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Chris Wallace, the CNN Anchor and host of Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on HBO Max, had a startling confession during his segment on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher.

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Robert Richter, Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 95

Lauren Coates Robert Richter, an independent filmmaker and producer whose credits include nearly 90 documentaries on a wide range of subjects, died at his home in New York City on February 16 following complications associated with heart failure. He was 95. A three-time Academy Award nominee for best documentary short, Richter’s expanse of accolades included a 2008 National Emmy for “exceptional merit in nonfiction filmmaking” as executive producer on the HBO version of his documentary feature “The Last Atomic Bomb,” and three duPont Columbia Broadcast Journalism awards (TV’s Pulitzer Prize).

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John Lennon and Yoko Ono Documentary ‘One to One’ Lands Sweeping European Distribution Deal With Piece of Magic (EXCLUSIVE)

Naman Ramachandran Piece of Magic Entertainment has acquired theatrical rights from Mercury Studios for “One to One: John & Yoko” across a broad swath of European territories, including France, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The documentary from Oscar winner Kevin Macdonald (“The Last King of Scotland,” “Marley”), which world premiered at Venice and recently played Sundance, offers an intimate look at 18 months of Lennon and Ono’s life in Greenwich Village during the early ’70s.

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Phil Jones Dies: Longtime CBS News Correspondent Who Reported On Vietnam, Watergate, Politics Was 87

Phil Jones, who as a CBS News correspondent covered some of Washington’s most momentous political battles including Watergate and President Bill Clinton’s impeachment, has died. He was 87.

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CBS Plans ‘Evening News’ Overhaul: John Dickerson, Maurice DuBois, Weather and Close Ties to ’60 Minutes’

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor CBS wants to get back in the battle for evening-news viewers with a new take on the format that looks very little like the evening news viewers have come to know. The network plans to rebuild its long-running “CBS Evening News,” retooling anchors, format and segments in a bid to make the half-hour once led by Walter Cronkite more valuable for modern news viewers who don’t recognize the show as the cultural touchstone it was in the 1960s and 70s.

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Richard Leibner, Agent Who Made News Anchors Into Stars, Dies at 85

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Richard Leibner, a celebrated talent agent who represented some of the best-known anchors in TV news, first at a firm he helped build and then for UTA, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 85 years old. In his time, Leibner served as an agent and adviser to Dan Rather, Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Morley Safer, Bob Simon, Steve Kroft, Bill Whitaker, Diane Sawyer, Chuck Scarborough, Paula Zahn, Brian Stelter and Fareed Zakaria, among others.

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CBS to Honor Dick Van Dyke With 98th Birthday Special in December

Ethan Shanfeld CBS is ringing in Dick Van Dyke‘s 98th birthday with an entertainment special honoring the legendary actor and performer. “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic” will air Dec. 21 from 9 to 11 p.m.

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GLAAD to be Honored at the Emmys With the TV Academy’s 2023 Governors Award

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large GLAAD — the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer media advocacy organization — has been named the recipient of the Television Academy‘s 2023 Governors Award. The honor will be presented during the 75th Annual Primetime Emmys telecast, set to be broadcast live on Fox (after a lengthy Hollywood strikes delay) on January 15.

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Walter Cronkite Award Recipients Highlight Challenge Of Reporting In Era Of Misinformation

The winners of this year’s recipients of the Walter Cronkite Awards had a common theme: Combating misinformation.

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Bernard Kalb Dies: Veteran TV Journalist & Author Was 100

Bernard Kalb, a veteran television journalist that worked at CBS and NBC News, has died. He was 100.

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‘Alex’s War’ Review: A Gripping and Disturbing Look at Alex Jones and the Politics of Unreality

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAt the start of “Alex’s War,” a documentary about Alex Jones, the infamous talk-news conspiracist guru of InfoWars is described by assorted media outlets as “a performance artist,” “paranoia porn,” and — in the words of John Oliver — “the Walter Cronkite of shrieking bat-shit guerrilla clowns.” All of which, of course, is accurate. Yet none of it fully captures what an important figure Alex Jones has become, even as he’s been systematically deplatformed. (The deplatforming, of course, only helped his cause.

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Actors, politicians fighting to save iconic NYC theater facing bankruptcy auction

To hear Lorcan Otway tell it, he’s in a fight for his life.If he finds someone willing to refinance his debt, Theatre 80 — the iconic East Village venue where Otway has lived and worked since he was 9 years old — will be saved.If he doesn’t, the off-Broadway theater where “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” was born and countless stars have thrived will likely be sold at bankruptcy auction to the highest bidder. Otway is facing nearly $10.5 million in debts after COVID shutdowns left him unable to pay a loan.

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CNN Rethinks Its Chyron Crutch: How ‘Breaking News’ Broke Down

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN is breaking up with an old habit that has defined cable news for decades.Erin Burnett, Jim Sciutto and Don Lemon are still talking about the latest headlines on CNN, but their new boss thinks they can do so without the visual aid of a longtime TV news crutch: a graphics block on-screen that tells viewers they are hearing about “Breaking News.”The words appear frequently during all kinds of news broadcasts, whether they be of the cable, evening or morning variety — and even when the news is not breaking at all. Chris Licht, installed by Warner Bros.

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Colin Cantwell, man behind the iconic Star Wars 'Death Star', dies aged 90

Star Wars spacecraft has died aged 90. Colin Cantwell, a conceptual artist and designer, passed away at his home on 22 May, the Hollywood Reporter confirmed. Cantwell was most well-known for creating the Death Star, TIE fighter and X-wing Starfighter in the hit 1980s Star Wars film series.

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Colin Cantwell Dies: ‘Star Wars’ Death Star And Spacecraft Designer Was 90

Colin Cantwell, whose design work on the Star Wars spacecraft thrilled generations of moviegoers, died Saturday at his Colorado home. He was 90 and his death was confirmed by Sierra Dall, his long-time partner

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Richard Wagner Dies: Longtime CBS News Correspondent Was 85

Richard Wagner, whose three-decade career as a correspondent for CBS News included covering the war in Vietnam and numerous other conflicts around the world, has died. He was 85.

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Television Academy Foundation Receives NEH Grant to Preserve Interview Archives

Sasha Urban editorThe National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the Television Academy Foundation a $350,000 grant for the preservation of its online archives documenting the history of television.Founded in 1997, the archive now known as The Interviews: An Oral History of Television is among the world’s largest online archives of its kind and includes thousands of hours of interviews with more than 900 legends.The grant is funded in part by the NEH’s “A More Perfect Union” initiative, which is designed to honor the role of the humanities in U.S. history and invest in the preservation of projects like The Interviews.

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Dick Cavett Set As Recipient Of WGA East’s Evelyn F. Burkey Award

Dick Cavett has been named as the recipient of Writers Guild of America, East’s Evelyn F. Burkey Award for 2022. Late Night’s Seth Meyers will present the late night host, comedian and writer with the honor at the virtual WGA Awards ceremony taking place on March 20.

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Roger Mudd Dies: Veteran Network Correspondent And Anchor Was 93

Roger Mudd, the longtime CBS News correspondent and anchor who later teamed briefly with Tom Brokaw on NBC Nightly News, has died. He was 93.

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George Clooney Says He Writes Letters to Amal to Keep the Romance Alive in Lockdown

George Clooney loves an old-fashioned romance. During an interview with AARP, he revealed one tradition in particular of which he's particularly fond: writing letters to his wife, Amal Clooney.

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Mitchell Krauss, Longtime CBS News Correspondent, Dies at 90

Mitchell Krauss, a Middle East correspondent for CBS News who was wounded in the 1981 assassination of Egypt president Anwar Sadat, died Jan. 27 of kidney failure in a hospital in Rhinebeck, New York.

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