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FIRE ENGULFS CELEBRITY CHEF RACHAEL RAY’S HOME
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a massive fire engulfed cooking show star Rachael Ray’s New York home. KRQE-TV reports the Warren County sheriff said there were no injuries during the Sunday evening fire at her home in Lake Luzerne. Photos of the house fire show flames bursting through the roof and long plumes of smoke extending into the sky. Since April, Ray has been filming “#STAYHOME With Rachael” two days a week from the home. Ray’s representative told USA TODAY that Ray, her husband and dog were safe, but that the extent of damage to the home was not yet clear.
ANTONIO BANDERAS SAYS HE’S TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
NEW YORK (AP) — Antonio Banderas says he’s tested positive for COVID-19 and is celebrating his 60th birthday in quarantine. The Spanish actor announced his positive test on Instagram on Monday. Banderas said he would spend his time in isolation reading, writing and “making plans to begin to give meaning to my 60th year to which I arrive full of enthusiasm.” A spokeperson for Banderas didn’t immediately respond to messages Monday.
MONEY OFFERED FOR INFO ON FORMER ‘TIGER KING’ STAR HUSBAND
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The family of a Florida man who disappeared in 1997 and who appeared on the hit TV series “Tiger King,” has hired a lawyer and is offering $100,000 in exchange for information to help solve the case. Attorney John Phillips held a news conference Monday and announced the investigation into Don Lewis’ disappearance. He also said that on behalf of the Lewis family, he’s filed a lawsuit against Lewis’ second wife Carole Baskin in an attempt to depose her and get her to speak on the record. He and the family have also paid for Tampa-area billboards asking for information in the case. Baskin is the owner of Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida.
LARRY WILMORE, AMBER RUFFIN ANCHOR WEEKLY LATE-NIGHT SHOWS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — New streamer Peacock is launching a pair of weekly late-night comedy series with Larry Wilmore and Amber Ruffin. A writer-performer on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Ruffin was among the first African American women to write for a late-night show. Wilmore is a sitcom creator who’s also known for his on-camera Comedy Central work that included the 2015-16 “The Nightly Show.” The shows are set to launch in September, with 11 episodes ordered for Wilmore’s series and nine for Ruffin’s. Peacock said Monday that the new comedy block anchored by the pair will add more topicality and news to its lineup.
SARA BAREILLES TO STAR IN PEACOCK COMEDY ABOUT A GIRL GROUP
NEW YORK (AP) — Sara Bareilles (bah-REL’-is) will be acting against type in her next role: She’ll be playing a washed-up musician. The NBCUniversal streaming platform Peacock said Monday that Grammy-winning artist and Broadway songwriter Bareilles will star in “Girls5eva,” co-produced by Tina Fey. The comedy is about a one-hit-wonder girl group called “Girls5eva” from the 1990s whose members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. Bareilles will play Dawn, a former member of the group who is now managing her family’s small Italian restaurant in New York City. No other casting was revealed, nor the date of its premiere.
WILL FORTE TO BRING PARODY ‘MACGRUBER’ TO PEACOCK SERVICE
NEW YORK (AP) — “MacGruber,” a parody skit on “Saturday Night Live” that became a movie, is coming back to the small screen. The NBCUniversal streaming platform Peacock said Monday that Will Forte will once again play the mullet-haired hero for a new half-hour series. Peacock said the series will follow MacGruber after rotting in prison for a decade as he hunts down a mysterious villain from his past. The “MacGyver” parody will use the 2010 film adaptation as a jumping off point. The film adaptation portrayed MacGruber as a soldier of fortune who is supposedly a whiz at defusing bombs.
JOLIE SEEKS REMOVAL OF PRIVATE JUDGE IN PITT DIVORCE CASE
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie asked Monday that the private judge overseeing her divorce from Brad Pitt be disqualified from the case because of insufficient disclosures of his business relationships with one of Pitt’s attorneys. In a filing in Los Angeles Superior Court, Jolie argues that Judge John W. Ouderkirk should be taken off the divorce case because he was too late and not forthcoming enough about other cases involving Pitt attorney Anne Kiley. Pitt’s attorneys did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Pitt and Jolie’s marriage was declared officially over last year, but some issues remain unresolved in their divorce.
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