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Actor Joe Lara has died in a plane crash near Nashville. He was 58.

according to the Federal Aviation Administration.Though Rutherford County rescue crews were at the scene of the crash late Saturday and planned to work through the night, Rutherford County Fire Rescue Capt. Joshua Sanders said at a news conference that there were no survivors.

The first season of Showtime’s groundbreaking comedy “Rutherford Falls” concluded on Thursday night.

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William Earl Variety’s annual “A Night in the Writers’ Room” will take place from June 8 to June 10, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Rutherford Falls, one of TV’s first Native sitcoms, is a testament to the show’s creators Ed Helms, Mike Schur, and Sierra Teller Ornelas (the first Native showrunner of a television comedy) and its writers’ ability to harness the nuance of the human experience.It’s also just really funny. “I feel like Native people have always known that we’re funny,” Teller Ornelas tells me over the phone on the afternoon of the show’s premiere on .

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“Schitt’s Creek” star Dustin Milligan is getting ready to star in “Rutherford Falls”, but first he took a moment to look back at his time at the Rosebud Motel.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen Ross Riege was in initial conversations for “Rutherford Falls” with fellow cinematographer and now director Lawrence Sher (DP on Todd Phillips’ “Joker”), one of the ideas was how to explore the quirkiness of a small town.The new Peacock sitcom, which premiered April 22, stars Ed Helms as Nathan Rutherford, a descendant of the town’s founder, who is on a mission to stop the removal of the burg’s emblematic statue.

LOS ANGELES -- In Sierra Teller Ornelas’ family, those who could spin a good tale earned a seat at her grandmom’s expansive dining table, with lesser voices banished to the living room.“There was the feeling of holding court that was really big in my family,” said Teller Ornelas, who happily recalled another of the perks: “If I was in trouble and I could say something funny, I would get in less trouble.”The Native American writer is now sharing her narrative gifts with the world at large in

LOS ANGELES -- In Sierra Teller Ornelas’ family, those who could spin a good tale earned a seat at her grandmom’s expansive dining table, with lesser voices banished to the living room.“There was the feeling of holding court that was really big in my family,” said Teller Ornelas, who happily recalled another of the perks: “If I was in trouble and I could say something funny, I would get in less trouble.”The Native American writer is now sharing her narrative gifts with the world at large in

When “Rutherford Falls” premieres its first season on NBC’s new streaming service Peacock, the warm-hearted half-hour sitcom will have already succeeded in raising the bar for Native representation in comedy television.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe most memorable moment of “Rutherford Falls” — featuring two characters sitting opposite each other and just talking with startling honesty — deviates sharply from the show’s established norm.

The seed of Peacock’s new sitcom Rutherford Falls — set in a Northeastern town next door to a Native American reservation — emerged from conversations between Ed Helms and Michael Schur, but its spiritual origins may well have come from the comedy hitmaker’s Parks and Recreation, too.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Sierra Teller Ornelas was in pre-production on her new Peacock comedy “Rutherford Falls,” she found inspiration in a quote she read from showrunner Prentice Penny describing his movie “Uncorked” as “This is Black people on a Tuesday.”The film, which follows a young man on his quest to become a master sommelier, did not take place at a major life event such as a wedding, nor did it result in tragedy; it told a slice of life story.

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Ed Helms, who is absolutely a comedy icon that has become a comedy mentor — I almost don’t have words to describe how exciting that has been for me,” said Schmieding, who is Lakota and enrolled in the Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux Tribe. “And I also got to work closely with Michael Greyeyes, who is a Native performing mentor and a Native icon.

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.MOVIES— The Oscars are Sunday and if you're looking to catch up on the nominees, most of them are streaming.

There’s a greater variety of shows in April than there’s been in recent months. The biggest titles will be adaptations such as “Shadow + Bone” and the much anticipated fourth season of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” but in between, there are quirky comedies that will be worth seeking out.

accident has been hailed as 'inspirational, beautiful and vibrant' by those who knew her. We told how police raced to the River Tweed, south of Rutherford, near Kelso in the Scottish Border.

Ed Helms is teaming up with Jana Schmieding for an all-new comedy.

What happens when you combine a star from the US version of “The Office” with two creators from “The Good Place” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine?” Apparently, you get “Rutherford Falls” on Peacock. And with that pedigree, this comedy series is going to attract a lot of attention.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A knife-wielding brute has been caged for 14 months after terrorising his girlfriend during a violent rampage at their Paisley home.Gary Rutherford, 43, held up a knife to his partner and told her she had “five seconds to leave” during a terrifying disturbance at the house in Morar Drive, Foxbar.Rutherford appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court yesterday for sentencing after pleading guilty to charges of behaving

It may be the middle of winter, but thank goodness for indoor water parks! Teen Mom 2 star Kailyn Lowry took her four sons to the Dreamworks Water Park in East Rutherford, NJ for a day of fun. The 28-year-old just welcomed her youngest son Creed Ramello Lowry-Lopez on July 30, 2020, and already she’s rocking a killer swimsuit body. The mother of four wore a black one piece with thin shoulder straps in photos she shared along with her boys on Jan. 25.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A thug held a kitchen knife up to his partner and told her he would  ‘count to five’ during a drunken rampage at their home.Gary Rutherford, 43, left Kim McGuire terrified after arming himself and running around the house at Morar Drive, Foxbar, on March 4, this year.Rutherford had been returned to the family home by cops after he had been reported missing by Ms McGuire amid fears over his welfare.Paisley

The driver of a box truck who caused a scare Sunday outside a convenience store by playing similar audio that was heard coming from a recreational vehicle that exploded in downtown Nashville is facing felony charges, a Tennessee sheriff's office announced.

Police in Rutherford and Wilson counties in Tennessee are investigating a white box truck parked outside of a local convenience store playing audio "similar to what was heard before the Christmas Day explosion in Nashville." According to a statement by the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office, dispatchers received a call at about 10:30 a.m. regarding the truck, which was parked at Crossroads Market in Walter Hill.

Rutherford Falls -- who have ties to The Office -- gathered for a digital panel on Monday to preview the show, which is one of many new series coming to the new streaming service.

One of the central themes of Peacock’s upcoming Michael Schur-Ed Helms comedy “Rutherford Falls” is an examination of the role that historical statues play in our understanding of history, a particularly timely storyline given the renewed debates surrounding Confederate monuments.“I would say the existence of Confederate and historical statues and their controversies going way back fed into these ideas that we were bouncing around,” Helms said during a Television Critics Association press tour

Ed Helms, Mike Schur (, ) and Sierra Teller Ornelas (), is a timely and topical Peacock original about the lives in a small town in upstate New York and the Native American reservation it borders, which are turned upside down after town namesake Nathan Rutherford (Helms) fights the moving of a historical statue.