A die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan jumps the wall at the 1979 Super Bowl to watch his favorite team, a Muslim teen girl (comedian-attorney Yasmin Elhady) conquers 9/11 adversity and wins over students at an Alabama high school to become class president, and a working-class guy is slowed down by the cops in his blitz to […]
The Food Network “Worst Cooks In America” winner Ariel Robinson is gearing up for her murder trial in the death of a three-year-old foster child in her care. Ariel Robinson, the Season 20 winner of the reality show “Worst Cooks in America,” is expected to stand trial on May 9 for her alleged role in […]
The world has come to recognize the supreme talent of Viola Davis, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress. But she had to overcome huge obstacles to achieve her success, growing up poor in Central Falls, Rhode Island. The enormity of those obstacles becomes strikingly clear in an episode of the Apple TV+ documentary series Dear… that’s […]
Writer-directors James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte recognize a good old-fashioned scam story when they see one. Their 2020 Emmy-nominated documentary series McMillion$ revealed how a former police officer managed to rig McDonald’s big-bucks Monopoly game in the 1990s. Their new docuseries for Apple TV+, The Big Conn, delves into an even bigger fraud. They first learned […]
There’s a new member of one of Major League Baseball’s most exclusive clubs. Detroit Tigers designated hitter Miguel Cabrera joined the 3,000 hits/500 home runs club today with a first inning single against the Colorado Rockies. He is the 33rd player in MLB history to get 3,000 hits, virtually ensuring a ticket to the baseball […]
It’s the Kardashians, like you’ve never seen them before. In the wake of departing E! after 20 seasons with their signature reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the family took the concept of putting their personal lives on camera to the next level, and that is with Hulu in their revamped series The Kardashians. Everything […]
What does it take to get Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness to show up on time for shoots on their Emmy-winning Netflix series? “Tough love,” jokes fellow cast member Bobby Berk. That’s one of the many revelations — humorous and otherwise — you can expect from Deadline’s all-day Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event, […]
The BBC is facing a fresh gender pay row, with its plans to allow managers to sign off discretionary salary increases for staff. The Times reports that the Corporation is facing challenges over these plans from both unions and its well-established BBC Women employee network – amid concern that female employees could significantly lose out. […]
British singer Tom Grennan has revealed the extent of his injuries after he was attacked outside a bar in New York on Wednesday evening. The BRIT Award-nominated singer has posted a Twitter video revealing he is suffering from a ruptured eardrum and concussion after the assault, which he says was a case of “wrong place, […]
Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler made its subject Shimon Hayut famous and infamous, detailing how he persuaded dozens of women to spend their money on his lavish lifestyle, feeding them outlandish yarns about his life story and how only the contents of their bank accounts could save him from imminent peril. Now he is in […]
It was old school week on Bill Maher’s Friday Real Time. Fresh off a week away while his Adulting special ran in his regular HBO time slot, Maher celebrated his return by bringing in an old friend from the comedy circuit. Bob Odenkirk, the Better Call Saul actor, comedian, producer, and author of the new memoir, Comedy […]
Covid test positivity in California is up 47.6% in the past week, according to the California State data dashboard. One week ago, the 7-day daily test positivity rate was 2.1%. Today, it sits at 3.1%. That’s quite a jump for a metric that is averaged over seven days to account for daily fluctuations in data […]
One of the legendary moments in the National Football League came when Philadelphia Eagles fans booed Santa Claus and pelted him with snowballs. This year, they may get a chance to do it again. An NFL executive has let it slip that the league is planning a Christmas Day tripleheader, since the holiday falls on […]
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the Season 14 Grand Finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race. RuPaul’s Drag Race has a new reigning queen, as Season 14 finalists Angeria Paris VanMichaels, Bosco, Daya Betty, Lady Camden and Willow Pill all made their final bids for the crown in Friday’s Grand Finale. The glamorous extravaganza filmed […]
Paramount+ has ru-vealed more than just the trailer for the latest RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, unveiling that Cameron Diaz, Nancy Pelosi, Naomi Campbell and Ronan Farrow will be among the buzzy names set to appear in season 7. During the Drag Race Season 14 Grand Finale on Friday, Paramount+ shared a teaser for the […]
Guitar Shorty, a blues great for more than six decades known for his stage antics and awesome guitar solos, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 87 and his death was attributed to natural causes by his representatives. Born David William Kearney, Guitar Shorty (a name granted him on a club marquee) started his career […]
The European Union on Saturday announced a provisional agreement on the Digital Services Act which, according to the organization “will help to keep the digital space safe from illegal goods, content and services, and to protect fundamental rights online.” More practically, it should mean that massive tech companies like Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon and others […]
Get out the erasers. There’s a new entry in the Jeopardy! record books. Mattea Roach, a 23-year-old tutor from Toronto, Ontario, won her 14th straight game today and brought her total winnings to $320,081. With this win, Roach became eighth on the all-time consecutive games list and tenth on the all-time highest non-tournament cash winnings […]
Like every other facet of life, the broadcast pilot season has not been the same it was before the pandemic. Back in January, we did a story about the expected historic low volume of pilots, which has since became a reality with 30-something orders, and how some Covid-imposed changes were here to stay. A more […]
Showtime’s The Chi will be one cast member short when it returns in June. On Thursday, Jasmine Davis who appears as Imani revealed that she will not be in the series’ upcoming fifth season. “Due to the many inquiries I’m officially announcing I will not be part in Season 5 of @SHOTheChi and I will […]
Nicolas Cage helped Johnny Depp get his first film role in what turned out to be Wes Craven’s original Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984. For many actors, being in a horror classic would be the highlight of their career. For Depp, it was just the beginning. The actor has made nearly 100 films since […]
Sony Pictures Classics art heist caper The Duke, Neon’s tender Petite Maman, and Charlotte from Good Deed Films, an animated biopic with mature themes, open an eclectic specialty weekend ready to draw older crowds if they’re ready to return. Younger demos are back when they like the pic, as per A24s Everything Everywhere All At […]
Natalie Holt has been set as the composer for Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, becoming the first woman to score a live-action Star Wars project. She broke the news in an interview with Vanity Fair published on Friday, also confirming reports that longtime Star Wars composer John Williams will provide the show’s main title theme, in his […]
