Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic with bushy hair and massive mustache, dies at 100 Independent By: Mark Kennedy 13 June 2026 at 00:42 Gene Shalit, the beloved movie critic and arts reporter for the “Today” show, has passed away © Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Broadway revivals and 'Liberation' win big at the Tony Awards PBS NewsHour - The Latest By: Mark Kennedy · Associated Press 8 June 2026 at 16:25 "Schmigadoon!," an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows, won the best new musical Tony Award on a night when actor John Lithgow and playwright Bess Wohl made history.