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Bob Barker, the energetic game show legend who for more than 50 years made every day entertaining as host of Truth or Consequences and The Price Is Right, has died. He was 99. 

Barker, who also was celebrated for his animal-rights activism and for one hilarious brawl with Adam Sandler in the 1996 golf comedy Happy Gilmore, died Saturday morning of natural causes in his longtime Hollywood Hills home, his representative, Roger Neal, told The Hollywood Reporter.

“It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker, has left us,” Neal said in a statement. 

After a decade toiling on the radio, Barker was named host of the nationally televised Truth or Consequences in December 1956 and stayed with…

Drew Barrymore has dropped out as host of the MTV Movie and TV Awards, saying she’s doing so in solidarity with striking writers.

The awards are still set to air Sunday, but they’ll now go without a host and without any Writers Guild of America scribes. MTV has also called off the red carpet for the event, which may see other talent pull out as well.

Barrymore has, however, agreed to host the 2024 awards.

“I have listened to the writers, and in order to truly respect them, I will pivot from hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards live in solidarity with the strike. Everything we celebrate and honor about movies and television is born out of their creation,” Barrymore said in a statement. “And until a solution is reached, I am choosing to wait but…

Drew Barrymore is set to host the 2023 MTV Movie and TV Awards in Los Angeles.

The talk show host and iconic actress will take the stage at the Barker Hangar on May 7 for MTV’s annual awards that honor the biggest and best in both movies and television, scripted and unscripted, which will air internationally in more than 150 countries.

Over the course of her decades-long career, Barrymore has been nominated for nine MTV Movie and TV Awards and has taken home three Golden Popcorns. Her first was for best kiss in The Wedding Singer. She also won awards for best onscreen team for Charlie’s Angels and best talk/topical show at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted. In 2020, Barrymore and Sandler, who have starred alongside each other in multiple…

In a rare interview, former The Price Is Right host Bob Barker spoke with People about his decades-long stint on the show. The CBS game show marks its 50th season next month.

Barker, 97, who officially signed off Price for the last time in 2007, joked: “I’m often asked what I loved most about my years with Price, and the first thing that pops to mind is … the money, of course!”

He continued, “All kidding aside, there was much to love. I had the pleasure of working with a dedicated and talented cast and crew for 35 great years. Particularly close to my heart was the ability our vast popularity gave me to remind our entire audience daily about the importance of spaying and neutering your pets.”

CBS will air a two-hour primetime special on Sept. 30 to honor…