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FILE - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) waves after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The tight end has been cast on FX's "Grotesquerie" season. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Travis Kelce lines up another TV job and joins FX’s ‘Grotesquerie’ from Ryan Murphy

Travis Kelce continues to work in the NFL off season. The Super Bowl winner has booked a role on a new horror drama series called “Grotesquerie” for FX.
 
Food personality Lidia Bastianich appears in New York on Sept. 17, 2015, left, actor Melody Thomas Scott, center, and "The Bold and the Beautiful" producer Edward J. Scott appear at the 49th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on June 24, 2022. (AP Photo)

Lidia Bastianich, Melody Thomas Scott and Ed Scott to receive Daytime Emmys lifetime achievement

 
FILE - Kim Godwin attends the Disney 2022 Upfront presentation at Basketball City Pier 36, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in New York. Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a television network news division. On Sunday, May 5, 2024, Godwin said she was retiring from the business. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief

 
Brian Hernandez Jr. rides Mystik Dan, top right, to the finish line to win the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Kentucky Derby’s thrilling finish draws 16.7 million viewers. It’s the biggest audience since 1989

 
FILE - Actor Robert De Niro attends the Tribeca Festival opening night premiere of "Kiss the Future" at the OKX Theater at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, in New York. On Friday, May 3, 2024, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming De Niro was captured on video yelling at anti-Israel protesters in New York City.(Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

 

Ncuti Gatwa jokes he finally impressed his parents, when he became ‘Doctor Who’

Actor Ncuti Gatwa, known for his roles on “Sex Education” and “Barbie,” jokes that his parents finally believed he’d made it when he was cast as the 15th doctor on the hit U.K. show “Doctor Who.” (May 9)
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Al Jazeera bureau chief calls order to close satellite channel’s offices in Israel ‘very dangerous’

Netanyahu’s Cabinet votes to close Al Jazeera offices in Israel following rising tensions

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The Taliban warn journalists, experts against cooperating with Afghanistan International TV

The Taliban are warning journalists and experts against working with Afghanistan International TV. It’s the first time they have told people not to cooperate with a specific media outlet.
 

Jeannie Epper, epic stuntwoman behind feats of TV’s ‘Wonder Woman,’ dies at 83

Stuntwoman Jeannie Epper has died at age 83. She did stunts for many of the most important women of film and TV action of the 1970s and ‘80s.
 
FILE - Dan Schneider, center, accepts an award in Los Angeles. Schneider sued the makers of “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, alleging the makers of the documentary series wrongly implied that he sexually abused the child actors he worked with. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Ex-Nickelodeon producer Schneider sues ‘Quiet on Set’ makers for defamation and sex abuse implications

Former Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider is suing the makers of the documentary “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” for implying that he sexually abused children.
 
Wrexham fans invade the pitch celebrating promotion to League One after the final whistle of a League Two soccer match, Saturday, April 13, 2024, in Wrexham, Wales. The Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds clinched promotion to the third tier of English soccer thanks to a 6-0 home win over Forest Green on Saturday. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to expand stadium capacity to 55,000

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have given an insight into their long-term ambitions for Welsh soccer team Wrexham.
 

Sports Emmy Awards will honor 8 individuals as Gold and Silver Circle inductees

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honor eight individuals as Gold and Silver Circle inductees during the Sports Emmy Awards on May 21.
 
Dua Lipa poses for a portrait to promote her new album "Radical Optimism" on Friday, April 26, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Drew Gurian/Invision/AP)

What to stream this week: Dua Lipa, Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’ and ‘Welcome to Wrexham’

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include the return of “Hacks” on Max and the new Jerry Seinfeld movie “Unfrosted” on Netflix.
 
This photo provided by CBS News shows Dan Rather with CBS correspondent Lee Cowan during an interview on “CBS Sunday Morning." Rather returned to the CBS News airwaves Sunday, April 28, 2024, for the first time since his bitter exit 18 years ago, appearing in a reflective interview on “CBS Sunday Morning” days before the debut of a Netflix documentary on the 92-year-old newsman's life. (CBS News via AP)

Once dominant at CBS News before a bitter departure, Dan Rather makes his first return in 18 years

Dan Rather was synonymous with CBS News before the veteran anchorman left in bitterness in 2006, following a discredited report on then-President George W.
 
FILE - Journalist Poppy Harlow poses for photographers as she arrives at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, Saturday, April 29, 2023. CNN says on Friday, April 26, 2024, that Harlow announced her parting from the cable news giant in an email to colleagues.(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

News anchor Poppy Harlow is leaving CNN after more than 15 years

Anchor Poppy Harlow is leaving CNN. The network said Friday that Harlow announced her parting from the cable news giant in an email to colleagues.
 
Jerry Seinfeld poses for a portrait to promote the film "Unfrosted" on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP)

Jerry Seinfeld’s commitment to the bit

Nearly three decades after Jerry Seinfeld was, in one episode of “Seinfeld,” cajoled into bootlegging the movie “Death Blow,” he has finally made his first film.
 
FILE - A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, May 6, 2021, in New York. In spring 2024, NBC News, The New York Times and National Public Radio have each dealt with turmoil for essentially the same reason: journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Journalists critical of their own companies cause headaches for news organizations

Journalists see themselves as truth-tellers, and sometimes as contrarians. That fuels news organizations, but it also can bite back.
 
This image released by 20th Century Studios shows David Jonsson in a scene from "Alien: Romulus." (20th Century Studios via AP)

Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day

Are you ready for some movies this summer? There’s action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day.
 
This image released by PBS shows actor John Lithgow, right, with Yoli, as they work on a screen print drawing during the filming of "Art Happens Here With John Lithgow," premiering April 26. (Antonio Diaz/PBS SoCal via AP)

John Lithgow takes on the role of the new kid in school for a PBS special celebrating arts education

Besides being an accomplished actor, John Lithgow is a Harvard graduate who was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of the Arts.
 
This combination of book covers released by Random House Books for Young Readers shows "I Am Wednesday (a Little Golden Book), left, and "Wednesday Official Coloring Book," a collaboration with Penguin Random House and Amazon MGM Studios. (Random House Books for Young Readers via AP)

Publishing spinoff of ‘Wednesday’ has everything from tarot cards to ‘Woeful Waffles’

Penguin Random House is teaming with Amazon MGM Studios on a series of books based on “Wednesday,” the Emmy-winning Netflix hit about young Wednesday Addams of Addams Family fame.
 
Colored pencils sit around a drawing of "Bluey" the Australian kids' television program character on a sketch pad Friday, April 19, 2024, in Phoenix, Ariz. (AP Photo/Cheyanne Mumphrey)

Not a toddler, not a parent, but still love ‘Bluey’? You’re not alone

Viewers don’t have to be young or a parent to appreciate the Australian kids’ television program “Bluey,” as this week’s release of a special episode proved.
 
FILE - 2020 Kennedy Center honoree, actor Dick Van Dyke attends the 43nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on Friday, May 21, 2021, in Washington. Van Dyke was nominated Friday, April 19, 2024, as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock's “Days of Our Lives.” (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Dick Van Dyke earns historic Daytime Emmy nomination at age 98

Dick Van Dyke is vying for a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98. The actor has been nominated as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives.”
 
The first model of the USS Enterprise is displayed at Heritage Auctions in Los Angeles, April 13, 2024. The model — used in the original “Star Trek” television series — has been returned to Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, the son of “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry, decades after it went missing in the 1970s. (Josh David Jordan/Heritage Auctions via AP)

Long-lost first model of the USS Enterprise from ‘Star Trek’ boldly goes home after twisting voyage

The first USS Enterprise has boldly gone back home, solving a decades-long mystery. The model used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series has been returned to the son of creator Gene Roddenberry.
 
FILE - Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) waves after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The tight end is the host of a new game show called “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity” for Prime Video, the streamer confirmed Tuesday, April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Travis Kelce named host of ‘Are You Smarter than a Celebrity?’ for Prime Video

Travis Kelce is bulking up his resume off the football field. The Kansas City Chief tight-end has been named the host of “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?”
 
In this courtroom sketch, former President Donald Trump turns to face the audience at the beginning of his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York, Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jane Rosenberg/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump trial: Why can’t Americans see or hear what is going on inside the courtroom?

It’s a moment in history. For the first time, a former U.S. president is facing criminal charges in an American courtroom.
 
Nicole Scherzinger, winner of the best actress in a musical award for "Sunset Boulevard", poses for photographers in the winner's room during the Olivier Awards on Sunday, April 14, 2024, in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Broadway-bound ‘Sunset Boulevard’ and star Nicole Scherzinger win big at London’s Olivier awards

A radical restaging of Hollywood film noir musical “Sunset Boulevard” was the big winner on Sunday at the London stage Olivier Awards.
 
From left: Hosts of the CBS talk show "The Talk" Akbar Gbajabiamila, Amanda Kloots, Sheryl Underwood, Jerry O’Connell and Natalie Morales pose for a photo for the season 14 premiere which aired Feb. 23, 2023. The talk show is ending after its 15h season in December, CBS confirmed Friday, April 12, 2024. (Sonja Flemming /CBS via AP)

CBS says its daytime show ‘The Talk’ will end its run in December after 15 seasons

CBS says the daytime talk show “The Talk” will end in December after 15 seasons. The show was created in 2010 by actor Sara Gilbert, who was inspired by conversations she would have with her group of mom friends.
 
CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus poses for a photo before a Final Four college basketball game in the men's NCAA Tournament, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. McManus is retiring after The Masters golf tournament. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Retiring Chairman Sean McManus leaves CBS Sports with its critical properties locked up long-term

Sean McManus’ final event as CBS Sports Chairman is at this weekend’s Masters. He joined CBS Sports as president in December 1996.
 
FILE - This Feb. 1978 photo shows Robert MacNeil, executive editor of "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report". MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour” in the 1970s and co-anchored the show for with his late partner, Jim Lehrer, for two decades, died on Friday, April 12, 2024. He was 93. (AP Photo/FILE)

Robert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93

Veteran newsman Robert MacNeil, who was the creator and first anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour” in the 1970s, has died.
 
This combination of images show promotional art for upcoming shows "Under The Bridge," premiering April 17 on Hulu, "The Spiderwick Chronicles," premiering April 19 on The Roku Channel and "Conan O'Brien Must Go," premiering April 18 on MAX. (Hulu/The Roku Channel/MAX via AP)

This week’s releases in movies, music, games and more

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Taylor Swift’s eagerly anticipated album “The Tortured Poets Department,” a family of ducks is coaxed into flying south for the winter in the kid-friendly animated movie “Migration” and Conan O’Brien makes himself the brunt of jokes in his new
 
FILE- Defendant O.J. Simpson is surrounded by his defense attorneys, from left, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Peter Neufeld, Robert Shapiro, Robert Kardashian, and Robert Blasier, seated at left, at the close of defense arguments in his murder trial, Thursday, Sept. 28, 1995, in Los Angeles. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76. (Sam Mircovich/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The OJ Simpson saga was a unique American moment. We’re still wondering what it means

O.J. Simpson’s death came almost exactly three decades after the murders that changed his reputation from football hero to suspect and cultural touchstone.
 
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 photo, Cesar Conde speaks about the Fusion tv network during a tour of the facilities in Miami. Most news organizations hold its journalists to strict ethical standards to avoid conflicts of interest either real or perceived. Is the same true for its bosses? Outside corporate positions held by NBC Universal News Group chief Cesar Conde and CNN boss Mark Thompson reveal an ethical issue that has received little discussion. Should people who supervise news organizations, even if their background is more corporate than journalistic, be held to the same standards as their journalists? (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Outside roles by NBC’s Conde, others reveal a journalism ethics issue: being paid to sit on boards

Most news organizations hold its journalists to strict ethical standards to avoid conflicts of interest either real or perceived. Is the same true for its bosses?
 
America Ferrera arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 14-20

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of April 14-20 include “Barbie” actor America Ferrera, “Star Trek” actor George Takei and country singer Chris Stapleton.
 
This combination of photos shows promotional art for the series "Dora," debuting April 12 on Paramount+, left, "The Sympathizer," a series premiering April 14 on Max, center, and the film "Food, Inc. 2," available April 12 on video-on-demand. (Paramount+/Max/Magnolia Pictures

What to stream this week: Billy Joel sings, Dora explores and ‘Food, Inc. 2' chows down

This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a sequel to the powerful documentary “Food, Inc.,” Dating expert Patti Stanger has a new TV show on The CW and “Dora the Explorer” gets a reboot on Paramount+.
 

Actor in spinoff of popular TV western ‘Yellowstone’ is found dead, authorities say

Authorities in Kansas say an actor who appeared in a spinoff of the popular television western “Yellowstone” has been found dead after he went missing amid a domestic violence investigation.
 
Conan O'Brien performs at the 8th annual Love Rocks NYC concert benefiting God's Love We Deliver at the Beacon Theatre, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Conan O’Brien will be a guest on ‘The Tonight Show,’ 14 years after his acrimonious exit

Does time and a new host heal all wounds? Fourteen years after Conan O’Brien left “The Tonight Show” to make way for the return of Jay Leno, the comedian will appear on the late-night program as a guest.
 
Actor Giancarlo Esposito poses for a portrait in New York on March 26, 2024, to promote his series "Parish." (AP Photo/Gary Gerard Hamilton)

Giancarlo Esposito always had leading man credentials. ‘Parish’ just makes it official

Giancarlo Esposito has been known to steal scenes and help create memorable TV moments mainly as a supporting actor.
 
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