Genealogy detectives have discovered that Benedict Cumberbatch, who portrays Sherlock Holmes in the PBS television series, is distantly related to the author who created the iconic character.
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Garry Shandling died from a blood clot in his heart, coroner’s officials said Tuesday more than seven months after the comedian’s unexpected death.
A&E is scrapping plans for an eight-part documentary series about the Ku Klux Klan after finding out that some participants of the hate group were paid for their work on it.
Alan Thicke’s death certificate states the actor died of a ruptured aorta.
Craig Sager, the longtime NBA sideline reporter famous for his flashy suits and probing questions, has died after a battle with cancer, Turner Sports announced Thursday. He was 65.
Tarek and Christina El Moussa, hosts of HGTV’s “Flip or Flop,” have announced their separation after seven years of marriage in a joint statement.
Alice Drummond, a veteran stage actress who appeared in films including “Awakenings” and the original 1984 “Ghostbusters,” has died. She was 88.
Netflix will now let members download select TV shows and movies for viewing on Apple and Android devices while disconnected from the internet.
Actress Shelley Duvall has revealed her struggles with mental illness in an interview with “Dr. Phil.”
After a bit of a tease, Netflix has released the full trailer for its forthcoming TV adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” full of Neil Patrick Harris in various forms of (debatably effective) disguise.
A federal judge in Wisconsin on Monday ordered the release of Brendan Dassey, who was imprisoned for life for helping his uncle kill a freelance photographer in 2005 in a case spotlighted in the Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer.”
Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour” with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates, died Monday of cancer, the network said.
“Something strange is going on,” Klaus says in the newest trailer for Netflix’s upcoming series “Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events.”
Hold on to your knit hats, “Gilmore Girls” fans. Netflix has just released a trailer with the first long look at footage from the upcoming “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life” series.
More than 40 years after one of the great cult films of all time introduced an unsuspecting public to sweet transvestites, a mad scientist making an erotic Frankenstein creature, and a highly repressed yet oversexed Brad and Janet, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is back, this time as a TV remake on Fox.