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Duane Earl Poole, writer of “Hart to Hart,” died on April 1 due to cancer. He was 74.

Poole worked under Aaron Spelling’s team of writers and producers on television programs including “Hart to Hart,” “The Love Boat,” “Lottery!,” “Glitter” and “Hotel.”

He also worked with Hanna-Barbera’s production team alongside Sid and Marty Kroft, where he contributed to children’s programs such as “The Great Grape Ape,” “A Flintstones Christmas,” “The Smurfs,” “Electra Woman and Dyna Girl,” “Scooby Doo and Scrappy Doo,” “Alvin and the Chipmunks” and “C.H.O.M.P.S.”

Poole was born on Sept. 15, 1948, in Prescott, Ariz. Shortly after his birth, Poole was awarded first runner-up in the Gerber Baby Photo Search, marking the beginning of his career in show business.

His family then moved to Washington, where Poole would eventually attend the University of Washington. After he graduated from college, Poole began working for King World Productions in Seattle. He...

Exclusive: Eric Benét and Sevyn Streeter, and HBO’s Ballers.

“Both Eric and Sevyn are phenomenal artists with a bright future ahead of them within the television and film world. We are very excited to have these two on Team Cultivate”, said Sean Mik’ael Butler and Patrick Strøm, co-founders of Cultivate, in a statement to Deadline.

Benét is also repped by Primary Wave Entertainment and Streeter is represented by APA.

Whenever the holiday season approaches, you can rely on one thing – but by the time New Year’s rolls around, you will have heard Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas is You” more times than you can count. In many ways, Carey has become the Queen of Christmas, but in recent years people seem to forget that before she started embracing the Christmas thing, Carey was one of the most successful recording stars of all time. While her recent singles haven’t been that successful, she’s been racking up number-one hits since 1990, when her first single, “Victim of Love,” rocketed to number one on the Billboard charts.

One thing worth noting is that Carey was always able to reinvent herself. In the early nineties, she was more of a pop princess. But, later in the nineties, she reinvented herself as a sex symbol/diva with some of her biggest hits,...