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WISN 12 in Milwaukee, where Rivers earned the distinction of being the city’s first Black film critic on television in 1979, announced his death on Wednesday.The announcement applauded the Marquette University graduate for contributing “segments for the nationally syndicated PM Magazine, which he said helped Milwaukee go beyond stereotypes.”His sister, Betsy Rivers, later confirmed his death on Facebook.“Bobby passed away last night and is no longer in any pain,” she wrote on Wednesday.A cause of death has not been announced.The Post has reached out to Rivers’ reps for comment.Heralded as “Milwaukee’s Black, queer media pioneer” by Wisconsin LGBTQ news outlet Our Lives Wisconsin, Rivers worked as a VJ on VH1 in 1985 alongside Rosie O’Donnell. In 1988, he went on to host his own celebrity talk show on the cable music channel, “Watch Bobby Rivers.” He later hosted the late-night dating show “Bedroom Buddies.”In the early 2000s, Rivers hosted Food Network’s short-lived series “Top 5.”But fame was not without its drawbacks, and Rivers often received racist and homophobic attacks.“Nobody really knew this, but I did receive a lot of hate mail,” Rivers said in a July 2023 interview with Our Lives Wisconsin.

And Just Like That has received a resounding vote of confidence with its renewal for a third season on Max. This exciting announcement was made public shortly before the finale of season two, which is scheduled to premiere on the streamer (formerly known as HBO Max) on August 24.While the return of the show has been met with immediate enthusiasm from super fans of the program, details about the timeline for the third season remain shrouded in mystery.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “And Just Like That” has been renewed for Season 3 at Max. The news comes just ahead of the Season 2 finale, which is set to debut on Max on Aug. 24.

And Just Like That has officially bid farewell to Willie Garson‘s beloved character Stanford Blatch.

Though actor Willie Garson died in real life in September 2021 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer, his beloved character, Stanford Blatch, is alive and well on. Garson filmed several episodes of the Max reboot's first season before his unexpected death, and at the time, the show explained his exit with the character leaving to follow one of his influencer clients to Japan and asking his husband, Anthony Marentino (Mario Cantone), for a divorce.Since then, there have been several references to Stanford — in the season 2 premiere episode, Carrie wears a kimono that she says he sent her — but on Thursday's episode, Stanny's storyline seemed to have a clear end note. Outside of the central relationships and drama going on within Thursday's episode, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) asks Anthony over to her apartment, telling him that Stanford wanted her to speak with him.

And Just Like That returns for its second season this month.Created by Michael Patrick King, the series reunites Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes and Kristin Davis as Charlotte York-Goldenblatt for a sequel series to the original Sex And The City.The show’s first season debuted in 2021. It was renewed for a second season on Max in March last year, which will feature the brief return of Kim Cattrall’s Samantha.The second season spans 11 episodes in total, one more than the first.

EXCLUSIVE: Actress Alexi Wasser (Poker Face) has made her feature directorial debut with Messy, a relationship comedy she also wrote and leads, which is now in post. Others appearing alongside her include Adam Goldberg (The Equalizer), Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley), Mario Cantone (And Just Like That…), Ione Skye (Beef), Jack Kilmer (Palo Alto), Michael Panes (We Bought a Zoo), Ruby McCollister (Search Party), Dion Costelloe (Blue Bloods) and Merlot.   

And Just Like That finally has an official season two premiere date on HBO Max (now known as Max), and with the debut date, came some new materials from the streaming service.

Get ready!

officially debuts on Max on June 22. The streaming service has debuted a new promotional image for the show's second season, featuring Carrie Bradshaw and company dining at a massive table with the tagline, «Pull up a chair, it's gonna be a feast.»Last month, the sequel series debuted the first teaser for the upcoming episodes.

We knew it was coming in June, and now we have the date. Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… Season 2 will premiere on Thursday, June 22 on Max.

“And Just Like That” some more familiar faces are joining the cast of the “Sex and the City” reboot for season 2.

 some more familiar faces are joining the cast of the  reboot for season 2.Per , showrunner Michael Patrick King has confirmed that Candice Bergen, who played Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker)'s editor, Enid Frick, in SATC and the first of the first of the franchise's films, is officially reprising her role.«Candice Bergen is back as Enid, which we're thrilled about because I always loved Enid,» King told the magazine. «She is a cold, wonderful diva of publishing.»Last viewers saw Enid was in the  movie in 2008.

And Just Like That…, the beloved but imperfect revival of Sex and the City.The official trailer for the upcoming second season has just been released, and those who have been watching since the beginning will see plenty to intrigue them.Set to premiere sometime in June, the new season of And Just Like That… reunites best friends Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) as they catch up with each other and their new, updated lives in New York City.According to the trailer, as season two begins, Carrie is keeping busy with her new romantic friend Franklyn, who was introduced in the finale of season one of the show.It looks like Miranda has moved in with Che, played by Sara Ramirez, who divided viewers when in the first installment.

officially debuts on HBO Max in June. And ahead of the sequel series' return to the streaming platform, the franchise debuted the first teaser for the upcoming episodes.

HBO Max will release Season 2 of the Sex and the City revival And Just Like That… in June. The official teaser trailer also dropped and it features three new cast members: Victor Garber, Oliver Hudson and Gary Dourdon.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Jazz Foundation of America has set performers and honorees for its annual “A Great Night in Harlem” benefit, with multiple Grammy winner Jon Batiste among the talent coming to the Apollo Theater and legendary songwriter Mike Stoller among those being honored for a lifetime of work. The concert portions of the March 30 event will be overseen, as always, by drumming great Steve Jordan as the night’s musical director. Batiste will be joined in the performance lineup by a cast that includes Bettye LaVette, Monty Alexander, Ray Parker Jr., Kenny Barron and Robert Cray. Stoller has come back into the pop consciousness in a big way in the past year due to the number of Leiber and Stoller songs featured on the “Elvis” film soundtrack, with the writing due that included Jerry Leiber having been responsible for such career milestones as “Hound Dog” (originally recorded by R&B artist Big Mama Thornton), “Jailhouse Rock,” “Trouble” and many others. (Read Variety‘s 2022 interview with Stoller here.)

Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager will kick off New Year’s Eve on NBC as the hosts of the primetime two-hour special, A Toast to 2022! beginning at 8 p.m.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has a lot to be thankful for this week. After three days of delayed viewing, The Masked Singer‘s Thanksgiving episode drew the network’s highest-rated Thursday original telecast in over six years.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 8, episode 4, of “The Masked Singer,” “TV Theme Night,” which aired Oct. 19 on Fox. After a rain delay forced baseball playoffs into primetime last week, the latest edition of “The Masked Singer” finally aired on Fox a week later — and viewers finally got to see Mario Cantone a bit disappointed to be gone so soon after one episode of the show. Still, he took solace in the fact that he has good company: Singing icon Gloria Gaynor was also revealed in the latest double masking on “The Masked Singer,” as the show’s Wednesday night episode celebrated “Andrew Lloyd Webber Night.”

died in her sleep on Tuesday at age 96.“Seinfeld” star Jason Alexander was among the mourners, tweeting out a message of sorrow: “The great Angela Lansbury – one of the most versatile, talented, graceful, kind, witty, wise, classy ladies I’ve ever met has left us,” he wrote. “Her huge contribution to the arts and the world remains always.”Comedian and thespian Mario Cantone also responded with a photo of him and Lansbury, writing, “she was a glorious one.”“Rest In Peace Great Dame Angela Lansbury,” he added.Playwright and screenwriter Harvey Fierstein also shared a photographic memory, declaring, “She, my darlings, was EVERYTHING!”RIP Angela LansburyA remarkable talent…She started out as an ingenue in movies like #Gaslightthen became a TV star with #MurderSheWroteA very long career where she kept reinventing herself pic.twitter.com/2E2oJm0KTRAngela Lansbury – She, my darlings, was EVERYTHING! pic.twitter.com/MLKlRNjxhA“Star Trek” and “Mulan” alum George Takei added, “Angela Lansbury, who graced the stage for decades winning five Tony awards and brought the sleuthing Jessica Fletcher into our living rooms for a dozen years, has passed.”“A tale old as time, our beloved Mrs.

wrote comedian, actor and thespian Mario Cantone. “She was a glorious one.”Comedian Kathy Griffin spoke for the larger community of fans of Lansbury: “I cannot tell you how many ladies and gays are crushed, moved and feeling nostalgic about something in the past with the news of the passing of the fabulous Dame Angela Lansbury.”Tony-Award winning playwright Harvey Fierstein tweeted, “Angela Lansbury – She, my darlings, was EVERYTHING!”“2012. And this VERY excited #theaterkid got to meet her, after one of our shows at Godspell,” wrote actress Uzo Aduba.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Sara Ramírez are teasing that the second season of And Just Like That… has started production. The stars of the HBO Max series shared a couple of photos from the table read ahead of filming of the first episode.

Susan Lucci is getting by with a little help from her celebrity friends. The "All My Children" star took to Instagram on Sunday and shared a photo of herself posing alongside pal Christie Brinkley at the Hamptons in New York. On Saturday, the women participated in an event titled "Celebrity Autobiography," which was held at Southampton Arts Center.

A popular standup TV franchise is making a comeback. Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment has acquired global rights to Caroline’s Comedy Hour, which ran on A&E Network from 1989-96. Koondel, former CBS Chief Content and Licensing Officer, plans to produce new installments, which he will shop alongside 100 library episodes from the show’s original run as a lower-cost comedy programming alternative for cable networks and streamers.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor“Caroline’s Comedy Hour” is set to return to TV with fresh episodes under a licensing deal that comedy maven Caroline Hirsch has set with Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment.Sox has licensed 100 episodes of the standup comedy showcase series that ran on A&E Network in the early 1990s. Those will be collected with new installments that Hirsch and Sox Entertainment will produce.

Gilbert Gottfried was making people laugh until the very end.

Saying goodbye. Gilbert Gottfried‘s family and friends paid their respects to the late comedian during an emotional funeral service two days after his death.

Gilbert Gottfried was laid to rest in Westchester, New York, on Thursday morning and his loved ones are celebrating his life. Comedian Jeffery Ross, 56, delivered the eulogy and shared details of the intimate gathering to People. "The shiva tonight will be a star-studded event, and the funeral was just absolutely perfect," he said.

Gilbert Gottfried has been laid to rest.

Stars from all corners of the industry gathered to pay their respects to Gilbert Gottfried.

J. Kim Murphy Peacock has released the first trailer for Season 2 of its original comedy series “Girls5eva,” which follows a ’90s girl group of the same name as they attempt to rise to pop star relevance once again.The trailer picks up with the characters played by Sara Bareilles, Busy Phillips, Paula Pell and Renée Elise Goldsberry united behind a piano, ready to write an album that represents their own creative vision for the first time.

Girls5Eva is adding to the band in season two.

Carson Burton Peacock announced the newest slate of guest stars joining its original musical comedy series “Girls5eva” for Season 2.The guest stars include Amber Ruffin (“The Amber Ruffin Show”), Chad L. Coleman (“The Wire,” “The Walking Dead”), Drew and Jonathan Scott (“Property Brothers”), Heidi Gardner (“Saturday Night Live”), Hoda Kotb (“Today,” “NBC News”), Tim Meadows (“The Goldbergs,” “Mean Girls”), Grey Henson (“Mean Girls the Musical,” “A Journal for Jordan”), James Monroe Inglehart (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), John Lutz (“30 Rock,” “Sisters”), Judy Gold (“Better Things,” “Search Party”), Mario Cantone (“And Just Like That,” “Sex and the City”), Pat Battle (“NBC New York”) and Piter Marek (“The Blacklist,” “Ugly Betty”).

Sex and the City fans rejoice: And Just Like That… is coming back for a second season!