Television

Don Rickles was jokingly known as "The Sultan of Insult."

Arts

Comedian Don Rickles, Merciless 'Merchant Of Venom,' Dies At 90

3:43pm April 06, 2017

The famed insult comic and showbiz veteran worked well into his 80s. In his prime, Hollywood elites like his friend Frank Sinatra considered it an honor to be roasted by Rickles.

Comics and graphic novels have become a flourishing space for explorations of race and identity. But what are the compromises they have to make to reach and please wide audiences?

Changing Colors In Comics

4:14pm April 05, 2017

by Gene Demby

Gene Demby and guest host Glen Weldon (our play cousin from Pop Culture Happy Hour) explore how comics are used as spaces for mapping race and identity.

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Alec Baldwin says his SNL impersonation of President Trump is purposefully exaggerated, a "Macy's Day Parade of Trump."

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Alec Baldwin On Career Highs And Lows And Playing A 'Larger Than Life' Trump

4:07pm April 05, 2017

Baldwin tells Fresh Air that his SNL impression of the president is purposefully exaggerated. "There's a kind of volume to it," he says. "It's kind of the Macy's Day Parade [version] of Trump."

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YouTube TV initially offers about 40 channels to subscribers in five of the largest U.S. markets.

Arts

Once An Alternative To Mainstream TV, YouTube Now Offers Just That With New Service

3:16pm April 05, 2017

by Eric Deggans

With its streaming TV service launching Wednesday, YouTube joins a crowded field. But it offers several features the others don't.

Advertisers are beginning to pull their commercials from Fox News star Bill O'Reilly's flagship broadcast as allegations of sexual harassment continue to grow.

National

As Scandals Crest, Fox News Once More Under Siege

11:10am April 05, 2017

by David Folkenflik

Advertisers are beginning to pull their commercials from Fox News star Bill O'Reilly's flagship broadcast as allegations of sexual harassment continue to grow.

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Groundlings comedy troupe founder Gary Austin has died at 75. Here he attends a January 2016 Groundlings event with actress Victoria Carrol-Bell in West Hollywood, Calif.

Gary Austin, Founder of the Groundlings Improv Group, Dies

6:30pm April 04, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

Austin, relatively unknown outside of entertainment circles, taught and inspired many big names in comedy.

Arts

Hulu's 'Harlots' Follows Prostitutes In 18th Century London

5:14pm March 29, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Set in 18th century London, Hulu's new drama, Harlots, is about a group of women who work and live in brothels. The show is told from the point of view of the women and has an almost entirely female production team.

For next year's Winter Olympics in South Korea, NBC will broadcast the action live to American TV audiences from the Gangneung Curling Centre and other venues.

Sports

The Olympics' TV Time-Delay Is Going Away, NBC Says

12:22pm March 29, 2017

by Bill Chappell

For next year's Winter Olympics, NBC will broadcast live programming across the U.S., ending the network's decades-old strategy of delaying coverage across American time zones.

When America Needed Them, 'The Waltons' Were There

8:49am March 27, 2017

by Hawes Spencer

Forty-five years ago The Waltons debuted on television. It chronicled a family living through the Great Depression and was based on the creator's early life in a tiny town in Virginia.

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Christina Ricci plays Zelda Fitzgerald in Amazon's Z.

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Forget F. Scott: In 'Z,' Christina Ricci Tells Zelda Fitzgerald's Story

11:35am March 26, 2017

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

There's a common misconception (popularized by Ernest Hemingway) that Zelda Fitzgerald ruined her husband's life. The truth, Ricci says, is much more complicated.

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