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Andie MacDowell says it's time for men to 'drop the towel'

Wednesday, 9 May 2018, 11:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

In "The Beach House," Andie MacDowell plays a warm-hearted widow, Lovie, who's devoted to her grown (but still growing up) children and another vulnerable brood, the sea turtles that nest near her...

TV's 'Homeland' feels challenge of competing with real world

Tuesday, 8 May 2018, 11:28 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Members of the cast of TV's "Homeland" call it "spy camp." It's when they travel to Washington to pick the brains of top U.S. intelligence officials. And it's where Hollywood meets real-world...

'The Crown' star speaks about pay disparity

Monday, 7 May 2018, 11:27 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The Crown" star Matt Smith says he supports fellow actor Claire Foy over the revelation that Foy was paid less than her male co-star in the Netflix drama. A producer disclosed last month that...

'60 Minutes' report details progression of Alzheimer's

Saturday, 5 May 2018, 12:36 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Filmed over 10 years, a "60 Minutes" report this weekend shows in startling detail the progression that Alzheimer's disease takes on a patient. CBS medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook began...

Shaq attacks verse in new TV series 'Poetry in America'

Friday, 4 May 2018, 12:34 Last update: about 7 years ago

Shaquille O'Neal called himself "The Big Baryshnikov" and "The Big Socrates" in his days in the NBA. Now he can add "The Big Shakespeare." The basketball Hall-of-Famer, TNT TV analyst, commercial...

Showtime's 'Circus' returns with new co-host Alex Wagner

Thursday, 3 May 2018, 12:01 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

A lot has changed since the three hosts of Showtime's "The Circus" shared duck at Washington's Momofuku restaurant at the end of the show's last season. Seemingly half of the White House staff,...

Netflix is proving to be a tough act for copycats to follow

Wednesday, 2 May 2018, 11:58 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Netflix's video-streaming service has been thriving for so long that other companies are striving to duplicate its success in other kinds of digital entertainment and content. Spotify's...

Israeli series exposes raw wounds from ethnic Jewish divide

Friday, 27 April 2018, 12:14 Last update: about 7 years ago

An electrifying new documentary series on the problematic integration of Middle Eastern Jews by Israel's European founders in the 1950s has reopened old wounds of an ethnic divide within Judaism ahead...

Hargitay takes advocacy for sex assault victims to HBO

Thursday, 26 April 2018, 12:11 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Portraying a heroic sex crimes detective on television has provided Mariska Hargitay with a platform to help sexual assault victims in real life. Hargitay, who stars as Detective Olivia Benson in...

Fox News giving bigger role to ex-Bush aide Perino

Wednesday, 25 April 2018, 12:10 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

When Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg made the media rounds in advance of Mark Zuckerberg's congressional testimony this week, it was a telling sign that Dana Perino was chosen to question her for Fox News...

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