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LeVar Burton Opens Up About His Relationship with Fred Rogers: He 'Encouraged Me to Be Myself'
LeVar Burton received a standing ovation Thursday morning when he stopped by The View to discuss the new documentary about...
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TV's slew of 9/11 20th-anniversary programming has been overwhelming
"The rush to produce as much September 11 #content as possible this year has an almost frantic undercurrent to it,"...
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Posted Saturday 3/20/21 at 3:49AM EDT
"Happy Birthday, Mister Rogers" event on Saturday will also celebrate the life of Joanne Rogers
Tom Bergeron will host the virtual event, celebrating what would've been Fred Rogers' 93rd birthday, streaming on YouTube and Facebook...
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Mister Rogers' Neighborhood Premiered 53 Years Ago Today
On February 19th 1968, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood debuted on the Eastern Educational Television Network, a regional concern that would later become...
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Posted Thursday 1/14/21 at 6:34PM EST
Joanne Rogers, widow of Fred Rogers, dies at 92
Rogers was a classical pianist who was married to the Mister Rogers' Neighborhood star for 50 years until his death...
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Posted Thursday 5/21/20 at 3:45AM EDT
Ice Cube: Mister Rogers sued me over "A Gangsta's Fairytale"
The rapper-turned-actor's critically acclaimed debut studio album AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted was released 30 years ago this week and featured "A...
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Posted Sunday 4/26/20 at 3:46AM EDT
Mister Rogers' gay co-star says he was encouraged to stay in the closet and marry a woman
Francois Clemmons' new memoir Officer Clemons recounts his time on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood as Officer Clemons from 1968 to 1993,...
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Posted Wednesday 3/25/20 at 1:41PM EDT
Mister Rogers joins the National Recording Registry
The Library of Congress' National Recording Registry has added Fred Rogers' 1973 album featuring 21 of his favorite songs from...
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Posted Wednesday 11/27/19 at 3:29AM EST
Mister Rogers would make his wife Joanne laugh by farting
Joanne Rogers, 91, wanted to make it clear to the A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood writers that her longtime...
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Posted Tuesday 9/24/19 at 1:22PM EDT
"Sexy Mister Rogers" Halloween costume gets approval from one of Fred Rogers' sons
Model Dessie Mitcheson has received some backlash for the Halloween outfit she went viral for promoting last week.
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Posted Thursday 9/19/19 at 3:54AM EDT
"Sexy Mister Rogers" costume is for sale in time for Halloween
The Fred Rogers-inspired female "Nicest Neighbor" costume is available for $59.
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Posted Monday 9/09/19 at 1:49PM EDT
Tom Hanks says filming Mister Rogers' Neighborhood's iconic opening was one of the hardest parts of his new movie
“Twenty-two takes, baby,” he told reporters at a Toronto International Film Festival while promoting his Fred Rogers movie A Beautiful...
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Posted Monday 7/22/19 at 1:32PM EDT
Tom Hanks plays Mister Rogers to perfection in the A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood trailer
The film based on a 1998 Esquire magazine profile of Fred Rogers opens in theaters November.
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Posted Wednesday 3/20/19 at 1:17PM EDT
Tom Hanks' Fred Rogers movie releases a Mister Rogers' Neighborhood set photo
Sony Pictures unveiled the new A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood film image in celebration of today being Rogers' 91st...
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Oscars snub Mister Rogers documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?
On Monday, the tearjerker of a film based on Fred Rogers' life and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood described itself as "the...