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To stand out at Super Bowl LI, ads are going for stunts

NEW YORK – Lady Gaga is reportedly entertaining an unusual twist on her Super Bowl halftime show, which – though it’s not confirmed – she could perform from the roof of the stadium. If that comes to pass, she won’t be the only one making a big play for attention this year.Advertisers ...

Hirsch, 81, embraces new sitcom

NEW YORK – On his new sitcom, “Superior Donuts,” Judd Hirsch plays the owner of a Chicago doughnut shop who, after a half-century in business, warily hires a young go-getter bent on freshening the bill of fare.“I’m going to help you bring this place into the 20th century,” says ...

LeAnn Rimes a sultry survivor on ‘Remnants’

Somewhere in between a debut, a multiplatinum album at 13 and coming out of an emotional spin cycle called real life 20 years later, a humbled LeAnn Rimes has grown up. The evolution is obvious, sometimes painfully so, on Rimes’ latest album, “Remnants.”The industry fell in love with ...

Oprah Winfrey to be special contributor to ‘60 Minutes’

NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey has been named a “special contributor” to CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”Winfrey will bring occasional reports to the newsmagazine starting this fall, when it begins its 50th season on the air.Executive producer Jeff Fager called Winfrey “a remarkable and talented ...

Capaldi to quit ‘Doctor Who’ at year’s end

LONDON – Peter Capaldi, the latest incarnation of “Doctor Who,” said he is quitting the lead role in the BBC science fiction series at the end of the year.Capaldi joined the show in 2013. He says “it’s been cosmic” but “it’s time to move on.”The 58-year-old Scottish actor will ...

Affleck gives up Batman directing duties

LOS ANGELES – Ben Affleck is no longer directing the Batman standalone movie for Warner Bros.In a statement this week, Affleck said it “has become clear that I cannot do both jobs to the level they require” and that he and the studio are looking for a new director.“There are certain ...