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Jane Powell, the radiant and refined singing star of such ebullient Hollywood musicals as A Date With Judy, Royal Wedding and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, died Thursday. She was 92. Powell, who projected an image of the innocent girl next door throughout her movie career, which began as a teenager, diedof natural causes at

Freeform has put its mermaid drama Siren out to sea. The Disney-owned cable network has canceled the show after three seasons. The move comes some two months after the season three finale on May 28.

Jan Merlin, who played villains in dozens of films and TV shows and good guys onTom Corbett, Space CadetandThe Rough Riders, died Friday in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 94. In a painful year in England and Ireland in which he served as a movable prop and received no screen credit, Merlin donned

Alan Thicke has turned to comedy to defuse a public controversy stoked by his one-time TV sons high profile homophobic comments. Thicke, who played Kirk Camerons father on the family friendly sitcom Growing Pains, tweeted in response to Cameron calling homosexuality unnatural and destructive on Piers Morgan Tonight, writing Im getting him some new books.

As Wonka is set to make its theatrical debut on Dec. 15, The Hollywood Reporter is looking back at all the actors who have played the iconic Willy Wonka. The fictional character was created by British author Roald Dahl for his 1964 childrens novelCharlie and the Chocolate Factory. The character went on to appear in