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Ebonie Thorpe, a 6th grade teacher at the James R. Ludlow School in Philadelphia, holds up a lunchbox in front of an advertisement for Abbott Elementary
Education

‘Abbott Elementary’ National Lunch Break Tour makes a stop in Philly to surprise local teachers

More than a thousand teachers are expected to receive free classroom supplies and snacks across the U.S. thanks to the tour.

1 year ago

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Puppies compete in Puppy Bowl XII
Arts & Entertainment

Move over, Super Bowl: 9 Philly-area rescue pups are headed to Puppy Bowl 2024

On Sunday, Feb. 11, Puppy Bowl XX will feature a number of dogs from animal rescue organizations across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

1 year ago

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Quinta Brunson accepts the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series award for Abbott Elementary.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

6 takeaways from the return of the Emmys

The 75th Emmy Awards offered up nothing in the way of real surprise. Succession, The Bear and Beef dominated on a night steeped in television nostalgia.

1 year ago

File photo: Actress Joyce Randolph, who played ''Trixie'' on the TV series ''The Honeymooners,'' on Nov. 24, 1990, in New York. Randolph, who played Ed Norton’s sarcastic wife Trixie, has died at age 99. Randolph died of natural causes Saturday night, Jan. 13, 2024, at her home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, her son Randolph Charles told The Associated Press Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment

`The Honeymooners’ actress Joyce Randolph has died at 99; played Ed Norton’s wife, Trixie

She was the last surviving main character of the beloved comedy from television’s golden age of the 1950s.

1 year ago

Da'Vine Joy Randolph poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture for ''The Holdovers'' at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Arts & Entertainment

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Golden Globes, ‘Poor Things’ upsets ‘Barbie’ in comedy

Philly native Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Paul Giamatti both won for Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers.”

1 year ago

Tom Smothers does yo-yo tricks during arrivals at CBS's 75th anniversary celebration Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, in New York.
Arts & Entertainment

Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.

2 years ago

Credit Clockwise from Top Left: Beef (Netflix/2023); Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee/2023); The Last of Us (HBO/2023); The Bear (Hulu/2022); Succession (HBO/2023); I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson (Netflix/2019); Abbott Elementary (ABC/2021)
Studio 2

The Best TV of 2023, Checking in on the Economy

We'll talk with Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Patrick Harker about inflation, interest rates and more. And, 2023 TV shows- we'll share our favorites and yours, too.

Air Date: December 20, 2023 12:00 pm

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Peter Heacock and Marie Hart of unPOP Animations with Philadelphia Eagles players and the puppets created for the stop-motion animated video.
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Behind the scenes with unPOP Animations, the Philly couple who created the Eagles’ stop-motion Christmas special

Philadelphia couple Peter Heacock and Marie Hart created the seven-minute stop-motion special in their Mt. Airy home.

2 years ago

Jonathan Majors enters a courtroom at the Manhattan criminal courts in New York on Dec. 18, 2023. Seth Wenig/AP
NPR
Courts & Law

Jonathan Majors convicted in split verdict, dropped from Marvel

Majors was found guilty on two out of four charges in a domestic violence criminal case in New York on Monday afternoon.

2 years ago

Andre Braugher holds the award for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie for his work on
Arts & Entertainment

Andre Braugher, Emmy-winning actor who starred in ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61

Braugher won two career Emmys from 11 nominations.

2 years ago

Ryan Gosling (left) and Margot Robbie pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ''Barbie'' on July 12, 2023, in London.
Arts & Entertainment

‘Barbie’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 9, followed closely by ‘Oppenheimer’

The show airs Jan. 7 from Beverly Hills.

2 years ago

Norman Lear with the All in the Family cast
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Norman Lear, who made funny sitcoms about serious topics, dies at 101

Lear was hailed for producing beloved television shows like All in the Family and The Jeffersons, and later, for his work as a political activist.

2 years ago

File photo: Kevin Hart appears at the premiere of ''Me Time'' in Los Angeles on Aug. 23, 2022.
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Kevin Hart will receive the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for lifetime achievement in comedy

The honor caps a three-decade career that has seen the comic rise from the open mics of Philadelphia to become one of his generation’s most successful performers.

2 years ago

SAG-AFTRA strike signs are seen upside down
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Actors and studios make a deal to end Hollywood strikes

SAG-AFTRA workers have been on strike since July, when they joined screenwriters on strike. If the performers approve their new deal, Hollywood may soon come back to life.

2 years ago

Matthew Perry died on Saturday at age 54 at his Los Angeles home, multiple outlets report. The actor is pictured in 2009 at the L.A. premiere of The Invention of Lying.
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry dies at age 54

Perry, who won an Emmy nod and enormous fame for his starring role as Chandler Bing in the hit sitcom, was found dead at his Los Angeles home, multiple outlets reported.

2 years ago

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