Loni Anderson, best known for her role as the confident receptionist at a struggling radio station on the hit sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, has died just shy of her 80th birthday, at a hospital in Los Angeles following a prolonged illness.(Chris Carlson/AP)
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Anderson’s roots trace back to St. Paul, Minnesota, where she was born on August 5, 1945, to an environmental chemist father and mother who was a model.(Richard Shotwell/AP)
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Anderson began her acting career with a small role in the 1966 film "Nevada Smith," but found her footing on television in the 1970s, later starring in sitcoms and TV movies after "WKRP in Cincinnati."(Richard Shotwell/AP)
“WKRP in Cincinnati” aired from 1978 to 1982, and Anderson played the role of a blonde, high-heeled receptionist at a struggling Ohio radio station, who routinely deflected unwanted business calls for her boss, and often kept the station running at the face of others' incompetence. (Pinterest)
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Her performance brought her critical acclaim, including two Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations.(Pinterest)
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Olivier Assayas’s political drama The Wizard of the Kremlin has Jude Law stepping into the shoes of Vladimir Putin. The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
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AI artiste aitot2.0 has imagined what Bollywood x Hollywood crossover could look like if Hollywood hunks teamed up with Bollywood actresses for movies. And the result is quite exciting. Here, the artiste imagines Leonardo DiCaprio with Aishwarya Rai. We think they would have made for a lovely pair in a movie.
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Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra played Jai and Veeru respectively in Sholay. Jai and Veeru were named after Salim Khan's college friends, Veerandar Singh Bias and Jai Singh Rao Kalevar. Both have passed away.
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The release of Rajinikanth's film Coolie on 14 August coincided with the milestone of the Tamil superstar completing 50 years in cinema on 15 August.
