Ms. Rooks, a sports journalist, starts her day with matcha and ends with W.W.E. In between? A little glam and fitness. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Television”
How to Watch the 2025 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2025
The 99th edition of the New York parade will feature performances from Cynthia Erivo and Busta Rhymes, as well as dozens of floats and balloons. Source: New York Times
Arian Moayed Would Rather Be Backstage
By Gotham Rex on October 25, 2025
It is “the actual reason all of us crazy folks go back to the theater,” said the actor, who has joined the Season 2 cast of “Nobody Wants This.” Source: New York Times
Adams Eyes a Reality TV Star Who Could Help Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze
By Gotham Rex on October 24, 2025
Mayor Eric Adams has only weeks left in office, but he can use them to appoint people with the ability to shape policy beyond his tenure. Source: New York Times
His Parents Disappeared. In a TV Studio, He Confessed to Killing Them.
By Gotham Rex on September 27, 2025
After investigators came looking, Lorenz Kraus told a reporter he had strangled Franz and Theresia Kraus eight years ago. Two bodies were buried in their backyard. Source: New York Times
Northwell Health Is Starting Its Own Film Studio After Starring in Documentaries
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2024
The Northwell Health system allowed filmmakers to make documentaries following its doctors, nurses and patients. It went so well, the hospital is starting a studio to make its own. Source: New York Times
George Newall, a Creator of ‘Schoolhouse Rock,’ Dies at 88
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2022
He was the last surviving member of the team that produced the educational cartoon for ABC-TV that informed Generation X. Source: New York Times
Allen Kay, 77, Dies; Coined ‘If You See Something, Say Something’
By Gotham Rex on December 2, 2022
He created many memorable commercials, including one featuring a monk who works miracles with a Xerox copier. His most notable slogan helped save lives. Source: New York Times
Liza Colón-Zayas Swears by Brené Brown, ‘Hacks’ and Hugs
By Gotham Rex on November 21, 2022
The actress, who won fans for her turn as a wary prep cook on “The Bear,” makes her Broadway debut in “Between Riverside and Crazy.” Source: New York Times
Douglas McGrath, Playwright, Filmmaker and Actor, Dies at 64
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2022
His one-man Off Broadway show, “Everything’s Fine,” directed by John Lithgow, had opened just weeks ago. Source: New York Times
How Maulik Pancholy Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2022
Maulik Pancholy sets the table but lets his husband do the cooking. Source: New York Times
Al Primo, Creator of Local TV’s Eyewitness News, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2022
At stations in Philadelphia and then New York, he relaxed the tone of news delivery, using two anchors, a diverse team of reporters and dollops of banter. Source: New York Times
Meteorologist Erick Adame’s Firing Over Online Sex Prompts Backlash
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2022
Spectrum News NY1 fired Erick Adame after someone took nude pictures of him performing on an adult webcam site and sent them to his employer and his mother. Source: New York Times
At Lincoln Center, Addicted to Swing and Back on the Dance Floor
By Gotham Rex on September 1, 2022
After a pandemic hiatus, dancing under the stars has returned, uniting old friends and acquaintances. Source: New York Times
Robert LuPone, Actor Who Became a Behind-the-Scenes Force, Dies at 76
By Gotham Rex on August 31, 2022
After playing a critical Broadway role in “A Chorus Line,” he helped start the vibrant Off Broadway MCC Theater. TV watchers knew him from “The Sopranos” and “Law and Order.” Source: New York Times