LIVERMORE, Calif., Jan. 16 (UPI) — “Diff’rent Strokes” patriarch Conrad Bain has died in Livermore, Calif., his family said. He was 89. TMZ said it confirmed his death Wednesday, but the cause was not immediately known. “He was an amazing
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (UPI) — Trey Parker and Matt Stone, co-creators of TV’s “South Park” and Broadway’s “The Book of Mormon,” say they have teamed up to form their own studio. “Having worked with several different studios over the
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 11 (UPI) — “Argo” was named Best Picture and its star-director Ben Affleck crowned Best Director at the Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony in Santa Monica, Calif. The Broadcast Film Critics Association handed out its prizes at
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Jan. 10 (UPI) — Eli Roth’s Pennsylvania-set Gothic thriller series “Hemlock Grove” is to debut online April 19, Netflix announced. The show follows the eccentric residents of a former steel town where 17-year-old Brooke Bluebell was murdered.
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6 (UPI) — The Logo Network said this weekend it had signed Cher to a development deal for a potential script for a new television pilot. The cable network, which caters to a homosexual audience, told reporters from
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (UPI) — Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke’s “Amour” Saturday was voted Best Picture of 2012 by the National Society of Film Critics. Haneke, who wrote and directed the film, which took inspiration from events in his family,
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 (UPI) — Hollywood’s 85th Academy Awards ceremony will include a tribute to the James Bond movie franchise, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, organizers said. “We are very happy to include a special sequence on our
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) —U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner plans to leave his job around Inauguration Day, a spokesman says, and he’ll leave, debt-ceiling deal or not, Politico says. His decision to leave the administration this month and return to
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) — U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is to appear on this month’s series finale of the sitcom “30 Rock,” The Washington Post reported. The award-winning half-hour show, starring Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, is to
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (UPI) — “Argo,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and “Django Unchained” are among the Producers Guild of America’s nominees for Best Picture of 2012. The producing teams of the films will compete with those behind “Les
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (UPI) — Mark Kirk’s welcoming committee when he returns to the U.S. Senate after a stroke includes Vice President Joe Biden and his colleague, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. Kirk, R-Ill., plans to walk the 45 steps to
CHICAGO, Jan. 2 (UPI) — Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson joined Illinois Lt. Gov. Sheila Simon in Chicago to advocate for same-sex marriage in the state. Ferguson, openly gay and playing the role of a gay man on the television program
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (UPI) — U.S. rock group Green Day says it has rescheduled its concert tour starting in March now that lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong has been treated for addiction. The tour originally was to kick off
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 30 (UPI) — “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” is the No. 1 movie in North America for a third week, raking in $32.9 million this week, receipts show. Coming in at No. 2 at the U.S. and
ROME, Dec. 29 (UPI) — International Rome Film Festival organizers said they will present “Django Unchained” director Quentin Tarantino with a lifetime achievement award. Italian film composer Ennio Morricone will present Tarantino with the honor at a gala screening of
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27 (UPI) — R&B singer Fontella Bass has died in a St. Louis hospital from complications she suffered following a heart attack three weeks ago, her family said. She was 72 when she died Wednesday, TMZ said.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27 (UPI) — Pop star Britney Spears likely won’t return next season as a judge of “The X Factor” talent competition series, UsMagazine.com reported. Spears joined the panel for the show’s second season, which wrapped Dec. 20.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) — More U.S. residents used electronic readers in the past year while fewer did their reading the old-fashioned way with printed books, a survey finds. The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project polled people
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26 (UPI) — Hollywood writer-producer-director J.J. Abrams says he talked with Lucasfilm about helming the seventh “Star Wars” film, but decided against it. “There were the very early conversations and I quickly said that because of my
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (UPI) —Congress is unlikely to vote before the current session ends in January on allowing states to tax goods sold online, an aide to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., says. Durbin said he will introduce the tax again
HONOLULU, Dec. 24 (UPI) — President Obama’s Christmas Eve began with a workout at a military base in Hawaii, followed by two rounds of golf and a beach outing with his family. While the president was on the links, first
BEIJING, Dec. 24 (UPI) — China Monday congratulated Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., on his nomination as the next U.S. secretary of state. “China is ready to work with the U.S. side to push forward the Sino-U.S. cooperative partnership to score
SANTA ANA, Calif., Dec. 22 (UPI) — Lee Dorman, the bassist for “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” rockers Iron Butterfly, has died of apparent natural causes in California, a coroner said. He was 70. Dorman, who had a history of heart problems, was found
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) —U.S. House Speaker John Boehner called for a House vote Thursday on his fallback tax plan, despite Senate opposition and President Barack Obama’s veto threat. In a public statement that lasted less than a minute, the
(UPI) The entertainment world mourned the loss of numerous titans and dozens of supporting players this year. Among the notable deaths of 2012 were veteran television personality Dick Clark; broadcast journalist Mike Wallace; actors Andy Griffith, Sherman Hemsley, Michael Clarke
