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In the "Magnum, P.I." episode "Laura", a retired NYPD cop named Sergeant Michael Doheny (Frank Sinatra) travels to Hawai'i for reasons he doesn't initially make clear. He hires Magnum (Tom Selleck) to help him track down the killers of a missing young girl, trying to close an unsolved homicide that took place in the Bronx. Magnum soon learns that the victim was Doheny's granddaughter, Laura (Kristin Brick), who had been kidnapped from Doheny's recent retirement party before being assaulted and killed. Magnum assumes Doheny wants the killers apprehended and jailed, but Doheny intends to kill the culprits himself.

In "Laura," Sinatra, then 72, gets to be fully out of control, beating up people in bars and yelling lines like "You slimy bastard. You beat her face to a pulp. You broke her body down to nothin' and then you threw her in an alley to die! And I'm gonna do the same thing to you!

Renowned comedian Richard Lewis, famous for his stand-up performances and memorable role on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, died on Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home after he suffered a heart attack. He was 76 years old.

The news of Lewis’s death was confirmed by his publicist, Jeff Abraham. Lewis had been living with Parkinson’s disease, a diagnosis he revealed in April 2023. In a statement, Lewis’s wife, Joyce Lapinsky, expressed gratitude for the love, friendship and support people had extended, and asked for privacy at this difficult time.

Born as Richard Philip Lewis on June 29, 1947, in Brooklyn and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, Lewis went on to graduate from Ohio State University. He emerged in the 1970s comedy scenes of New York and Los Angeles alongside future stars like Andy Kaufman, Richard Belzer and Elayne Boosler. Lewis quickly gained popularity and made appearances on late-night shows such...

Hollywood suffered another great loss today, with news that comedian and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Richard Lewis has died at age 76.

Last April, Richard announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Diagnosis.

Despite admitting that he felt good, Richard also shared that he was retiring from doing stand-up comedy.

Today, news broke that Richard passed away after suffering a heart attack.

According to Deadline, Richard’s long-time publicist, Jeff Abraham, confirmed the news, revealing the actor died in his Los Angeles home.

“His wife, Joyce Lapinsky, thanks everyone for all the love, friendship, and support and asks for privacy at this time,” Jeff expressed to the outlet.

Curb Your Enthusiasm comedian Richard Lewis dead at 76

Although best known for Curb Your Enthusiasm, Richard had a long comedic career before his signature role on the hit HBO show in 2000. Richard got his start in the 1970s comedy scene in...

Richard Lewis, the wild, eccentric, ultra-neurotic stand-up comedian and comic actor who most recently served as a semi-regular alongside Larry David on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” is dead. He was 76. Lewis suffered a fatal heart attack Tuesday night less than a year after announcing in April 2023 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from performing stand-up comedy. Lewis’ death was confirmed by his publicist Jeff Abraham, who noted, “His wife, Joyce Lapinsky, thanks everyone for the love, friendship and support and asks everyone for privacy at this time.”

He appeared this month on the 12th and final season of “Curb” after begging off of the show in its 11th season while recovering from a series of surgeries. But he wound up shooting a scene in an episode that year, anyway.

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Richard Lewis, the master of self-deprecating comedy who whined his way to stardom with stand-up TV specials, a sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall and turns on Anything but Love and Curb Your Enthusiasm, has died. He was 76.

Lewis died peacefully Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack, his publicist told The Hollywood Reporter. The actor and comic revealed in April that he had been living with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from stand-up.

“For the last three-and-a-half years, I’ve had sort of a rocky time,” he said on social media when sharing his health woes publicly after wrapping Curb‘s 12th season, which would eventually be announced as the last for the Larry David HBO comedy. Lewis had stepped away in 2021, appearing on only one season 11 episode, and returned for the now-airing final season.

Lewis, who was dealing with illness while they filmed season 12, “was a champ,...

Richard Lewis, the beloved comedian, stand-up comedy all-star, and series regular on Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, has died after suffering a heart attack. He was 76. Lewis’ death was confirmed by his publicist, Jeff Abraham. “His wife, Joyce Lapinsky, thanks everyone for all the love, friendship and support and asks for privacy at this time,” Abraham said.

Richard Lewis’ comedic journey began with dual debuts in the New York and Los Angeles comedy arenas in the 1970s. Mentioned in the same breaths as comedy legends like Andy Kaufman, Richard Belzer, and Elayne Boosler, Lewis’ comedy style was darker and more self-deprecating than his fellow kings and queens of comedy. Not afraid to lampoon his shortcomings, Richard Lewis shared grim comedy about his addictions and bizarre thinking.

Lewis revealed that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in April 2023 and planned to retire from his stand-up career.

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Richard Lewis, the stand-up comedian who also starred alongside Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” died Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home due to a heart attack, Variety has confirmed. He was 76.

Lewis announced last April he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and was retiring from stand-up comedy. He most recently appeared in Season 12 of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” currently airing on HBO.

In 2021, Lewis announced he would not appear in Season 11 of “Curb” in order to recover from three surgeries. He surprised viewers by returning to set for one Season 11 episode, telling Variety at the time, “When I walked in and they applauded, I felt like a million bucks. Larry doesn’t like to hug, and he hugged me and told me how happy he was after we shot our scene.”

Lewis, who played a semi-fictionalized version of himself throughout the 24 years of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” was known for his neurotic,...

Richard Lewis, one of America’s most beloved and revered stand-up comics who also played a fictionalized version of himself on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, died Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. He was 76.

His death was confirmed by his publicist Jeff Abraham. Lewis had been living with Parkinson’s disease, a diagnosis he revealed in April 2023.

“His wife, Joyce Lapinsky, thanks everyone for all the love, friendship and support and asks for privacy at this time,” Abraham said.

Complete information on survivors was not immediately available.

Related: Remembering Richard Lewis: A Career In Photos

Richard Lewis on ‘The Tonight Show’ in late-’70s

Born Richard Philip Lewis on June 29, 1947, in Brooklyn and raised in Englewood, NJ, Lewis — after a childhood he would describe as difficult — graduated from Ohio State University before landing in the New York and Los Angeles comedy scenes of the 1970s.

Rita McKenzie, the actress and singer best known for her boisterous performances in the one-woman show Ethel Merman’s Broadway, died Saturday in Los Angeles after a long illness, her husband, talent agent Scott Stander, announced. She was 76.

McKenzie first starred on stage as the powerful Merman — star of such iconic Broadway hits as Anything Goes, Annie Get Your Gun, Gypsy and Hello, Dolly! — in New York in 1988.

Belting out tunes like “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” “I Got Rhythm” and “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” McKenzie toured throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia in what many consider the longest-running one-woman show in theatrical history.

She also starred in parts that Merman made famous: Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes!, the gunslinger in a 50th anniversary tour of Annie Get Your Gun and Rose in Gypsy.

Watch her perform here.

A native of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey, McKenzie starred...

With just a few weeks left in the big Summer season, Hollywood hopes to get a slight jump on the serious Fall/Winter awards time with an adaptation of an acclaimed biographical novel. Oh, and it’s a “heart-tugger’ about an offbeat family. Now, such movies can be heartwarming like Meet Me In St. Louis and I Remember Mama, or countless other syrupy-sweet homages to home and hearth. And then there’s the opposite, the tough profiles of hard lives with difficult heads of the household like The Great Santini or (gasp) Mommie Dearest. Really, this new flick could almost be “Daddy Dearest”, as its main focus is a man who made life difficult for his offspring, due partly to his boozing, but mainly because he could never really realize his dreams, particularly his elaborate, unmade plans for The Glass Castle.

Those blueprints are a long ago memory for successful...

Roughly 15 minutes into Empire‘s Season 3 finale on Wednesday it’s revealed that Andre and Shyne are planning to murder Lucious not with a bullet but with a bomb. What’s more, the I.E.D. is slated to be detonated outside of an event space (in this case a casino) following a musical performance. The eerie and, of course, unintended parallel to this week’s horrific terror attack in Manchester was impossible to ignore, and it remained so as the episode built to the inevitable, explosive climax. Should Fox have pulled — or at the very least tweaked — the episode in light of recent events?...

Legendary insult comic Don Rickles, known to his fans as “Mr. Warmth,” has died at the age of 90.

Rickles died of kidney failure in his Los Angeles home on Thursday, our sister site Variety reports. The news was confirmed by his publicist Paul Schrifin.

The comedian is perhaps best known for his frequent appearances on The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts, which ran on NBC throughout the 1970s and ’80s, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He was also the star of the sitcom Cpo Sharkey, which ran from 1976-78, and the short-lived Don Rickles Show in 1972. Additional TV credits included Daddy Dearest and Foul-Ups,...

This ain’t no disco. This ain’t no Cosby Show, either. This is Emmmm-pire.

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Oh yes, Phylicia Rashad (the artist formerly known as Clair Huxtable) casts an imposing shadow across Cookie Lyon’s living room this week — bringing enough shade to make Al Roker wonder about the sudden and unexpected appearance of a solar eclipse.

But despite all the not-so-subtle hints of acidity brought by Rashad’s formidable Diana Dubois, there’s no escaping the scent of raw onions being chopped in the kitchen at the end of...

Looks like Rumple is back to spinning straw into gold!

On Once Upon a Time Season 6 Episode 8, everyone's favorite bad guy, Rumplestiltskin is behind the wheel, and he also has something big that Zelena and Belle want. 

Elsewhere in the hour, it looks like Henry and Violet are headed to their first dance together, so obviously the night will go smoothly, right? 

Not if the Evil Queen has anything to say about it!

The official episode description for "I'll Be Your Mirror" from ABC reads as follows:

"Emma and Regina formulate a plan to trap the Evil Queen in a prison of their own making, while Snow and David adjust to life without each other.

As Henry nervously prepares to take Violet to the school dance, the Evil Queen impersonates Regina to give him some advice that could lead him down a dark path.

Meanwhile, Zelena agrees to help Belle,...

Comedian, actor and writer Richard Lewis is letting go of a stylish Los Angeles home for a relatively modest $1.559 million.

The two-bedroom, two-bath home was built in 1926, the same year the nearby Chateau Marmont and Sunset Tower first opened their doors, the listing points out. But it’s not just the neighborhood that has Old Hollywood ties: the property was previously owned by screen legend Eddie Albert, who starred in Roman Holiday and The Heartbreak Kid among others.

Prospective residents will find an open-air living room with a wet bar well-suited for a Hollywood lifestyle, old or new. Multiple terraces...

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Question: Any Good Wife scoop on Cary? —Mohammad

Ausiello: I finally have an answer to the burning “Does he bat for Team Gay?” question. Remember a few months ago when Cary seemed to doth protest too much when his underling hit on him? Well, Ep Robert King reveals that the odd, seemingly out of nowhere exchange was neither a seed being planted for a bigger storyline nor a non sequitur. “We liked how Cary was out of step...

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Elementary is back in fine fettle in emotionally satisfying, tantalising season four opener, The Past Is Parent…

This review contains spoilers.

4.1 The Past Is Parent

There’s a certain joy to be had from a season four premiere. It’s far enough along a show’s lifespan that it feels like welcoming back an old friend, but not so far along that it feels like the old friend in question has hung around too long after a party, drunk the house dry, bored everyone with the nth repetition of its one good anecdote, and forced you to fake a please-leave-now yawn so loud you’ve woken the kids up.

Pleasant though it was to go back to the Brownstone, The Past Is Parent had a great deal more to offer than the comfort of familiarity. It was comfortably the show's best episode since The One That Got Away,...

If the transformation is a character’s external change then the meltdown is the internal equivalent. Sometimes the most terrifying part of a horror film isn’t when the monster pops out, but when a character loses his or her grip on reality. The psychosis can begin gradually, exacerbated by stress, sickness, or an outside tormentor. Often the character begins a film in complete control of his or her mental faculties. But control is a relative term, and in a horror film, the illusion of control can be just as powerful as actual agency. The options: denial or embracement. The psychological break will come soon enough. The only question is, how broken will the person be once it does?

****

Alien (1979) – Ash malfunctions

The crew of the cargo ship Nostromo has just about had it. Awakened from a cozy hypersleep to answer the worst wrong number in interstellar history, they then...

Daddy dearest! A dad from Virginia is becoming Internet-famous this week after he shared a cute photo of his 3-year-old son dressed up in a Queen Elsa costume on Sunday, Oct. 4. In the adorable snapshot, young Caiden makes a face at his dad, Paul, while wearing a blue Frozen-inspired ball gown and tiny green sneakers. (Paul can be seen snapping the photo with his phone through the reflection in a mirror behind Caiden.) “Anyone that knows us, knows we generally let Caiden make his own choices, to [...]...

It's easy to imagine that, 15 years from now, television audiences will take for granted the existence of groundbreaking series like Orange Is the New Black and Transparent. But it's impossible to look at the currently lush television landscape without acknowledging the debt that most popular shows owe to HBO at the turn of the new millennium.

While network television continued raking in the advertising dollars with surefire bets and lowest-common denominators, the premium cable channel was kickstarting its own quiet revolution, finding success in a variety of genres from pop-cultural...

Previous | Image 1 of 4 | NextThe new book from Richard Lewis is ‘Reflections From Hell.’

Chicago – The “Prince of Pain” was in Chicago recently. Richard Lewis, the overtly introspective and hilarious stand up comedian, has written a new book – “Reflections From Hell” – and appeared at Chicago’s City Winery, plus sold out two shows at the legendary Zanies comedy club.

The Brooklyn-born Lewis began performing stand-up comedy in late 1970s. After making numerous appearances on David Letterman in the 1980s, he landed on the sitcom “Anything But Love” in 1989, which ran for four seasons. Other TV projects include “Daddy Dearest,” Showtime’s “Rude Awakening,” and a recurring role (as himself) on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Films include “Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” “Once Upon a Crime” and “Leaving Las Vegas.” He popularized the phrase “The _____ from hell,” which contributed to the title of his new book, “Reflections from Hell.”

Photographer Joe Arce of HollywoodChicago.

Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) could really use some girl time.

It seems like all of Scandal's leading lady's problems trace back to the men in her life, from her diabolical father to her ex-lovers. But who would have thought she was sleeping with the enemy during her fling with the rando she picked up at a bar?

That's right, Gladiators: In the biggest #Tgit twist of the season, Liv's new man stabbed Jake (Scott Foley) – and it looks like the captain may really be gone for good. Most Scandalous Moments . Daddy dearest is back. Rowan (Joe Morton) used his...

Throughout Empire‘s Season 1 finale, Lucious Lyon seems hellbent on reinforcing the damning assessment of his life — and in particular, his parenting skills — made last week by his ex-wife Cookie: “Everything you touch, you destroy. Look what you did to my sons.“

PhotosEmpire‘s 15 Biggest Season 1 Shockers

He punches his youngest, Hakeem, right in the face. He attempts to corrupt his troubled eldest son Andre’s spiritual adviser — just to prove he’s “more powerful” than God. And as for his middle child, Jamal, the one he’s repeatedly beaten and scorned just for being gay? Well, good ole Lucious...

My fellow Americans, we received some devastating news this week, courtesy of Fox’s Empire: We are all just Boo-Boo Kitties, chasing our tails and kidding ourselves that we’ll ever keep it as real — or as tight — as Cookie Lyon.

I mean, try this one on for size: Ex-con Cookie walks into a celebrity soirée, spies her barely-legal rapper son with the fortysomething girlfriend he refers to as “Mama,” and begins throwing shade like a bamboo umbrella.

RelatedEmpire Post Mortem: Ep Talks Lucious’ Confession, Andre’s Collapse and That Omg End-of-Episode Hook-Up

“I’m not one of your jailbird mates,...

The drama can be described as “Whiplash” meets “The Heiress,” as the writer goes straight for the jugular through the heart

jugularAside from the fact that Halley Feiffer could be writing about herself and her famous father, Jules Feiffer, the new play “I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard,” is funny, scary, and completely over the top in its own right.

“I’m Gonna Pray,” which opened Tuesday at Atlantic Stage 2 in New York, doesn’t need the Feiffer backstory to be enjoyed, although it is a pleasure in the play’s first few minutes to eavesdrop on what...

Much knowledge was dropped on Tuesday night in the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. midseason finale, including significant details about Skye’s identity. Yet as the thrilling hour drew to a close with one character emerging triumphant, another’s life came to a tragic end.

Bombs, Away! | The action picked up with May using some aerial razzle-dazzle to dupe Hydra into thinking its squadron had landed direct hits on the Bus. The team then prepared to return to the alien city in Puerto Rico to plant old-timey, Emp-resistant bombs.

Meanwhile, Ward endeavored to explain to Skye that while his official target was Raina,...

Whenever director Robert Trachtenberg tells people he's made a film about Bing Crosby, he says, "The overwhelming response is, 'He's the guy who hit his kids.'" The actor-crooner's Daddy Dearest image was shaped by the 1983 tell-all memoir from son Gary. But Trachtenberg believes Bing Crosby: Rediscovered, his latest project for American Masters (Tuesday at 8/7c on PBS), will remind viewers that despite his flaws, Crosby is one of the 20th century's most influential pop culture figures.

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Warning: If you have yet to watch the Mistresses Season 2 finale, please skip this recap and head to another TVLine story. Everyone else, dive right in — the water is perfect!

Her long white gown flutters in the Pacific Ocean breeze. She runs to him, reckless and breathless, and God (or perhaps a really astute stylist) intervenes, making his tattered old t-shirt magically disappear, revealing a torso smoother and sturdier than the Quartz kitchen countertop of your home-design fantasies.

Related Mistresses Ep Talks Shocking Season 2 Finale: ‘Soap Operas Live and Die on Unforgivable Acts’

Suddenly, she is astride him — their lips locked,...

A new, all-too-brief promo for Arrow Season 3 has been making rounds (courtesy of our friends in the Great White North), and it offers a li’l something for nearly everyone.

Related Arrow Season 3 Casts Glee Alum as Felicity’s [Spoiler]

In a flurry of snippets, Oliver reminds us that there is more to learn about his past, there’s a taste of what Thea has been up to under Daddy Dearest’s tutelage, we see Laurel rough up a tough…. All of which feeds into what showrunner Marc Guggenheim says is this season’s theme: identity.

“Who are you? Are you your mask?...

Warning: If you haven’t seen the Game of Thrones Season 4 finale, hitch a ride on the nearest dragon and head to a different TVLine story. Everyone else, read on.

Is there a fate worse than being sentenced to death?

Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage) got to ponder that question after enduring multiple jaw-dropping twists during tonight’s Game of Thrones Season 4 finale. (Read Kim Roots’ episode recap here!)

After escaping prison with the help of his brother Jaime and thwarting his execution in the process, Tyrion discovered his true love Shae (Sibel Kekilli) in the bed of his father Tywin,...

The Originals Episode 114

“Long Way Back From Hell”

Written by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson

Directed By: Matt Hastings

Original Airdate: 25 February 2014

In This Episode…

Genevieve has Rebekah and Klaus tied up in separate parts of an abandoned hospital. Rebekah has been poisoned with werewolf venom, making her weak, unstable, and easy to torture. Klaus has been sedated by the giant bone dagger embedded in his abdomen. Genevieve assures Klaus that she is not there to hurt Klaus, and she proves this by cutting open his torso, reaching in, and removing the dagger. It hurts like hell but it allows Klaus to begin to heal. She has mixed up a concoction using Rebekah’s blood that will allow Klaus to see into Rebekah’s mind, and view the torture she is going through.

Rebekah has been brought to this hospital for a reason: it was the source of Genevieve’s distress with Rebekah,...

Review Rachael Kates 13 Nov 2013 - 07:00

Fathers are the theme of this week's Beauty and the Beast episode. Here's Rachael's review...

This review contains spoilers.

2.6 Father Knows Best

Hoo, Nellie. Daddy issues everywhere in this episode, am I right? You can eat the family tensions with a spork, they're so thick. Between Catherine’s drama with FBI-Not-So-Much-of-a-Sperm-Donor-Turns-Out and Windsor the Papa Beast it’s like bring your daughter to work day on steroids.

I would like to express my deep and abiding shock at the backstory between Bob Reynolds and Vanessa Chandler. What? You were dating? Then you chose to lurk in the shadows for 28 years? If any of that is true, that is. True or false, my opinion one thing stands firm: even outside of your Vincent manipulations, you are so sketchy, Bob - not least of all because you had the choice of a variety of nicknames for Robert and you chose Bob.

This week's "Scandal" takes the Season 3 shocker cake, for sure (so far!).

The episode, titled, "More Cattle, Less Bull," begins with Olivia fulfilling her Sunday dinner duty with Daddy Dearest (Rowan Pope/B613 Command), who thinks he's making progress with his daughter, as they've made it all the way to dessert without Liv accusing him of... things he does. She quickly sets him straight, letting him know that she's decided to smile prettily through their weekly dinners and refrain from being "brave," as being brave somehow ends with him making her friends kill people. Daddy says Huck's foray back ...

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Welcome back to another edition of the Scandal Round Table.

This week we're discussing Drunk Mellie, jealousy, and, of course, Papa Pope. Pull up a keyboard and join TV Fanatic staff members Jim Garner, Christine Orlando, Leigh Raines, Miranda Wicker, and Emily from ABC Scandal Fans as they break down "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington."

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What was your favorite scene or quote from this Scandal Season 3 episode?

Jim: I enjoyed watching Fitz tell Olivia the truth, trusting that she would do the right thing. For better or worse, Olivia did the right thing to save more lives. 

Christine: Drunk Mellie telling Fitz why she needed saint Olivia to live was just awesome. "She's the strings that if need be I will pull to make my puppet husband dance." So very true and one of the many reasons why I can't get enough of Mellie.

Leigh: I loved drunk Mellie!

Is it just me or is Scandal the hottest show anywhere right now? It doesn't matter what time of day it is, someone somewhere seems to be watching Scandal reruns, talking about Scandal reruns, Tweeting about Scandal or buying the latest Scandal fashions at their local Saks store. 

All Scandal, all the time. And now that it's returned - and what a return that was - we have a brand new season to obsess over. Best Thursday night ever!

"It's Handled" had absolutely everyone, even Daddy Dearest, trying to control the situation after Olivia was outed as being the President's mistress. Her father tried to put her on a plane with a new identity. Cyrus prepared to burn her. The team scrambled behind the scenes to figure out something - anything - that would save her.

David advised her to get out in front of the story and save herself...

The Sons of Anarchy cast and creator Kurt Sutter closed out Comic-Con Sunday night with a panel highlighted by a rapid-fire glimpse at the FX drama’s upcoming Season 6. The major takeaway from the teaser: Samcro’s new VP!

Replacing Bobby as Jax’s right-hand man at the table is none other than… Chibs. What does the newly promoted veep bring to the president’s term? “Maybe some conscience,” portrayer Tommy Flanagan teased. “He has a blind loyalty toward Jax in a lot of ways.” Adds Charlie Hunnam: “Tommy’s like my big brother in real-life, so that dynamic...

Hova’s new album ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ isn’t coming out until July 9 (or July 4 for Samsung Galaxy users), but lyrics for his song ‘Jay-z Blue’ have been released — and it’s all about his baby Blue Ivy! So sweet!

Jay-z has softened up his tough-as-nails rap image since welcoming his first child Blue Ivy Carter with wife Beyonce on Jan. 7, 2012. A new track on his upcoming album is titled “Jay-z Blue (Daddy Dearest),” and it’s all about his baby girl!

Jay-z

Jay-z’s latest album Magna Carta Holy Grail drops on July 9 — or on July 4 for Samsung Galaxy users — and one of the most touching tracks on the album is about his daughter, 17 months. The rapper opened up about the meaning behind the song in a new Samsung ad.

“It deals with… my pop left when I was young,” Jay-z revealed. “He didn’t teach me how to be a man,...

Take Olivia Pope, relocate her to La-La Land, quadruple her intensity, cut her dialogue output in half and, oh yeah, make her look like Liev Schreiber — that, in a nutshell, is Showtime’s wildly entertaining, impeccably cast Ray Donovan.

The series, which bowed Sunday night and hails from Southland creator Ann Biderman, centers on Schreiber’s South Boston transplant Donovan, a “fixer” who miraculously makes the problems of Hollywood’s rich and famous disappear before they get leaked to TMZ. (On R.D.’s series-premiere plate: helping a basketball Mvp rid a dead woman from his bed and convincing the...

Will Smith and his 14-year-old son Jaden are not just indistinguishable doppelgangers on the outside; they're also whacked out brothers in arms who share a common interest in slinging around majorly bats**t crazy talk during press chats.

The two tag-teamed a New York Magazine (by way of Vulture) reporter recently on the subject of their latest joint venture movie, "After Earth," and in the process the Smith pair spilled some bananas business like we've never heard before.

Quick! Somebody get Harmony Korine on the horn to let him know his Hollywood's Most Crazy hat's been stolen!

No, but seriously, we'd heard talk of Big Willie Style bein' all in it before, but now that his particular brand of weird has rubbed off on Smith Jr. we're totally convinced.

First, take note of this weird thing that happened on Ellen's couch ...

... then see if you can get jiggy with these...

I'm incredibly sad that Scandal is over until the fall, but also kind of relieved because now I can breathe again on Thursday nights. This show is insanely good and worthy of every single accolade it has earned in two seasons. 

Insanely good. So good I had to say that twice. 

"White Hat's Back On" was the perfect angst-riddled ending to such a crazy season. And that was one hell of a cliffhanger.

The hour started with the team already knowing that Billy Chambers was alive and well and while I'm not sure how they figured that out, I'm happy we didn't spend time showing it. The fact that he wasn't actually dead was well-written by Abby's thinking he had just gone underground and Huck's mini-rant about getting the job done correctly.

Huck: It's true what they say. If you want someone killed right, you've gotta kill them yourself.

Abby:...

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

In the latest Game of Thrones episode, we were treated to yet more character development for some of the biggest players from the second series. We saw the softer, more tortured side of Stannis and the reveal of his scarred daughter and wife for the first time. The biggest dynamic to this episode was the lord of light (or R’hllor to his pals), and the affect that God seemingly has on many aspects of Westeros life.

Action wise, with exception of the opening 10 minutes, this episode was stylized with much more political backstabbing feel, and the cloak and daggers set ups for later episodes and story beds were glaringly obvious. Budget wise, a lot of money was spent in the climax of episode 4, so it was always bound to slow down for the mid point of the series.

This is not to say this episode...

Our NCIS review broke down "Squall," this week's episode, in detail.

Now, TV Fanatic staff members Steve Marsi, Douglas Wolfe and Christine Orlando have assembled for our weekly Round Table Q&A discussion of various events and topics from this installment.

Join in as we analyze another entertaining hour of TV's #1 show!

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1. Describe this episode in one word (or two, or three, or four).

Doug: Father issues.

Christine: Daddy Dearest.

Steve: Complex and emotional.

2. What was your favorite scene from "Squall?"

Doug: Jamey Sheridan did such a great job in making Admiral McGee an objectionable jerk whose son could do nothing right that I enjoyed watching Gibbs getting all paternal and taking him down a peg or two. There was a visceral satisfaction with that.

Christine: I liked that Tony took the time to talk to Tim about his daddy issues and pointed out that he's not alone. That...

Review Emma Matthews 12 Mar 2013 - 06:51

Oh dear. Community's latest episode has done nothing to convince Emma it's the same show as it used to be...

This review contains spoilers.

4.5 Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations

After a less than stellar performance last week, and much of the new season, for the sake of everyone’s sanity Community needed to produce something resembling the show that it purports to be. Even though all the pieces (bar one, as the show is sans Harmon) are in place, so far, it's so far lacked any punch – could Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations claw back at least some of the credibility that the show is haemorrhaging?

The short answer is no. The slightly longer answer is sadly no. As the clearly over-thought, over-wordy title would suggest, this is a show flailing in the dark, unable to find even a smidgeon of comedy worth noting.

Michael Lohan is writing his memoir. The father of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has signed a deal with South Florida PR firm TransMedia Group and its founder Tom Madden to co-write the book, which will focus on his 'rise from drug addiction and imprisonment to a Bible-quoting minister, drug interventionist and successful businessman'. Mr. Madden said the tome, 'I'm Not Your Daddy Dearest...If I Can Turn My Life Around, So Can You', will show a different side to Michael than has been previously portrayed. He explained: 'So much of the press Lohan receives misfires as it characterises him as a 'drug abusing, felonious stock trader', as opposed to the decent, honourable guy I know. 'Readers of his tell-all memoir...

Michael Lohan is writing his memoir. The father of troubled actress Lindsay Lohan has signed a deal with South Florida PR firm TransMedia Group and its founder Tom Madden to co-write the book, which will focus on his ''rise from drug addiction and imprisonment to a Bible-quoting minister, drug interventionist and successful businessman''. Mr. Madden said the tome, 'I'm Not Your Daddy Dearest...If I Can Turn My Life Around, So Can You', will show a different side to Michael than has been previously portrayed. He explained: ''So much of the press Lohan receives misfires as it characterises him as a 'drug abusing, felonious...

This week on Pretty Little Liars, Aria's lips were on the wrong brother... Jason and Emily teamed up to take down Wilden... and Caleb met his dad.

Join staff writers Leigh Raines, Christina Tran, Nick McHatton, Teresa Lopez and Carissa Pavlica as they dissect "What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted" and discuss those topics and a lot more. Pull up a virtual chair now!

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We're still entrenched in Caleb's family saga. Does the inclusion of the story mean any more to you this week?

Leigh: I think Caleb's family saga is meant to get us to care about some of the side characters. It also includes how Hanna has changed over the years and become more caring and strong willed. She loves Caleb and wants his happiness. But did she test his father with that 5 dollar bill? Hanna has her own ways to test someone's trust. Now will she tell Caleb?...

London, Feb uary 11: Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan's father Michael Lohan has signed up to write a tell-all memoir.

The 52-year-old has said that part of the reason he is penning the book is to get one over on his former wife Dina.

According to TMZ, he is concerned about the scathing autobiography she is in the process of writing, and is keen to tell his side of the story.

His publisher Transmedia Group say the book's working title is I Am Not Daddy Dearest ... If I Can Turn It All Around, You Can Too!

The focus of the tome will be how he became a 'Bible-quoting minister, drug interventionist, and successful.

Los Angeles, Feb 10: Actress Lindsay Lohan's father Michael Lohan is reportedly going to write a book on his daughter and experiences in life.

According to public relations firm, Transmedia Group, Michael's book is tentatively called, "I Am Not Daddy Dearest ... If I Can Turn It All Around, You Can Too!", reports tmz.com.

The book will give the readers an insight about his transformations and also about Lindsay and ex-wife Dina.

One of the reasons why Michael wants to write the book is that Dina is also writing a book about their bitter experiences and he wants to tell people his side of the story.

Ians...

Let this sink in ... Michael Lohan is joining the ranks of Shakespeare and Hemingway -- he's signed a deal to become a published author, and TMZ has learned his first book is a tell-all memoir involving ... yep, Lindsay Lohan.According to publisher Transmedia Group, Michael's book is tentatively, and briefly, entitled "I Am Not Daddy Dearest ... If I Can Turn It All Around, You Can Too!" We're told it will focus on how he became a "Bible-quoting minister,...

You’d think that after nearly a year of continuous Community scoops — including a full feature with the show’s new bosses timed to its initial premiere date last October — our supply would have run dry.

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