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Joseph Di Palma, a producer and longtime sponsor of the syndicated program Nightly Business Report, died March 4 of pneumonia at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, his wife, Joycelyn Engle, announced. He was 94.

Di Palma produced such features as The Innocent and the Damned (2005), Amazing Racer (2009) — also known as Shannon’s Rainbow — and Awakened (2013).

He also was behind The Di Palma Forum, a four-year celebrity interview TV series that benefited the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. It featured high-profile guests discussing national issues.

He sponsored the Nightly Business Report, which was syndicated by American Public Television, for a decade.

Di Palma was born on Jan. 17, 1931, in New York and raised in Forest Hills Gardens. His parents were Gaetano Di Palma, a civil engineer who built the Italian Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, and Michela May Ambrosio Di Palma.

He earned a B.A. from Columbia University in 1952 and,...

Luis Colón became the fourth contestant eliminated from “The Challenge: USA” on Sunday night, following his loss to Chris Underwood in the arena. In the game “Evil Eye,” each man began in the center of the arena, holding on to either side of the “evil eye.” After host T.J. Lavin said “Go!” they engaged in a physical battle, trying to wrestle the object away from each other. In the end, Chris pulled off the win and sent the rookie from “The Amazing Race” packing. Watch our exclusive video interview with the eliminated contestant above.

“We knew since Episode 1 that they were coming after us,” Luis tells Gold Derby senior editor Denton Davidson. “We had the best team. The women on our team were the reason why we were so good. Desi [Williams] and Michaela [Bradshaw], those girls are badasses. That was the only way that they would have won was to [gang] up on us.

A Novel Romance. At The Top Of The Pyramid. Duckwalls. Ay Luv Yu. Cornered. Help Me, Help You. The Gold Retrievers. Fatal Rescue. Shannon's Rainbow. Major Movie Star.Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the last ten films to star one time leading man Steve Guttenberg, all of them produced since 2008 and hands up anybody who has seen any of them. I do this to make a point. Power brokers at New Line, Steve Guttenberg is available to star in your Police Academy remake.Yes, kids, one of the stupidest comedy franchises of all time - though, admittedly, quite funny for the first few installments and an adolescent favorite - is coming back, New Line having just named Scott Zabielski to direct a remake....