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ISLESFORD, Maine -- Ashley Bryan, a prolific and prize-winning children’s author and illustrator who told stories of Black life, culture and folklore in such acclaimed works as “Freedom Over Me,” “Beautiful Blackbird” and “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum,” has died at age 98.Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing announced that the longtime Maine resident died “peacefully” Friday in Texas, where he had been staying with relatives.“An early, quiet, and potent force in bringing children of color and issues of racial diversity into the canon of children’s literature, he was committed to opening the eyes of children of all backgrounds to a wide range of themes through poetry, folktales, spirituals, and biblical narratives,” the publisher’s statement reads.Bryan was a Harlem native who showed an early talent for drawing and for a time was the only Black student at the art school at Cooper Union in Manhattan. He served in a segregated military unit for two years during World World II, an experience he recounted in his memoir “Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace,” and resumed his art studies after the war.Bryan worked on more than 70 books and received numerous honors, including Coretta Scott King Awards — given for the year’s best work by a Black author or illustrator — for the folktales “Beautiful Blackbird” and “Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum.” He also received two lifetime achievement prizes: the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award (now known as the Children’s Literature Legacy Award) and the Virginia Hamilton award.Survivors include his brother Ernest, and “many cherished” nieces and nephews, according to Simon & Schuster.“I am deeply saddened to learn of Ashley’s passing,” Gov.

ITV quiz show, The Chase. Sally will be joined by fellow celebrity contestants Lance Ellington, Beth Tweddle, and Bob Champion as they take on the challenge in the hopes of winning a potential prize pot.

Lucifer alum Tom Ellis is set as a series regular in Washington Black, the Sterling K. Brown-fronted adaptation of Esi Edugyan’s novel, which received a straight-to-series order at Hulu. Twilight Zone writer Selwyn Seyfu Hinds is adapting the limited series for 20th Television.

Tom Holland, 25, is looking back on a hilarious moment that involved Mark Wahlberg, in a new interview. The Uncharted star admitted that he thought his co-star gifted him with a “self-pleasure’ massage gun when they first met because he didn’t understand what kind of massager it was.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAnheuser-Busch is counting on smooth-jazz impresario Kenny G to add a few new notes to an increasingly appealing strategy for beer advertisers around the Super Bowl.When the musician sounds his interpretation of a jingle for Busch Light beer that has been around since the late 1970s, he won’t do so in a national commercial during the Big Game, slated to air February 13 on NBC.  Instead, he will play in a 30-second ad spot set to appear on local TV stations showing the event in 41 different markets.

Rick Edwards has been a staple of Channel 4 presenting since his E4 Music days in 2005.

For the Love of Dogs continues on ITV tonight (January 26) as Paul meets even more residents of the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. In tonight's episode, Paul is introduced to a destructive Mastiff, a Shar Pei cross in need of surgery and a lonely Bichon Frise cross suffering from a severe case of separation anxiety.

The original voice of character Charlie Brown in the early animated “Peanuts” specials, actor Peter Robbins, died last week at the age of 65.

Jordan Moreau Peter Robbins, who was the first person to voice Charlie Brown in several “Peanuts” TV specials in the 1960s, has died. He was 65.His family told Fox 5 San Diego on Tuesday that he died by suicide last week.At 9 years old, Robbins first voiced Charlie Brown in “A Boy Named Charlie Brown,” which was a television documentary about “Peanuts” creator Charles M.

Peter Robbins was an actor who provided the original voice of Charlie Brown in classic specials including “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”If someone you know exhibits warning signs of suicide, they should not be left alone. Call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255. The Lifeline provides free, confidential support for people in crisis or emotional distress, 24/7 year-round.

After years of marriage troubles with Meri Brown and his split from Christine Brown in the fall of 2021, Kody Brown is now also having issues with another one of his wives, Janelle Brown. The Sister Wives star is reportedly only spending time with Robyn Brown these days, according to a report from Us Weekly. “He’s spending all his time with Robyn,” the mag’s source revealed. “The others are in their own world, living their own lives. He spent the holidays with Robyn and her kids. He didn’t even try making plans with the others.”

DEALSBadBadNotGood have signed a new deal with Third Side Music, extending their existing partnership with the publisher. “Alexander, Chester and Leland are true contemporaries, yet articulate a cross-generational sense of virtuosity and energy only known to them”, says Brontë Jane, Third Side Music’s VP Creative. “I feel strongly that this next chapter for BadBadNotGood will be the most impactful”.————————————————–APPOINTMENTSAndy West has been named Executive Vice President and General Manager of Warner Music Canada.

Peter Robbins, who voiced Charlie Brown in the classic 1960s Peanuts cartoons, has died. The former actor committed suicide last week, his family told San Diego’s Fox 5. He was 65.

Fox 5 in San Diego that he died by suicide.Robbins, born Aug. 10, 1956 in Los Angeles, started acting at age 7, landing the role of Charlie Brown in “A Boy Named Charlie Brown” in 1963. He would play the “Peanuts” character in the subsequent animated classics “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965), “Charlie Brown’s All Stars!” and “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” (both 1966), “You’re in Love, Charlie Brown” (1967), “He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown” (1968), and “It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown” (1969).

Breaking Bad stars Byran Cranston, 65, and Aaron Paul, 42, always had a tight-knit relationship but they’ve officially taken it to the next level by crawling into bed together for a quirky photoshoot with Esquire. The two donned matching blue-and-white striped pajamas as they enjoyed a liquid breakfast in bed consisting of their mezcal Dos Hombres. Aaron hilariously tried to block the camera from capturing the intimate moment between him and his co-star while Bryan peered up from his newspaper as he held a tiny teacup.

Vicky McClure lit up our screens as DI Kate Fleming on Line of Duty, but is now set to return to our screens as bomb disposal officer Lana Washington in ITV drama Trigger Point. Fans of the show are keen to get to know 38 year old Vicky off-screen as much as they do on – which has led to frantic Google searches to find out who her famous other half is. Vicky is engaged to fellow actor Jonny Owen, 50, and they have been in a relationship for nine years.The pair met in 2013 on the British comedy film Svengali where they played on-screen lovers – and started filming just months after Jonny’s separation from his first wife, Elenor Braines.