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FILE - Paul Walter Hauser arrives at the ESPY awards on July 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Major League announced an A-list addition to its biggest event of the year Battle Riot VI. Hauser has declared for the 40-man Battle Riot match. Hauser is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor who is trying to make a serious run at a wrestling career. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)

From acting to the squared circle, Emmy winner Hauser is ready to rumble for Major League Wrestling

Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser is set to take the next step in his professional wrestling career. Hauser has declared for the 40-man Battle Riot match on June 1 for the Major League Wrestling promotion card in Atlanta.
 
Pulaski County Sheriff Eric Higgins answers questions from legislators about the Netflix documentary series "Unlocked: A Jail Experiment" during the Joint Performance Review Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at the state Capitol in Little Rock. (Thomas Metthe/Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP)

Sheriff faces questions from Arkansas lawmakers over Netflix series filmed at county jail

 
FILE - Jimmie Johnson stands on pit lane during practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Indianapolis. Johnson will attempt his own version of “The Double” when he becomes the first driver to be part of the Indianapolis 500 broadcast team hours before he competes in NASCAR’s Coca-Cola 600. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Jimmie Johnson to attempt his own version of Indy 500 & NASCAR doubleheader

 
This combination of images shows, from left, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and Stephen Colbert. LateNighter, a website and newsletter that follows late-night television comedy, began in February. (AP Photo)

Who’s laughing? LateNighter, a digital news site about late-night TV, hopes to buck media trends

 
This combination of album covers shows “Hit Me Hard and Soft" by Billie Eilish, left, “Room Under the Stairs” by Zayn, center, and “Music for Man Ray” by SQÜRL. (Darkroom-Interscope/Mercury/Sacred Bones via AP)

What to stream this week: Billie Eilish and Zayn Malik albums, ‘Bridgerton,’ and ‘American Fiction’

 

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ stars would be Team Ape

Both actor Freya Allan, who plays a human in new sequel “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” and her co-star Owen Teague, who plays an ape through performance capture technology, explain why they would support apes in a real inter-species fight to control Earth. (May 16)
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‘The Big Cigar’ star André Holland on parallels between recent protests and young Black Panthers

TV ‘magic’ put Sheryl Lee Ralph in ‘Abbott’ scene with Bradley Cooper

Don Johnson may bring back no socks look à la Sonny Crockett

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Nicholas Hankins appears in the studio during a taping of "The Joy of Painting with Nicholas Hankins: Bob Ross' Unfinished Season." (Derek Sanford/WDSC-TV via AP)

Bob Ross’ legacy lives on in new ‘The Joy of Painting’ series

When Bob Ross died of complications from cancer in 1995, he had completed about half of the paintings he planned to teach from in a 32 season of “The Joy of Painting.”
 
Firefighters use a raft to transport a horse after rescuing it from a roof, where it was trapped for days amid flooding, after heavy rain in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Wesley Santos)

Caramelo, the Brazilian horse stranded on a roof by floods, is rescued after stirring the nation

A horse that was perilously stranded on a rooftop by Brazil’s deadly floods has been rescued. The horse nicknamed Caramelo was one of many animals rescuers have tried help.
 
This cover image released by Dey Street Books shows "You Never Know" a memoir by Tom Selleck with Ellis Henican. (Dey Street Books via AP)

In new memoir, Tom Selleck looks back at the hard years that made him a star in ‘Magnum, P.I.’

Tom Selleck starts his memoir in the middle of a car crash. He is 17 and in the passenger seat when he and two friends go airborne in his mom’s Chevy Corvair, tumbling off Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles.
 
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)

The Taliban warn journalists and 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.
 
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.
 

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.
 
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

A cookbook author, actor and producer will be the Lifetime Achievement honorees at the Daytime Emmys in June.
 
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

Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a television network news division.
 
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

Mystik Dan’s nose victory in the 150th Kentucky Derby drew 16.7 million viewers, the biggest audience for the race 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

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week. Here are the facts: A video clip of actor Robert De Niro yelling in a crowd shows him rehearsing for a Netflix series, not confronting anti-Israel protesters in New York.
 
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.
 
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