Trump Sums Up His Zelensky Showdown: ‘This Is Going to Be Great Television’
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Trump Sums Up His Zelensky Showdown: ‘This Is Going to Be Great Television’

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines One of the most surreal moments of Friday’s Oval Office showdown between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine came at the very end. After all the shouting and the saber-rattling and the lecturing and the pleading and the politicking had ceased,…

How Yehonatan Indursky Fled His Ultra-Orthodox Life — and Returned
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How Yehonatan Indursky Fled His Ultra-Orthodox Life — and Returned

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This wasn’t yet a reconversion, only a crucial dalliance. But on Tinder, he met the woman who would become his wife, a French Jew who had recently moved to Israel and wished to become more observant. “In slow motion,” he said, she helped…

Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ Actress, Dies at 39
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Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Buffy’ Actress, Dies at 39

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Michelle Trachtenberg, a touchstone of millennial youth culture who grew up onscreen, rising to fame as a troubled teenager on the supernatural 1990s series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and as a conniving young socialite on “Gossip Girl,” was found dead on Wednesday in…

Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68
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Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Al Trautwig, who brought sports fans along with him to New York’s Canyon of Heroes, champagne-doused locker rooms and the medal podium at the Olympics over a broadcast career that spanned more than three decades, died at his home on Long Island on…

Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’ Dies at 78
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Lynne Marie Stewart, Miss Yvonne on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse,’ Dies at 78

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lynne Marie Stewart, who played Pee-wee Herman’s perky, bouffant-wigged neighbor, Miss Yvonne, in the 1980s children’s television series “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” and the sweet, timorous mother of one of the main characters in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” died on Friday in Los Angeles….

MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up
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MSNBC Cancels Joy Reid’s Show in Major Shake-Up

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Joy Reid’s evening news show on MSNBC is being canceled, part of a far-reaching programming overhaul orchestrated by Rebecca Kutler, the network’s new president, two people familiar with the changes said. The final episode of Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. show, “The ReidOut,” is…

‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special
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‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After a half-century of comedy and music (and what at times felt like an equal amount of buildup and hype), how do you at last kick off a prime-time 50th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live”? Calmly and serenely, it turns out. The…

Ron Travisano, Adman Behind Singing Cats and Joe Isuzu, Dies at 86
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Ron Travisano, Adman Behind Singing Cats and Joe Isuzu, Dies at 86

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In the early 1970s, the madcap advertising executives Ron Travisano and Jerry Della Femina were struggling to find a gimmick to sell an undistinguished brand of pet food. Watching interminable and unremarkable footage of cats eating, Mr. Travisano and an editor, Joe Lione,…