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Dorothea G. Petrie, who won Emmys for producing “Love Is Never Silent” and ‘Caroline?,” died peacefully at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, her family announced. She was 95.

Petrie began her career in New York as an actress and talent agent before putting it on hold to raise four children. She ended her hiatus in 1979 by writing the story for, and producing, the CBS film “Orphan Train,” starring Jill Eikenberry. She went on to produce “Angel Dusted” starring Jean Stapleton for NBC, “License to Kill” with Denzel Washington for CBS and “Picking Up the Pieces” starring Margot Kidder for CBS.

In 1986, she won an Emmy for producing NBC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation “Love is Never Silent,” which also won an Emmy for director Joseph Sargent and nominations for stars Mare Winningham and Phillis Frelich. Petrie next produced “Foxfire,” the eight-time Emmy nominated film for Hallmark and CBS.

Dorothea G. Petrie, who won an Emmy award for the Hallmark drama Love is Never Silent, died at her home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 24 at age 95. Her family confirmed the death, which they said was by natural causes.

Petrie began her career in New York as an actress and talent agent before putting it on hold to raise four children. She ended her hiatus in 1979 by writing the story and producing the CBS film Orphan Train, starring Jill Eikenberry. She went on to produce Angel Dusted starring Jean Stapleton for NBC, License to Kill with a young Denzel Washington for CBS, and Picking Up the Pieces starring Margot Kidder for CBS.

In 1986, she won an Emmy for producing NBC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation Love is Never Silent, which also won an Emmy for director Joseph Sargent and nominations for stars Mare Winningham and Phillis Frelich. Petrie next produced Foxfire,

(Welcome to The Clock Tower, where we’ll break down the goings on of the The CW network’s Arrowverse. We’ll touch on things like themes, cultural impact, lead-ins to major events, ships, and more every week! Warning: this Clock Tower is filled with spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.) The episodes that come after the annual […]

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Jewel has returned with her first new song in four years, the emotional piano ballad “No More Tears.” The track is for documentary Lost in America, which explores youth homelessness.

“No More Tears” offers a hopeful look at trauma and showcases the resilience of someone who has dealt with immense pain. “You see love is a mystery/And I still see its shining face,” she sings on the refrain. “There are no more sad songs, just blue skies/No more tears to cry”

Lost in America offers an in-depth look

Fort Lauderdale, Fla – He was the heart throb-iest of the teen heart throbs when he came onto the scene in the early 1970s. David Cassidy was the driving force of the manufactured-for-tv pop act The Partridge Family, which provided a soundtrack for their era. Cassidy died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at the age of 67, on November 21st, 2017.

David Cassidy fought the demons of his sudden fame for virtually the rest of his life after the Partridge Family era, admitting an alcohol problem after being arrested for a DUI in 2013. Earlier this year, he announced that he was living with non-Alzheimer’s dementia, which ran in his family. But during the burst of infamy he had in the early 1970s, there was no greater beloved pin-up teen than Cassidy, who ushered in a parade of dreamy 1970s boys like Donny Osmond, Vincent Van Patten, Leif Garrett and his half brother, Shaun Cassidy.

“Game of Thrones” has seven seasons down and one to go — hard to believe after six years and 67 episodes. “Got” will be remembered as a highlight of the Peak TV era, and IndieWire has already named it one of the best-directed series of the 21st century. But how does the series stack up when you pit all seven seasons against one another?

Below we’ve ranked the seven seasons of “Game of Thrones” from worst to best. It’s important to note that no season has been flat-out terrible; even the most uneven seasons included some of the most thrilling television moments of its year. With only six episodes left before “Thrones” signs off for good, here’s where the current seasons rank.

Read More:‘Game of Thrones’ Season 8: Everything We Know About the Final Season 7. Season 2

“Blackwater” remains one of the show’s best episodes, a battle episode

[Youtube "aq7tkMSInys"] Two years after the fatal accident that almost claimed his life, Tracy Morgan continues to keep people laughing. During an appearance on The View, the comedian spoke about hitting the road in his Picking Up the Pieces Tour and how the accident has changed his routine and outlook on life. Of course, he also kept the show's co-hosts cracking up. Morgan, 47, revealed that he talks about going to heaven in his stand-up routine. The comedian was in a two-week coma following the multi-car accident. "Yeah, I've seen a few people up there. I've seen Biggie Smalls - he looks good,

Two years after the fatal accident that almost claimed his life, Tracy Morgan continues to keep people laughing.

During an appearance on The View, the comedian spoke about hitting the road in his Picking Up the Pieces Tour and how the accident has changed his routine and outlook on life.

Of course, he also kept the show's co-hosts cracking up.

Morgan, 47, revealed that he talks about going to heaven in his stand-up routine. The comedian was in a two-week coma following the multi-car accident.

"Yeah, I've seen a few people up there. I've seen Biggie Smalls – he looks good, he lost weight,

Jewel and Ty Murray made an amicable split seem easy when they announced their divorce - but the singer insists it came with its challenges. "It's work. I don't want people to think it's effortless - it's work to do this because you obviously don't get a divorce because things are going well," the 41-year-old star says in the new issue of People. "But it's letting those things live in the past." The singer-songwriter and rodeo cowboy, 46, announced their split in 2014 and have since worked hard to maintain a positive rapport for their 4½-year-old son Kase. For Jewel - who's

Jewel and Ty Murray made an amicable split seem easy when they announced their divorce - but the singer insists it came with its challenges. "It's work. I don't want people to think it's effortless - it's work to do this because you obviously don't get a divorce because things are going well," the 41-year-old star says in the new issue of People. "But it's letting those things live in the past." The singer-songwriter and rodeo cowboy, 46, announced their split in 2014 and have since worked hard to maintain a positive rapport for their 4½-year-old son Kase. For Jewel - who's

Having weathered a public split, Jewel appears to have put the pieces back together: She's in a relationship and finally opening up about her new beau. "We've been together almost a year," the singer-songwriter says of football player boyfriend Charlie Whitehurst in the new issue of People. And while they've been dating for a considerable stretch, the Never Broken author - who is on her Picking Up the Pieces tour through May - says they made a point of keeping it under wraps in the beginning. "I was very slow about going public," says Jewel. "We're not people to go out on 'the scene.

Having weathered a public split, Jewel appears to have put the pieces back together: She's in a relationship and finally opening up about her new beau. "We've been together almost a year," the singer-songwriter says of football player boyfriend Charlie Whitehurst in the new issue of People. And while they've been dating for a considerable stretch, the Never Broken author - who is on her Picking Up the Pieces tour through May - says they made a point of keeping it under wraps in the beginning. "I was very slow about going public," says Jewel. "We're not people to go out on 'the scene.

Picking up the pieces from the Wither Storm finale, Telltale Games has rolled out the launch trailer for Order Up!, the fifth installment of acclaimed adventure title, Minecraft: Story Mode.

Available today across all compatible platforms, it should be noted that players will need to own at least one episode of Telltale’s Minecraft series, as Order Up! is designed to “bridge the gap between the Wither Storm story arc and three all-new adventures that will continue as post-season episodes set to release in the coming months of 2016.

Ivor and Jesse’s rollicking adventure continues with Order Up!, and you can get up to speed with all the happenings in Telltale’s pixelated universe via the episode’s official synopsis, below.

On a tip from Ivor, Jesse and friends head to an abandoned temple holding mysterious treasures. Ambushed by former Ocelot Aiden and his crew, our heroes find themselves in

After Tracy Morgan triumphantly returned to television in October with a Saturday Night Live hosting gig, the comic will soon be back on TV on a more regular basis after Morgan signed on for a new FX sitcom from Key & Peele's Jordan Peele and Eastbound & Down writer John Carcieri. FX already gave the pilot the green light, with production on the still-untitled series set to begin this summer, Deadline reports. Both Morgan and Peele confirmed the project on Twitter.

The sitcom centers on a career criminal (played by Morgan) who

Jewel has a new man in her life - Indianapolis Colts' backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst. "They met in Nashville and have been dating for a while - they went to France together," a source close to the singer tells People. "He treats her amazingly well and is a great guy. She's really happy." On Sunday, Jewel, 41, shared a photo of herself with Whitehurst, 33, backstage at the Alejandro Escovedo Experience: The Leonard Cohen Influence in Austin, Texas. @robertpatrickT2 @cwhitey6 and I back stage to see @alescovedo for the Leonard Cohen Experience. Robert is singing! A photo posted by Jewel (@jewel) on

Sergio Arau: Filmmaker, musician, band leader, song writer and visual artist.

I met him recently at the terrific Loft Film Festival in Tucson Az along with his wonderful charming and smart wife Yareli Arizmendi.

To get this out of the way, his dad is the famous Director Alfonso Arau. In addition to directing "Like Water for Chocolate"/ "Como agua para chocolate" (1992), his directing credits include "A Walk in the Clouds" (1995) with Keanu Reeves and "Picking Up the Pieces" (2000) with Woody Allen.

Sergio the son was born in Mexico City. His wife -- they met on the set of "Like Water For Chocolate" -- is the amazing Yareli Arizmendi. They are partners in "life and film".

Their first production was a cabaret show in Mexico. "Penny Envy" was the name of it and it satirized the Us-Mexico "free trade agreement" of 1992. Yareli wrote and performed the monologues while Sergio wrote the songs, sang and played the music. The show played both in the Mexico and the United States through the Performance Art Network. The show was in universities in California, NYC and Boulder.

Sergio attended Cuec Film School from 1976 to 1980. There he directed short films, one of which went to the Film Festival in Havana. He graduated with a feature script about kids in San Luis Potosi who kidnap the Virgin of Guadalupe. He was going to make it but then in 1982 the Us $ vs the Mx Peso had a 20 times increase and his budget went away.

His "day job" during film school was as a political cartoonist for two papers, La Jornada and Uno Mas Uno.

He stopped playing music all together after the infamous mass government killings of students in 1968 when the Mexican government tried to stop all protest rock n roll, so the music went underground. In 1983 he formed the band, Botellita de Jerez.

In 1985 the band opened Rockotitlan which to this date is recognized as the breaking ground and breathing room for the 80's rock scene and important contemporary Mexican bands such as Cafe Tacvba and Caifanes amongst others. The club had two unalienable rules: Music played must be original and compositions must be in Spanish.

He began in 1990 to make music videos of his songs. He did the concept, the visuals and music. He then began to direct for other groups and other genres.

In 1998 MTV awarded him best rock video award for the Cafe Tacvba version of "Alarmala de Tos" one of Sergio's original songs.

In 1992 he moved to San Diego and by 1994 was disconcerted by the the anti-immigrant sentiment whipped up by Governor Wilson's Proposition 187.

Yareli, as a way to deal with California's blind spot, came up with "A Day Without a Mexican." The idea that if California or the nation experienced one day without a single Latino, the reality of the valuable contribution and interdependence of all would sink in.

He and Yareli were financially backed in 1997 by the Fine Arts Center Museum of Chicago to secure the premiere of the short film "A Day Without a Mexican" in 1998.

At the Guadalajara Film Fest 1998, the short won the Audience Award. It was there that Alta Vista Films (producer of Iñarritu's "Amores Perros") approached the team to work on the feature-length version. Written by both, directed by Sergio and starring Yareli, the film, with a Us $2 million budget, was released in the U.S. May 14, 2004 and six months later in Mexico. It was Mexico's highest box office for that year. The film was Televisa's first distribution experience it in the U.S., where a limited release in California, Texas, Chicago yielded Us $4.5 million in theaters, and more than 500,000 DVD were sold.

Their teaser campaign consisted of a billboard in the heart of Hollywood that read: "On May 14 there will be no Mexicans in California." People reacted strongly to the message calling radio and TV stations. Viacom, owner of the billboard space, took it down after 3 hours fearing riots. As a result there was huge U.S. national press coverage including the Wall Street Journal featured story on page one and Dan Rather Evening news.

In 2007 he shot "Naco es Chido"/ "Kitsch is Cool", a Mexican "Spinal Tap" featuring his band, Botellita de Jerez. As a distribution strategy, he took the film on the road, screening it and following it up with a live concert with the band. This lasted for 3 years, 2010-2012.

He is currently working on the sequel: "Another Day Without a Mexican: This Time It's Personal."

Last year, Tracy Morgan was fighting for his life after being critically injured in a car wreck that left his friend dead. Now, the comedian is back and, if you ask the audiences who've seen the sold-out first stops of his national stand-up tour, better than ever.

"I feel like a complete artist again," Morgan tells People.

With a triumphant return to Saturday Night Life, surprise appearance at the Emmy Awards and role in Lee Daniels' Richard Pryor biopic now on his resume, Morgan isn't slowing down following a miraculous recovery.

As the holidays approach, Morgan, 47, says he's grateful

Picking up the pieces. Gwen Stefani shared more details about her shocking split from Gavin Rossdale, which she described as "unexpected" in a new interview with Kiis FM's JoJo Wright on Monday, Nov. 9. Stefani, 46, and the Bush frontman, 50, announced in August that they were splitting after 13 years of marriage. According to Stefani, however, the separation began long before they formally confirmed the news in a joint statement. "I had been writing because my life blew up," The Voice mentor told Wright. "Everybody knows that [...]

Tracy Morgan will kick off a nationwide stand-up tour this upcoming winter, it was announced today. The “Tracy Morgan: Picking Up the Pieces” tour, as it's called, is set to begin February 5 at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana. Morgan was in a coma for 2 weeks after a fatal June 2014 car accident in which a truck crashed into the back of a van he was a passenger of, while on the New Jersey Turnpike. James “Jimmy Mack” McNair (also a comedian) was killed in the crash. Morgan made a surprise appearance at the Emmy Awards last month, and returned to "Saturday Night Live" as guest host on October 17. Ticket prices range from $55 to $75 on Ticketmaster.com, with...

Tracy Morgan is ready to dive back in to stand-up following his recovery from a fatal six-vehicle crash that left the comedian in a coma. He's announced his spring 2016 Picking Up the Pieces tour, which will kick off at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana on February 5th.

In a press release, Morgan compared re-entering the world of comedy to riding a bike. "You don't forget where the pedals are," he said. Dates and ticket links are available on his site, with shows scheduled through May 28th and the promise of more to be announced.