By Greg Evans
25.04.2020 - 01:27 / deadline.com
By Erik Pedersen
Managing Editor
Jerry Bishop, a Los Angeles radio veteran who served as the announcer for TV’s syndicated smash Judge Judy since its first season in 1996, has died at 84. Bishop died April 21, the show’s publicist Gary Rosen said.
Bishop was the show’s announcer up until his final days, spanning thousands of episodes of the daytime strip that is set to wrap next year.
“Jerry Bishop has been the voice of our program for 24 years,” star Judy Sheindlin said in a statement.
By Ellise Shafer
Sam Lloyd, best known for his role as New Sacred Heart lawyer Ted Buckland on the long-running NBC-ABC medical comedy Scrubs, died Thursday night in Los Angeles, his rep, Kevin Turner, toldThe Hollywood Reporter. He was 56.
LOS ANGELES — Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, Deepak Chopra and former U.S. President George W. Bush are among some 200 cultural and spiritual leaders taking part in a 24-hour livestream this weekend aimed at unity during the coronavirus pandemic.
LOS ANGELES — Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts and former President George W. Bush will be among 200 star-studded participants in a 24-hour global livestream event.
Following their battle with COVID-19, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are donating their blood and plasma after receiving confirmation that they carry antibodies for the novel coronavirus. As fans may recall, the couple tested positive for COVID-19 while in Australia and returned home to Los Angeles at the end of March after recovering from their symptoms. Now, the two are doing what they can in the fight against coronavirus. While appearing on NPR's podcast Wait Wait...
Jerry Bishop, who announced the iconic Judge Judy daytime courtroom show for 24 years, passed away on Tuesday after heart complications and kidney failure, his granddaughter told the Hollywood Reporter.
Jerry Bishop, the former L.A. morning drive disc jockey who served as the announcer onJudge Judysince the syndicated program's start in 1996, has died.He was 84.
By Leo Barraclough
By Variety Staff
Rita Wilson has posed barefaced for People magazine’s 2020 The Beautiful Issue.
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Great Odin’s Raven! There’s an Anchorman reunion on the cards at Apple TV Plus.
By Dave McNary
"We will be giving it now to the places that hope to work on what I would like to call the Hank-ccine"
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are donating their blood to medical researchers in the race for a coronavirus cure after successfully winning their battle with COVID-19.
Tom Hanks is getting real about his and Rita Wilson's battle with coronavirus.