LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Traitors,” a reality/competition show hybrid, has announced a lineup of reality television all-stars, actors and even a British aristocrat for the cast of its upcoming season. A slew of stars from the “Real Housewives,” “Survivor,” the “Bachelor” franchises and more popular television shows will join host Alan … Read more
In this photo illustration, the Warner Bros. Discovery logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery‘s Max announced price increases for its ad-free options on Tuesday, as a range of streamers make their memberships more expensive. The move comes only 12 days before … Read more
Idris Elba narrating a National Geographic series about the millions of soldiers erased from World War II history and the action-comedy-romance “Hit Man” landing on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated … Read more
NEW YORK — Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, 93, has married for the fifth time, his corporation, News Corp, confirmed Sunday. Murdoch and Elena Zhukova, a 67-year-old Russian-born retired molecular biologist, wed Saturday in a ceremony at his vineyard estate in Bel Air, California. Photographs of the newly married couple were released by News Corp. The … Read more
NEW YORK — CNN and MSNBC both cut away from former President Donald Trump as he spoke live on Friday less than 24 hours after being convicted in his New York hush money trial. The decisions, along with coverage of the trial’s aftermath in general, spoke to how the nation’s divisions are reflected in the … Read more
NEW YORK — A sudden, decisive verdict in former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Thursday led the media to simultaneously reflect on both the sweep of history and the most polarizing figure in modern American politics. Broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC suspended regular programming to bring the news shortly after 5 p.m. … Read more
NEW YORK — Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died at age 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” Saturday at the UCLA Medical Center, according to a … Read more
MILAN — The general manager of Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala on Tuesday bade a bittersweet farewell to the theater during the presentation of 2024-25 season, saying, “I would have been happy to continue.” Dominique Meyer will finish up his contract, which runs out at the end of February, but Italy’s far-right-led government limited him … Read more
Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 2-8: June 2: Actor Ron Ely (“Tarzan”) is 86. Actor Stacy Keach is 83. Actor-director Charles Haid (“Hill Street Blues”) is 81. Singer Chubby Tavares of Tavares is 80. Film director Lasse Hallstrom (“Chocolat,” “The Cider House Rules”) is 78. Actor Jerry Mathers (“Leave It To Beaver”) is … Read more
NEW YORK — By filling out its weekend schedule next week, NewsNation will compete a transition to an all-news cable and satellite network that it began in 2020. The network announced this week that on June 1, a three-hour newscast anchored by Adrienne Bankert will begin at 4 p.m. Eastern on Saturdays and Sundays, displacing … Read more
