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Tough decision for Biden: Russia oil ban would trigger higher gas prices
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Calls mounted Monday for the U.S. to ban the import of Russian oil, but while President Joe Biden’s administration signaled a new openness to doing so, the president faced the [Read More…]
Florida becomes 1st state advising against giving COVID-19 vaccine to healthy children, despite CDC recommendation
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Despite widespread support for pediatric COVID-19 vaccinations from the nation’s top health officials, Florida will become the first state in the country to advise against vaccinating [Read More…]
Multiple people shot outside Des Moines, Iowa, high school
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Multiple people were shot Monday afternoon outside a high school in Des Moines, Iowa, police said. The shooting occurred outside East High School, according to police. The high [Read More…]
Chris Rock and Kevin Hart combine forces for the Rock Hart: Only Headliners Allowed tour
Live Nation Recently, we reported that both Kevin Hart and Chris Rock were launching respective stand-up tours, but now it’s been announced that the longtime friends are teaming up for a trek. Live Nation reports that Hart and Rock [Read More…]
Kanye vs. Pete Davidson beef spills over to Starbucks tip jars in viral TikTok
NBC/Jeff Daly — MEGA/GC Images While Kanye West‘s song “Eazy” takes more than a veiled dig at Pete Davidson — “dig” being the operative word, as Ye buries an animated avatar of the SNL star alive — the flap has [Read More…]
Holy update, Batman! ‘The Batman’ actually made $134 million over the weekend
Warner Bros. Pictures As reported, The Batman was this weekend’s box office champ, but a recalculation of the numbers shows that the film made even more money than previously thought. Variety reports that Robert Pattinson‘s first turn as the [Read More…]
NHL reveals new Stanley Cup logo design
NHL (NEW YORK) — For the first time in 13 years, the NHL has redesigned its Stanley Cup logo as it looks ahead to the “next era.” The new branding was unveiled on Monday and [Read More…]
Hundreds of migrants arrive on boat in Florida Keys
Gary John Norman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 356 Haitian migrants traveled by boat on a dangerous trek to the coast of the Ocean Reef community in Key Largo, Florida, on March 6, according [Read More…]
Benedict Cumberbatch responds to Sam Elliott’s flaming of ‘The Power of the Dog’
Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) As reported last week, Western movie veteran Sam Elliott isn’t a fan of Jane Campion‘s 12-time Oscar-nominated The Power of the Dog. In fact, he called it a “piece of sh**.” Elliott was speaking with on Marc Maron‘s WTF [Read More…]
How ‘King Richard’ star Aunjanue Ellis wants to honor her late mother with her Oscars dress
Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for SBIFF Aunjanue Ellis has a special request for whoever designs the dress she wears at her first-ever Academy Awards ceremony. The King Richard actress, who’s nominated for best supporting actress, told Good [Read More…]
‘Saturday Night Live’ star James Austin Johnson breaks down his spot-on Trump impression
NBC/Will Heath Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live opened with a sketch about a purported Fox News Channel telethon in which its anchors raised money for the “real victims” of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian oligarchs. [Read More…]
Supreme Court rejects petition to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction
Matt Rourke-Pool/Getty Images Bill Cosby will remain a free man. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a petition from Pennsylvania prosecutors seeking to reinstate the 84-year-old disgraced comedian’s 2018 sexual assault conviction. The justices declined [Read More…]
‘Modern Family’ star Ariel Winter replaces Demi Lovato in new TV series, ‘Hungry’
Lovato: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for KLUTCH Sports Group; Winter: Michael Tran/Getty Images Following the news that Demi Lovato would no longer star in the new NBC sitcom Hungry, the role has now been filled by [Read More…]
NYC drops most COVID mask and vaccine requirements
Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City dropped several of its COVID-19 mandates on Monday, including mask and vaccine requirements. Restaurants, bars and other indoor public areas — including gyms and entertainment [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy tells ABC News Putin should start dialogue instead giving ‘another ultimatum’
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. officials. The [Read More…]
Where the Russia-Ukraine conflict goes from here
pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As war in Ukraine rages on, several peace talks and increasing economic sanctions against Russia have failed thus far to stop the aggression. Ukrainians have withstood days of airstrikes and [Read More…]
“We see you”: ‘Frozen’ star Idina Menzel reacts to Ukrainian girl’s singing “Let It Go” while in bomb shelter
Amy Sussman/WireImage Footage of a young Ukrainian girl singing “Let It Go,” from Frozen, inside a bomb shelter went viral over the weekend — and caught the attention of one of the movie’s stars, Idina Menzel. “We see [Read More…]
“Eazy” funny: Pete Davidson reportedly finds Kanye’s violent diss video “hysterical”
Rosalind O’Connor/NBC While many have criticized Kanye West‘s new video for “Eazy“, in which he apparently murders an animated analogue for Pete Davidson, the SNL star himself is laughing it off. A source tells Entertainment Tonight that Davidson, who is dating West’s estranged [Read More…]
In Brief: ‘Many Saints’ star Alessandro Nivola joins superhero flick ‘Kraven’, and more
Deadline reports The Many Saints of Newark star Alessandro Nivola has been tapped for a role in Sony/Marvel’s Kraven the Hunter, joining Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular character — a super-powered big-game hunter in the MCU. Details on Nivola’s role, other than he’ll be playing the [Read More…]
‘The Batman’ opens with $128 million
Warner Bros. Pictures The Batman beat expectations, opening with an estimated $128.5 million domestically. The film, which marks Robert Pattinson‘s bow as the Dark Knight, was only the second pandemic-era movie to score a $100-million opening weekend, [Read More…]