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‘Cheers’ bar, ‘Tonight Show’ set in auction

DALLAS (AP) — A dizzying number of props, sets and costumes from television shows beloved by generations of viewers will be sold at auction next month. The collection James Comisar has spent over 30 years amassing includes “The Tonight Show” set Johnny Carson gave him after retiring, the timeworn living room from “All in the Family” and the bar where Sam Malone served customers on Cheers. Costumes being sold include the pink confection Barbara Eden wore in “I Dream of Jeannie” to costumes from “Star Trek.” Comisar, who after high school became a TV comedy writer, ...

Firm that hired kids to clean meat plants keeps losing work

OMAHA, Neb. — The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp equipment like bone saws has continued to lose contracts with the major meat producers since the investigation became public last fall. For its part, Packers Sanitation Services Inc., or PSSI as it is known, said it has taken a number of steps to tighten up its hiring practices but it says the rising number of child labor cases nationwide is likely related to the increase in the number of minors crossing the U.S. border alone in recent ...

GFW hosts special meeting, work session May 1

GIBBON — The Gibbon Fairfax Winthrop (GFW) School Board will hold a special meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 1 in the Gibbon Early Childhood room regarding the 2022-23 school calendar. A work session follows at 7 p.m. Agenda items are continuous improvement, governance roles in structures, committees and protocols, a PreK-12 school construction timeline and architecture process, human resources, finance and policies.

ABC’s ‘The Goldbergs’ bids farewell

As “The Goldbergs” ends its 10-season run, Hayley Orrantia is saying goodbye to a family in multiple ways. The actress-singer has had that relationship with many of the cast and crew members on the ABC sitcom based on the 1980s family life and experiences of creator and executive producer Adam F. Goldberg. The airing of the show’s finale Wednesday, May 3, means Orrantia’s farewell to the role of bright and caustic Erica Goldberg ... who’s now a wife and mother, expanding the character whom Adam based on his brother Eric. “It was a very sad day, to say the least,” ...

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Q: How was the process of making something as offbeat as “Mrs. Davis,” in which a nun battles an artificial intelligence? A: The scripts were so ambitious, everybody pulled together ... not just the cast, but every single department, from the production assistants to the top brass. This was an opportunity, so we just decided to go for broke and see if we could out-weird the show. We aimed for them to tell us, “Oh, that’s too much,” and that rarely happened. Whether it was the color palette of the wardrobe or a detail in the set decoration, I think everybody gravitated ...

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DeSantis’ trip overshadowed by fight with Disney TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hoped his first international trade mission would generate lucrative business deals and boost his foreign policy resume ahead of an expected presidential run. Instead, he faced questions about losing ground to former President Donald Trump and being taken to court by Walt Disney World. The trip reflected the intensifying pressure confronting DeSantis as some of his allies grow increasingly anxious about his White House prospects. Within a few short years, he rose from relatively ...