CNN Examines the Lasting Legacy of Iconic Fashion Designer Halston
Aug23

CNN Examines the Lasting Legacy of Iconic Fashion Designer Halston

He was a contemporary of Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein and paved the way for other illustrious fashion designers who created global empires including Donna Karan, Tom Ford, Vera Wang, Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors. Yet the name of Halston has largely faded into the sands of time. Born Roy Halston Frowick in Des Moines, Iowa, Halston was an influential and larger-than-life American designer whose cutting-edge fashion concepts are still...

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CBS’s Norah O’Donnell on Her New Anchor Job and the ‘Century of Women’
Aug21

CBS’s Norah O’Donnell on Her New Anchor Job and the ‘Century of Women’

Three mass shootings and the heart-wrenching soul searching and calls for stricter gun laws in their aftermath. The shocking jailhouse suicide of a notorious sexual predator. A seemingly never-ending flow of incendiary tweets from the president. The jockeying of Democratic presidential candidates during their nationally televised debates. These are just some of the stories that have broken under the watch of Norah O’Donnell in her new...

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Ted Danson’s Tearful Tribute to ‘The Good Place’ Caps NBC’s TCA Day
Aug12

Ted Danson’s Tearful Tribute to ‘The Good Place’ Caps NBC’s TCA Day

Ted Danson was choking back tears. It was the final session of the final day of the Television Critics Association summer press tour at the Beverly Hilton and he was getting misty-eyed talking about the fourth and final season (September 26) of NBC’s “The Good Place.” “It’s a gift,” he said when asked what he would take away from the Michael Schur drama, in which he stars with Kristen Bell. “We are all full of respect because Mike...

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Fox Heads Into Fall with Reboots, Sports and New Dramas
Aug11

Fox Heads Into Fall with Reboots, Sports and New Dramas

It’s a whole new ballgame for Fox Entertainment since 20th TV and 21st Century Fox were absorbed by Disney, making Fox an indie without a studio partner. Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier touted the appeal of being a slimmed-down network at the Television Critics Association summer press tour last week at the Beverly Hilton. “Our independence allows us to question every assumption about what it means to be a broadcast...

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FX Sets Forth an Edgy Mix of New and Returning Programming
Aug10

FX Sets Forth an Edgy Mix of New and Returning Programming

FX made headlines when it announced that the new installment of “American Crime Story” will focus on the events that led up to impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton.—even as it was criticized in some quarters for slotting the Ryan Murphy anthology series just before the 2020 presidential election. But there was other news as the cable network presented its upcoming programming at the Television Critics Assn. summer press...

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