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This May 5, 2019 file photo shows Alex Trebek presenting an award at the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif.

‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek: Cancer treatment is ‘paying off’ despite fatigue

July 17, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.

"Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek again says he's "feeling great" as he continues to be treated for pancreatic cancer. The iconic game-show host, 79, who marked the one-year anniversary of his...

FILE - In this June 26, 2020, file photo, Ivanka Trump speaks during a meeting with the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. A new White House-backed ad campaign aims to encourage people who are unemployed or unhappy in their jobs or careers to "find something new." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Ivanka Trump’s Goya photo gets late-night hosts going

July 16, 2020 at 1:04 p.m.

Late-night talk show hosts had a field day Wednesday making jokes about Ivanka Trump's photo of herself holding up a can of Goya beans. The first daughter tweeted the photo...

iHeartRadio's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God of The Breakfast Club speak onstage at the Wiz Khalifa performance at the iHeartRadio Live P.C. Richard & Son Theater on August 13, 2014 in New York City.

‘The Breakfast Club’ is a radio forum for the nation’s racial reckoning

July 17, 2020 at 10:17 a.m.

The video of the police killing of George Floyd was so disturbing that even conservative talk radio stalwart Rush Limbaugh — never considered a friend of the Black community —...

GLAAD report: Last year’s movies failed to include enough queer people of color

July 16, 2020 at 9:51 a.m.

Last year, not a single major studio movie included a transgender character, according to GLAAD. On Thursday morning, the LGBTQ media advocacy organization released its annual report tracking LGBTQ inclusion...

A plane taxis outside the NetJets hangar at Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio.

The rich are flying again — from the comfort of their private jets

July 15, 2020 at 3:26 p.m.

The pandemic has sent demand for commercial airline flights into a tailspin, but business is soaring for the private jet companies that fly corporate bigwigs and deep-pocketed travelers looking to...

Is Peacock worth your time and money? One TV critic weighs in

July 15, 2020 at 2:44 p.m.

If television's many platforms and networks and channels were not already confusing and taxing enough, now we get Peacock, from the Comcast-owned NBCUniversal. (The name references NBC's longtime logo, born...

Director Stanley Nelson from the documentary "Miles Davis: The Birth of Cool."

Stanley Nelson: Why we need Black filmmakers to tell the story of 2020

July 15, 2020 at 1:06 p.m.

Watching protesters fill the streets across the globe over the police killings of African Americans, I thought of the opening words of Freedom's Journal, the first Black-owned and operated newspaper...

Naya Rivera and Josey Hollis attend the premiere of Warner Bros. Pictures' "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" at Regency Village Theatre on February 2, 2019 in Westwood, California.

‘Glee’ creators launching college fund for Naya Rivera’s 4-year-old son

July 15, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.

"Glee" co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan said Tuesday that they are "in the process of creating a college fund" for the 4-year-old son of Naya Rivera, the...

Elizabeth Debicki and John David Washington star in "Tenet," whose theatrical release was postponed.

Movie theaters face ‘existential’ threat from COVID-19: ‘Without new movies, it’s over’

July 15, 2020 at 9:07 a.m.

After months of being shuttered, Texas movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse published a blog post from founder Tim League last month detailing the company's new coronavirus safety protocols, including mandatory...

Richard Hull, chief strategy officer for VIX, a Miami-based Spanish language streaming service that has seen significant growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Netflix changed media forever. Can this streamer bring the revolution to Latino audiences?

July 15, 2020 at 8:50 a.m.

The Edward James Olmos movie "Windows on the World," about a Mexican family's ordeal during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, was scheduled to open on 100 theater screens nationwide this...

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