“Jeopardy!” contestant Amy Schneider has a few choices words for those directing transphobic comments at her on social media. Schneider, who is the first transgender contestant to qualify for the game show’s Tournament of Champions, addressed the commentary sent to her through messages over the course of December in a tweet on the last day […]
Betty White, a comedy icon known for roles in “Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” has died. She was 99. Her agent and close friend Jeff Witjas confirmed the news on Friday. “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Witjas said in a statement to People […]
Alec Baldwin has broken his silence after firing a prop gun on the set of his upcoming Western film “Rust” that killed the cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured the director Joel Souza. He expressed his condolences to Hutchins’ family and called the shooting an accident. “There are no words to convey my shock and sadness […]
DC Comics is dumping the patriotic portion of Superman’s long-used motto to fight for “truth, justice and the American way” for a “mission statement” to champion “truth, justice and a better tomorrow.” Jim Lee, chief creative officer and publisher of DC, announced the swap Saturday during a virtual fan event, asserting the Man of Steel’s […]
After more than 50 years of being rock music’s biggest mystery – who broke up The Beatles? – Paul McCartney comes clean and gives a direct answer. Often being accused of the band’s downfall, having in the past hired lawyers to settle band disputes and wanting to go solo, McCartney said that he did not […]
Britney Spears has many reasons to rejoice after she secured a huge win in her ongoing quest to dissolve her 13-year conservatorship as the court ruled her father Jamie P. Spears is to be suspended at once. “Suspension is in the best interests of Britney Spears,” Judge Brenda Penny told the court en masse. “The […]
The NBA has denied Golden State Warriors’ forward Andrew Wiggins’ request for a religious exemption from COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the New York Times reported. The new ruling means that Wiggins, the first pick in the 2014 NBA draft, will be barred from attending home games in San Francisco this upcoming season unless he gets vaccinated. […]
Pat Sajak is opening up about a big change viewers may have noticed this week on “Wheel of Fortune”: the host is no longer the one performing the final spin of the wheel during each game. The new format debuted this week. After years of Sajak completing the final spin, a decision was made to […]
Carl Nassib started his Monday night by making history as the first openly gay athlete to play in a regular-season NFL contest. He ended it hours later by making the game’s most important defensive play, forcing an overtime fumble that led to his Las Vegas Raiders scoring a thrilling 33-27 victory over the visiting Baltimore […]
Willard Scott, who forecast the weather for NBC’s “Today” show for more than three decades and spent 65 years at NBC, has died, Al Roker said in an Instagram post on Saturday. “We lost a beloved member of our @todayshow family this morning. Willard Scott passed peacefully at the age of 87 surrounded by family, […]
ESPN has pulled veteran analyst Rachel Nichols from its NBA programming and canceled her daily NBA show amid controversy, The Athletic reported. Nichols shared in a tweet Wednesday that “The Jump” was coming to end after five years on the air, saying there would be more to come from her in the near future. “Got […]
Mike Richards, the executive producer of “Jeopardy!” who was tapped to succeed Alex Trebek as host of the venerable game show franchise, announced Friday he is stepping aside amid recent scrutiny over past comments about women, Jews and poor people. “I was deeply honored to be asked to host the syndicated show and was thrilled […]
