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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 15-21

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 15-21

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 15-21:
June 15: Singer Ruby Nash Garnett of Ruby and the Romantics is 91. Guitarist Leo Nocentelli of The Meters is 79. Actor Simon Callow ('Amadeus,' ″Shakespeare in Love') is 76. Singer Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply is 76. Singer Steve Walsh (Kansas) is 74. Actor Jim Belushi is 71. Country singer Terri Gibbs is 71. Actor Julie Hagerty ('Airplane,' 'Marriage Story') is 70. Actor Polly Draper ('thirtysomething') is 70. Guitarist Brad Gillis of Night Ranger is 68. Actor Eileen Davidson ('The Young and the Restless,' 'Days of Our Lives') is 66. Actor Helen Hunt is 62. Drummer Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche is 62. Guitarist Tony Ardoin of River Road is 61. Actor Courteney Cox ('Friends') is 61. Guitarist Michael Britt of Lonestar is 59. Drummer Rob Mitchell of Sixpence None the Richer is 59. Rapper-actor Ice Cube is 56. Actor Leah Remini ('King of Queens') is 55. Actor Jake Busey ('Starship Troopers') is 54. Trombone player T-Bone Willy of Save Ferris is 53. Actor Neil Patrick Harris ('How I Met Your Mother,' ″Doogie Howser, M.D.') is 52. Actor Greg Vaughan ('Days of Our Lives,' 'General Hospital') is 52. Actor Elizabeth Reaser ('Twilight') is 50. Singer Dryden Mitchell of Alien Ant Farm is 49. Former child actor Christopher Castile ('Step By Step,' ″Beethoven' films) is 45. Guitarist Billy Martin of Good Charlotte is 44. Actor Jordi Vilasuso ('The Young and the Restless') is 44. Guitarist Wayne Sermon of Imagine Dragons is 41. Actor Denzel Whitaker is 35. Actor Sterling Jerins ('The Conjuring' films) is 21.
June 16: Actor Eileen Atkins ('The Crown,' ″Doc Martin') is 91. Country singer Billy 'Crash' Craddock is 87. Singer Eddie Levert of The O'Jays is 83. Actor Joan Van Ark is 82. Actor Geoff Pierson ('Splitting Up Together,' 'Designated Survivor') is 76. Singer James Smith (The Stylistics) is 75. Singer Gino Vannelli is 73. Actor Laurie Metcalf ('Roseanne,' ″Norm') is 70. Actor Arnold Vosloo ('The Mummy') is 63. Actor Danny Burstein ('Boardwalk Empire') is 61. Model-actor Jenny Shimizu is 58. Actor James Patrick Stuart ('General Hospital,' 'The Closer') is 57. Rapper MC Ren of N.W.A is 56. Actor Clifton Collins Jr. ('Westworld') is 55. Actor John Cho (2009′s 'Star Trek,' ″Harold and Kumar' movies) is 53. Actor Eddie Cibrian ('Third Watch') is 52. Actor Fred Koehler ('Kate and Allie') is 50. Actor China Shavers ('Boston Public') is 48. Actor Daniel Bruhl ('Captain America: Civil War') is 47. Actor Sibel Kekilli ('Game of Thrones') is 45. Actor Missy Peregrym ('Rookie Blue') is 43. Actor Olivia Hack ('Hey Arnold!') is 42. Singer-actor Diana DeGarmo ('American Idol') is 38. Bassist Ian Keaggy of Hot Chelle Rae is 38. Broadway actor Ali Stroker is 38.
June 17: Actor Peter Lupus (TV's 'Mission: Impossible') is 93. Singer Barry Manilow is 82. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 74. Actor Mark Linn-Baker ('Perfect Strangers') is 71. Actor Jon Gries ('Napoleon Dynamite') is 68. Singer Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) is 67. Director Bobby Farrelly ('There's Something About Mary') is 67. Actor Thomas Haden Church ('Sideways,' ″Wings') is 65. Actor Greg Kinnear is 62. Actor Kami Cotler ('The Waltons') is 60. Actor Jason Patric is 59. Singer Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd is 56. Actor-comedian Will Forte ('Saturday Night Live') is 55. Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio is 54. Actor Arthur Darvill ('DC's Legends of Tomorrow') is 43. Actor Jodie Whittaker ('Doctor Who') is 43. Actor Manish Dayal ('The Resident') is 42. Country singer Mickey Guyton is 42. Actor-rapper Jamal Mixon (Herculeez and Big Tyme) is 42. Rapper Kendrick Lamar is 38. Actor KJ Apa ('Riverdale') is 28.
June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 83. Actor Constance McCashin ('Knots Landing') is 78. Actor Linda Thorson ('The Avengers') is 78. Actor Carol Kane is 73. Actor Isabella Rossellini is 73. Actor Brian Benben ('Private Practice,' 'Dream On') is 69. Singer Alison Moyet is 64. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 62. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is 58. Singer Nathan Morris of Boyz II Men is 54. Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne is 52. Rapper Silkk The Shocker is 50. Actor Alana de la Garza ('Law & Order') is 49. Country singer Blake Shelton is 49. Guitarist Steven Chen of Airborne Toxic Event is 47. Actor David Giuntoli ('Grimm') is 45. Drummer Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots is 37. Actor-singer Renee Olstead ('The Secret Life of the American Teenager,' 'Still Standing') is 36. Actor Jacob Anderson ('Game of Thrones') is 35. Actor Willa Holland ('Arrow') is 34.
June 19: Singer Spanky McFarlane of Spanky and Our Gang is 83. Actor Phylicia Rashad is 77. Singer Ann Wilson of Heart is 75. Keyboardist Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 72. Actor Kathleen Turner is 71. Country singer Doug Stone is 69. Singer Mark 'Marty' DeBarge of DeBarge is 66. Singer-dancer Paula Abdul is 63. Actor-filmmaker Andy Lauer ('Caroline in the City') is 62. Singer-guitarist Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe is 61. Actor Mia Sara ('Ferris Bueller's Day Off') is 58. 'Good Morning America' host Lara Spencer is 56. Guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch of Korn is 55. Actor Jean Dujardin ('The Artist') is 53. Actor Robin Tunney is 53. Actor Bumper Robinson ('Sabrina The Teenage Witch,' 'A Different World') is 51. Actor Poppy Montgomery ('Unforgettable,' ″Without a Trace') is 50. Singer-banjoist Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers is 49. Actor Ryan Hurst ('The Walking Dead,' 'Sons of Anarchy') is 49. Actor Zoe Saldana is 47. Actor Neil Brown Jr. ('The Walking Dead,' 'SEAL Team') is 45. Actor Lauren Lee Smith ('CSI') is 45. Singer Macklemore of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is 43. Actor Paul Dano is 41. Actor Giacomo Gianniotti ('Grey's Anatomy') is 36. Actor Chuku Modu ('The Good Doctor') is 35. Actor Atticus Shaffer ('The Middle') is 27.
June 20: Actor Bonnie Bartlett ('St. Elsewhere,' ″Little House on the Prairie') is 96. Actor James Tolkan ('Back to the Future' films) is 94. Director Stephen Frears ('Dangerous Liaisons,' 'The Grifters') is 84. Musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is 83. Actor John McCook ('The Young and the Restless,' 'The Bold and the Beautiful') is 81. Singer Anne Murray is 80. Home repair show host Bob Vila is 79. Actor Candy Clark ('American Graffiti') is 78. Singer Lionel Richie is 76. Actor John Goodman is 73. Bassist Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Chickenfoot) is 71. Bassist John Taylor of Duran Duran is 65. Keyboardist Mark degli Antoni (Soul Coughing) is 63. Guitarist Jerome Fontamillas of Switchfoot is 58. Bassist Murphy Karges of Sugar Ray is 58. Actor Nicole Kidman is 58. Singer Dan Tyminski of Alison Krauss and Union Station is 58. Director Robert Rodriguez ('Sin City,' 'Spy Kids') is 57. Actor Peter Paige ('Queer as Folk,' 'The Fosters') is 56. Actor Josh Lucas ('Sweet Home Alabama,' ″A Beautiful Mind') is 54. Bassist Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson) is 54. Singer Chino Moreno of Deftones is 52. Singer Amos Lee is 48. Actor Tika Sumpter ('The Have and the Have Nots') is 45. Drummer Chris Thompson of The Eli Young Band is 45. Singer-actor Alisan Porter ('The Voice,' ″Curly Sue') is 44. Keyboardist Chris Dudley of Underoath is 42. Singer Grace Potter of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is 42. Actor Mark Saul ('Grey's Anatomy') is 40. Actor Dreama Walker (film's 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,' TV's 'Gossip Girl') is 39. Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse ('Trolls,' 'Superbad') is 36. Actor Maria Lark (TV's 'Medium') is 28.
June 21: Actor Bernie Kopell ('The Love Boat') is 92. Actor Monte Markham ('The Second Hundred Years,' 'Baywatch') is 90. Actor Mariette Hartley is 85. Musician Ray Davies of The Kinks is 81. Actor Meredith Baxter ('Family Ties') is 78. Actor Michael Gross ('Family Ties') is 78. Drummer Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is 75. Guitarist Nils Lofgren is 74. Actor Robyn Douglass (TV's 'Galactica,' film's 'Breaking Away') is 73. Actor Leigh McCloskey ('Dallas') is 70. Cartoonist Berke Breathed ('Opus,' ″Bloom County') is 68. Actor Josh Pais ('Ray Donovan') is 67. Country singer Kathy Mattea is 66. Actor Marc Copage ('Julia') is 63. Actor Doug Savant ('Desperate Housewives,' ″Melrose Place') is 61. Guitarist Porter Howell of Little Texas is 61. Actor Michael Dolan ('Hamburger Hill,' 'Biloxi Blues') is 60. Filmmaker Lana Wachowski ('The Matrix,' 'Speed Racer') is 60. Actor Carrie Preston ('The Good Wife') is 58. Actor Paula Irvine ('Santa Barbara') is 57. Country singer Allison Moorer is 53. Actor Juliette Lewis is 52. Actor Maggie Siff ('Mad Men') is 51. Bassist Justin Cary (Sixpence None The Richer) is 50. Guitarist Mike Einziger of Incubus is 49. Actor Chris Pratt ('Jurassic World,' ″Guardians of the Galaxy') is 46. Singer Brandon Flowers of The Killers is 44. Actor Jussie Smollett ('Empire') is 43. Actor Michael Malarkey ('The Vampire Diaries') is 42. Singer Kris Allen ('American Idol') is 40. Singer Lana Del Rey is 40. Actor Jascha Washington ('Big Momma's House' films) is 36. Bassist Chandler Baldwin of LANCO is 33. Singer Rebecca Black is 28.

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 15-21
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Winnipeg Free Press

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  • Winnipeg Free Press

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 15-21

Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 15-21: June 15: Singer Ruby Nash Garnett of Ruby and the Romantics is 91. Guitarist Leo Nocentelli of The Meters is 79. Actor Simon Callow ('Amadeus,' ″Shakespeare in Love') is 76. Singer Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply is 76. Singer Steve Walsh (Kansas) is 74. Actor Jim Belushi is 71. Country singer Terri Gibbs is 71. Actor Julie Hagerty ('Airplane,' 'Marriage Story') is 70. Actor Polly Draper ('thirtysomething') is 70. Guitarist Brad Gillis of Night Ranger is 68. Actor Eileen Davidson ('The Young and the Restless,' 'Days of Our Lives') is 66. Actor Helen Hunt is 62. Drummer Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche is 62. Guitarist Tony Ardoin of River Road is 61. Actor Courteney Cox ('Friends') is 61. Guitarist Michael Britt of Lonestar is 59. Drummer Rob Mitchell of Sixpence None the Richer is 59. Rapper-actor Ice Cube is 56. Actor Leah Remini ('King of Queens') is 55. Actor Jake Busey ('Starship Troopers') is 54. Trombone player T-Bone Willy of Save Ferris is 53. Actor Neil Patrick Harris ('How I Met Your Mother,' ″Doogie Howser, M.D.') is 52. Actor Greg Vaughan ('Days of Our Lives,' 'General Hospital') is 52. Actor Elizabeth Reaser ('Twilight') is 50. Singer Dryden Mitchell of Alien Ant Farm is 49. Former child actor Christopher Castile ('Step By Step,' ″Beethoven' films) is 45. Guitarist Billy Martin of Good Charlotte is 44. Actor Jordi Vilasuso ('The Young and the Restless') is 44. Guitarist Wayne Sermon of Imagine Dragons is 41. Actor Denzel Whitaker is 35. Actor Sterling Jerins ('The Conjuring' films) is 21. June 16: Actor Eileen Atkins ('The Crown,' ″Doc Martin') is 91. Country singer Billy 'Crash' Craddock is 87. Singer Eddie Levert of The O'Jays is 83. Actor Joan Van Ark is 82. Actor Geoff Pierson ('Splitting Up Together,' 'Designated Survivor') is 76. Singer James Smith (The Stylistics) is 75. Singer Gino Vannelli is 73. Actor Laurie Metcalf ('Roseanne,' ″Norm') is 70. Actor Arnold Vosloo ('The Mummy') is 63. Actor Danny Burstein ('Boardwalk Empire') is 61. Model-actor Jenny Shimizu is 58. Actor James Patrick Stuart ('General Hospital,' 'The Closer') is 57. Rapper MC Ren of N.W.A is 56. Actor Clifton Collins Jr. ('Westworld') is 55. Actor John Cho (2009′s 'Star Trek,' ″Harold and Kumar' movies) is 53. Actor Eddie Cibrian ('Third Watch') is 52. Actor Fred Koehler ('Kate and Allie') is 50. Actor China Shavers ('Boston Public') is 48. Actor Daniel Bruhl ('Captain America: Civil War') is 47. Actor Sibel Kekilli ('Game of Thrones') is 45. Actor Missy Peregrym ('Rookie Blue') is 43. Actor Olivia Hack ('Hey Arnold!') is 42. Singer-actor Diana DeGarmo ('American Idol') is 38. Bassist Ian Keaggy of Hot Chelle Rae is 38. Broadway actor Ali Stroker is 38. June 17: Actor Peter Lupus (TV's 'Mission: Impossible') is 93. Singer Barry Manilow is 82. Comedian Joe Piscopo is 74. Actor Mark Linn-Baker ('Perfect Strangers') is 71. Actor Jon Gries ('Napoleon Dynamite') is 68. Singer Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys) is 67. Director Bobby Farrelly ('There's Something About Mary') is 67. Actor Thomas Haden Church ('Sideways,' ″Wings') is 65. Actor Greg Kinnear is 62. Actor Kami Cotler ('The Waltons') is 60. Actor Jason Patric is 59. Singer Kevin Thornton of Color Me Badd is 56. Actor-comedian Will Forte ('Saturday Night Live') is 55. Latin pop singer Paulina Rubio is 54. Actor Arthur Darvill ('DC's Legends of Tomorrow') is 43. Actor Jodie Whittaker ('Doctor Who') is 43. Actor Manish Dayal ('The Resident') is 42. Country singer Mickey Guyton is 42. Actor-rapper Jamal Mixon (Herculeez and Big Tyme) is 42. Rapper Kendrick Lamar is 38. Actor KJ Apa ('Riverdale') is 28. June 18: Musician Paul McCartney is 83. Actor Constance McCashin ('Knots Landing') is 78. Actor Linda Thorson ('The Avengers') is 78. Actor Carol Kane is 73. Actor Isabella Rossellini is 73. Actor Brian Benben ('Private Practice,' 'Dream On') is 69. Singer Alison Moyet is 64. Keyboardist Dizzy Reed (Guns N' Roses) is 62. Country singer-guitarist Tim Hunt (Yankee Grey) is 58. Singer Nathan Morris of Boyz II Men is 54. Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne is 52. Rapper Silkk The Shocker is 50. Actor Alana de la Garza ('Law & Order') is 49. Country singer Blake Shelton is 49. Guitarist Steven Chen of Airborne Toxic Event is 47. Actor David Giuntoli ('Grimm') is 45. Drummer Josh Dun of Twenty One Pilots is 37. Actor-singer Renee Olstead ('The Secret Life of the American Teenager,' 'Still Standing') is 36. Actor Jacob Anderson ('Game of Thrones') is 35. Actor Willa Holland ('Arrow') is 34. June 19: Singer Spanky McFarlane of Spanky and Our Gang is 83. Actor Phylicia Rashad is 77. Singer Ann Wilson of Heart is 75. Keyboardist Larry Dunn (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 72. Actor Kathleen Turner is 71. Country singer Doug Stone is 69. Singer Mark 'Marty' DeBarge of DeBarge is 66. Singer-dancer Paula Abdul is 63. Actor-filmmaker Andy Lauer ('Caroline in the City') is 62. Singer-guitarist Brian Vander Ark of The Verve Pipe is 61. Actor Mia Sara ('Ferris Bueller's Day Off') is 58. 'Good Morning America' host Lara Spencer is 56. Guitarist Brian 'Head' Welch of Korn is 55. Actor Jean Dujardin ('The Artist') is 53. Actor Robin Tunney is 53. Actor Bumper Robinson ('Sabrina The Teenage Witch,' 'A Different World') is 51. Actor Poppy Montgomery ('Unforgettable,' ″Without a Trace') is 50. Singer-banjoist Scott Avett of The Avett Brothers is 49. Actor Ryan Hurst ('The Walking Dead,' 'Sons of Anarchy') is 49. Actor Zoe Saldana is 47. Actor Neil Brown Jr. ('The Walking Dead,' 'SEAL Team') is 45. Actor Lauren Lee Smith ('CSI') is 45. Singer Macklemore of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is 43. Actor Paul Dano is 41. Actor Giacomo Gianniotti ('Grey's Anatomy') is 36. Actor Chuku Modu ('The Good Doctor') is 35. Actor Atticus Shaffer ('The Middle') is 27. June 20: Actor Bonnie Bartlett ('St. Elsewhere,' ″Little House on the Prairie') is 96. Actor James Tolkan ('Back to the Future' films) is 94. Director Stephen Frears ('Dangerous Liaisons,' 'The Grifters') is 84. Musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is 83. Actor John McCook ('The Young and the Restless,' 'The Bold and the Beautiful') is 81. Singer Anne Murray is 80. Home repair show host Bob Vila is 79. Actor Candy Clark ('American Graffiti') is 78. Singer Lionel Richie is 76. Actor John Goodman is 73. Bassist Michael Anthony (Van Halen, Chickenfoot) is 71. Bassist John Taylor of Duran Duran is 65. Keyboardist Mark degli Antoni (Soul Coughing) is 63. Guitarist Jerome Fontamillas of Switchfoot is 58. Bassist Murphy Karges of Sugar Ray is 58. Actor Nicole Kidman is 58. Singer Dan Tyminski of Alison Krauss and Union Station is 58. Director Robert Rodriguez ('Sin City,' 'Spy Kids') is 57. Actor Peter Paige ('Queer as Folk,' 'The Fosters') is 56. Actor Josh Lucas ('Sweet Home Alabama,' ″A Beautiful Mind') is 54. Bassist Twiggy Ramirez (Marilyn Manson) is 54. Singer Chino Moreno of Deftones is 52. Singer Amos Lee is 48. Actor Tika Sumpter ('The Have and the Have Nots') is 45. Drummer Chris Thompson of The Eli Young Band is 45. Singer-actor Alisan Porter ('The Voice,' ″Curly Sue') is 44. Keyboardist Chris Dudley of Underoath is 42. Singer Grace Potter of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is 42. Actor Mark Saul ('Grey's Anatomy') is 40. Actor Dreama Walker (film's 'Once Upon A Time in Hollywood,' TV's 'Gossip Girl') is 39. Actor Chris Mintz-Plasse ('Trolls,' 'Superbad') is 36. Actor Maria Lark (TV's 'Medium') is 28. June 21: Actor Bernie Kopell ('The Love Boat') is 92. Actor Monte Markham ('The Second Hundred Years,' 'Baywatch') is 90. Actor Mariette Hartley is 85. Musician Ray Davies of The Kinks is 81. Actor Meredith Baxter ('Family Ties') is 78. Actor Michael Gross ('Family Ties') is 78. Drummer Joey Kramer of Aerosmith is 75. Guitarist Nils Lofgren is 74. Actor Robyn Douglass (TV's 'Galactica,' film's 'Breaking Away') is 73. Actor Leigh McCloskey ('Dallas') is 70. Cartoonist Berke Breathed ('Opus,' ″Bloom County') is 68. Actor Josh Pais ('Ray Donovan') is 67. Country singer Kathy Mattea is 66. Actor Marc Copage ('Julia') is 63. Actor Doug Savant ('Desperate Housewives,' ″Melrose Place') is 61. Guitarist Porter Howell of Little Texas is 61. Actor Michael Dolan ('Hamburger Hill,' 'Biloxi Blues') is 60. Filmmaker Lana Wachowski ('The Matrix,' 'Speed Racer') is 60. Actor Carrie Preston ('The Good Wife') is 58. Actor Paula Irvine ('Santa Barbara') is 57. Country singer Allison Moorer is 53. Actor Juliette Lewis is 52. Actor Maggie Siff ('Mad Men') is 51. Bassist Justin Cary (Sixpence None The Richer) is 50. Guitarist Mike Einziger of Incubus is 49. Actor Chris Pratt ('Jurassic World,' ″Guardians of the Galaxy') is 46. Singer Brandon Flowers of The Killers is 44. Actor Jussie Smollett ('Empire') is 43. Actor Michael Malarkey ('The Vampire Diaries') is 42. Singer Kris Allen ('American Idol') is 40. Singer Lana Del Rey is 40. Actor Jascha Washington ('Big Momma's House' films) is 36. Bassist Chandler Baldwin of LANCO is 33. Singer Rebecca Black is 28.

Corus touts new stars, old hits in plans for Global, specialty channels Home, Flavour
Corus touts new stars, old hits in plans for Global, specialty channels Home, Flavour

Winnipeg Free Press

time02-06-2025

  • Winnipeg Free Press

Corus touts new stars, old hits in plans for Global, specialty channels Home, Flavour

TORONTO – Corus Entertainment is touting new stars and returning hits to its flagship channel Global and specialty networks including Home, Flavour, History, National Geographic and Slice. That includes the first full season of programming for newly branded cooking channel Flavour and design and renovation channel Home, which launched in December after Corus lost rights to carry Food Network Canada and HGTV Canada, now with Rogers. Among the previously announced shows on the 2025/26 Home lineup are 'Building Baeumler,' starring renovation stars Bryan and Sarah Baeumler, and 'Life is Messy,' a series from Scott Brothers Entertainment about overwhelmed homeowners. Also on the way this fall are two budget-friendly offerings from Canadians — Natalie Chong with 'Rentovation' and self-taught DIYer Kristen Coutts with 'Beer Budget Reno.' Flavour Network's Canadian shows include 'Halloween Bakeshop' and 'Holiday Bakeshop,' hosted by Canadian actress and comedian Lauren Ash, and a 12th season of 'Top Chef Canada.' The Corus plans come as Rogers' detailed plans for HGTV Canada and Food Network Canada that it described as 'bigger and more impactful' than what came before. Last June, Rogers announced it had scored 'milestone' multi-year deals with Warner Bros. Discovery to secure rights to several lifestyle brands from Corus Entertainment and Bell Media, including HGTV, Food Network and Discovery. In December, Corus launched Flavour Network and Home Network to replace the channel positions for Food Network Canada and HGTV Canada, which debuted under the Rogers banner in January. The programming details land after Corus reported a second-quarter loss with revenues down 10 per cent compared to a year ago. Corus said other returning Flavour shows include 'Morimoto's Sushi Master,' 'Adam Richman Eats Britain,' 'Kitchen Nightmares' and 'Wild Game Kitchen.' Over on Showcase, Corus' deal with NBCUniversal will bring the Greg Daniels mockumentary 'The Paper,' starring Domhnall Gleeson; the espionage thriller 'The Copenhagen Test' with Simu Liu; and the spy thriller 'PONIES' with Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson. Also coming is the new Sky limited series 'Amadeus,' with Will Sharpe as the musical genius Amadeus and Paul Bettany as court composer, Antonio Salieri. W Network highlights include the Peacock mystery 'All Her Fault,' with Sarah Snook as a mother whose son goes missing while on his first playdate, and the dark comedy, 'The 'Burbs' starring Keke Palmer, in which a young couple reluctantly move to the husband's childhood home. Celebrities anchor several new shows including the History Channel's 'WWII with Tom Hanks,' 'History's Deadliest with Ving Rhames,' and 'Hazardous History with Henry Winkler,' while Ryan Reynolds narrates the National Geographic animal series 'Underdogs,' and Slice adds the six-part docuseries 'Tiffany Haddish Goes Off,' which follows the star and her three girlfriends on a trip to Africa. In children's fare, YTV adds 'The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball,' about a blue cat and his goldfish brother in Elmore, Calif., while Treehouse welcomes 'Thomas & Friends: Sodor Sings Together,' where the engines prepare a musical surprise performance. On Monday, Corus also detailed high-profile U.S. imports headed to its Global, including CBS' new hour-long crime drama from executive producer Dick Wolf, 'CIA,' starring Tom Ellis as a 'loose cannon CIA case officer. Also new is the ensemble comedy 'DMV' with Tim Meadows, the singing competition 'The Road,' in which country star Keith Urban tries to discover the next big artist and 'Sheriff Country,' starring Morena Baccarin in an expansion of CBS' 'Fire Country' universe. Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. Returning fall shows include 'Survivor,' '9-1-1,' 'FBI,' 'Matlock,' 'NCIS,' 'NCIS: Origins' and 'Elsbeth.' A second season of the Canadian-made 'Murder in a Small Town' will return with Marcia Gay Harden in the cast while homegrown true crime series 'Crime Beat' will launch a seventh season. Returning mid-season shows include the Global original 'Family Law,' 'Watson' and 'Hollywood Squares.' Mid-season will also see the competition show 'America's Culinary Cup,' hosted by Padma Lakshmi, a new drama from Taylor Sheridan's 'Yellowstone' family with the working title, 'Y: Marshals' and the unscripted series, 'Harlan Coben's Final Twist,' in which the bestselling author steps into the true-crime television genre. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 2, 2025.

Rick Derringer, who had a hit with ‘Hang On Sloopy' and produced ‘Weird Al,' dies at 77
Rick Derringer, who had a hit with ‘Hang On Sloopy' and produced ‘Weird Al,' dies at 77

Winnipeg Free Press

time27-05-2025

  • Winnipeg Free Press

Rick Derringer, who had a hit with ‘Hang On Sloopy' and produced ‘Weird Al,' dies at 77

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded 'Hang On Sloopy,' had a hit with 'Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo' and earned a Grammy Award for producing 'Weird Al' Yankovic's debut album, has died. He was 77. Derringer died Monday in in Ormond Beach, Florida, according to a Facebook announcement from his caretaker, Tony Wilson. No cause of death was announced. Derringer's decades in the music industry spanned teen stardom, session work for bands like Steely Dan, supplying the guitar solo on Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse of the Heart' and producing for Cyndi Lauper. 'Derringer's legacy extends beyond his music, entertaining fans with his signature energy and talent. His passing leaves a void in the music world, and he will be deeply missed by fans, colleagues, and loved ones,' Wilson wrote. As a teen, he formed the McCoys with his brother, Randy, and found fame singing 'Hang On Sloopy,' a No. 26 hit about lovers from different socioeconomic circumstances. Derringer enjoyed his first solo hit with 'Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo,' which was used in the fourth season of 'Stranger Things.' His best-charting album was 'All American Boy' in 1973, which included the instrumentals 'Joy Ride' and 'Time Warp.' His sole Grammy was for Yankovic's 'Eat It,' which had the Michael Jackson parodies 'Eat It' and 'Who's Fat.' Throughout the 1970s and '80s, Derringer worked extensively as a session musician, playing on albums by Steely Dan — including 'Countdown to Ecstasy,' 'Katy Lied' and 'Gaucho' — Todd Rundgren, Kiss and Barbra Streisand. He played on Air Supply's 'Making Love Out of Nothing at All.' Weekly A weekly look at what's happening in Winnipeg's arts and entertainment scene. In the mid-1980s he began working with Lauper, touring in her band and playing on three of her albums, including the hit 'True Colors.' He toured with Ringo Starr and The All-Starr Band. In 1985, he produced the World Wrestling Federation's 'The Wrestling Album,' which consisted primarily mostly of pro wrestlers' theme songs, many of which he co-wrote, including what would become Hulk Hogan's theme song 'Real American.'

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