Saturday, March 2, 2024
“The Brothers Sun” won’t be back to fight another day. Netflix has canceled the martial arts action-comedy starring Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh after just one season, TheWrap has learned. The series, created by Brad Falchuk (“Glee,” “American Horror Story,” “Pose”) and Byron Wu (“The Getaway”) starred Yeoh as the matriarch of a seemingly ordinary California family that turns out to be a major player in Taiwan’s organized crime world. Hiding this reality from her youngest son Bruce (Song Li), the secret is exposed when her eldest son Charles (Chien) visits with the news that his father — her long estranged husband…
Friday, March 1, 2024
Authorities said they believe Madeline Soto was killed Monday, on the morning of her disappearance. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, March 1, 2024
Facebook parent company Meta announced on Thursday that the “News” tab will be removed from the social media site for users in the United States and Australia in April, date to be announced. As part of the change, Meta will cease paying publishers for content posted on the platform in Australia. (The company ceased such deals for American publishers in 2022.) The announcement came wrapped in euphemistic language, as Meta, parent company of Facebook, said in a statement, “In early April 2024, we will deprecate Facebook News – a dedicated tab in the bookmarks section on Facebook that spotlights news…
Friday, March 1, 2024
Detectives took seven suspects responsible for the murder into custody within 48 hours of the investigation. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Following the death of comedian Richard Lewis, fans resurfaced some of their favorite moments from his career — including what has proven to be an unexpectedly heartwarming moment from his final appearance on “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” The episode, which aired on Feb 18, features a scene where Lewis — playing a fictionalized version of himself as he has throughout the HBO show’s 12 seasons — reveals he is putting Larry David in his will. David however was having none of it, leading to a hilarious, hostile exchange that has since become surprisingly poignant. “I’m leaving you in my will, I’m…
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Prosecutors said the gunman fatally shot four family members, then killed the youngest, age 10, by setting the home ablaze. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
President Joe Biden made headlines for a visit to New York City on Monday after stopping in an ice cream shop and being asked about the state of the military conflict between Israel and Hamas. But his answer isn’t what bothered “The Daily Show” senior correspondent and Tuesday’s guest host Michael Kosta — it was his lack of regard for the establishment’s sneeze guard. Pulling up a video of the president, 81, approaching the ice cream counter and lifting both his arms up to rest and lean over the sneeze guard to peer into the flavors, Kosta admonished the move…
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Police said the mother of two 3-year-olds had been planning the act for months due to her debts and “financial status.” Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
On Monday’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart offered up a serious and quite thoughtful proposal for a potential peace between Israel and Palestine. But Stewart also brought some levity to an otherwise very bleak topic by giving his proposal the worst possible name: METO, pronounced “Me too.” “Now, obviously I have not worked out the exact verbiage,” Stewart quipped after noting to the audience how his name for a hypothetical NATO analogue in the Middle East was pronounced. We assume you understand the joke here. As for the proposal itself, it was rooted of course in a “The…
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Judge Robert Adrian faced immense backlash after reversing an 18-year-old’s rape conviction that he had handed down months earlier. Source: Huffingtonpost feed