Cavs’ Frye excused from team after death of his mother

Edit Boston Herald 30 Oct 2016
TORONTO — Cavaliers center Channing Frye has been excused indefinitely from the team following the death of his mother. He missed Friday’s game at Toronto and will not play in Saturday’s home game against the Orlando Magic ... She enjoyed a successful career as an Emmy-winning reporter and producer in Phoenix ... ——— ... ....

Chris Rock Says Comics Should Cater to ‘People That Look Like Them First’

Edit The Wrap 30 Oct 2016
Chris Rock has some interesting words for his fellow comedians. cater to your base, and worry about broader audiences later. “I think everybody should be funny to the people that look like them first ... Rock was asked how, in a producing role, he decides who is right for a project and how he determines what is funny ... Also Read ... Like Samantha Bee ... For his Emmy-nominated Schumer collaboration, “Amy Schumer ... Also Read ... J....

Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor on motherhood and musical roots

Edit CBS News 29 Oct 2016
Regina Spektor's 2013 single, "You've Got Time," was nominated for an Emmy. She then took a break from music, following the birth of her first child. She spoke with "CBS This Morning. Saturday" co-host Anthony Mason at the Gibson Guitar Showroom in New York about her journey, and performs "Bleeding Heart" from her new album in four years, "Remember Us to Life." ... ....

‘SNL’ Has No Political Bias, Tina Fey Says, But Election is ‘So, So Ugly’

Edit IMDb 29 Oct 2016
But the Emmy winner told guests at a Producer Guild of America event Saturday morning that the show always intentionally shot for ......

Bryan Cranston on his new book, A Life in Parts

Edit The National 29 Oct 2016
Bryan Cranston seems so far apart from the murderous Walter White that one wonders how he was able to channel such darkness with Emmy-worthy ferocity in Breaking Bad. But in his new memoir, A Life in Parts, Cranston ­details a ­real-life incident that helped him get in character. an ­unhinged ex-girlfriend who threatened his life and triggered violent thoughts within him ... What drove you to that? ... "I had a good run....

Video: Trailer for Oklahoma-made creature feature 'Gremlin' debuts

Edit The Oklahoman 29 Oct 2016
In time for Halloween, the trailer for the Oklahoma-made creature feature "Gremlin" has debuted, and it's pretty darn creepy ... 2-9 in Santa Monica, Calif ... He can’t destroy it ... Bellgardt, an Emmy Award winner who is also known as one half of the local television team the Two Movie Guys, tells me that "Gremlin" was filmed entirely in Oklahoma, mostly at the Overholser Mansion and The Grandison Inn ... -BAM ....

Why the timing for Amazon's 'Good Girls Revolt' 'couldn't have been any better'

Edit CNN 29 Oct 2016
Los Angeles (CNN)As far as Dana Calvo is concerned, there's really no better time she could have asked for Amazon to premiere her new show, "Good Girls Revolt.". The drama -- based on a Lynn Povich book of the same name -- follows a group of women at the fictional News of the Week magazine as they fight for their right to pursue careers as reporters in 1969 ... But the show ultimately ended up at the home of Emmy-winning "Transparent." ... ....

Institutional Diversity Launches Latino Lecture Series (Texas Tech University)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Oct 2016
(Source. Texas Tech University). WHAT. Texas Tech University will host award-winning news anchor and reporter Maria Hinojosa as the first speaker of the Latino Lecture Series ... The new lecture series serves to raise awareness and inform on issues that affect Latinos ... Admission to the lectures is free. WHEN. Tuesday (Nov. 1) Student Lecture. 3 p.m. Public Lecture. 6.30 p.m ... She served as host on the Emmy Award-winning talk show 'Maria Hinojosa....

Trailblazing talent agent Norman Brokaw dies at age 89

Edit Dayton Daily News 29 Oct 2016
Norman R. Brokaw, a trailblazing talent agent who represented Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Clint Eastwood and other top Hollywood stars, has died at age 89. Brokaw's son, David, says his father died after a long illness on Saturday in Beverly Hills, California ... FILE - In this Aug ... read more ... 21, 2010 file photo, Norman Brokaw poses with the Governor's Award in the press room at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles ... � ... ....

The best of the West: This TV genre's finest moments

Edit Belfast Telegraph 29 Oct 2016
Taking revisionism to a whole new level and winner of eight Emmys, Deadwood revitalised the television Western, while scandalising purists ... Texas Ranger Augustus McCrae, this adaption of Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize novel won seven Emmys and is a breathtaking master class in conception, acting, music, direction and cinematography....

Women’s Golf Day Event Hails Success! Next WGD Event set for June 6, 2017 (CAG - California Alliance for Golf)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Oct 2016
(Source. CAG - California Alliance for Golf) ... Due to this year's enormous success, we are happy to announce it will return in 2017! ... In the U.S., women's spending power is growing ... If you are a golf course operator in California who is interested in growing the game of golf and want to learn more about the 2017 Women's Golf Day event, contact California Alliance for Golf (CAG) Communications Chair Emmy via email at EmmyPGA@aol.com....

Patton Oswalt Opens Up About Grief And Returning To Stand Up Following His Wife’s Sudden Death

Edit Inquisitr 29 Oct 2016
Patton Oswalt has opened up about returning to stand-up comedy just six months after the sudden death of his wife Michelle McNamara ... Back in September Oswalt even won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Special after releasing Patton Oswalt. Talking For Clapping on Netflix ... Patton Oswalt on his wife’s death ... — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 26, 2016 ... O.K., the world didn’t end.”....
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