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Jimmy Weldon, a 1940s-era disc jockey and later kids TV host and voice actor whose ability to mimic a Donald Duck-like quacking voice led to his signature portrayal of a classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon duckling named Yakky Doodle, died July 6 in Paso Robles, California. He was 99. Weldon, a Texas native born Ivy Laverne Shinn,

BBC Studios has taken 25% of The Only Way is Essex and Geordie Shore exec Sarah Tyekiff’s new indie, Mettlemouse Entertainment. Tyekiff recently exited TOWIE producer Lime Pictures, where she ran the UK and U.S. slates, and has now re-emerged with Mettlemouse. Former Youngest Media Chief Creative Officer Shaun Parry is joining her as Creative

Charter Communications, the No. 2 cable TV provider in the U.S., has unveiled a significant revamp of its Spectrum pay-TV subscription offerings. The new scheme, which will roll out this fall, overhauls the long-problematic situation for regional sports networks, like the company’s own SportsNet LA, which airs Dodgers baseball and Lakers basketball. As the cost

The BBC presenter suspended for allegedly paying a teenager for explicit images is said to have made panicked phone calls to the young person last week as The Sun reported on the claims. The British tabloid reported on Monday that the star, who is not being named by UK media for legal reasons, phoned the

Rapper/actor 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson)said on Instagram that Los Angeles is “finished” now that they’ve instituted a zero-bail policy that took effect in May. The policy is that police won’t detain people who are accused of misdemeanor crimes, and will release those currently incarcerated on those charges. The no-bail extends to such crimes

Paul Finebaum, an ESPN contributor for a decade, is weighing in on the layoffs that saw about 20 on-air personalities exit the sports network. “It’s pretty tough, and I say that loving my job and loving the company,” Finebaum said during an appearance on The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast. “But it was the

The Writers Guild will picket Amazon’s upcoming “Prime Day,” the retail giant’s biggest sales event of the year. Recasting it as “Crime Day,” the guild says it will take to social media to let the company know, “We won’t let Amazon turn Hollywood into a gig economy with its Silicon Valley business practices.” The guild,

On day 67 of The Writers Guild of America strike, the cast and creatives behind three popular shows joined the picket lines across Los Angeles. Bright and early at 9:30 a.m. over at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, there was an Ugly Betty reunion with stars Ana Ortiz and Chris Gorham joining writers Brian Tannen, Gabrielle

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Season 2 of FX’s The Bear. In the Season 2 finale of FX’s The Bear, Jeremy Allen White’s Carmy gets locked in the walk-in fridge during friends and family night at his new restaurant. He’d just issued a loaded apology to Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) for losing his temper,

The final wishes of singing star Aretha Franklin will be adjudicated starting next Monday in a trial that will determine which of two handwritten wills will be honored. Millions in royalties are at stake in the legal action. Franklin was a music superstar, known for massive hits like “Respect” and “Think.” She had four sons,

UPDATED with report of lawyer’s letter: Actual fisticuffs between longtime tech industry rivals Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have recently become a looming possibility. Now, Musk could be expanding the conflict to the courtroom. Hours after Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms launched Threads, a new service billed as a “Twitter killer,” a lawyer for the Musk-owned service

EXCLUSIVE: Edward Norton is to voice Lee Harvey Oswald in a True Spies podcast narrated by Daisy Ridley. Old interviews and diary entries from JFK’s assassin have been put together to form Oscar nominee Norton’s script for the historical true crime show, which will be scripted for the first time. Star Wars star Ridley is

Once again, no scripted TV series are shooting on location in Los Angeles due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike, according to data compiled by FilmLA, the city and county film permit office. “In a normal week at this time of year, there would be dozens of scripted television projects in production,” FilmLA said Wednesday of

Stephen A. Smith is opening up about the ESPN layoffs that saw about 20 on-air personalities become redundant at the sports network. “ESPN laid off about 20 members of its on-air talent … friends of mine, actually, definitely respected colleagues who’d done a phenomenal job and deserved better,” the sports analyst said on The Stephen

The White Lotus actress Sabrina Impacciatore is set for Call My Agent‘s second season on Sky Italia. She will join the likes of Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Claud Santamaria in the Sky Original, which is from Sky Studios and Palomar and follows a group of agents trying to keep their demanding clients in work and

Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills are separated after 27 years of marriage, according to reports. The split not only will it affect the Bravo series but the Netflix show Buying Beverly Hills as it follows Umansky’s real estate business where two of their daughters are agents. Richards confirmed

Venus Williams, making her 24th appearance at Wimbledon, lost her first-round match Monday after rebounding from a twisted knee in the early going. Elina Svitolina beat Williams in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. In the third game of the first set, Williams collapsed in pain after her right knee bent at an awkward angle. After a

Filming for Vanderpump Rules Season 11 has started in West Hollywood and Bravo shared a first look of the cast coming together with cameras rolling. The cast filmed their first group scenes at Lisa Vanderpump’s TomTom bar in West Hollywood. Alongside Vanderpump were Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, Lala Kent and Ally Lewber, who

Tammy Slayton has remembered fonder times with her late husband, Caleb Willingham, in a sentimental tribute post on Instagram. Willingham died on Saturday. Reports indicate he was estranged from his wife at the time of death. His mother confirmed his passing, but did not provide details on the cause or location. He was 40 years

Pat McAfee recently struck a deal to bring his namesake sports commentary show to ESPN. The former NFL player has been receiving backlash after the sports network announced layoffs and many viewers are correlating that it has to do with McAfee. McAfee, who is also an analyst on ESPN’s College GameDay, took to Twitter to

Hot dogs aren’t on the menu. Snoop Dogg is on the menu – and on the marquee. Jack in the Box has opened a pop-up restaurant named after venerable rapper Snoop Dogg. The restaurant is open in Inglewood during the Independence Day holiday weekend, closing on July 2. The venue is named Dogg in tha

Actress Bonnie Morgan shared some ugly truths on the podast “Pod Meets World.” Early in her career, she was signed to play lead character Topanga Lawrence on the show “Boys Meets World.” She talked with podcast hosts and show cast members Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle about her experience on the show and

Tino Gagliardi has been elected international president of the American Federation of Musicians. Gagliardi, president of AFM Local 802 in New York City, succeeds Ray Hair, who had been international president since 2010 but chose not to seek reelection at the union’s 102nd convention this week in Las Vegas. “In the wider world, collaborating with

The campy romp Cocaine Bear and buzzy comedy series Only Murders in the Building nabbed four trophies apiece and Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Oppenheimer took three at the 23rd annual Golden Trailer Awards, which were handed out Thursday night in Los Angeles. See the full list of winners below. The Golden Trailers recognize the professionals working

EXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has signed Alex Hall, a luxury real estate agent on Netflix’s Selling the OC, for representation. Hall will return for season two of the series, which returns this fall. Hall is an original cast member of Selling the OC, which follows elite agents as they sell lavish oceanfront properties in her native city,

Connie Boss Alexander has spoken out to People about her feelings since the loss of her son, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, best known for his DJing gig on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Last December, Boss was found dead in Encino, Los Angeles. His death was ruled a suicide by self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 40.

General Hospital star Haley Pullos was officially charged with two DUI felony counts and a misdemeanor stemming from the April 29 car crash when the actor allegedly drove her vehicle the wrong way on a Pasadena freeway and collided head-on with another car. The driver of the other car was seriously injured and reportedly is

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the series finale of The CW’s Gotham Knights. Gotham Knights ended its one-season run on The CW on Tuesday, as the network bids farewell to many of its scripted series. The episode, titled “Night of the Owls,” opens with the crew in quite the predicament as they try

Ryan Seacrest will take over for Pat Sajak as host of Wheel of Fortune in Season 42. Sajak recently announced his retirement from the syndicated show at the end of next season. In addition to serving as host, Seacrest also will serve as a consulting producer on the show. “I’m truly humbled to be stepping

Inside Amy Schumer returned to Paramount+ after six years for its fifth season – a season that Paramount was hoping could score an Emmy nomination to compete against the likes of SNL and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. However, Emmy voters hoping to take a last minute watch on Paramount+ before tonight’s voting deadline