Ray Brady, Longtime Financial Reporter for CBS News, Dies at 94

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is nearing a deal to acquire worldwide rights to Passing, the Rebecca Hall-directed and scripted drama that stars Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Andre Holland, and Alexander Skarsgard. Sources said the deal will land just north of $15 million.

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The presumed dead-and-buried practice of racial passing by light-skinned blacks in the United States decades ago is returned to center-stage in Passing, a delicate, sensitive, intentionally claustrophobic and not entirely limber directorial debut from the protean British stage performer Rebecca Hall.

is back! The sketch comedy series returned after a very lengthy hiatus (during a very volatile few months) and decided to cover as much of what they missed all in one go, with a little help from host John Krasinski.For the Cold Open, Kate McKinnon hosted the political talk show, which McKinnon explained, "[It's where we look at every part of American society and wonder, 'What still works?'"«It's a new year and we have a new president, so some things should work.

Marie Harmon, a leading lady of such 1940s Western movies at Nighttime in Nevada with Roy Rogers, The El Paso Kid with Sunset Carson and the 1947 film Gunsmoke, died Monday, Jan. 25 of natural causes in Los Angeles. She was 97.

Bluto, the volcanic Samurai Futaba, “Joliet” Jake Blues, the Cheeseburger Man, a spasmodic Joe Cocker—the list of characters John Belushi brought to life in his all-too-brief but remarkable career only hints at his outsized role in American comedy.

EXCLUSIVE: Let’s Make A Deal host Wayne Brady is to guest star in Showtime’s American Gigolo pilot.

Cookbook author and television writer Sri Rao debuted his first theater showBollywood Kitchenas part of the Geffen Playhouse’s virtual Geffen Stayhouse series on Saturday night.The production is part storytelling in which he shares tales of his parent’s journeys from India to the United States and part cooking class.

has been one busy bee from the past few weeks as she not only shot for Matrix 4 and Text For You, will commence shooting for Citadel soon but is also promoting her new film The White Tiger, which released yesterday, i.e. January 23.

Philip J. Smith, who as the longtime chairman of Broadway’s Shubert Organization was one of the most influential and powerful forces in American theater, died today in New York City of complications of Covid-19. He was 89.

Siegfried Fischbacher was a German-American entertainer who was one half of Siegfried & Roy, the famed Las Vegas stage magic duo who incorporated white tigers and lions into their act.Fischbacher met Roy Horn (1944–2020) while the two were teenagers working aboard a cruise ship. An aspiring magician since childhood, Fischbacher was performing for the ship’s passengers when he asked Horn – a big cat aficionado – to assist.

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Lana Del Rey has responded to criticism over comments she made about Donald Trump and the recent violence in Washington DC, which she made during an interview with BBC Radio 1, saying that they have been taking out of context.Speaking to Annie Mac, the musician said that she didn’t believe Donald Trump had intentionally incited last week’s violent attack, by his supporters, on the US Capitol building.