‘Homeland’ Actor James Rebhorn Dies at 65

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Homeland actor James Rebhorn has died at the age of 65.

The star - best known for playing Frank Mathison, the father of intelligence officer Carrie Mathison in the hit TV drama - has sadly passed away from a long battle with skin cancer, TMZ reports.

James is said to have died in his home on Friday night after his condition "drastically worsened" over the past weeks.

Aside from starring opposite Claire Danes in Homeland, the actor will be remembered for his roles in big Hollywood blockbusters, including Scent of a Woman alongside Al Pacino and playing Secretary of Defence Albert Nimziki in Independence Day. James began his career in the 50's and notched up parts in multiple TV shows including Third Watch, Law & Order, Boston Legal, 30 Rock and The Good Wife, as well as playing Reese Hughes on White Collar.

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Matthew Morrison: ‘Glee’ Is Over the Cory Monteith “Hump”

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Matthew Morrison says that the Glee cast are over the "hump" of Cory Monteith's tribute episode.

The actor admits it was "hard and emotional" to say goodbye to both the actor - who overdosed on heroin and alcohol in July - and his character Finn Hudson in a one-off episode, but says the tragedy has brought them all closer together:

"We've kind of got over that hump of the Cory tribute episode. I'm so happy we did that, it was incredibly tough, hard and emotional for everyone but we all came together, we were happy to be on the other side of that. We're a family and we all have a great relationship with each other, but that just really solidified us and made us stronger."

Matthew was scheduled to play a concert the night he heard Cory had passed away and though he considered cancelling the show, he was happy it went ahead as he found performing "therapeutic." He explained to Britain's OK! magazine, "I had two shows after he passed and thought about cancelling them but I didn't want to let people down, I didn't think Cory would want me to. The shows were so hard to do but I'm happy I did because there is nothing more therapeutic than singing."

‘Glee’ Planning Cory Tribute Episode

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Glee will film a tribute episode to Cory Monteith before taking a long hiatus.

The 31-year-old star - who played Finn Hudson in the show - was found dead last weekend following a heroin and alcohol overdose and creator Ryan Murphy has revealed the cast will film an episode dealing with Finn's death before taking a break to determine the future of Glee.

"We will begin shooting in late August the two shows we had already written, so that people can physically go back to work. We will then do an episode that will deal with the death of Finn's character and follow that with a long hiatus. I don't know exactly when we will come back, and we are trying out best with this attempt at damage control. We are planning a memorial for the cast and crew sometime this week on the Paramount lot," he told Deadline.

Meanwhile, Cory's father Joe has claimed his son's drug addiction was worse than "anybody knew." Speaking about Cory - who first entered rehab at the age of 19 before a second stint earlier this year following a relapse - Joe said, "I guess he was involved a little more in drugs than anybody knew at the time. His mother who was there with him all the time, she started picking up on it, you know stuff was missing, money here, stuff like that."

Glee Plans Britney Spears Episode

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Glee is making another Britney Spears-themed episode.

The hits of the new X Factor judge - who made a cameo appearance on the show in 2010, drawing a record number of viewers for the musical drama - will be used in the second episode of the fourth series of the program later this year, but the singer herself will not be in any scenes. Unlike Britney's first Glee tribute, the new episode will not
focus on her namesake in the show, EW.com reports.

Eight Britney tracks will be used in the episode, which will air in its new Thursday night slot - immediately after The X Factor results show.

Meanwhile, Glee actor Chris Colfer has revealed that Sarah Jessica Parker's recently-announced cameo on the show will see her play a mentor to his character Kurt Hummell: "I just found out last night that Sarah Jessica Parker is coming on our show to be my mentor of sorts."

Kate Hudson will make a six-episode appearance in a role that is described as very "dance heavy" and believed to be a mentor to Rachel Berry, the character played by Lea Michele.

VIDEO: Mark Salling Honors Glee

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Mark Salling, who plays Mohawk-sporting Puck on Glee, created this tuneful tribute to the series.

The show celebrated its winter finale last week, and will not return to FOX until spring. If all the cast members create music videos during their down time, maybe the hiatus won’t be as bad as we thought.

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VIDEO: Diane Sawyer Says Goodbye to GMA

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After nearly 11 years of waking up at ungodly hours, Diane Sawyer said goodbye to the viewers of Good Morning America this morning.

Sawyer’s final day on the job came with a number of tributes - some funny, some more emotional - and a recap of her memorable stories. Meanwhile, Chris Cuomo, who is leaving the program to cohost 20/20, handed over his newsreader reins to Juju Chang and watched George Stephanopoulos introduce himself as the new coanchor.

“I’m going to take the advice of that immortal philosopher Dr. Seuss, who said, ‘Don’t cry because it happened, smile because it happened,’” Diane said. “And this morning I am beaming at all of you. My heart is smiling and the privilege of sharing my mornings with all of you has been more than I can say.”

You can watch the late night comedians say goodbye to the “queen of morning television” after the jump.

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Jackson-Themed So You Think You Can Dance Planned

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Next week, FOX will pay tribute to the King of Pop’s musical library. Now the network is planning to honor his contributions to dance.

Hours after Michael Jackson’s death, plans for a special So You Think You Can Dance were in the works. Based on a series of tweets started by Nigel Lythgoe, we may soon see an MJ-themed broadcast with numbers from Wade Robson (a former Jackson back-up dancer), Mia MIchaels…and former Janet Jackson-choreographer Paula Abdul.

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FOX to Pay Tribute to David Carradine

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David Carradine’s cause of death might still be unknown (Was it suicide? Foul play? An accident?), but FOX’s plans are still going on as planned.

Just days after he was found dead in a Thailand hotel room, the actor is set to appear on the small screen. A guest role on the freshman series Mental had already been scheduled prior to Carradine’s passing. In that episode, David goes into a coma after he and his wife are struck by lightning.

According to Entertainment Weekly, FOX will be sure to honor the Kung Fu star. Tuesday’s episode will end with an “In Memoriam” tribute for Carradine.

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HBO’s Tribute to George Carlin

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To honor the work of the late George Carlin, HBO will be dedicating several hours of airtime to him over the next few days.

This Friday, the cable channel will reair the comedian’s last special for the network. George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya, which originally premiered this past March, will repeat @ 9 p.m Eastern

Hours of consecutive Carlin coverage will also air on HBO2 prior to this weekend’s broadcast. On both Wednesday and Thursday nights, George’s work can be seen between 8 p.m and 1 a.m. Eastern.

Carlin performed in a total of 14 specials for HBO overall.

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