Besides being an accomplished actor, John Lithgow is a Harvard graduate who was a Fulbright Scholar at the London School of the Arts.

Stage, TV and film writer-director Douglas McGrath, who earned a Tony nomination for “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” and an Oscar nod for the “Bullets Over Broadway” screenplay he co-wrote with Woody Allen, has died.

Some NBC News hosts are branching out into the theater.

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This week’s new entertainment releases include a double album from Alicia Keys and a posthumous one from Juice Wrld, Sandra Bullock playing an ex-con in the Netflix film “The Unforgivable” and Will Smith testing himself in a wildlife documentary series.

1945: Actor John Lithgow, known for roles on TV shows such as "3rd Rock from the Sun" and "Dexter" as well as in movies like "The World According to Garp," "Terms of Endearment," "Footloose" and "Shrek," is born in Rochester, New York.