In the late 1970s, Chuck Barris was a patron of the arts to starving artists like Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman. Reubens expressed his affection for the producer, who died on Tuesday at 87, as he recalled his 14 appearances on Barris’ late 1970s hit “The Gong Show.

Radio journalist Maria Emilia Martin, a former NPR colleague who created the radio showLatino USA, has died in Austin, Texas. She was 72 years old, and died after a recent operation. For nearly half a century, Martin brought the voices of Latin Americans and Latinos in this country to public radio. She reported on politics, violence and resilience of indigenous communities in Central America. Most recently, she filed reports from Guatemala.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not seen the March 9 episode of “Scandal,” titled, “They All Bow Down.” The night of Frankie Vargas’ assassination is becoming a bit more clear week after week on “Scandal,” and although tonight’s episode cleared up what Jake Ballard (Scott Foley) was doing on election night when Frankie was shot, many more mysteries presented themselves… In present day, Jake is with his wife Vanessa (Jessalyn Gilsig) who is celebrating her husband becoming the vice president, alongside the assumed president, Mellie (Bellamy Young).

Recently single Paris Hilton has found herself a new man in comedy director Todd Phillips -- and TMZ has the photo of them locking lips. The photo was snapped Thursday night inside Beacher's Madhouse at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. But this is no one-night thing -- we're told Todd was at Paris' pre-July 4th party on Friday where the two "only had eyes for each other."

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