Long Island Newsday: Entertainment

Kyndra Sanchez, a 14-year-old performer from Dix Hills, stars as an evil pirate in the Nickelodeon series "Santiago of the Seas" premiering Oct. 9.

Roxanne Coffey of Seaford says she's actually "the happiest, nicest person you'll ever meet. I was just very overwhelmed during my wedding process."

The Uniondale Mini Cinema was a counter-cultural beacon that hosted "Rocky Horror" screenings, mostly at midnight, for years before eventually closing.

Garden City's Tom Humbert is the writer, director and star of "Wholly Broken," a faith-based musical set in the Hamptons and available on Amazon Prime.

Jimmy Kimmel will host this year's show from a largely empty Staples Center with the winners virtually  accepting their statuettes.

Missing this year will be structure, or the long-enforced network mandate that fall begins by the third week in September.

This year's line-up will feature three local Dead tribute bands Reckoning, Half Step and The Electrix, who will each perform a 60-minute set.

Ushkowitz announced the happy news Sunday on Instagram.

The veteran street reporter spent many years as the station's Long Island reporter, covering everything from Joey Buttafuoco to Flight 800.

The discovery came five days after the 33-year-old Rivera disappeared on Lake Piru, where her son was found July 8 asleep and alone on a rented pontoon boat, authorities said.