promotes Drew Shearer to CFO
Sony Pictures Entertainment has promoted Drew Shearer to executive vp and chief financial officer.'Hunger Games' Producers Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson's Color Force Ink Film Deal With Sony He assumes the post on Oct. 1. and will succeed Philip Rowley, who will step down after joining the Hollywood studio as CFO in 2016. Shearer has spent nearly 30 years at Sony, joining the studio in 1996 as director of internal audit for Sony Corporation of America, before working as finance director of Sony Pictures Television Studios and divisional CFO of Sony Pictures Television’s global businesses. In 2014, Shearer was promoted to executive vp...
Carla Balenda, Actress in ‘Sealed Cargo’ and Mickey Rooney’s ‘Hey Mulligan,’ Dies at 98
Carla Balenda, who starred alongside Dana Andrews and Claude Rains in the RKO Pictures thriller Sealed Cargo and portrayed Mickey Rooney’s girlfriend on the NBC sitcom Hey Mulligan, has died. She was 98.Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Last of the Original Four Tops, Dies at 88 Balenda, billed at times as Sally Bliss, her birth name, died April 9 of natural causes at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, her grandson Jim Martin told The Hollywood Reporter. She also played a nurse on the 1955-56 syndicated series The Adventures of Dr. Fu Manchu, starring Glen Gordon, and recurred...
The Kamala Harris Memes, Explained: From Falling Out of a Coconut Tree to Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ Branding
Kamala Harris is having a brat summer. They're Back: Kamala Harris Fires Up Hollywood's Power Brokers President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday with a bombshell announcement made, as he said, “in the best interest of my party and the country.” Shortly after, Biden offered his “full support and endorsement” for Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee this year. In return, Harris sent out a statement of her own thanking Biden for “extraordinary leadership” as president and for his decades of service to the U.S., while also accepting his endorsement with an “intention to earn and...
Amazon’s ‘Countdown’ Adds Trio of Regulars (Exclusive)
Prime Video is beefing up the cast for its crime drama Countdown.Get Paramount+ and AMC+ for Half Off, Save Big on Family-Friendly Movie Bundles With These Prime Day Streaming Deals Ending Today Violett Beane, Uli Latukefu and Elliot Knight have joined the series, which comes from creator Derek Haas (Chicago Fire, FBI: International). They join a cast that also includes Jensen Ackles, Jessica Camacho and Eric Dane. Ordered to series in June, Countdown centers on LAPD officer Mark Meachum (Ackles), who — after a broad-daylight murder — is brought into a secret task force with agents from a host of law enforcement agencies....
Warner Bros. Discovery Says It Will Match Amazon’s NBA Bid, Setting Up Showdown Over Rights
Warner Bros. Discovery is making a play to keep NBA rights, telling the league that it will match Amazon’s bid for a package of games.Warner Bros. Acquires 'MultiVersus' Developer Player First Games The company said in a statement Monday afternoon that it intends to match Amazon’s bid, which is for about $1.8 billion per year, or more than $20 billion over the course of the deal. WBD did not mention Amazon by name, but a source says that it is targeting the package from the tech giant. “In an effort to continue our long-standing partnership, during both exclusive and non-exclusive negotiation periods,...
Holly Marie Combs Shares the “Big Plans” Shannen Doherty Had Before Her Death
Holly Marie Combs says Shannen Doherty was not expecting to die this quickly, as she had plans to make the most of her final days.Holly Marie Combs Says There's a "Hollow in My Chest" After Shannen Doherty's Death: "My Better Half of 31 Years" In a special episode of the Charmed rewatch podcast The House of Halliwell, Combs told her fellow castmates Brian Krause and Drew Fuller that she and Doherty thought they had “more time” together in friendship, as they had “big plans for this year.” “She didn’t think she was going anywhere anytime soon,” Combs said. She also revealed that...
AMC Theatres Secures Refinancing Deal to Push Debt Maturities to 2029
AMC Entertainment Holdings has reached a debt refinancing deal that will push up to $2.45 billion of debt maturities from 2026 to 2029 and beyond. AMC Theatres Says July 4 Holiday Box Office Drew 4.2M Moviegoers The restructuring deal, unveiled on Monday, aims to give the movie theater chain breathing room on its balance sheet to pay down an estimated $4.5 billion in long-term borrowings. “This agreement represents an undeniably strong vote of confidence by our lenders in AMC’s future and provides AMC with the necessary financial flexibility to capitalize on an expected strong industry recovery trajectory,” AMC Theatres CEO Adam...
Fox News Draws Biggest Audience for Breaking Coverage of Biden’s Withdrawal
Fox News drew the largest audience Sunday for breaking news coverage of President Joe Biden withdrawing from the 2024 campaign.Hunter Biden Drops Lawsuit Against Fox News Cable news channels and broadcast networks were largely caught by surprise at the announcement, which the president delivered via social media about 1:45 p.m. ET on Sunday. Fox News had the news out first, at 1:50 p.m., with MSNBC — Jen Psaki, Biden’s former press secretary, was anchoring at the time — following shortly thereafter. CNN was airing a rebroadcast of Fareed Zakaria GPS when the news broke but went live soon, and ABC, CBS and...
Why Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Announced Her Name Change Proposal in the L.A. Times
A legal expert has explained why Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, the daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, issued a legal notice in the Los Angeles Times to officially announce her intention to drop her father’s last name.Amazon's Coffee Maker Deal Gets You $250 Off This Brad Pitt-Endorsed Espresso Machine Last week, the 18-year-old placed an ad in the L.A. newspaper, sharing that she filed a petition to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie. This public announcement caused some confusion, but it’s actually a common procedure to accelerate the process of a new name being approved. California-based attorney David...
They’re Back: Kamala Harris Fires Up Hollywood’s Power Brokers
It’s hidden behind a fortress of foliage, so it’s hard to say what exactly it looks like. The other houses in this verdant patch of Brentwood, about a mile north of Sunset, vary in architectural styles from terra-cotta-topped Mediterranean casas to multimillion-dollar midcentury clapboards. But try to zero in on this gated, 35,000-square-foot, four-bedroom home by using Google Maps Street View, and all you’ll see is a blurry splotch. The property has been digitally obscured, by request, for privacy.Kamala Harris Praises Joe Biden at First Public Appearance Since President Ended Reelection Bid This is where Kamala Harris lives, at least when...
We Found The Best Samsung Frame TV Alternative: Here’s Where You Can Get One Online
Although it’s sleek, stylish and ready to hang on a wall, the Samsung Frame TV is the only one of its kind — which doesn’t lend to more options for shoppers. That changed earlier this year at CES 2024 where we scouted the Hisense CanvasTV, a 4K screen that’s designed to seamlessly blend into your home décor, like a work of art.Samsung's Frame 4K TV Is on Sale for Prime Day: Here's Where To Find the Best Deals The slim and framed 65-inch QLED 4K Ultra HD TV resembles a painting on your wall. It’s available for $1,300 at Amazon, Best Buy...
Kamala Harris Praises Joe Biden at First Public Appearance Since President Ended Reelection Bid
In her first public appearance since President Joe Biden announced that he is ending his campaign for re-election, Vice President Kamala Harris paid tribute to him but made no mention of her bid to lead the Democrats in holding onto the presidency at a scheduled event welcoming the NCAA champions to the White House.IATSE Endorses Kamala Harris for President While greeting and congratulating the college athletes, Harris sang the praises of her boss, who announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race on Sunday. This came after weeks of outcry and calls for him to step down from within his party...
Sharon Stone to Star as Villain Opposite Bob Odenkirk in ‘Nobody 2’
Get ready for Sharon Stone, action star.Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron Dive Deep on Hollywood Philanthropy at THR's Social Impact Summit The actress and philanthropy and fashion icon has joined Bob Odenkirk to star in Nobody 2, Universal’s sequel to the 2021 surprise hit produced by 87North. Odenkirk is reprising his role as mild-mannered family man who is secretly a former government assassin. And while no plot details are being revealed, it is known that Stone will be the piece’s chief villain. Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto, known for his horror and action fare such as May the Devil Take You and segments of...
Swordplay at WME: An Agent’s Assistant Goes to the Olympics
Touché! A WME Assistant Jabs His Way to Paris What’s the difference between a Hollywood agent and an Olympic fencer? The fencer salutes his opponents after stabbing them in the back. Other than that, the skills required — steely nerves, killer instincts, ruthless ambition — are remarkably similar. No one knows that better than Pascual Di Tella, a 28-year-old WME assistant currently in Paris preparing to parry as a member of the Argentinian Olympic fencing team. “You have to be super self-driven in fencing,” he tells Rambling Reporter. “Because if you don’t train or work out, the only person negatively...
Laura Dern Is Selling Her Pre-Loved Designer Closet Castoffs to Support Planned Parenthood
Laura Dern is the latest A-lister to let go of her luxe closet castoffs for charity. Oura Ring Is 15% Off Post-Prime Day, Discounting Celeb-Approved Smart Rings for First Time Ever The Oscar-winning actress has teamed with Vestiaire Collective for a closet sale to benefit Planned Parenthood, and shoppers can snap up her pre-loved pieces from Gucci, Sacai, Oscar de la Renta and other designers. Prices range from $63 for a Stella McCartney jersey tee to $918 for a sparkling ruffled gold maxi dress from Vampire’s Wife. Other items from the 10-piece range include dresses from Derek Lam, a colorful Missoni...
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