The city of Oakland plans to present MLB’s Athletics ownership with an offer to extend the team’s lease for five years, with an opt-out after three. The Athletics have announced plans to move the franchise to Las Vegas, where a proposed stadium is scheduled to be completed by 2028. The current Athletics lease in Oakland […]
A Los Angeles Times column criticized as “sexist” by LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey was changed online by the newspaper early this morning because it “did not meet Times editorial standards.” LSU beat UCLA 78-69 on Saturday to advance in the Women’s NCAA tournament. Before the game, columnist Ben Bolch wrote that the Lady […]
IFC Films’ Late Night With The Devil topped the specialty market in its second week, as a Tollywood and a Bollywood film both made the top ten in a rare occurrence. Strong horror and Indian fare have helped buoy the box office since Covid. They continue to fill in the top ten, including this week, […]
Lego has requested that the Murrieta, California police department stop posting its yellow minifigure heads on suspects’ faces. The toy production company contacted the police department last week and held a “constructive” conversation to snap the department into line. They acted after the Murrieta police posted on social media a fictional line-up of five men […]
The Doctor Who simultaneous global premiere arrives in May, and the episode titles for the season have now been revealed. In addition, another guest star has been added to the cast. In the Julie Anne Robinson directed Space Babies, Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story) joins Doctor Who as Jocelyn. “It’s been amazing to […]
Chance Perdomo died from motorcycle accident at just 27 years old, shocking fans and his colleagues in Gen V and The Boys. After a day to process the awful news, the cast members took to social media to honor Perdomo’s memory. Patrick Schwarzenegger, who plays Luke, the best friend of Perdomo’s character Andre in Gen V, […]
Richard Gere has issued a tribute to his An Officer and a Gentleman costar Louis Gossett Jr., who just died at age 87. In the film, Gossett was Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley, a drill instructor who shaped Gere’s character Zack Mayo in the 1982 film. The film earned Gossett an Academy Award for Best Supporting […]
Rebel Wilson has made more claims regarding Sacha Baron Cohen’s treatment of her, saying in an interview to promote her new memoir, that he set out to humiliate her when they worked together. Wilson’s forthcoming memoir Rebel Rising includes her claims that the British actor sexually harassed her on the set of their 2016 film […]
King Charles has stepped out for a church service in London, in his first major public appearance since sharing his cancer diagnosis and treatment. The King attended the Easter service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, accompanied by Queen Camilla and other members of the family. He was seen waving to people around the Chapel, […]
Mark Ronson was Amy Winehouse’s producer and collaborator who helped her reach great creative and commercial heights with her biggest songs. But the Daily Mail reports that the role of Oscar winner Ronson has been cut from forthcoming biopic about the London singer. The movie is named after Winehouse’s second award-winning album and classic track, […]
The Tehran government has denied that it had any part on the attack on an Iran International TV presenter outside his London home. Pouria Zeraati was stabbed in the leg outside his south-west London home Friday. He is recovering in hospital, from where he posted a picture on social media over the weekend. Two unidentified […]
Tonight on SNL, Ramy Youssef appeared in a sketch parodying NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts series. After singing a line from a song, alongside band mates played by Chloe Troast and James Austin Johnson, he tells a crowd assembled for the performance, “Thank you so much NPR. We are the Jonah Hughes Band. Now, that last […]
Colin Jost and Michael Che took shots at Donald Trump and Ronna McDaniel on Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update.” The weekly segment started off with Jost taking several jabs at Trump for selling a Bible in partnership with country star Lee Greenwood with a price tag of $60. Jost said the special edition of the […]
In tonight’s SNL sketch centered on the trio known as Please Don’t Destroy — John Higgins, Ben Marshall and Martin Herlihy — host Ramy Youssef stops by their writers’ room at 10:16 p.m., proposing “A Night Out with Travis.” “Yo dudes, what’s up?” he says. “You won’t believe this, but I was just with Travis […]
Tonight on SNL, Poor Things star Ramy Youssef appeared as part of a commercial highlighting an exciting new product called Ozempic for Ramadan. After getting his kids ready for school, Youssef tells the viewer, “You know, fasting for Ramadan used to be easy, but the last few years of work and a growing family, it’s […]
Ramy Youssef hosted Saturday Night Live and made a call to free the people of Palestine as well as the hostages. During his monologue, Youssef said that in his friend group, “I’m one of the only guys who prays. I’m friends with a lot of sinners — with just disgusting people. And they call me […]
Saturday Night Live went with Donald Trump’s hawking of Bibles for its cold open, with James Austin Johnson returning as the former president to make the pitch. It was another case of the show trying to satirize something that hardly needs rewriting. “That’s right, it’s Easter. The time of year when I compare myself to […]
Jennifer Love Hewitt is the person to thank for the 9-1-1 and The Bachelor crossover on ABC. The I Know What You Did Last Summer star is a fan of the dating reality series, and when the first-responder series got picked up by ABC after being canceled by Fox, she pitched a crossover to Tim […]
Tim McGovern, the visual effects artist and Oscar winner for his work on the 1990 film Total Recall, has died. He was 68. McGovern’s wife, Reena NeGandhi, shared news of her husband on social media. “Today is the saddest day of my life. My Husband Tim McGovern, an Oscar winner for the VFX in 1990’s […]
Bette Midler is “in the mood to talk some sh**t” and wants to join The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. The star took to social media to express her desire to become one of the stars of the Bravo reality series. “Is it too late for me to become a Real Housewife of Beverly Hills? […]
Jim Parsons is teasing how filming the Young Sheldon series finale was for him reprising his role from The Big Bang Theory. The actor is set to play the role of Sheldon Cooper in the final episode of the spinoff prequel series set for May 16 alongside Mayim Bialik. While being interviewed on Today on […]
Today was supposed to be a happy day for the cast and producers of Prime Video’s Gen V as they were supposed to reconvene for the superhero series’ first Season 2 table read this afternoon ahead of the start of filming, scheduled for April 8 in Toronto. Instead, they woke up to the news that […]
Denise Richards is not shutting down a possible return to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. In a new interview, the former Bravo star said she would consider returning to the reality series. “I always say, ‘Never say never,'” Richards told People. Richards joined RHOBH in Season 9 and left after only two seasons on […]
Hardcore Pawn star and Detroit pawnbroker Les Gold told Fox News that customers seem to be getting increasingly desperate. Gold starred in the TruTV series between 2010 and 2015 along with his adult children and fellow pawnbrokers Ashley and Seth at American Jewelry and Loan. He said pawnbrokers are “street-level economists” who are indicators of […]
Matthew Underwood, star of Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101, is sharing he was sexually harassed and assaulted by his former agent. In a post shared on social media, the former actor revealed that the experience with the agent is what made him quit acting. “When I was 19, I was sexually harassed and then assaulted by my […]
