Beloved Hollywood actor Charlie Robinson, ‘Night Court’ star, dead ...

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2021

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Beloved Hollywood actor Charlie Robinson, ‘Night Court’ star, dead at 75

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By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT Hollywood actor Charlie Robinson, best known for playing court clerk Mac Robinson on the NBC sitcom “Night Court,” died Sunday at age 75. Robinson died in Los Angeles at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center from cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failures due to septic shock and metastatic cancer, a representative for Robinson said. The beloved actor appeared in more than 125 films and TV shows over a career that spanned five decades. His works include “Set It Off,” “Antwone Fisher” and “Jackson.” He also made appearances on “Mom,” “Home Improvement,” “Love & War”…

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13

2021

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How ‘Batwoman’ Star Wallis Day Re-created Kate Kane

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BY BRIAN DAVIDS | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The actor also shares her journey on 'Infinite' and how cutting her hair — against her agent's wishes — ended up being great for her career. [This interview contains spoilers for Batwoman.] In 2012, Wallis Day had her sights set on swimming in the 2012 Summer Olympics until she suddenly shifted gears and never looked back. Since swimming required her to train before and after school for most of her life, Day needed another outlet for her surplus of energy, and that’s when she decided to turn her weekend hobby of acting into her sole focus.…

Jul

13

2021

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Hollywood Docket: Do Emotions From Animated Characters Drive Ticket Buying?

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BY ERIQ GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT A roundup of legal developments in Hollywood including the intellectual property case now turning on the opinions of an expert in human-computer interaction. Today’s edition of you’ll-never-guess-what-they’re-discussing-in-court: Do realistic human emotions from computer-generated characters make a material contribution to the financial success of a blockbuster movie? The question comes up because a Silicon Valley tech company called Rearden LLC is suing Disney for using “stolen” technology for CG characters in blockbuster movies including Avengers, Beauty and the Beast and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb. This long-running intellectual property case has had some serious twists…

Jul

11

2021

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‘Bling Empire’ Star Anna Shay Gets $13.9M for Historic Sunset Boulevard Mansion

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BY JAMES MCCLAIN, DIRT.COM Troy Warren for CNT The reality show fan favorite bought the grand five-bedroom house (built in 1926) for $9.4 million a decade ago. When Netflix’s Bling Empire — best described as a real-life version of Crazy Rich Asians — first hit airwaves in January, the reality series became an instant hit and likely future cult classic. Much of that success is due to runaway fan favorite Anna Shay, the enigmatic cast member who stole every scene with her dry wit and deadpan delivery. Shay will return for the upcoming Bling Empire season two, but not coming along for the ride is the show’s other…

Jul

10

2021

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Sean Penn’s ‘Flag Day’: Film Review | Cannes 2021

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BY DAVID ROONEY | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The director-star appears opposite his daughter Dylan Penn in this adaptation of Jennifer Vogel's memoir about her conflicted love for her counterfeiter father. Sean Penn’s directing career has followed an erratic trajectory, channeling raw feeling in his 1991 debut The Indian Runner, peaking with the ruminative 2007 survival drama Into the Wildand taking a nosedive with 2016’s tone-deaf The Last Face, which used a backdrop of human rights violations in Africa to spin a tortured romance between beautiful Westerners. He returns to the Cannes competition five years after that fiasco with Flag Day, which is a significant improvement…

Jul

10

2021

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Rihanna Asks $80,000 Per Month for Posh Beverly Hills Rental Mansion

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BY WENDY BOWMAN, DIRT.COM Troy Warren for CNT The singer bought the five-bedroom house — one of five properties she owns in Los Angeles — for $13.8 million last year. On top of Rihanna’s myriad other business endeavors — she sings, she’s a cosmetics mogul with her own Fenty Beauty brand, she’s a lingerie tycoon and fashion designer — the “Umbrella” crooner is also a budding real estate mogul, with five multimillion-dollar homes in Los Angeles alone. And if you’ve got an extra $80,000 burning a proverbial hole in your pocket, you could have the honor of calling Rihanna your landlord for a full month.…

Jul

05

2021

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Richard Donner, ‘Superman’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ Director, Dies at 91

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BY MIKE BARNES | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT His big-screen body of work also includes 'Inside Moves,' starring John Savage as a suicide survivor; the broad Richard Pryor-Jackie Gleason comedy 'The Toy'; and 'The Goonies.' Richard Donner, the veteran television director who helmed the first Superman film starring Christopher Reeve and the four Lethal Weapon films in a spectacular transition to the big screen, died Monday, his assistant told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 91. Donner’s career in features was jump-started with he got a hold of an early script for The Omen (1976), a $2 million film that grossed $60 million in the U.S.…

Jul

05

2021

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John Stamos Performs With Beach Boys on CNN’s Fourth of July Special

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BY KIMBERLY NORDYKE | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The performance sparked multiple trending topics on Twitter. John Stamos joined the Beach Boys to perform on Sunday’s Fourth in America Special, which aired on CNN. The actor joined the group onstage for iconic hits like “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” and “Sloop John B.” The performance sparked multiple trending topics on Twitter, including “John Stamos,” “The Beach Boys” and “Mike Love,” co-founder of the Beach Boys. Stamos has a long association with the group, appearing in its 1988 video for “Kokomo.” He also performed with the Beach Boys on several other occasions, including ABC’s Dancing With the Stars in 2010 and…

Jul

04

2021

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“I’m Going to Miss Being Comfortable”: Hollywood Insiders on Saying Goodbye to Work-From-Home Styles

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BY WENDY WEINER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT As people start to return to office life, The Hollywood Reporter asked Alex Newell, Gloria Calderon Kellet and more about their beloved casual styles (which may not transition so easily). For more than a year, most offices have been closed and, for many, homes became workplaces. Weekday style went from workplace-appropriate to more like casual-adjacent. Now that people are venturing back to office life, THR asked Hollywood insiders what pandemic-comfort clothing item they’ll miss most. MIA BARRON (Actor) “I played a lawyer in a Law & Order miniseries about the Menendez brothers murders [in 2017]. When…

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02

2021

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Look inside Tyrese Gibson’s ‘regal’ Atlanta estate

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By Kiersten Willis, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT The actor’s Buckhead mansion recently hosted a birthday party for former Mayor Kasim Reed Tyrese Gibson said he was going for a “regal vibe” with his home. One look at it, and you’ll know why. The star of “F9: The Fast Saga,” gave Architectural Digest a tour of his Atlanta mansion. To quote another performer who calls the Big Peach home, it gives new meaning to the lyric “lifestyles so rich and famous Robin Leach will get jealous.” The 1980s series “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” was an inspiration for the Los…

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