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Showing 1 - 15 of 17 articles tagged "LeVar Burton"
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Posted Tuesday 4/06/21 at 11:50PM EDT
LeVar Burton is now openly lobbying to host Jeopardy!
When fans of the former Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation star first pushed for him to guest-host...
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Posted Friday 1/29/21 at 1:12PM EST
LeVar Burton remembers Cicely Tyson: "Her presence onscreen was nothing short of mesmerizing"
Burton recalled working with Tyson on his first day as a professional actor when she played his mother on Roots.
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Cicely Tyson, pioneering Emmy-winning actress, dies at 96
The iconic actress died today, her manager Larry Thompson announced without revealing details of her death.
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Watch: Roots Became a TV Phenomenon 44 Years Ago Today
In 1976, Alex Haley published the book Roots:The Saga of an American Family, telling the story of what he believed to be his family's...
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Posted Saturday 12/05/20 at 4:56AM EST
Jeopardy! should hire LeVar Burton to be the host as a bridge to the next generation
The more than 100,000 who've signed a petition calling for Burton to host Jeopardy! "are on to something, because has...
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Posted Friday 11/13/20 at 4:54AM EST
Only one person is worthy of succeeding Alex Trebek on Jeopardy!: Ken Jennings
"All 30 clues on Jeopardy!’s board know that Ken Jennings, the certified greatest of all time, is the only worthy...
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Posted Tuesday 11/03/20 at 3:54PM EST
LeVar Burton slams Keith Olbermann for calling Trump a "whiny little Kunta Kinte"
“Yes @realDonaldTrump has always been, will always be, and on the day of his bid for re-election, still is: a...
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Posted Tuesday 8/04/20 at 3:01AM EDT
LeVar Burton to direct docuseries Two-Front War on the Civil Rights Movement and Black soldiers in the Vietnam War
Two-Front War will feature first-person accounts from Black veterans, activists, journalists, students and civilians at the forefront of a two-pronged...
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Posted Friday 4/03/20 at 2:18PM EDT
Why Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton is launching a story-reading series for kids and adults
LeVar Burton Reads kicks off today on the actor's Twitter account with Neil Gaiman’s We Can Get Them for You...
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California gets Larry David to film a coronavirus PSA for "idiots out there": "Go home, watch TV"
California Gov.
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Posted Tuesday 3/31/20 at 1:50AM EDT
Star Trek: Picard couldn’t help but take the easy route out with its season finale
The CBS All Access drama began the season questioning the hero worship of Jean-Luc Picard.
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Posted Saturday 6/22/19 at 2:34AM EDT
Disney Channel's Smart House turns 20 -- and got a lot of things about the future right, from Alexa to Siri
LeVar Burton is stunned that the Disney Channel Original Movie he directed is turning 20 this month.
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Posted Monday 6/03/19 at 2:52PM EDT
LeVar Burton: When They See Us is as essential as Roots
“I had to keep breathing,” the Roots star tweeted of Ava DuVernay's Netflix docuseries on the 1989 Central Park jogger...
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Posted Tuesday 9/04/18 at 9:45AM EDT
Star Trek: The Next Generation cast members reunite
Patrick Stewart had dinner over the weekend with LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner and other former cast members.
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Posted Tuesday 7/31/18 at 4:36AM EDT
Alex Trebek's picks to succeed him Jeopardy! respond, but a superfan says Anderson Cooper makes the most sense
Trebek named Los Angeles Kings announcer Alex Faust and CNN legal analyst Laura Coates in his interview on Fox News'...
