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The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation is putting the program together for its upcoming gala — the Elizabeth Taylor Night of Compassion to be held at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sept. 18 — by drafting Tina Knowles to receive a marquee honor.

The business mogul, designer, best-selling author and activist has been selected to receive the Elizabeth Taylor Commitment to End AIDS Award for her ongoing support for people living with HIV and for her allyship with the LGBTQ+ community. The gala event, fronted by standout TV host Melvin Robert (who departed his post at Extra and Good Day L.A. to replace the late Sam Rubin at Ktla as entertainment anchor), will feature Cookie Johnson as Etaf’s 2025 champion. Supported by presenting sponsor Gilead Sciences, the Elizabeth Taylor Night of Compassion will include a reception, culinary experience, live performance and views of select items from the Elizabeth Taylor archive.

“Extra” correspondent Melvin Robert will be joining Ktla 5’s “Morning News” as its new entertainment reporter, TheWrap has learned. Robert will be filling the void left by local legend Sam Rubin, who passed away last year.

Robert’s first day on the morning show will be next Monday, a person with knowledge of the hiring told TheWrap; he will be leaving his role at “Extra,” where he has been a senior correspondent since 2022, as he joins Ktla.

Rubin’s passing at the age of 64 from a heart attack in May 2024 rocked Ktla, where he had been its lead entertainment reporter since 1991. The local stalwart received multiple Emmy wins, a Golden Mike award, a lifetime achievement award from the Southern California Broadcasters Association and was named best entertainment reporter by the Los Angeles Press Club during his 33 year run at channel 5.

Since last May, Ktla 5 has had a rotating cast...

“Good Day LA” anchor and “Extra” correspondent Melvin Robert is heading to Ktla, where he will join the “Ktla Morning News” team as entertainment anchor the week of March 17. Robert will fill the chair that had been held for decades by L.A. TV icon Sam Rubin, who died last May.

It’s a homecoming of sorts for Robert, who previously worked on “Ktla Morning News” between 2016 and 2018 and first interned there as a teenager. More recently, Robert was one of the original anchors at Spectrum News 1; he then joined “Extra” as a senior correspondent and weekend co-host in 2022, adding Kttv’s “Good Day LA” to the mix in 2023.

“It’s really exciting day to be back here,” Robert said of Ktla. “I’m a Southern California native, I grew up in Inglewood. I always dreamed of being on the ‘Ktla Morning News.’ It’s the most iconic show in LA.

Like the grand majority of film critics out there, Roger Ebert, the famous Chicago Sun-Times referent for all things regarding movies, and probably the most important film critic in history, didn’t exactly love horror movies. It didn’t matter if it was on the TV show Siskel & Ebert, with fellow critic Gene Siskel, or reviewing in print material, Ebert famously looked down on most horror movies. Only a handful of scary films made his Great Movies list (according to his website there are only 16), and a four-star rating was not common. But this doesn’t mean he wasn’t impressed by them occasionally, a good example being Wes Craven’s New Nightmare.

Made in 1994, but from an idea director Wes Craven had in 1987, New Nightmare is a different kind of horror film. There’s nothing quite like it in the universe of scary films, and this is probably...

Producers for the 76th annual Emmy Awards have been editing the special “In Memoriam” segment to be featured on Sunday’s ABC ceremony. Since the most recent ceremony was delayed until mid-January, there are only eight months of TV legends who have died instead of the typical 12 months.

We have assembled a list of people below who might be selected. Members of the academy’s TV Hall of Fame are host and producer Phil Donahue, anchor and journalist Robert MacNeil, lighting designer Bill Klages and actor and comedian Bob Newhart. Some of the previous Emmy winners and nominees include previous academy president Leo Chaloukian, actor Bill Cobbs, actor Dabney Coleman, actress Shelley Duvall, actor and writer Joe Flaherty, director Jerry Foley, actor Louis Gossett Jr., actor Bill Hayes, actor James Earl Jones, host Peter Marshall, actor and comedian Martin Mull, actress Gena Rowlands, actor James B. Sikking, actor Donald Sutherland and actor Carl Weathers.

Longtime Ktla entertainment anchor Sam Rubin, who died earlier this year, received the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award on Saturday night, given posthumously to recognize his “legacy of more than three decades of entertainment news reporting for Ktla.”

Rubin also won an Emmy in the entertainment news category, for his “Ktla Morning News” coverage of the SAG-AFTRA strike last year.

Overall, pubcaster Kcet (which now calls itself “PBS SoCal Plus”) dominated with ten wins, including in categories such as culture/history (“Legacy 10 Days In Watts”), L.A. local color (“Angel City Press: L.A. Through the Pages — Artbound”), independent programming (“Everybody Dance”), crime/social issues (“Bonnie Boswell Presents: Saving Moms”) and more.

The main newscast awards at the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards were split. Unlike last year, when Kvea won all three, this year the prizes were mixed. Spectrum News 1’s “Your Morning on...

Kcet topped the list of Los Angeles TV stations with the most wins,10, at the 76th local Emmy Awards handed out by the Television Academy Saturday. It was followed by Kvea and Spectrum News 1 with 4 each, ABC7 and CBS2/KCAL9 with 3 and KTLA5 and Spectrum SportsNet with two.

One of KTLA5’s two Emmys went to the station’s veteran Ktla entertainment reporter Sam Rubin, who died of a heart attack in May. He was recognized for his news coverage of the SAG-AFTRA strike.

Three stations split the honors for Regularly Scheduled Newscast in the different day parts: Spectrum News 1 (morning), Kcal (Daytime) and Kvea (evening).

Here is a full list of winners:

Investigative News Story

Student Stabbed CBS2/KCAL9

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Ross Palombo, Reporter, Writer

Angie Moriconi, Editor, Photographer

Feature Segment

Little Amal (Artbound) Kcet

Nic Cha Kim, Producer

Marley Lister, Associate Producer

Angela Boisvert,...

Longtime KTLA reporter Sam Rubin’s cause of death has been revealed.

According to a Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner Office, the anchor and entertainment reporter died naturally from ischemic heart disease due to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, which results in a lethal heartbeat due to lack of blood and oxygen flowing to the heart.

Ischemic heart disease is caused by narrowed arteries, leading to less blood and oxygen reaching the heart muscle, according to the American Heart Association.

“Mr. Rubin arrived at a local hospital with stomach pain the morning of May 10 after calling 9-1-1 as advised by his doctor,” the medical examiner’s office said in a press release. “He later was pronounced dead in the emergency room.”

News of the KTLA reporter’s death came on May 10, when TMZ revealed he had a heart attack. The popular entertainment anchor had been at the network since 1991. The day he died,...

A cause of death has been revealed for Sam Rubin. The veteran Ktla entertainment reporter died of a heart attack caused by coronary artery disease, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed Tuesday.

According to the Medical Examiner’s report, Rubin suffered from “ischemic heart disease due to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.”

The cause is listed as natural.

Rubin was last on air on May 9 and showed no outward signs of illness, according to his co-workers. He called in sick the following day and went to a hospital with stomach pain after calling 911. He was pronounced dead in the emergency room a short time later.

Rubin joined Ktla Morning News in 1991, about six months after the program debuted. He won multiple News Emmys and Golden Mike Awards and received a lifetime achievement award from the Southern California Broadcasters Association. He also was named Best Entertainment Reporter by the Los Angeles Press Club.

Variety won eight first-place awards Sunday night at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 66th annual SoCal Journalism Awards, including a top win for executive editor Brent Lang as entertainment journalist of the year.

Variety came into the 2024 ceremony with 74 nominations, representing work published by staffers online or in the weekly print edition during the 2023 calendar year.

Lang led the list of staff wins by picking up three awards in all. Besides his entertainment journalist of the year trophy, Lang also won for personality profile/magazines for his cover story on Michael J. Fox, and he shared the award for entertainment feature/TV with Tatiana Siegel and Matt Donnelly for their story “Showstopper! Strikes Plunge Hollywood Into Chaos With Pricey Movie Delays, Pay Battles and AI Anxiety.”

Siegel was a double-winner. Besides sharing the latter award with Lang, she also won in the category of entertainment news/magazines for the story “A Fired ‘Scream’ Star,...

Sam Rubin, the late KTLA5 entertainment reporter, has been named as a posthumous recipient of the 76th Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award, the Television Academy announced today.

After joining Ktla in 1991, Rubin was a Los Angeles TV news mainstay as the outlet’s longtime entertainment reporter and regular interviewer on red carpets. He died unexpectedly on May 10 at age 64 after suffering a heart attack at his home in Brentwood.

The award, which is presented to an individual, company or organization that has made an outstanding, innovative and visionary achievement in the arts, sciences or management of television as well as a substantial contribution to the greater Los Angeles area, recognizes Rubin’s legacy of more than three decades of entertainment news reporting for the station.

Cris Abrego, the Chair of the Television Academy, made the announcement on Ktla this morning, saying the vote in favor of Rubin was unanimous.

Longtime Ktla entertainment reporter Sam Rubin is set to posthumously receive a Los Angeles area Emmy Governors Award, the Television Academy said Tuesday.

Rubin, who worked on Ktla-tv’s morning show since 1991, died on May 10. He was 64.

“Sam was a trailblazer, a pioneer in the modern age of television news. His contributions to entertainment journalism in Los Angeles and around the world are unmatched,” Cris Abrego, chair of the Television Academy, said in a statement about recognizing Rubin for celebrated career.

In the Los Angeles TV market, Rubin reported from many local red carpets in addition to his role as the face of showbiz on Channel 5. He often hosted the station’s Live From the Academy Awards and had his own celebrity talk show, Hollywood Uncensored, for a time.

The posthumous Television Academy honor follows others that Rubin received, including numerous Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, a Golden Mike...

General Hospital was once again the big winner at the Daytime Emmys, while Dick Van Dyke was recognized for his guest work on Days of Our Lives and The Kelly Clarkson Show won its fourth consecutive trophy for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series.

For a few hours Friday, it seemed like the 51st Annual awards wouldn’t occur because IATSE threatened to picket the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles over the show’s use of a non-union crew. Fortunately, IATSE leadership met with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Friday afternoon and were able to reach an agreement two hours before showtime.

Following a corny but cute opening number performed by The Talk hosts Amanda Kloots and Jerry O’Connell, Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier and Nichelle Turner kicked off the live show by singling out “royalty” in the house — Dick Van Dyke, who would end up winning...

“General Hospital” led night one of the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards, winning four prizes — including the outstanding daytime drama Emmy. “General Hospital” won the top daytime drama award for the fourth year in a row.

“Gh” took an early lead as proceedings got underway, including writing, directing and supporting actor performance in a daytime drama series (Robert Gossett as Marshall Ashford). While accepting the honor for daytime drama directing, the show’s team paid tribute to Johnny Wactor, the former “Gh” performer who was recently killed.

Besides Gossett from “Gh,” daytime acting awards were spread out among several shows, with CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” winning two — for lead actress (Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers) and supporting actress (Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra). CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” won the drama actor for Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester, who also won last year.

In the daytime talk race,...

Public broadcaster Kcet is once again the leader in Los Angeles Area Emmys nominations, landing 22 this year (down slightly from last year’s 24), thanks to expecially to the locally produced series “Artbound” and its “10 Days in Watts.” Cable news outlet Spectrum News 1 was in second, with 17 — up from 14 last year.

Meanwhile, Kabc-tv — aka ABC7 — saw a nice surge to 14 noms, up from 7 last year and good enough to top the commercial broadcast outlets. Nominees included the late Sam Rubin, who was nominated in the entertainment news story for his coverage of the SAG-AFTRA strike on Ktla.

As usual, all stations that enter are immediately nominated in the daily morning newscast (4 a.m. to 11 a.m.), daily daytime newscast (11 a.m. to 7 p.m.), and daily evening newscast (7 p.m. to 12 a.m.) categories.

Last year, Telemundo outlet Kvea swept the newscast categories, winning the Emmys for evening (7 p.m.

Mark Kriski. (Courtesy photo)

Long-time weather forecaster Mark Kriski is recovering following a medical episode earlier this week, his employer said on Wednesday.

Kriski suffered from a mild stroke while at his Los Angeles-area home on Monday, Ktla reported.

“Mark checked in with us earlier on Wednesday, and we’re happy to report that he’s in good spirits,” a Ktla spokesperson said on Wednesday. “He also wanted to thank everyone who has reached out.”

Kriski joined Ktla in 1991, serving as the news outlet’s morning weather forecaster. That same year, entertainment correspondent Sam Rubin was hired to work alongside Kriski. Rubin died from a heart attack earlier this month.

Kriski remains hospitalized, but is recovering from his stroke, according to TMZ. Kriski’s spouse, Ktla reporter Jennifer Gould, said he was “communicative, joking around and, generally, in good spirits,” TMZ reported.

It was not clear when or if Kriski...

The tight-knit crew at Ktla got some more tough news this week with the revelation that the station’s longtime weatherman, Mark Kriski, has suffered a mild stroke. The news comes after station staff were devastated by the news earlier this month that beloved entertainment reporter Sam Rubin had died of a heart attack.

In a post to social media Ktla said Kriski’s stroke had happened earlier this week, but noted that “he’s in good spirits…and looks forward to being back with the team soon.”

The station also made a brief announcement on air about his condition.

Kriski’s wife told TMZ that he had the stroke early Monday and was hospitalized.

He joined the Ktla Morning News in 1991 and, according to his official bio, is “one of the last-remaining original ‘characters’ from the show’s inception.” He is a nine-time Emmy winner, has appeared as a...

There’s been an outpouring of love over the past few days after the untimely death of Ktla entertainment journalist Sam Rubin on Friday, and this morning Rubin’s son, Colby, has added his voice to the chorus.

Colby joined the Ktla 5 Morning News with a four-minute tribute to his father spoken direct to camera. In it he remembers his father’s support for his aspiring theatrical ambitions, their trips to Disneyland, Boy Scout meetings together, even time shared on visits to his physical therapist.

“I idolized you. You are and will always be my hero,” he said. “I never got to tell you that, and I’m so sorry, dad.”

Colby also shared onscreen a text exchange with his father in which he told his dad he could not go through with a particular theatrical performance because someone had criticized him. “My confidence just got shot,” wrote Colby.

Rubin wrote back,...

I spent the first 37 years of my life on the East Coast, and even there, I knew who Sam Rubin was.

The beloved Ktla Los Angeles entertainment reporter, who died May 10 at age 64, was a Hollywood fixture for over 30 years, beloved, trusted and respected. Drawing heartfelt tributes ranging from industry veterans like Tom Hanks and Henry Winkler and rising stars like Charmaine Bingwa, I’ve never seen such an outpouring for an entertainment journalist since perhaps Roger Ebert in 2013. Sam greeted everyone with the same infectious enthusiasm and genuine curiosity, whether they were industry stalwarts or nervous newcomers. He was synonymous with Los Angeles but he was also known well outside of Southern California through his reporting for ITV and Australia’s 9 Network.

I was fortunate to spend time with Sam off-camera, serving with him on the board of the Critics Choice organization. On my first trip to Los...

The entertainment world lost a beloved figure this week. American Idol host Ryan Seacrest was incredibly saddened to hear that his friend passed away and took some time to reflect on his memory.

Instagram followers felt touched by Seacrest’s words and left condolences during this difficult time.

Ryan Seacrest Is Heartbroken After His Friend’s Recent Death

These days, television host Ryan Seacrest has a wide range of gigs that pack his schedule. But this week, he took some time out of his busy day to fondly remember a dear friend who passed away.

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Many members of the entertainment community are mourning the loss of Los Angeles journalist, Sam Rubin. He unexpectedly passed away on May 10, 2024, of a heart attack. Rubin was 64 years old.

One day later, Ryan Seacrest and many other celebrities are sharing their favorite memories of the anchor.

“Early in my career, one...

Over the nine years that I’ve been contributing to Ktla-tv in Los Angeles, I’ve been asked the same question over and over again by people who recognized me from the channel: “What is Sam Rubin really like?” The short answer is simple: With Sam, what you saw was what you got. As exuberant, enthusiastic and charming as he was on camera, that’s exactly how he was in person too.

And what a talented professional. After 33 years as the face of entertainment news for Ktla, he had the job down, and you could tell how much he loved doing it. He maintained the same level of gleeful energy from his first daily news hit at 6:15 a.m. to his last at 10:45 a.m. — and when I would see him later in the day at screenings, junkets, premieres and awards shows, he was still going strong. I...

Hollywood A-listers took to social media this weekend to honor Sam Rubin, the beloved Ktla anchor who died on Friday.

“Your professionalism was unmatched by your kindness and humanity,” Viola Davis wrote on Instagram. “I will miss your presence on The Red Carpet. God bless your loved ones. Godspeed.”

Rubin was a popular entertainment anchor on Ktla-tv’s morning show, and appeared across Hollywood at award shows and red carpet events. He died of a heart attack on Friday at age 64.

“Ktla 5 is profoundly saddened to report the death of Sam Rubin,” the channel wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Sam was a giant in the local news industry and the entertainment world and a fixture of Los Angeles morning television for decades. His laugh, charm and caring personality touched all who knew him. Sam was a loving husband and father: the roles he cherished the most. Our thoughts are with...

Updated with official cause of death: In a report obtained by Ktla, the Los Angeles Medical Examiner said the station’s former entertainment reporter, Sam Rubin, suffered from “ischemic heart disease due to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease.” His manner of death was listed as “natural.”

Per the station, Rubin, 64, was experiencing stomach pain on the morning of May 10 and got himself to the hospital. The journalist was pronounced dead in the emergency room there just after 11 a.m.

Previously on May 10: Sam Rubin, who was a Los Angeles TV news mainstay as the longtime entertainment reporter for Ktla and regular interviewer on red carpets, died today, the station announced. He was 64.

Rubin’s family confirmed he died of a heart attack, Ktla reported. He was last on the air Thursday morning and showed no outward signs of illness, according to his co-workers. He had called in sick on Friday.

Broadcasters and celebrities are paying tribute to Sam Rubin, the decorated entertainment correspondent who served as the cornerstone of the Ktla Morning News for decades. Rubin died Friday morning from a heart attack at the age of 64.

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The news this morning of the death of entertainment journalist Sam Rubin has touched a nerve in Los Angeles, with his home base Ktla going live and commercial free with remembrances and tributes from the top of the 1 o’clock news through the station’s regularly-scheduled programming at 2 p.m. and right into the Ktla News at 3.

Among those calling in was Henry Winkler, who was one of Rubin’s favorite guests.

“It’s the most horrible thing,” Winkler said via phone from an airport. “Two things I know: He made you feel special every single time [he interviewed you], and I am not the only person who felt that special warmth.”

Jerry O’Connell, another regular on the show, spoke with the anchors on air.

“The man was a legend. Everyone is going to have a story about how Mr. Rubin touched them, personally. My first live interview was with Sam at Ktla.

Sam Rubin, a veteran entertainment reporter who spent the bulk of his career with Ktla-tv in Los Angeles, died Friday morning from a heart attack at the age of 64.

His death was first reported in a news story aired by Ktla early Friday afternoon. The television station said the circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately known. Entertainment publication TMZ later revealed it to be a heart attack.

“The Sam that you saw on the air is the Sam that was off the air,” Rubin’s colleague Frank Buckley said on television. “To all of us he shared his mornings with on television, and to those he worked with behind the scenes at Ktla, we will not forget him.”

Rubin started at Ktla in 1991, serving as the lead entertainment correspondent for the Ktla Morning News. He was well-connected in Hollywood, scoring must-have interviews with A-list celebrities from the worlds of film,...

Sam Rubin, the longtime entertainment anchor for Ktla Morning News, has died. He was 64.

Rubin passed away as the result of a heart attack he suffered Friday after appearing on his regular Hollywood news segment that morning, according to our sister site Variety.

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Shortly before 1 pm Pt, Ktla broke into its own newscast to share the news of Rubin’s passing, with anchor...

Sam Rubin, the popular entertainment anchor on Ktla-tv’s morning show since 1991, has died, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. He was 64.

According to TMZ, Rubin died of a heart attack on Friday. He was on the air Thursday morning.

“Ktla 5 is profoundly saddened to report the death of Sam Rubin,” the channel wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “Sam was a giant in the local news industry and the entertainment world and a fixture of Los Angeles morning television for decades. His laugh, charm and caring personality touched all who knew him. Sam was a loving husband and father: the roles he cherished the most. Our thoughts are with Sam’s family during this difficult time.”

Perry Sook — founder, chairman and CEO of Nexstar, the majority owner of the local station — also issued a statement. “Sam was an icon in Los Angeles and the entertainment industry, and he was a beloved member of our Nexstar Nation,...

Sam Rubin, a popular entertainment reporter on KTLA since 1991, died Friday. He was 64.

A source close to the station confirmed that Rubin died at his home of a heart attack after doing his regular Hollywood news segments on KTLA’s 7-9 a.m. “Morning News” program on Friday.

Rubin was a fixture in Hollywood who enjoy rare longevity with a single station throughout his career. On camera, Rubin was unfailingly jocular and warm, often talking about his off-air activities with his wife and four children. Chatting with Rubin live on Ktla has long been a staple of any publicity tour for stars of movies, TV shows, concert tours and anything else involving entertainment.

As an anchor and reporter in Hollywood’s backyard, Rubin also covered the inner workings of Hollywood, usually offering a fan’s “gee whiz” perspective on the machinations of studios and networks and the excesses of the rich and famous.

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The 96th Oscars are set for Sunday, March 10 at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. Here’s what you need to know.

What Time Do The Oscars Start?

The ceremony is airing live on ABC and elsewhere beginning at 4 p.m. Pt/7 pm Et, an hour earlier than the Oscarcast’s traditional start. It’s also the first full day of Daylight Saving Time, with the spring forward taking effect as of 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

Jimmy Kimmel is hosting Sunday’s Academy Awards for a fourth time, and for a second year in a row.

What Channels Are The Oscars On?

In addition to ABC, the Oscars ceremony will be available on ABC.com and the ABC app via authentication with a cable or satellite provider. ABC is also available through streaming services including Hulu Live TV,...

Pedro Pascal was approached by Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon on the Critics' Choice AWards red carpet with a possible cameo in Apple TV+'s The Morning Show, and he jokingly agreed.

Pedro Pascal is enjoying a great time in his career, with roles in The Mandalorian and The Last of Us. However, The Morning Show could offer him an opportunity to showcase his range in a different genre. At least, this is what lead stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon believe. During the red carpet interview, Pascal, Aniston, and Witherspoon jokingly discussed the possibility of Pascal having a cameo in the popular Apple TV+ show, as seen in the video below at around the 1:29:40 mark.

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“Everybody Loves Raymond” creator and “Somebody Feed Phil” host Phil Rosenthal knows a thing or two about Hollywood, which is why Ktla’s Sam Rubin asked him about the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes Saturday morning. When it comes to what is really at the heart of what’s happening, Rosenthal pinned it all on one thing: “Greed.”

He said, “I’ve spoken to the people who are heading up the thing, they don’t know [when it will end].” The problem is “greed … and they’re not in the entertainment business, these people. This is not about studios and networks and writers and actors. This is about Corporate America versus the worker.”

When will Hollywood’s dual strikes end? ⁦@PhilRosenthal⁩ offers his thoughts. pic.twitter.com/GLyS0HTqXg

— Sam Rubin (@SamOnTV) August 31, 2023

Rosenthal continued, “It’s very obvious that’s what’s happening. These giant conglomerations, they have the entertainment division as almost like an afterthought.

Paramount+ spinoff RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Hulu’s Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi and Bravo veteran Top Chef led the field with two wins apiece at the fifth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which were revealed today.

Bravo and Netflix topped all networks and platforms with four trophies. Streamers Apple TV+, Hulu and Paramount+ were the only others to score multiple wins. See the full list below.

Broadcast networks made a good showing today, with CBS’ The Amazing Race taking Best Competition Series, NBC’s The Voice winning Best Competition Series: Talent/Variety and ABC’s Shark Tank scoring Best Business Show.

Schitt’s Creek alum Eugene Levy, who leads Apple TV+’s The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy, was named Star of the Year category, while Lisa Vanderpump was honored with the 2023 Impact Award.

Ktla+ and Ktla.com will air 2023 Critics Choice Real TV Awards – A Salute to the Winners,...

The Critics Choice Association revealed the winners of the fifth annual Critics Choice Real TV Awards, which recognize excellence in nonfiction, unscripted and reality programming.

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi and Top Chef tied with two awards each. Drag Race won the award for best ensemble cast in an unscripted series, Taste the Nation won best structured series, and Top Chef won best culinary show. RuPaul and Lakshmi tied in the best show host category, which went to the three aforementioned shows. (The most recent season of Top Chef, which concluded June 8, is Lakshmi’s last after she announced she would not be returning as host ahead of the finale.)

Additionally, Lisa Vanderpump was honored with the Impact Award, while Eugene Levy — who hosts Apple TV+’s The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy, which won best travel/adventure show — won Star of the Year.

She’s been possessed by the devil, proxy murdered by the Salem Stalker, and served as a psychiatrist probing dark secrets.

But most of all, actress Deidre Hall has been a survivor, spending almost five decades as Dr. Marlena Evans on daytime drama “Days of Our Lives.” The fan favorite had a milestone to celebrate Friday, appearing in her 5,000th episode. That makes her the longest-running soap actress ever.

In the May 12 episode that marked the magic number, Evans and husband John Black (Drake Hogestyn) are seen at dinner, allegedly celebrating the good doctor’s 5,000th patient.

“I would like to propose a toast,” John Black tells his wife. “To you, doc. What an incredible career you’ve had and continue to have. You’ve provided so much care and comfort to people in need. And through your hard work and determination, your dignity, your style, your grace—the most important thing—your loving heart.

Sam Rubin, the longtime entertainment reporter at Ktla-tv in Los Angeles, will face off with Joy Benedict, a reporter at L.A.’s CBS 2 and Kcal, in the election to represent broadcasters on SAG-AFTRA’s L.A. board of directors.

Rubin is running on presidential candidate Matthew Modine’s Membership First opposition slate, while Benedict was announced earlier this month as running on the ruling party’s Unite for Strength slate headed by presidential candidate Fran Drescher. Election ballots will be mailed to members August 3 and counted September 2.

Rubin, who has been the entertainment anchor on the Ktla Morning News since 1991, said he’s concerned about recent changes in eligibility requirements at the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan. Those changes sparked a lawsuit that claims that they “illegally discriminate based on age” – a charge flatly denied by the plan’s trustees, who say the changes were necessary to keep the plan afloat.

The 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards caps a weeklong procession of honoring the best of 2020 in television Sunday with a hybrid virtual ceremony beginning at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt on ABC hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

The ceremony will also stream on ABC.com, and the full week of Emmy shows will be available on-demand and on ABC app for seven days with authentication.

HBO and Netflix go into tonight’s Primetime Emmy finale tied with 19 wins apiece overall, as the latter came into the week with a record 160 nominations overall. HBO’s Watchmen and Disney+’s The Mandalorian have the most wins for an individual program so far with seven each; both are looking for more hardware in marquee categories tonight. Watchmen had a leading 26 individual nominations going into this week.

Mirroring a year like no other, the ABC telecast tonight will be unlike any other, with about...

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards are finally here, marking the end of one of the most unexpectedly strange awards seasons in history.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Emmys ceremony, like most live events in the past several months, turned into a virtual broadcast this year. There will be no red carpet with the latest fashion and no in-house audience filled with celebrities hopeful for awards, but the show must go on.

Jimmy Kimmel will host the show, which will be broadcast live on ABC on Sunday at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et. The free broadcast will be available to anyone with an antenna, cable or satellite.

People who have cut the cord can also watch the Emmys with monthly subscriptions to various streaming services. With a monthly cost of $54.99, Hulu With Live TV and AT&T TV Now will livestream this year’s Emmys. YouTube TV, which has a $64.99 monthly fee,...

The 72nd Emmy Awards are finally upon us, and the 2020 ceremony will be unlike any other.

Since the pandemic has necessitated a virtual ceremony, everyone will be tuning in from home as the awards take place live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but with no audience.

The ceremony will air live on Sunday, Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. Et / 5 p.m. Pt on ABC. The show will also be available to stream with subscriptions on Hulu + Live TV, Fubo TV, and YouTube TV.

There are not, unfortunately, any totally free options for streaming the 2020 Emmys. In addition to the options listed above, you’ll be able to stream the virtual ceremony on ABC.com and on the ABC app for mobile devices and streaming TV boxes like Roku and Apple TV. But you will need a valid TV provider login to access that livestream.

Instead of going hostless, as the show did last year,...

There’s no red carpet at this year’s Emmy Awards, but the show must go on. E!, ABC News, Kabc and Ktla are among the outlets still producing red carpet pre-shows on Sunday — and all of them have found unique ways to do it.

“When we knew the Emmys were moving forward with their show, we knew that we would be there to cover it,” said Jen Neal, the general manager of E! News’ live events and digital, lifestyle networks.

E! starts its coverage at 4:30 p.m. Et with “E! Countdown to the Red Carpet: The 2020 Emmy Awards,” followed at 6 p.m. Et with “Live From the Red Carpet: The 2020 Emmy Awards,” hosted by Giuliana Rancic and Vivica A. Fox, along with style correspondent Brad Goreski, “pop culture expert” Naz Perez and E! News’ “The Rundown” host Erin Lim. Immediately after the Emmys, the network has “E! After Party: The 2020 Emmy Awards,...

Junket Prods. saw it coming. Back in February, when President Trump said the virus would soon dwindle to “one or two people,” veteran behind-the-scenes producers Jody Pritchard (in Los Angeles) and Suzanne Marvier (in New York) rushed to get ahead of the crisis. Soon, they mounted three virtual press junkets for Netflix: “Coffee & Kareem,” with stars Ed Helms and Taraji P. Henson talking from their homes to “Entertainment Tonight,” “Extra,” and “Access Hollywood,” indie film “Tigertail,” with filmmaker Alan Yang and actress Christine Ko; and Iliza Shlesinger, star of “The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show.”

And on April 6, Junket worked with Quibi cofounder Jeffrey Katzenberg as he launched the new streaming app with a crack-of-dawn appearance on the Today Show followed by other press outlets via a day-long media junket. He never left his Beverly Hills home.

Even in a global pandemic, the shill must go on. In a...

Junket Prods. saw it coming. Back in February, when President Trump said the virus would soon dwindle to “one or two people,” veteran behind-the-scenes producers Jody Pritchard (in Los Angeles) and Suzanne Marvier (in New York) rushed to get ahead of the crisis. Soon, they mounted three virtual press junkets for Netflix: “Coffee & Kareem,” with stars Ed Helms and Taraji P. Henson talking from their homes to “Entertainment Tonight,” “Extra,” and “Access Hollywood,” indie film “Tigertail,” with filmmaker Alan Yang and actress Christine Ko; and Iliza Shlesinger, star of “The Iliza Shlesinger Sketch Show.”

And on April 6, Junket worked with Quibi cofounder Jeffrey Katzenberg as he launched the new streaming app with a crack-of-dawn appearance on the Today Show followed by other press outlets via a day-long media junket. He never left his Beverly Hills home.

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During an appearance on Ktla 5 Morning News on Thursday, comedian Kathy Griffin had a tense exchange with Ktla 5 weatherman Mark Kriski about the representation of women in comedy.

As Griffin was discussing the fallout to her now-infamous Trump photo with Ktla anchor Sam Rubin, she admitted that her career has continued to take a hit.

“By the way, I still do not have one single day of paid work ahead of me for the rest of my life,” she said. “Now you tell me that’s not because I’m a 58-year-old female in comedy.”

“I think there’s a lot of 58-year-old comedians that are working out there,” Kriski, sitting at the other end of the anchors’ desk, said.

“Are you? Name five women,” Griffin responded.

“Uh, I’m not into the comedy thing,” Kriski responded.

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From sensational soirees to sweet swag sessions, the party road to the 2019 Emmy Awards was a swirl of stars, especially as the week poured into Sunday’s big show. It was tough to be everywhere, but many of television’s top names certainly tried. We think some of them changed clothes in the limo!

Fetes Leading Up to the Big Night

Los Angeles Confidential and Linda Cardellini celebrate the Emmys (Photo credit: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

Women in Hollywood took center stage at the first few celebrations, from the Los Angeles Confidential bash honoring Linda Cardellini, whose “Dead to Me” turn sent shivers up the world’s spine, to the Australians in Film State of Escape Creative Creatures luncheon at Gwen that celebrated Aussie female movers and shakers, including “Big Little Lies” producer Bruna Papandrea and costume designer Alix Friedberg as well as the afternoon’s main honoree, up-and-coming writer...

Terrence Howard attended the 71st annual Emmy Awards on Sunday night, where he gave a rather perplexing interview to Ktla on the red carpet.

Asked about his plan to retire from acting after the sixth and final season of Fox's Empire, the 50-year-old actor spoke about "personal discoveries" and "the science that Pythagoras was searching for," among other topics that seemed to confuse news anchor Sam Rubin.

"I was able to open up the flower of life and find the real wave conjugations that we've been looking for, for 10,000 years," said Howard. "...

Kcet picked up a leading six wins tonight at the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, including awards for local color and culture/history. Kmex, Ktla and Kvea followed with five wins each.

Ktla’s wins included the best daily morning newscast and best daily daytime newscast categories. Kvea won the best evening newscast honor. The awards were handed out at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood.

Below is the complete list of winners at the 71st Los Angeles Area Emmys, including a breakdown of wins by each outlet.

L.A. Local Color

Louis & Jazz (The Migrant Kitchen) Kcet

Matthew Crotty, Producer

Juan Devis, Executive Producer

Antonio Diaz, Producer

Stef Ferrari, Producer

Ben Hunter, Director, Editor

Jacqueline Reyno, Producer

Austin Straub, Camera

Environment News Story

Plastic And Our Oceans NBC4

(NBC4 News At 7Am And 5Pm)

Shanna Mendiola, Reporter

Andres Fernando Pruna, Camera, Editor, Producer

Sports Special

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Tom Hatten, a former actor, announcer and Ktla host died Saturday at age 92, the Los Angeles television station reported. The station said it learned of Hatten’s passing from his longtime friend and former Ktla producer, Joe Quasarano.

Hatten joined the station as an announcer in 1952. He went on to host the children’s show Popeye and Friends from 1976 to 1988, and Ktla’s Family Film Festival from 1978 to 1992.

The longtime broadcaster also kept local residents informed about Hollywood, as an entertainment editor at Knx 1070 News Radio from 1978 to 2007.

Born on Nov. 14, 1926 in Jamestown, North Dakota, Hatten served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, and used benefits from the G.I. Bill to attend the Pasadena Playhouse.

In addition to his broadcast career, Hatten appeared on six episodes of Gomer Pyle: Usmc in the 1960s, according to his IMDb page. He played a military officer in the television series,...

Ktla anchors and reporters are sharing heartfelt tributes to Chris Burrous, Ktla 5’s Morning News reporter and anchor who died Thursday at 43.

Anchor Dayna Devon, who worked with Burrous on weekends, tearfully remembered her colleague as “a true genius..he just got it.” You can watch the video above.

Christina Pascucci wrote on Instagram, “This morning he was supposed to be sitting next to me.” “I keep thinking ‘what would Chris do’ in this situation,” Pascucci wrote. “Chris, we will do our best to honor you today and always in every assignment, but nobody does it like you.”

Anchor Chris Schauble tweeted that Burrous was a multi-faceted talent. “No one has his amazing range. Unmatched as a proud husband & father. Right now he’s telling the angels where to find the best food.”

.@chrisburrous is the hardest working/most talented person @ktla.

There used to be a term for people like Chris Burrous, the Ktla news anchor and field reporter who died Thursday at age 43. This term pretty much disappeared when everyone with WiFi and a WordPress blog site considered themselves a communicator. The term is “citizen journalist,” and that’s what Chris Burrous was, and that’s why he will be missed.

Chris was the weekend anchor at Ktla, a Los Angeles-based TV station whose morning news became a juggernaut in content delivery. The news was personality driven, and Chris’ place in the motley crew that occupied living rooms, kitchens and cars every morning was a testament to brilliant programming. He was like the kid brother whose role was eclipsed by the more stalwart, fame-familiar older siblings, and that’s the feeling I got about him when I watched him anchor.

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The Kardashian kids may have an enviably glamorous life, but it must not feel that unusual if you were born into it! Kim Kardashian revealed that her kids actually don't know that their family is famous, despite the over-the-top birthday parties and constant cameras following them around! "It's pretty intense, but like at home I'm not known," Kim told Sam Rubin on ITV's This Morning , when he asked how it feels to be so over-the-top famous. Kim says her children don't see her as anything special (besides mommy) and, in turn, they don't have an idea of how well-known they are, either. "Like my kids have no clue what's going on," she continued. "So, I don't really feel it, I spend most of my time at home, so, I mean, obviously I get it, I know it." It sounds like her family's ongoing closeness and realness is what keeps them grounded,...