Robert F. Chew, known to fans of HBO's acclaimed series The Wire as drug kingpin Proposition Joe, has died, The Baltimore Sun reports. He was 52.
Chew's sister Clarice told the paper that her brother passed away in his sleep at his home in Northeast Baltimore, Md., on Thursday, Jan. 17. The cause of death appeared to be heart failure.
As both an actor and a teacher in Maryland, Chew mentored younger artists at Baltimore's Arena Players, even after he rose to fame on David Simon's HBO drama. Read More...
In the war of the low-rated backstage-at-Saturday-Night-Live TV shows, there can be only one. And in 2006’s race to viewership mediocrity, Tina Fey’s 30 Rock, which spoofed her time as SNL’s head writer, was Christopher Lambert. And we’re all better for it.
Well, everyone was better for it, except for this guy: Aaron Sorkin.
Despite 30 Rock garnering fewer viewers than Sorkin’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, a backstage drama and thinly veiled allegory for the writer’s time on Sports Night and The West Wing, NBC pulled the plug on the show and condemned it to an eternity in this column. Read More...
Personal trainer and former coach on NBC’s The Biggest Loser Jillian Michaels recently sparked controversy with her comments about Lizzo and fat positivity.
But Lizzo isn’t the only celeb Michaels has criticized lately. Michaels appeared on Wendy Williams’ Jan. 7 show to promote her new fitness app. Along the way, she told Williams she’s not a fan of the talk show host’s personal approach to weight loss.
Michaels told Williams she didn’t believe in diets like keto or intermittent fasting In her appearance on The Wendy Williams Show, Michaels delved into her dislike for diets she considers “extreme. Read More...
