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Rosalynn Carter was a first lady “who saw her role as going well beyond the essential, warm and welcoming host to being a close and trusted, yes, adviser” to her husband Jimmy Carter, PBS NewsHour senior correspondent Judy Woodruff recalled on Tuesday.

LeVar Burton, Sir David Attenborough and This Old House are among the 2022 Lifetime Achievement honorees selected by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Hollywood actors have made their roles as the horror character just as iconic.From the 1931 film starring Bela Legosi, to the Hammer House classics with Christopher Lee and, more recently, the terrifying and thrilling BBC adaptation with Claes Bang, this is a story that remains undead - much like its leading character.While Halloween favourite Dracula was certainly dramatic on screen with the constant battle between good and evil, and Dracula's eternal search for his bride, the actors who have played the roles have also led interesting lives too.To commemorate Bram Stoker, who died on this day in 1912 (April 20), Daily Star looks at where the actors who played Dracula on screen are now.Bela Lugosi is the original and one of the most iconic actors to have ever played Dracula, appearing in the 1931 Universal Monsters production.

Grace (★★★★☆), the audience was on their feet, ready to bathe the performer in a juicy, well-earned moment of gratitude.Had Payton launched into an immediate reprise, nobody would have minded. “Again?” is a really good song, among several composed by Nolan Williams, Jr., who also directs the fine eight-piece orchestra, and has got this ensemble cast’s vocals all the way together — save for a straggler or two.Director-choreographer Robert Barry Fleming has likewise fit the cast together firmly in their excellent portrayal of a large extended Black family in Philadelphia gathered for the memorial of their dear, deceased matriarch, Gran’Me.Preparing a picnic in the garden behind the family’s restaurant, Minton’s Place, a one-hundred-year tradition in the community and in their family, the Minton cousins and siblings and aunties comprise a lot of moving parts.Backgrounded by a recently dedicated mural that rises stories above the garden, family members are in and out of the kitchen, up and down steep staircases, carrying food, serving food, eating, singing about, dancing with, and arguing about food.All the movement and prop business looks effortless, as the cast weaves around Jason Ardizzone-West’s spare but expressive set.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAfter more than eight years, the weekday and weekend editions of PBS’ signature evening newscast are finally getting together.Washington’s WETA has long produced the venerable “PBS NewsHour,” the show once known as the “McNeil-Lehrer Report” and now anchored by Judy Woodruff, while New York’s WNET has since 2013 produced the Saturday and Sunday editions of the program. Starting April 2, all seven days will be under the auspices of WETA, with Geoff Bennett, a former NBC News and MSNBC correspondent and anchor who was named the program’s chief Washington correspondent in November, taking the reins of a re-titled half-hour “PBS News Weekend.”“I think we are going to build on ‘NewsHour’s’ traditional mix of news and interviews and in-depth features,” says Bennett, in an interview.

Sam Waterston is a Hollywood icon. The 81-year-old actor has been in the business for nearly four decades now. He memorably starred as D.A. James McCoy in Law & Order, and will be reprising the role as the NBC series returns for a 21st season after being off the air for 12 years. Sam also starred in The Newsroom and Grace & Frankie on television, while his notable film credits include 1974’s The Great Gatsby, The Killing Fields, and The Man in the Moon.

PBS was the top winner in the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards on Tuesday, with four honors for outstanding broadcast and digital reporting in the public interest.

Al Roker has taken to Instagram to mourn the death of a beloved pillar of the community.The Today star paid a heartfelt tribute to Mary Woodruff following the news that she had passed away at the age of 104.MORE: Today host Al Roker opens up about cancer battle WATCH: Today's Al Roker surprises daughter Leila during live chatMary was the owner of a pie shop in Amherst County; the Woodruff's Café and Pie Shop has been in business for decades, with the matriarch opening the family business in 1952 as a grocery store.READ: Today's Al Roker reveals proud dad moment in sweet tribute to son NickMORE: Today hosts' wedding and engagement photos: Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and moreWhile she eventually handed the business over to her daughters, Mary was

A 20-year-old Latter-day Saints missionary from Utah who was serving in Switzerland died Tuesday after a hiking accident, according to officials.  Annabelle Nielsen, of Highland, was hiking with five other missionaries when she "tragically slipped" and fell down a "steep incline," according to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints spokesman Daniel Woodruff. "We are deeply saddened to share news of the passing of a young missionary serving in Switzerland," Woodruff said in a statement.  Nielsen was assigned to the Alpine German-Speaking Mission and had been serving since July 2019.

The National Football League in America has donated a staggering $35m to the relief efforts fighting coronavirus.