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Sorry, dad! Colin Hanks says John Candy was the 'nicest guy in Hollywood'

John Candy was one of the most beloved comedic actors of his time, with starring roles in Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Uncle Buck. His life and work are celebrated in a new Amazon Prime documentary by Colin Hanks, John Candy: I Like Me.

'John Candy: I Like Me' celebrates the comedic actor's life and legacy

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Jeff Hiller’s Emmy-winning role gave him a profound example of kindness and decency

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Jeff Hiller’s Emmy-winning role gave him a profound example of kindness and decency

Jeff Hiller never expected to win an Emmy. He was used to side roles like “Mexican restaurant waiter” and “frazzled salesman,” and then his big break came as Joel on the HBO show “Somebody Somewhere.” He tells Rachel that not only did the role bring him critical acclaim, it also serves as an example of kindness and decency that has become a kind of moral compass for him.  

Jeff Hiller

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Bob Ross poses in front of one of his signature landscapes.

The late Bob Ross encouraged millions of Americans to make and appreciate art through his show The Joy of Painting, which has aired on PBS stations since 1983. Bob Ross Inc./AP hide caption

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Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help public TV after funding cuts

Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s.

Bob Ross auction

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Mayci Neeley at an event with the cast of "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" at SiriusXM Studios in May.

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'Mormon Wives' star Mayci Neeley shares her complex life in new memoir

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mayci Neeley of Hulu's The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives about how her traumatic college days have shaped her relationship with her religion.

'Mormon Wives' star Mayci Neeley shares her complex life in new memoir

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Gwendoline Christie
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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Gwendoline Christie

This week, it’s Gwendoline Christie! She’s best known for her part as Brienne of Tarth on Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones launched Christie’s career. Before it wrapped, she was cast in two Star Wars movies. She recently earned an Emmy nomination for her part in Severance as the lady who was in charge of all the goats. She talks to Bullseye about art, resilience, and getting ready to wrangle all those goats.

Gwendoline Christie

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The Free Press' Bari Weiss is joining CBS News as its editor in chief and her upstart news site The Free Press will become part of Skydance Media.

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Bari Weiss joins CBS with a mandate for 'balanced and fact-based' news

CBS' parent company is buying The Free Press and installing Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

Bari Weiss to join CBS as next top editor

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Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in an early publicity photograph for Gilmore Girls. The show premiered in October 2000, set in the fictional small town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. s

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25 years after its premiere, 'Gilmore Girls' still draws fans to small town Connecticut

Lorelai and Rory Gilmore's fictional hometown of Stars Hollow was born after Gilmore Girls creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, stayed in northwestern Connecticut. The show premiered in the fall of 2000.

‘Gilmore Girls’ is 25 — and fans are still flocking to small town Connecticut

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Lori Walsh hosts the soon-to-be canceled In the Moment, which currently plays three times a day.

Lori Walsh hosts the soon-to-be canceled In the Moment, which currently plays three times a day.  Kelcey Schroder for NPR hide caption

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A public broadcaster's path after losing U.S. funds: Youth sports and less local news

South Dakota Public Broadcasting says there's an ironic result to President Trump's successful attack on public media: It will have to rely more on NPR programs.

'There's been a lot of tears': Local public media stations grapple with federal cuts

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"Tilly Norwood" is the name of an AI-creation that has riled up Hollywood.

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Could 'the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman' be an AI avatar?

Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated avatar, is being compared by its creators to A-list human actors. SAG-AFTRA and others are pushing back.

Could the next Scarlett Johansson or Natalie Portman be an AI actor?

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Ethan Hawke in The Lowdown.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

We're high up on 'The Lowdown'

The Lowdown is a great new FX series starring Ethan Hawke as a freelance investigative reporter with a knack for sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong and getting that nose punched. He gets drawn into the seedy goings-on of one of Tulsa’s most prominent families. Created by Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs), the modern-day Western noir comedy has an excellent ensemble including Kyle MacLachlan, Keith David, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Killer Mike.

The Lowdown

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Cristela Alonzo: Upper Classy. Cristela Alonzo at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, Texas. Cr. Lauren Smith/Netflix © 2025

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Comic Cristela Alonzo grew up in fear of border patrol. ICE has 'brought it all back'

For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy.

FA: Cristela Alonzo

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Toni Collette as Evelyn Wade in Wayward.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

A creepy reform school will get under your skin in ‘Wayward’

In the new Netflix series Wayward, Toni Collette plays a deeply creepy woman who runs a facility that promises to fix troubled teens. A cop (Mae Martin) moves to town with his wife, who's a graduate of the facility and an acolyte of its leader. And he starts to think something is very, very wrong. Things are not all they seem in the picturesque town of Tall Pines, but you’ll have to watch to find out why. 

Wayward

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Jimmy Kimmel at the 95th Annual Academy Awards in 2023. The Sinclair broadcasting group restored the late night TV host's show to their stations after taking it off the air for more than a week following comments he made about the suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing.

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Sinclair and Nexstar restore 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to their local TV stations

The major broadcasting groups said in statements the late-night talk show will return to their TV stations on Friday.

Niamh McCormack plays Ellen Cochrane in House of Guinness.

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Cheers to 'House of Guinness,' which feels like an 1860s, Irish 'Succession'

A new Netflix show by the creator of Peaky Blinders fictionalizes the battle for control of the venerable Irish brewing company. Family drama comes to a foamy head in this eight-part series.

FA: TV Review: The House of Guinness

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Jimmy Kimmel reflects on his comic roots and how he broke into late night

The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host found himself at the center of a battle over free speech recently when his show was briefly suspended. He spoke to Fresh Air in 2013, when his show moved to late night.

FA: Jimmy Kimmel

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Mark Ruffalo in Task.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

In ‘Task’, Mark Ruffalo pursues his quarry

The new HBO series Task stars Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey in a grim, but stealthily hopeful drama. From the creator of Mare of Easttown, the show is a cat-and-mouse crime thriller about an FBI agent reluctantly dragged back into the field to investigate a series of drug related crimes. The show offers drugs, stolen money, family drama, kidnapping, shootouts, grief, and forgiveness.

Task

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Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Jimmy Kimmel was suspended and off the air for nearly a week before returning Tuesday night with his late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! Randy Holmes/Disney hide caption

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'We have to speak out,' Jimmy Kimmel says in his late-night return

The comedian was suspended for nearly a week by ABC's parent company, Disney, before returning to airwaves on Tuesday night.

Jimmy Kimmel returns to late night after nearly week-long suspension

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