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| Jimmy Cliff, reggae singer and star of 'Harder They Come,' dies at 81 | Iconic reggae singer Jimmy Cliff has died. He was 81. His wife, Latifa Chambers, announced his death on Instagram Monday morning. "It's with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia," she wrote. "I am thankful for his family, friends, fellow artists and coworkers who have shared his journey with him." "To all his fans around the world," she continued. "Please know that your support was his strength throughout his whole career." Cliff's career included a pair of Grammy wins, induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the starring role in the 1972 film The Harder They Come. |
| Chance the Rapper, Julianne Hough join 'Rockin' Eve' celebrations | Chance the Rapper and Julianne Hough have joined the lineup for the 55th annual Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest special, airing Dec. 31. Seacrest is set to host the event in New York City with Rita Ora, while Chance the Rapper will co-host from Chicago. The city, added this year, will feature a midnight countdown for the Central Time zone. "This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase the beauty and dynamism of our city and its people for the world to see," Brandon Johnson, the mayor of Chicago, previously said in a statement. Julianne Hough and Rob Gronkowski will co-host in Las Vegas. Performers have not yet been announced. |
| William Fichtner brings brand new vampire to 'Talamasca' | Mom, Prison Break and Armageddon actor William Fichtner says he loves that his Talamasca vampire Jasper is a completely new character operating in a beloved, established universe created by the late Anne Rice. Wrapping up its first season Sunday on AMC and AMC+, the contemporary drama follows the shadowy, well-funded, titular organization that monitors the actions of immortal creatures in Rice's Vampire Chronicles and Mayfair Witches novels and the TV series they inspired. Nicholas Denton plays Talamasca investigator Guy and Elizabeth McGovern plays his supervisor Helen. John Lee Hancock and Mark Lafferty are co-showrunners, while Mark Johnson serves as executive producer. |
| Famous birthdays for Nov. 24: Oscar Robertson, Stephen Merchant | Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. |
| German actor Udo Kier dies at age 81 | Udo Kier, the German actor who has hundreds of acting credits to his name, has died, according to close friend photographer Michael Childers. He was 81. Kier died Sunday at Eisenhower Health in Palm Desert, Calif., Childers said in a statement on Facebook. "Breaking my heart, a sad goodbye to my great friend Udo Kier," he said in a second Facebook post that included a picture of himself with Kier. "RIP." No cause of death was announced. Kier was born in Cologne, Germany, near the end of World War II, and was discovered by Michael Sarne in London where he was studying English, and was cast in Road to Saint Tropez, his first film, in 1966, according to his biography on IMDB. |