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Herb Stempel, the federal whistleblower who exposed how the NBC game show “Twenty-One” was manipulated for ratings, died last month at the age of 93. His death was confirmed this weekend by Stempel’s stepdaughter to The New York Times.
Stempel’s story was told in the Robert Redford film “Quiz Show,” which starred John Turturro as Stempel and earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. Stempel, an Army veteran attending school on the G.I. Bill, applied to be on “Twenty-One” and was
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Bob’s on the cover of the Big Issue in JapanA post shared by Street Cat Bob (@streetcatnamedbob) on “James took care of Bob who in turn gave him a reason to get up each morning,” a statement on A Streetcat Named Bob’s Facebook page said.The pair’s bond inspired Bowen to write his first book, A Street Cat Named Bob in 2012.
The stray cat whose relationship with a homeless recovering heroin addict inspired books and the film “A Street Cat Named Bob,” has died.
Also Read: Peacock Sets 'At-Home Variety Show' Featuring Seth MacFarlane, NBCU StarsThe pairs will show off their teenage dance moves in a tik “talk” challenge, feed each other a messy meal with a twist, attempt to interpret what their partners are saying while their mouths are full and race through their homes to find unexpected items to solve riddles.
Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorEarlier this week, it was announced that TBS had given the greenlight to “Celebrity Show-Off,” which sees celebrities compete to see who can produce the most compelling content from their own homes. The show was produced remotely and will air June 23 at 10 p.m.
Almost every studio in Hollywood has a skeleton in its closet in regards to a film in its catalog that doesn’t stand up to the test of time. Disney has “The Song of the South,” as well as a lot of older cartoons with racist depictions of characters.
Tom Grater International Film ReporterHuang Wei, vice president of Chinese major Bona Film Group, has died at the age of 52. The company posted a note on its WeChat channel confirming the news, stating that it was “mourning deeply”.The suggestion that the executive took his own life has been spreading on social media, though this has not been confirmed.
Stacy Park Milbern was an activist for disability justice who stressed the importance of listening to LGBTQ+ and BIPOC voices in the disability community.Milbern, who had muscular dystrophy, spent her adult life working to spread understanding of the issues faced by people with disabilities, and fighting for their equality. In North Carolina, she worked to have high schools add information on disability history added to their curriculum.
After a 20-year old clip of Saturday Night Live resurfaced on social media last week that featured Jimmy Fallon in blackface, the comedian has issued a formal apology on air and he claims that he is “not a racist.” Fallon opened up Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show by promising his fans “a different kind of show” to address the controversy. The clip was from a 2000 episode of SNL that saw Fallon in blackface while impersonating his fellow comedian and SNL alum, Chris Rock.
Ghanaian Afropop singer Stonebwoy addressed both pandemics plaguing the world, coronavirus and racism, during his poignant Billboard Live At-Home performance Monday (June 1) that raised money for My Friend's Place, which supports the homeless youth.Performing from Ghana's capital of Accra with his DJ, Stonebwoy (real name Livingstone Etse Satekla) started off his set with none other than "Black People," a painful and incredibly timely testament to feeling lost in the world that doesn't want to
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Herbert Stempel, the contestant on NBC’s “Twenty-One” who helped uncover the quiz show rigging scandals of the 1950s, died on April 7 at the age of 93.
Herb Stempel, the contestant on NBC's Twenty-One who helped expose the rigged television quiz shows of the 1950s after he was "defeated" by Charles Van Doren, has died. He was 93.
NEW YORK -- Herbert Stempel, a fall guy and whistleblower of early television whose confession to deliberately losing on a 1950s quiz show helped drive a national scandal and join his name in history to winning contestant Charles Van Doren, has died age 93.
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Best known for providing the voice and motion capture performance for Jar Jar Binks in the “Star Wars” prequels, actor Ahmed Best is ready to re-enter the “Star Wars” universe as the host of the kids’ game show “Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge”.