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Paul Reubens is gone. Why Pee-wee Herman is destined to live on

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Paul Reubens has left the Earth, riding a sporty red-and-white bicycle into that Puppetland from whose bourn no traveler returns, but leaving us with his great creation and alter ego: Pee-wee Herman. As an actor with many, diverse credits — he was most recently seen onscreen in “What We Do in the Shadows,” “The Conners” and Steven Soderbergh’s “Mosaic” and was Emmy-nominated as a guest actor for a recurring role on “Murphy Brown” — there was more to Reubens, who died Sunday at age 70, than Pee-wee.
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Donald Glover and his brother, Stephen, are writing ‘Lando,’ the upcoming Star Wars series

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Donald Glover will be steering the ship on and off the screen for the upcoming Disney+ series “Lando,” alongside his co-pilot brother, Stephen Glover. The deal was cemented in May before the onset of the writers’ strike, per the Hollywood Reporter.
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Family guide to new movie releases

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KATIE WALSH Tribune News Service TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM Rated PG for sequences of violence and action, language and impolite material. What it’s about: The beloved pizza-eating, sewer-dwelling reptiles get an edgy new treatment in this animated feature, following their journey to become New York City’s heroes in a half-shell.

The 47th Annual Kaw Nation Powwow to be held this weekend

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The Kaw Nation is holding their 47th Annual Kaw Nation Powwow on the weekend of August 4 through 6. The history of the Kanza, or Kaw, people, and their meeting with the Europeans, is a story of great tragedy and perseverance in the face of devastating times. In 1804, Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery was camped on the site of the Kanza (Kaw) village near the south of the Kansas River. It has been said that these men were told of the proud warriors who lived in the area, but they did not happen to encounter the tribe, who at the time, were hunting buffalo in the western part of what is present-day Kansas.

Is Tina Fey taking over ‘Saturday Night Live’?

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PHILADELPHIA — Not a joke: Tina Fey is rumored to return to Saturday Night Live, this time as the boss behind the sketch show action, according to a recent report from The New York Post. An unnamed source said Fey “is being courted to take over as executive producer” and replace SNL creator/ producer Lorne Michaels.
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Award-winning novels, a dishy Broadway memoir and more new paperbacks

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It’s the last Paperback Picks of the summer (which I say with glee, as fall is my favorite season), and there’s plenty to read for those of you not busy rushing around in the sunshine, including some award-winning novels, a dishy Broadway memoir, and the final words of a Hollywood legend — all in brand-new paperback. Happy reading!
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‘Barbie,’ ‘Sound of Freedom’ and Hollywood strikes.

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With the box office success of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” movie theater owners are riding high in the culture again — a rare feeling since the COVID-19 pandemic walloped multiplexes and turned the film business upside down. “Barbie,” from Warner Bros., has collected an astounding $351 million in ticket sales from the U.S.