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Comedian Eddie Izzard has received praise and support after explaining on a British show that her pronouns are she/her. Izzard was featured as the portrait subject for an episode of Sky Arts' "Portrait Artist of the Year," during which she explained that from now on she'd be using she/her pronouns. Izzard was speaking to Curtis Holder, a competitor on "Portrait Artist of the Year," in which artists paint famous faces to claim the title, when she said her appearance on the show was the first time she had asked to be referred to with exclusively she/her pronouns. "Well, I try...

Ken Osmond, best known for his role at the troublemaker Eddie Haskell on the television comedy “Leave It to Beaver,” died on Monday morning. He was 76. Sources tell Variety Osmond passed away at his Los Angeles home surrounded by family members. The cause of death is unknown.

Veteran actor-comedian Eddie Murphy is the latest comic to take a stand against cancel culture, suggesting that he doesn’t want to apologize for what he says when he returns to stand-up comedy in a tour scheduled for next year. Eddie Murphy told the Associated Press in an interview published Wednesday that there is a backlash among comedians against forced apologies. “It’s almost like there was this thing where for the last couple years, people had to apologize for saying this and that. It seems like I’m seeing a couple comics going ‘You know what? Enough of this shit. I’m doing...

Former Black Panther leader Marshall "Eddie" Conway walked free Tuesday after spending four decades behind bars for killing a Baltimore police officer — making his one of the highest-profile cases affected by a high court decision that has cut short prison sentences for dozens of felons in recent years. ... Sager's son, who was 7 at the time of his father's death, said he was devastated. David Sager said he was warned of the outcome more than a month ago ... "My mother passed away two years ago, and in a way I'm glad that she's not around to see...

<p>PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The former child star who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster on TV has entered a drug and alcohol treatment facility.</p>

Black Caucus Foundation orders scholarship auditBy LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Writer Updated: Aug 31, 2010 8:09 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) - An internal audit of the scholarship program of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation was under way Tuesday, sparked by the admission by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson that she had steered scholarships to her relatives and the children of a staff member. The foundation's chairman, Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., said that neither the foundation nor the Congressional Black Caucus "will allow unethical behavior in the awarding of scholarships or any programs that are designed to benefit the community." The foundation...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gov. Ed Rendell says there is no truth to gossip that he is involved in an extramarital affair with a state employee. In an advance copy of a Philadelphia magazine article obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, the governor and Kirstin Snow, the former beauty queen who works for him, say in separate interviews that they are not romantically involved. “Do I have some flaws? Absolutely!” Rendell tells the magazine. “For all of the rumors, has any woman ever said that I have had sex with her? Other than my wife?” Statehouse rumors of an affair gained...

A rep from the WWE tells TMZ their former superstar wrestler Umaga has died. Umaga, whose real name was Eddie Fatu, was 36 years old. The WWE has released a statement on their website saying, "The WWE would like to express its deepest condolences to Mr. Fatu's family, friends and fans on his tragic passing."

Let me see if I understand this person reasoning: her 5 year daughter is safer if she completely ignorant about the fact guns are dangerous in the hands of young unsupervised kids. She also probably believes that it is preferable her daughter goes to a friend or relative house, finds a gun in the drawer and starts playing with it - instead of not touching the gun and telling an adult immediately, as the Eddie Eagle coloring book teaches it. No, she must not know that. Ignorance is knowledge. Slavery is freedom. Welcome to the Liberal Utopia. See video at...

The dog that drove Frasier crazy has died. Eddie was played on the TV series by a Jack Russell terrier named Moose. His trainer tells People magazine that Moose was 16 1/2 years old when he died at her home in Los Angeles. He’d been retired for Moose also starred in the movie “My Dog Skip” as the older Skip.

RACINE - Racine Unified School District principals will decide if the National Rifle Association's "Eddie Eagle" coloring books will be used in their elementary schools, the district said Thursday. But to get the controversial coloring books - which were approved for Racine Police Department officers to use in gun-safety training classes by the City Council this week - an elementary principal would have to ask the Police Department to bring the books to their school. If that's done, the material would go before the district's curriculum committee, which would determine whether the books meet curriculum standards. "The district then could...

Does Governor Ed Rendeel need to worry about winning a second term? You would think he doesn't, given the fact that he trounced Mike Fisher with a majority of 332,951 votes just a scant two years ago. ... So if you were Governor Rendell woudl you worry? Yes! The Governor looks at figures a little closer than most Pols do. And the figures that are striking is just how close President George W. Bush came to taking the Commonwealth from Sen. John Kerry. The governor early on election eve congratulated Congressman and Democratic Party Chairman Bob Brady on a record...