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  • Friday, Apr. 19, 2024
Dick Van Dyke earns historic Daytime Emmy nomination at age 98
2020 Kennedy Center honoree, actor Dick Van Dyke attends the 43nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on Friday, May 21, 2021, in Washington. Van Dyke was nominated Friday, April 19, 2024, as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock's “Days of Our Lives.” (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- 

Dick Van Dyke is vying for a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98.

The actor was nominated Friday as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock's "Days of Our Lives."

Van Dyke is the oldest Daytime Emmy nominee. Producer Norman Lear was 100 when he received his final Primetime Emmy nomination in 2022 and died the next year.

Among those Van Dyke is up against is Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Freevee's "Neighbours."

Van Dyke has won four Primetime Emmys, including three in the 1960s for his classic comedy series "The Dick Van Dyke Show."

Actor-singer Selena Gomez is nominated in the culinary series category for her Food Network special "Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays." Also nominated in that category is Food Network's "Valerie's Home Cooking," the show hosted by actor Valerie Bertinelli that ended last year.

CBS is ending "The Talk" after its 15th More

  • Friday, Apr. 19, 2024
Google is combining its Android software and Pixel hardware divisions to more broadly integrate AI
Google logos are displayed when searched for Google in New York, Sept. 11, 2023. Google said it will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables. It is part of a broader push to integrate artificial intelligence more broadly throughout the company. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
By David Hamilton, Technology Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- 

Google will combine the software division responsible for Android mobile software and the Chrome browser with the hardware division known for Pixel smartphones and Fitbit wearables, the company said Thursday. It's part of a broader plan to integrate artificial intelligence more widely throughout the company.

In a letter to employees, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the changes will "turbocharge the Android and Chrome ecosystems" while helping to spur innovation.

The decision will place both operations under the oversight of Rick Osterloh, a Google executive who previously oversaw the company's hardware group. Not long ago, Google insulated Android development from the hardware division, saying it wanted to avoid giving its phone designers an unfair advantage over the other major smartphone makers who used Android — including Samsung and Motorola, as well as Chinese companies such as Oppo and Xiaomi.

Then a few years ago, Google More

  • Thursday, Apr. 18, 2024
Post-strike production rebound slow to materialize for L.A. in early 2024
Paul Audley, president of FilmLA
LOS ANGELES -- 

FilmLA--partner film office for the City and County of Los Angeles and other local jurisdictions-–has issued an update regarding regional filming activity.

The film industry’s highly-anticipated return to production in 2024 took eight to ten weeks to materialize, according to FilmLA. The end of labor work actions late in 2023 pushed many project starts into the New Year.

At the same time, runaway production, series cancelations and planned reductions in content spend were seen to limit industry output and work opportunities. Local on-location filming declined 8.7 percent from January through March, attaining only 6,823
Shoot Days (SD) in the first quarter.

Reviewing the data, researchers identified a double-digit loss of television production as the main contributor to the decline. Television production was down 16.2 percent year-over-year in the first quarter (2,402 SD in 2024 vs. 2,868 in 2023). Present filming levels look More

  • Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2024
"I was afraid for my life" — Orlando Bloom puts himself in peril for Peacock series
This image released by Peacock shows Orlando Bloom in an episode of the television series "Orlando Bloom: To the Edge." (Casey Durkin/Peacock via AP)
By Mark Kennedy, Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Orlando Bloom wanted to test himself for his latest adventure project. Not by eating something gross or visiting a new country. He wanted to risk death — with not one but three extreme sports.

The Peacock series"Orlando Bloom: To the Edge" sees the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star shoot through the sky thousands of feet above the ground, dive into a deep sinkhole and rock climb hundreds of feet.

"While I was at moments scared for my life during the show, having come out the other end of it I feel way more capable," Bloom tells The Associated Press.

The series, which debuts Thursday, was born from the pandemic, which made outside adventures even more alluring. It met the perfect host in a man who is a natural risk-taker. When he made his Broadway debut in "Romeo and Juliet," he roared onto the stage on a Triumph motorcycle.

"I'm like a collector of experiences in some ways," he says. "I've been remarkably gifted and fortunate More

  • Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2024
After 40 years in Park City, Sundance exploring options for 2027 film festival and beyond
The marquee of the Egyptian Theatre appears during the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 28, 2020, in Park City, Utah. The Sundance Film Festival may not always call Park City home. The Sundance Institute has started to explore the possibility of other U.S. locations to host the independent film festival starting in 2027, the organization said Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)
By Lindsey Bahr

The Sundance Film Festival may not always call Park City, Utah, home. The Sundance Institute has started to explore the possibility of other U.S. locations to host the independent film festival starting in 2027, the organization said Wednesday.

The 2025 and 2026 festivals will still take place in Park City and Salt Lake City. But with the current contract up for renewal in 2027, the institute is taking steps to look at all options through a request for information and request for proposal process, beginning immediately. The final selection, which could still be Park City, is expected to be announced by early 2025.

"We are in a unique moment for our Festival and our global film community, and with the contract up for renewal, this exploration allows us to responsibly consider how we best continue sustainably serving our community while maintaining the essence of the Festival experience," said Eugene Hernandez, the festival's director.

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  • Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2024
Barbra Streisand to release new single for Peacock and Sky Original series "The Tattooist of Auschwitz"
Barbra Streisand (photo by Russell James)

Peacock and Sky have announced that Emmy, Grammy, Oscar® and Tony Award-winning singer, songwriter, actress, writer, and director, Barbra Streisand has recorded a brand-new song “Love Will Survive,” which will be the end title of the upcoming Peacock and Sky Original series, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

This will be Streisand’s first ever recording for a TV series and will be released globally by Columbia Records on April 25th, ahead of the series global launch on May 2nd. 

“Love Will Survive” is composed by two-time Oscar®-winner Hans Zimmer in collaboration with Emmy nominee Kara Talve, part of the Bleeding Fingers Music composer collective, and Grammy-winner Walter Afanasieff, with lyrics by Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Charlie Midnight.

Zimmer and Talve have also composed the original score for the upcoming, six-part, limited series which stars Harvey Keitel, Melanie Lynskey, Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak and Jonas More

  • Monday, Apr. 15, 2024
43rd College Television Award winners unveiled, honored at gala ceremony
Chris Perfetti, far left, and Lisa Ann Walter, far right, with Chapman University students Kaan Berkant, Jennifer Baker and Yinghui Li, winners of the comedy series award for “Slobopoly,” at the 43rd College Television Awards, presented by the Television Academy Foundation on April 13, 2024, in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)
LOS ANGELES -- 

The Television Academy Foundation announced the winners of the 43rd College Television Awards, which recognize and reward excellence in student-produced programs from colleges nationwide, at a star-studded awards gala at the Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, Calif., on Sunday (4/13).

“Congratulations to all the winners in television’s most esteemed and coveted student awards,” said Tina Perry, chair of the Television Academy Foundation. “The Foundation is proud to leverage its platform to showcase the exceptional work of the industry’s future leaders. Our sincerest gratitude to all the celebrities and sponsors who participated in this event to make it a memorable experience for students.”

The 2024 winners were presented awards by top television stars, including  Lisa Ann Walter (Abbott Elementary), Chris Perfetti (Abbott Elementary), Midori Francis (Grey’s Anatomy), Zyra Gorecki (La Brea), Courtney More

  • Saturday, Apr. 13, 2024
Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users
A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2019. On Friday, April 12, 2024, Google announced it was testing removing links to California news websites from some people's search results. The search giant said it was preparing in case the Legislature passed a bill requiring it to pay media companies a fee for linking to its content. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
By Adam Beam & Tran Nguyen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- 

Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people's search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content.

Google announced the move in a blog post on Friday, calling it a "short-term test for a small percentage of users ... to measure the impact of the legislation on our product experience." The company said it also would pause new investments in the California news industry, including the partnership initiative with news organizations and its product licensing program.

"By helping people find news stories, we help publishers of all sizes grow their audiences at no cost to them. (This bill) would up-end that model," Jaffer Zaidi, Google's vice president for global news partnerships, wrote in the blog post.

The California Legislature is considering a bill that would require tech giants like Google, More

  • Friday, Apr. 12, 2024
Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS "NewsHour," dies at 93
This Feb. 1978 photo shows Robert MacNeil, executive editor of "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report". MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 93. (AP Photo/FILE)
By Dave Bryan
NEW YORK (AP) -- 

Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast "The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour" in the 1970s and co-anchored the show with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday. He was 93.

MacNeil died of natural causes at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to his daughter, Alison MacNeil.

MacNeil first gained prominence for his coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings for the public broadcasting service and began his half-hour "Robert MacNeil Report" on PBS in 1975 with his friend Lehrer as Washington correspondent.

The broadcast became the "MacNeil-Lehrer Report" and then, in 1983, was expanded to an hour and renamed the "MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour." The nation's first one-hour evening news broadcast, and recipient of several Emmy and Peabody awards, it remains on the air today with Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz as anchors.

It was MacNeil's and Lehrer's disenchantment with the style and content More

  • Thursday, Apr. 11, 2024
O.J. Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in "trial of the century," dies at 76
In this May 14, 2013, file photo, O.J. Simpson sits during a break on the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (AP Photo/Ethan Miller, Pool, File)
By Ken Ritter
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- 

O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76.

The family announced on Simpson's official X account — formerly Twitter — that Simpson died Wednesday after battling cancer. Simpson's attorney confirmed to TMZ he died in Las Vegas.

Simpson earned fame, fortune and adulation through football and show business, but his legacy was forever changed by the June 1994 knife slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.

Live TV coverage of his arrest after a famous slow-speed chase marked a stunning fall from grace for the sports hero.

He had seemed to transcend racial barriers as the star Trojans tailback for college football's powerful University of Southern California in the late 1960s, as a rental car ad pitchman rushing through More

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