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The actress and stunt girl Susan Backlinie, whose portrayal of a violent loss of life as the primary shark assault sufferer within the opening scene of the blockbuster film “Jaws” terrified moviegoers, died on Saturday. She was 77. Ms. Backlinie died at her house in California, her agent, Sean Clark, mentioned on Sunday. He mentioned […] More

The voice of Michael McDonald has been in comparison with velvet, silk and sandpaper, melted chocolate and final yr, by a besotted 11-year-old lady, an angel. He has harmonized with one of the best within the enterprise. But his newest duet may trigger even probably the most Botoxed foreheads of Hollywood to furrow. “How you […] More

Alex Hassilev, a multilingual, multitalented troubadour and the final unique member of the Limeliters, one of many greatest acts of the people revival of the early Nineteen Sixties, died on April 21 in Burbank, Calif. He was 91. His spouse, Gladys Hassilev, mentioned the reason for his demise, in a hospital, was most cancers. Before […] More

Just hours earlier than this 12 months’s Eurovision Song Contest closing was set to start on Saturday in Malmo, Sweden, round 5,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched by means of the town heart to protest Israel’s participation within the competitors. Waving big Palestinian flags and accompanied by drummers, the protesters shouted slogans together with, “Eurovision, you’ll be […] More

With most TV exhibits, a serious casting change is a dreaded occasion. But for followers of the long-running British sequence “Doctor Who,” large casting modifications are anticipated, even anticipated. With the present’s newest Christmas episode, which premiered Monday on Disney+, we obtained acquainted with the latest Doctor, performed by Ncuti Gatwa (“Sex Education”) — the […] More

At lunch, Smart was open in regards to the current tragedies in her life. In 2021, Richard Gilliland, an actor she met on the set of “Designing Women” and married in 1987, died after a coronary heart assault. Covid restrictions meant that she obtained to see him solely twice within the hospital. There was nonetheless […] More

Sorry, dads: Because your vacation doesn’t come till June, when “Saturday Night Live” is in reruns, you don’t get something particular from “S.N.L.” But mothers, since Mother’s Day arrives the morning after the second-to-last dwell episode of the season — when everybody on the present has a watch on the door and is saving these […] More

Sam Rubin, a journalist for the tv station KTLA 5 in Los Angeles whose morning interviews with celebrities turned requisite viewing for a lot of the leisure business and who endeared himself to Hollywood insiders along with his geniality and data of their work, died on Friday. He was 64. Mr. Rubin’s dying was introduced […] More

When the film producer Bert Schneider met the Black Panther Party chief Huey P. Newton, he swooned. Schneider, who had helped revolutionize the film business (and made some huge cash) as a producer of movies like “Easy Rider,” needed to shake up issues off the display screen as effectively. He noticed Newton, who had already […] More

Jeannie Epper had at the least 100 display roles, possibly even 150 — nobody is kind of positive. But as a result of she was a stunt double, galloping on horseback, crashing vehicles and kicking down doorways for the celebrities of movies and tv reveals, hers was not a family identify. In her heyday, nevertheless, […] More

Trixie Mattel is aware of that something is prettier in pink — nearly. She had no qualms about drenching the Palm Springs resort that she and her companion, David Silver, redid in 2022 in bubble gum hues, however their non-public residence was one other matter. In “Trixie Motel: Drag Me Home,” out on June 1 […] More

Just hours earlier than this yr’s Eurovision Song Contest ultimate was scheduled to start in Malmo, Sweden, on Saturday, the glitzy singing competitors was thrown into disaster after organizers banned the Netherlands’ entry from collaborating. On Friday, the Dutch musician, Joost Klein, whose songs combine pop with hyperfast beats, didn’t seem for a scheduled rehearsal […] More