HGTV legend dead: Carol Duvall, crafting icon, was 97

Nathan Louis Jackson, the award-winning playwright who made a splash with the debut of Broke-ology in 2008 and who went on to write and produce TV shows such as Luke Cage, S.W.A.T., 13 Reasons Why and Shameless, died on August 22, according to multiple reports. While no cause of death was given, his wife told the New York Times that Jackson had had recent cardiac problems, including an aortic dissection and an aortic aneurysm. He was 44.

Gary Wright, known for songs like “Dream Weaver” and “Love is Alive” has died. He was 80.

Steve Harwell, former lead vocalist and co-founder of rock band Smash Mouth, known for its 1999 hit “All Star,” died Monday at his home in Boise, Idaho, just days after entering hospice for complications of liver failure, the New York Times reported. He was 56.

Longtime CBS New York chief medical correspondent Dr. Max Gomez, affectionately known as Dr. Max, died Saturday after a long illness, the station reported. He was 72.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Meg Ryan joined Interview Magazine for a discussion with comedy legend Carol Burnett, and she admitted that her kids are often embarrassed by one of her most iconic movie scenes: the fake orgasm at Katz’s Deli in “When Harry Met Sally.” In the 1989 romantic comedy, Ryan’s Sally proves to Billy Crystal’s Harry that women can convincingly trick men into thinking they’ve orgasmed by demonstrating as much at the deli table, prompting a fellow customer to say, “I’ll have what she’s having.” “My son just called me this morning and he’s in New York staying at a hotel that’s right across the street from Katz’s Deli,” Ryan told Burnett. “My daughter was here and everybody was on speaker, and they were like, ‘Mom, this is a very unique embarrassment.’ He said, ‘You know you can go into that deli and there’s an arrow pointing down to the table where you shot that scene.” “I wonder if it’s the right one,” Ryan added about the table.

“I Am Legend 2” is expected to follow up with the original movie’s alternate ending. In addition, the sequel is said to be set several years after the 2007 film. “This will start a few decades later than the first,” producer Akiva Goldsman previously told Deadline of the movie..“I’m obsessed with The Last of Us, where we see the world just post-apocalypse but also after a 20-30-year lapse.

Nicki Minaj has revealed that she regrets having Kanye West feature on ‘Blazin’ instead of ‘Right Thru Me’ – saying it was the “dumbest fucking decision I ever made.”Earlier this year, the New York rapper announced that she will be dropping her fifth studio album ‘Pink Friday 2’, the follow-up to her 2010 debut album ‘Pink Friday’.The record featured many rap titans such as her then-mentor and label boss Lil Wayne, labelmate Drake, Rihanna and even Eminem. Another big name to rap alongside Minaj was Kanye West, who lent his talents to the synth-pop-inspired track ‘Blazin’.In a recent TikTok live broadcast, Nicki Minaj replied to a fan who said they loved the Kanye West-assisted track.

Tina Howe, the celebrated playwright whose works included the oft-staged Painting Churches and Coastal Disturbances, died yesterday of natural causes after a short illness due to complications from a hip fracture sustained in a recent fall. The two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist was 85.

The Upper West Side of Manhattan is reeling right now after four shocking deaths in an apartment there that police believe to be a tragic murder-suicide. On Monday, the NYPD was called

In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), comes in contact with a whole universe of Spideys. One of the standouts was the character voiced by Daniel Kaluuya — Spider-Punk.

Michaela Zee Richard Lewis did not always get along with “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator and longtime friend Larry David. In a recent interview with The Spectator, the comedian shared his first impressions of David when the two met at a summer sports camp at the age of 12. “I disliked him intensely.

Naman Ramachandran New York-based digital media company Generation Iron and its partner The Vladar Company have secured global distribution rights for the documentary film “Driven: The Tony Pearson Story.” Directed by Andrew Menjivar (“Float”), the film chronicles the life and achievements of iconic bodybuilder Tony Pearson, based on his memoir. The documentary delves into Pearson’s early experiences of adversity and his subsequent rise above challenges. The narrative traces his trajectory from childhood hardships to his relocation to Los Angeles, culminating in his remarkable career in the realm of bodybuilding.

Suri Cruise is frequently photographed in New York. Recently, she was spotted with a hot pink bag, a trend that’s not surprising for anyone who’s been out for a walk this summer and has noticed that pink is the hottest color around.

Melissa Joan Hart almost lost her “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” role after posing for a men’s magazine shoot.

Sabrina The Teenage Witch after posing for an underwear photo shoot.The actor, who starred in the sitcom throughout its seven-season run between 1996 and 2003, appeared on the cover of men’s magazine Maxim in October 1999. The cover featured the headline: “Sabrina your favourite witch without a stitch.”While the shoot was to promote romantic comedy Drive Me Crazy, Hart was accused of breaching her contract, which stated that she “would never play the character naked”, due to the cover line.Speaking about the incident on the Pod Meets World podcast, Hart recalled how she was approached by her lawyer during an after-party following the film’s premiere in New York.A post shared by Pod Meets World (@podmeetsworldshow)“While I’m at the party, my lawyer shows up and goes, ‘You did a photo shoot for Maxim magazine?’ I’m like, ‘Yes, I did.’ They’re like, ‘Well, you’re being sued and fired from your show, so don’t talk to the press, don’t do anything.’”She added: “So I get a phone call on my cell phone from my mother, my producer, who was like, ‘What did you do?’ And I was like, ‘I don’t know, whatever my publicist told me to do at the photo shoot.

Sophia Scorziello editor Carol Duvall, crafting queen and host of HGTV’s decade-long program “The Carol Duvall Show,” has died. She was 97. Duvall died on July 31 in Traverse City, Mich., according to her former daughter-in-law Rita Ann Doerr via the New York Times.

Carol Duvall, known as HGTV’s “Queen of Crafts” and beloved host of The Carol Duvall Show, which ran on the network for more than a decade, died July 31 in Traverse City, Michigan, the New York Times reports. She was 97. DuVall passed at an assisted living facility, where she had lived for several years, her family told the Times.

Kathryn Hoedt, a news producer for KCRA’s morning news, died from trauma suffered after falling 30 feet from a rope swing onto a rocky shoreline.

with musician Herb Alpert and together, they transformed the record label from a two-person business out of a garage to one of the industry’s most successful independent labels.From the 1960s through the ’80s, A&M Records released countless smash hit albums such as Alpert’s “Whipped Cream & Other Delights” and Carole King’s “Tapestry.” They recorded the music of the Police, the Carpenters, Cat Stevens, Janet Jackson, Joe Crocker, the Go-Gos, Peter Frampton and Sheryl Crow. “Every once in a while a record would come through us and Herbie would look at me and say, ‘What did we do to deserve this, that this amazing thing is going to come out on our label?’” Moss told Artist House Music, an archive and resource center, in 2007.Both Moss and Alpert were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 for their contributions to the industry.

Dakota Fanning wasn't even 10 years old yet when she stepped in front of a camera with Hollywood legend Denzel Washington in 2004's, but he's been impressed with her ever since.«She knows how to hit the ball back over the net,» Washington raves of Fanning in ET's behind-the-scenes look at «Sky's the limit for her.»The pair reunite in the upcoming third installment of Washington's action franchise, and the Oscar winner said acting opposite Fanning as an adult this time around was a slightly surreal experience.«It was weird, you know, 'cause I'm like, 'Oh she's a grown woman,'» he shared. «She was a grown woman then, but now she's a grown woman.