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CELEBS: Gary Beach, who won a Tony in ‘The Producers,’ dies at 70

NEW YORK (AP) — Gary Beach, a Broadway and TV veteran whose portrayal of a truly terrible theater director in Mel Brooks’ monster hit “The Producers” won him a Tony Award in 2001, has died, according to his agent, Steven Unger. He was 70. Unger said Beach died Tuesday at his home in ...

CELEBS: Blockbuster not yet selling Russell Crowe’s jockstrap

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Everything in the closing Blockbuster video stores in Alaska is for sale, except the celebrity jockstrap. The Anchorage store is not yet selling the jockstrap worn by Russell Crowe in the 2005 movie “Cinderella Man” and other memorabilia previously owned by ...

TV: San Francisco bans tour buses from ‘Full House’ residence

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tour buses will no longer be swinging by a San Francisco house made famous in the popular 1990s sitcom “Full House.” The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency voted Tuesday to ban commercial vehicles from Broderick Street after neighbors complained. ...

Final resting plans might be changing

When I was little, I used to tell my mom that I wanted to be buried in one of those pretty buildings in the cemetery. Being a kid, I wasn’t yet familiar with the term “mausoleum,” or the type of people for whom they are typically reserved. By my 20s, at the height of my ...

MUSIC: The Go-Go’s on their legacy and advice for other rockers

NEW YORK (AP) — Go-Go’s guitarist Jane Wiedlin has five simple words of advice for female rock bands — “Write. Write. Write. Write. Write,” she said. “I think the world needs a lot more women that are really taking charge of their whole career and image, instead of women being ...

TV: Yvette Nicole Brown is interim guest host of ‘Walking Dead’

NEW YORK (AP) — Yvette Nicole Brown is filling in for Chris Hardwick as host of “The Walking Dead” and “Talking Dead” while AMC Networks reviews sexual-assault allegations against Hardwick. AMC announced Friday that Brown will be “interim guest host” of “The Walking Dead ...