Fox News' Tucker Carlson says he's headed out to do some trout fishing this week — after addressing on the air the story about his former top writer, who resigned after racist comments he'd made under a false name were discovered online. For Fox, it's at least the sixth time since 2017 when network personalities go away to cool off when the heat is on. It also happened to Carlson last year, when he headed off for some fishing after being criticized for saying white supremacy was not a problem in America. Fox says Carlson's trip was planned in advance of his writer's resignation.

Peacock, one of the last big new streaming services to launch in the U.S., was supposed to get a big boost from carrying the Olympics. The coronavirus pandemic delayed the Games to 2021, so that didn’t work out for Peacock’s owner, Comcast’s NBCUniversal. It’s launching with fewer original shows than expected because of Hollywood's shutdown; it also won't initially work with two popular TV-streaming gadgets, Roku or Amazon Fire. But Peacock is hoping that blaring “free” in an ad campaign for the service will entice viewers wary of adding yet another video subscription to their stack.

A college fund is being created for Naya Rivera’s son by the creators of “Glee,” who remembered the actor-singer as joyful and immensely talented. The creators say in a statement that Rivera was a friend as well as a cast member. Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan say their hearts go out to her family. They referred to Rivera's 4-year-old, Josey, as the “beautiful son” that she loved most of all. Rivera’s body was found Monday in a Southern California lake, five days after she and the boy had gone out on a rented boat. Rivera was 33.

An annual film retreat held in the Colorado mountains has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Telluride Film Festival is one of the fall movie season’s top launching pads. Organizers announced Tuesday that the festival’s 47th edition, scheduled for Labor Day weekend, has been scuttled due to COVID-19. Through much of the summer, Telluride had clung to hopes that cancellation wouldn’t be necessary. But with infections spiking throughout much of the South and West, they made what they called a “heartbreaking and unanimous” decision. Telluride is part of a late summer-early fall foursome of major festivals, along with the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.

Actor Patrick Wayne is 81. Singer Millie Jackson is 76. Guitarist-singer Peter Lewis of Moby Grape is 75. Singer Linda Ronstadt is 74. Drummer Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd) is 72. Actor Terry O’Quinn (“Lost,” ″West Wing,” ″Alias”) is 68. Singer-guitarist David Pack (Ambrosia) is 68. Drummer …

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Prada headlined Day 1 of Milan’s first Digital Fashion Week with a series of out-sourced videos and the apt subtitle ‘’the show that never happened.’’ Luxury fashion is adapting to the coronavirus pandemic by moving runway shows onto digital platforms. It was either do that or cancel the season. In Milan, big screens displaying the digital shows at locations throughout the city appeared to gain little notice on Tuesday with no sounds to indicate they were anything more than advertisements. More people passed the images than stopped to watch. Prada told its story through five video chapters by international artists, but the focus ultimately was more on film style than fashion. 

A woman has been sentenced to probation after pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment in a crash in Pennsylvania that killed two high school students almost two years ago. Sixty-four-year-old Debra Slaymaker-Walker appeared Tuesday in Lancaster County court to enter the no-contest plea, in which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict. Prosecutors said the Mount Joy resident was driving more than 70 mph when she plowed into several vehicles in Warwick Township in October 2018, killing two Warwick High School students, 17-year-old Meghan Keeney and 16-year-old Jack Nicholson, and seriously injuring another student.

Italy has returned to France a stolen artwork by British artist Banksy that was painted as a tribute to the victims of the 2015 Paris attacks at the Bataclan music hall. The chief prosecutor in charge of the investigation told the French ambassador that it was significant that the handover was occurring on Bastille Day, a sign of the fight to protect individual liberties. French officials last year had announced the theft of the piece, a black image appearing to depict a person mourning that was painted on one of the Bataclan’s emergency exit doors. Ninety people were killed at the Bataclan on Nov. 13, 2015, when Islamic extremists invaded the music hall.

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Jimmy Fallon and the ‘Tonight’ show have returned to their New York City studio for the first time since the coronavirus epidemic shut down much of television. He recorded Monday's show in the studio along with the ‘Tonight’ show's band, the Roots, but without an audience. Guests like New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo were interviewed remotely. Fallon says he wants to show the public that there is a light at the end of the tunnel ‘if we keep each other safe.’ While infection rates have been soaring in other parts of the country, one-time coronavirus epicenter New York is slowly opening back up. The coronavirus pandemic shutdown TV and film production in March for safety reasons. 

The dance has ended for “Dancing With the Stars” hosts Tom Bergeron and Erin Andrews. ABC said in a statement that the show is looking to “embark on a new creative direction” and host Bergeron “departs the show with our sincerest thanks and gratitude for his trademark wit and charm.” Bergeron has hosted “Dancing With the Stars” since its premiere in 2005. He took to Twitter to announce his departure, saying “it’s been an incredible 15-year run." The network also said farewell to Andrews, who originally competed as a contestant back in 2010 and returned as co-host in 2014. No replacements were named. 

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Andrew McCarthy is ready to relive — on paper — his “Brat Pack” years. Grand Central Publishing announced Tuesday that McCarthy’s “Brat: An ’80s Story” will come out next spring. Grand Central is calling the book “a revealing look at coming of age in a maelstrom, reckoning with conflicted ambition, innocence, addiction and masculinity.” McCarthy is calling it a long-delayed reckoning. McCarthy was widely known in the ’80s for such films as “Pretty In Pink" and “St. Elmo’s Fire,” and for his association, at least as seen by the media, with such contemporaries as Rob Lowe and Molly Ringwald.

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Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend will face a judge and at least one of her accusers by video at a hearing to determine whether she stays behind bars until trial on charges she helped Epstein find school girls to sexually abuse. The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan federal court. It occurs a day after prosecutors argued in court papers that the 58-year-old British socialite will flee the country if she is freed on $5 million bail. That's the bail amount her defense lawyers recommended on Friday, when they called for her release. They said electronic monitoring, private security and her friends and two siblings in the New York area would keep her in place.

Police say “Empire” actor Bryshere Gray has been arrested in Arizona on accusations of abusing his wife. KPNX-TV reports that the Goodyear Police Department said 26-year-old Bryshere Gray was booked into jail Saturday. Police say Gray's wife had visible injuries when she flagged someone down at a gas station to ask for help, saying her husband had assaulted her. She was taken to a hospital. Police say Gray initially refused to leave his home when police arrived but was arrested after SWAT and crisis negotiators responded.  

Ordinary citizens, industrialists, Bollywood stars and foreign companies are donating to a new fund created by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strengthen the country's fight against the coronavirus. The fund, called PM CARES, already totals more than $1 billion, but is being criticized for a lack of transparency and accountability. Modi’s office, which manages the fund, has refused to provide information about donors or how the money is being spent. Critics see the fund as a thinly veiled marketing device for Modi. But supporters insist they trust the prime minister.

A top member of the White House coronavirus task force on Tuesday said “none of us lie” to the public. Adm. Brett Giroir commented a day after President Donald Trump shared a Twitter post from a former game show host who, without evidence, accused the government's medical experts of “lying” about the virus. Asked on NBC’s “Today,” whether the experts aren't telling the truth, Giroir allowed that mistakes have been made and said public guidance is updated as more is learned about the virus. He said, "but none of us lie. We are completely transparent with the American people.” 

Fox News' Tucker Carlson is criticizing his former top writer, who resigned late last week after CNN revealed that the staff member had posted bigoted and vulgar comments online under an assumed name. The evening news host says Blake Neff's comments were wrong and had nothing to do with his show. But Carlson is also criticizing the “ghouls now beating their chest in triumph” at Neff's downfall. He says people who pose as blameless in order to hurt other people will be punished for it. Carlson also says he will be taking a planned vacation to go trout fishing.

Prosecutors say two men and two teens have been charged in the death of rising rapper Pop Smoke who was killed during a Los Angeles home-invasion robbery in February. Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a statement Monday that Corey Walker and Keandre Rodgers were charged with murder that occurred during the commission of a robbery and burglary. The two male teens were also charged with murder and robbery in juvenile court. The 20-year-old New York rapper, whose legal name is Bashar Barakah Jackson, was killed Feb. 19 at a home in the Hollywood Hills. Police say a 911 call from a friend of someone in the house reported armed intruders inside the home. Both Walker and Rodgers are expected to be arraigned Monday.

A man accused of killing a Native American woman in Tulsa has been charged with murder in federal court in line with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old James Michael Landry was charged Monday with first-degree murder for the shotgun slaying of his girlfriend. The woman, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is identified in court documents only by her initials, C.B. U.S. Attorney Trent Shores says his office is pursuing the case consistent with the Supreme Court's ruling last week that state prosecutors lack authority in certain cases involving tribal citizens.

Naya Rivera, a singer and actress who played a cheerleader on the hit TV musical comedy “Glee,” has been found dead at a Southern California lake. Ventura County sheriff’s officials confirmed Monday that the body found floating in Lake Piru earlier Monday was the 33-year-old actress. Rivera began acting at a young age but rose to national attention playing a lesbian teen on “Glee,” which aired from 2009 until 2015 on Fox. She is survived by her parents, a younger brother and sister, and her 4-year-old son. After the show, Rivera sought success in film and music, making her feature film debut in 2014’s “At the Devil’s Door,” and released the single “Sorry” in 2013. 

PIRU, Calif. (AP) — Sheriff says body found at Southern California lake is ‘Glee’ star Naya Rivera.

Actress Nancy Olson (“Sunset Boulevard”) is 92. Football player-turned-actor Rosey Grier is 88. Actor Vincent Pastore (“The Sopranos”) is 74. Bassist Chris Cross of Ultravox is 68. Actor Jerry Houser (“Summer of ’42″) is 68. Actor Eric Laneuville (“St. Elsewhere”) is 68. Actor Stan Shaw (“Ha…

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This week’s new entertainment releases include a return of two favorite casts — the men from “Psych” and joksters from “30 Rock.” James Roday and Dulé Hill reunite for new a mystery in the movie “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home” and Tina Fey and Co. meet again for an hour-long special that does double-duty as a pitch to viewers and potential commercial sponsors. After changing their name and recording their first album in 14 years, Grammy-winning country trio The Chicks will release their new album, “Gaslighter.” And K-pop powerhouses BTS will release their first Japanese album in two years.

Prosecutors say one or more of Jeffrey Epstein's victims plan to tell a judge Tuesday that his ex-girlfriend should be denied bail on charges that she recruited teenage girls for him to sexually abuse. British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been held without bail since her recent arrest in New Hampshire. Prosecutors submitted their written arguments to a Manhattan federal judge on Monday. The filing comes a day before an arraignment and bail hearing for the 58-year-old Maxwell. On Friday, her lawyers filed arguments that said she's being made a scapegoat after Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan lockup last August. They said she should be freed on $5 million bail.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sheriff’s official says body found during search for missing “Glee” star Naya Rivera at Southern California lake.

For actor Timothy Omundson, art imitates life.

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New fiction from Andre Aciman, Tayari Jones and Rufi Thorpe will be available this summer as audiobooks only. The producer-distributor Audible announced Monday that Jones’ “Half Light” and Aciman’s “The Gentleman from Peru” will be among five original stories going on sale in August. The others are “The Getaway,” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen; Courtney Maum’s “This is Not Your Fault,” which tells of a couple divorcing during the current pandemic; and Thorpe’s “Everyone’s Happy.” Michael Lewis and Jeffery Deaver are among the many other writers who have released works exclusively for audio, a fast-growing market.

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Colson Whitehead keeps winning awards. He's already this year’s recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the Orwell Prize for political fiction. Now Whitehead is being honored by the Library of Congress. On Monday, the library announced that he had won its Prize for American Fiction. At 50, Whitehead is the youngest winner of the lifetime achievement prize. Past winners include Toni Morrison, Philip Roth and Denis Johnson. He is the first author to win Pulitzers for consecutive works of fiction — “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys,” for which he won in April.

A lead prosecutor for special counsel Robert Mueller has a book coming about the two-year investigation into the alleged ties between Russia and the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. Random House announced Monday that Andrew Weissmann’s “Where Law Ends” will be published Sept. 29. Weismann is calling the book a meticulous account of the Mueller team’s ongoing battles with the Trump administration. The Mueller Report found no criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia to tip the outcome of the 2016 election in Trump’s favor. But it also did not reach a conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice.

Johnny Depp is expected to wrap up his evidence at his libel trial against a tabloid newspaper that accused him of abusing ex-wife Amber Heard. The Hollywood star is suing News Group Newspapers, publisher of The Sun, and the paper’s executive editor, Dan Wootton, over an April 2018 article that called him a “wife-beater.” Depp is in the witness box at the High Court in London for a fifth day in a case that has exposed a bitter rift between the estranged spouses. The Sun’s defense relies on a total of 14 allegations by Heard of Depp’s violence. He strongly denies all of them.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelly Preston dies at 57 after battle with breast cancer, husband John Travolta confirms.

Actress Kelly Preston has died at age 57. John Travolta, Preston's husband of 28 years, confirmed late Sunday that his wife had died after a two-year battle with breast cancer. Preston enjoyed a lengthy career in film and television, appearing in “Jerry Maguire,” “Twins” and at times starring with her husband in films like “Battlefield Earth” and “Gotti.” The couple was married in 1991 in Paris after meeting on a film set, and had three children together. They experienced tragedy in 2009 when their son Jett died after a seizure in the Bahamas.

The son of Lisa Marie Presley has died. He was 27.  Presley’s representative Roger Widynowski said in a statement Sunday to The Associated Press that she was “heartbroken” after learning about the death of her son Benjamin Keough. He is the grandson of the late Elvis Presley.  TMZ reports that Keough died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday in Calabasas, California.  

The rap artist known as Lil Marlo has died, his record label said. Quality Control Music announced the death of Rudolph “Marlo” Johnson on Sunday in a social media post, saying he'll be remembered as “a man of great talent who feared nothing.” A statement from the Atlanta Police Department says a man named Rudolph Johnson was killed late Saturday in what investigators believe was a targeted shooting. Officers responded to a single-car wreck on Interstate 285 in Atlanta at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday night. The statement says officers found the driver, later identified as Johnson, dead inside his vehicle. Investigators believe Johnson was shot while driving and that he was the intended target.

U.S. Davis Cup captain Mardy Fish won the American Century Championship on Sunday in Stateline, Nevada, holding off former Buffalo defensive tackle Kyle Williams a day after a record-setting round. The 38-year-old former tennis player jumped into Lake Tahoe in celebration. The celebrity tournament was played without fans at Edgewood Tahoe because of the coronavirus pandemic. Fish birdied the par-5 16th and 18th holes for a 21-point day and 76-point total — nine better than Williams — under the modified Stableford scoring system. On Saturday, Fish birdied the final five holes for a course-record 9-under 63 and event-record 37-point round. The nearly 300-pound Williams was trying to become the first lineman to win the event. He had 15 points in the final round.

Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen was late arriving to summer camp after he tested positive for COVID-19. The three-time All-Star closer says he believes he contracted the virus from his 4-year-old son Kaden. He says the child had a fever, among other symptoms, which led his wife to suggest everyone in the family get tested. Jansen says his wife, Gianni, and 7-year-old daughter Natalia tested positive, but that his first test was negative. A day later, he says he also tested positive. Jansen expects to be ready for the season opener on July 23. 

Ferrari is struggling just two races into the new Formula One season. Four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel and rising star Charles Leclerc are off the pace, and they crashed with each other on the track Sunday for the second time in the space of four races. The incident at the Styrian Grand Prix in Austria came on the first lap. Both drivers were so far back on the grid, with Vettel starting 10th and Leclerc 14th, that they tangled in heavy traffic when normally they should have been near the front.