New York — All good things must come to an end and Matt Amodio’s historic run on “Jeopardy!” did just that on Monday’s show, leaving the Yale doctoral student with 38 wins and more than $1.5 million in prize money. Amodio failed to answer the Final Jeopardy! clue correctly and came …
Read More »Britney Spears’ father files petition to end conservatorship after 13 years
Jamie Spears has filed to end his conservatorship over his daughter, singer Britney Spears, after more than a decade. “As Mr. Spears has said again and again, all he wants is what is best for his daughter,” the document, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, says, The Associated Press reports. “If Ms. …
Read More »Shane Gillis SNL: “Saturday Night Live” fires comedian Shane Gillis over racist and homophobic video
“Saturday Night Live” says comedian Shane Gillis will no longer be joining the show’s cast after videos of him making racist, sexist and homophobic jokes surfaced. In a video from 2018, Gillis used racial slurs for Chinese people and also mocked Asian people who were trying to learn English. A spokesperson …
Read More »Emmy 2019 nominations full list today: “Game of Thrones” earns record
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” has slashed its way to a record-setting 32 Emmy nominations Tuesday for its eighth and final season. The bloodthirsty saga’s total eclipsed the all-time series record of 27 nods earned by “NYPD Blue” in 1994. The showing by “Game of Thrones” led HBO back to dominance …
Read More »Flying Wallendas traverse Times Square on a high wire
New York — Two siblings from the famed Flying Wallendas safely crossed Times Square on a high wire strung between two skyscrapers 25 stories above the pavement. Nik Wallenda is a seventh-generation acrobat, but this time, he said he was nervous. His sister, Lijana Wallenda, joined him Sunday night for …
Read More »Terminator Dark Fate trailer released today, starring Linda Hamilton, MacKenzie Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger
The first trailer for “Terminator: Dark Fate” dropped Thursday in the latest installment of James Cameron’s blockbuster film franchise. It features a callback to 1991’s film “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” with Linda Hamilton reprising her role as Sarah Connor and Arnold Schwarzenegger making a cameo as the original Terminator. The …
Read More »Rapper Cardi B defends herself after old livestream video resurfaces of her saying she drugged, robbed men as a stripper
#SurvivingCardiB was trending on Twitter Tuesday after the resurfacing of an old video in which she talks about drugging and stealing from men when she was a stripper. Critics are comparing Cardi B other alleged sex offenders, including R. Kelly, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by several women, …
Read More »Neil Simon, legendary Broadway playwright, dead at 91
NEW YORK — Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits such as “The Odd Couple,” ”Barefoot in the Park” and his “Brighton Beach” trilogy dominated Broadway for decades, has died. He was 91. Simon died early Sunday of complications from pneumonia surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian …
Read More »Shania Twain apologizes for saying she would’ve voted for Trump
NEW YORK — Shania Twain has apologized for saying if she were American she would have voted for Donald Trump for president, even though he’s offensive. Twain made the comments in an interview with The Guardian that was published over the weekend. She told the British newspaper: “I would have voted …
Read More »Colin Trevorrow to direct “Jurassic World 3”
Colin Trevorrow is returning to the “Jurassic World” franchise to direct its third installment. Executive producer Steven Spielberg told Entertainment Weekly that Trevorrow will direct the next “Jurassic World” film; it was previously announced that he was writing the script. Spielberg will also serve as executive producer on “Jurassic Park …
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