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American Film Institute tribute to Nicole Kidman delayed over writers strike
ABC On Monday, the American Film Institute announced its 49th AFI Life Achievement Award gala, which was to honor Oscar and Emmy winner Nicole Kidman on June 10, will be postponed because of the Writers [Read More…]
Yes, chef! ‘The Bear’ returning to Hulu June 22
L-R – Edebiri, White — FX/Matt Dinerstein On social media, FX revealed that its acclaimed series The Bear will be cooking again on Hulu on June 22. The show stars newly minted Golden Globe winner [Read More…]
‘Staten’ alien: James Gunn confirms Pete Davidson was in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
ABC – ABC/Randy Holmes James Gunn took to Twitter Sunday to confirm that fans who spotted Pete Davidson‘s name among the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 weren’t seeing things. Writer-director Gunn, who [Read More…]
Report: Ray Liotta’s cause of death revealed
Liotta in ‘Black Bird’/Apple TV+ TMZ has reportedly obtained the death certificate for Goodfellas star Ray Liotta. According to the gossip site, his death last May was caused by heart and lung issues. The Emmy-nominated [Read More…]
Burger King goes ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ with Whopper tie-in
Burger King Burger King has announced that to help promote the follow-up to the Oscar-winning Sony Animation movie Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, it’s giving its Whopper a Spidey makeover. From May 15 through June 21, [Read More…]
Sebastian Maniscalco’s opening pitch at Sunday’s Chicago Cubs game was a real bear
Lionsgate Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco came to his hometown of Chicago to promote his new comedy About My Father, and while he was in town, he had the honor of throwing out the first [Read More…]
Sudan’s rival forces hold peace talks amid shaky cease-fires
kdow/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sounds of fighting and artillery shooting could be heard in several parts of Sudan on Monday as talks between warring sides were underway in Saudi Arabia amid hopes it will [Read More…]
Biden, McCarthy face serious time crunch to reach debt ceiling deal
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers are staring down a fast-approaching deadline to raise the debt ceiling or risk default as early as June 1, but the timeline to reach a [Read More…]
Biden, Buttigieg to push for airlines to compensate passengers for controllable delays, cancelations
EllenMoran/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday plan to announce a new rulemaking process to look at requiring airlines to compensate passengers who experience inconvenience because of “controllable [Read More…]
Striking writers “punch up” at Jenna Ortega over ‘Wednesday’ comments
Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) With writers out of work and on picket lines amid the writers strike, some comedy writers have plied their craft to poke fun at Jenna Ortega for her viral comments about the [Read More…]
Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr. and more in Christopher Nolan’s tense new ‘Oppenheimer’ trailer
Universal The tense new trailer for Christopher Nolan‘s star-studded Oppenheimer just debuted, showing the United States in a race against time. “This is a national emergency,” frequent Nolan player Cillian Murphy says as J. Robert [Read More…]
In Brief: CBS cancels hit ‘S.W.A.T.’, and more
Variety reports CBS has canceled S.W.A.T. after seven seasons. The remake of the 1970s police drama starred Shemar Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, a S.W.A.T. sergeant tasked to run a specialized tactical unit that is [Read More…]
‘The Last of Us’ and ‘Scream VI’ big winners at 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards
MTV In a pre-taped show that felt similar to an event during the COVID days, the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards were handed out Sunday night. The big winners included The Last of Us, [Read More…]
King Charles III’s coronation: The biggest moments of the historic event
Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage (LONDON) — King Charles III had his crowning moment Saturday as the United Kingdom celebrated its first coronation in 70 years. Charles and his wife Queen Camilla were celebrated in a weekend of [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Four injured in Kyiv from drone debris in Russian strike
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in [Read More…]
Broad doubts about Biden’s age and acuity spell Republican opportunity in 2024: POLL
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s job approval rating hit a career low in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll and a broad 68% of Americans say he’s too old for another term as [Read More…]
Don’t ‘piss off his voters’: Recordings reveal DeSantis’ 2018 thoughts on dealing with Trump
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — During his first bid for statewide office in 2018, Ron DeSantis was grappling with a key issue that he could soon face again during his potential 2024 bid for [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 5/7/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Atlanta 3, Baltimore 2 Philadelphia 6, Boston 1 Toronto 10, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 12, Detroit 6 Chi White [Read More…]
Consumers push back on higher prices amid inflation woes
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — McDonald’s customers are more reluctant to add fries to their order, grocery shoppers are less willing to swallow the elevated price of Unilever mayonnaise and Target customers are balking [Read More…]
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ soars to #1 at the box office with $114 million debut
Marvel Studios Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. opened the weekend with an estimated $114 million domestic gross — a few million below expectations, but still good enough to knock The Super Mario Bros. Movie down a [Read More…]