Saturday, August 17, 2024
Matthew Perry Was Mocked by Doctors Who Supplied Ketamine: ‘I Wonder How Much This Moron Will Pay’
Before he died of a fatal ketamine overdose, Matthew Perry was spiraling into an addiction enabled by unethical doctors who among other things mocked him in private messages and illegally taught his personal assistant how to administer the drug, court records show. 5 people have been charged in connection with Perry’s death: His live-in assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, of Toluca Lake, California; an acquaintance, Erik Fleming, 54 of Hawthorne; Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego; Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 42, a.k.a. “Dr. P,” of Santa Monica; and Jasveen Sangha, 41, an alleged drug dealer police say is known as the…
Friday, August 16, 2024
‘JD Vance Is Not Winning the Weirdness Issue,’ Chris Hayes Declares | Video
Chris Hayes laughed a lot as he bluntly assessed the state of things for Donald Trump’s running mate on Thursday, declaring, “JD, Vance is not winning the weirdness issue,” ahead of a detailed look at the myriad ways Vance is in fact making that issue worse for himself. “Last night, Trump’s running mate went on Fox News, so Laura Ingraham could do what she could for him. Vance was pitched this softball about how Republicans can better appeal to suburban women,” Hayes explained, “and then it got weird.” Hayes then cued up the exchange, in which Ingraham asked, and this…
Thursday, August 15, 2024
‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4 Episode Release Schedule: When Does the Show Return?
“Emily in Paris” is finally back after a year and a half, and Emily’s life is about to get even more chaotic. Season 4 picks up following the dramatic Season 3 finale, which saw Camille (Camille Razat) and Gabriel’s (Lucas Bravo) wedding go sideways when Camille called out Gabriel’s feelings for Emily (Lily Collins) in front of the wedding attendees, which included Emily’s boyfriend, Alfie (Lucien Laviscount). And, if things weren’t dramatic enough, Camille is pregnant with Gabriel’s baby. In addition to watching Emily navigate the fallout of the disastrous wedding, Season 4 will see Mindy (Ashley Park) and her…
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Desi Lydic Jokes Kamala Harris Copied Trump’s Idea to Win ‘Against a Rapidly Deteriorating Candidate’ | Video
Hosting “The Daily Show” on Tuesday, Desi Lydic dropped a burn on Donald Trump that illustrated aptly how much the 2024 presidential race has changed since Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee less than 3 weeks ago. Lydic’s joke came during a look at the “conversation” between Elon Musk and Donald Trump, hosted on X/Twitter on Monday. Of course she mocked the weird way Trump kept slurring his words, and also some of the weirder stuff Trump said, including his vow to eliminate the Department of Education. “He wants to close the Department of Education? Think this through Trump: Without…
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Trump’s Elon Musk Interview Gets More Than 95 Million Views, but Real Engagement Is Far, Far Lower
It is essentially tradition now that live audio/visual events hosted on X (formerly Twitter) will be plagued by technical problems. Such was the case with Donald Trump’s live interview on Monday with Elon Musk, which glitched out and was delayed by more than 30 minutes. After the interview ended, another X tradition kicked in: Claims of staggeringly high engagement that are difficult to verify or are likely exaggerations. The interview was conducted through X Spaces and shared by Trump’s official X account. As of this writing, the post sharing the interview has 95.1 million views, which sounds indeed massive. And…
Monday, August 12, 2024
‘Hollywood Black’: 6 Revelations From the Historical Docuseries
Justin Simien’s four-part documentary series “Hollywood Black” spotlights the impacts, challenges and triumphs of Black pioneers in Hollywood. And the doc’s first episode tackles the industry’s earliest portrayals of Black people in media, including minstrels and stereotypical characters — but also the Black leaders who set out to change the narrative. “Cinema is not really possible without Blackness. For starters, Black is literally the thing that all cinema fades in from and fades out to,” Simien narrates in the series. “From its very beginnings, Hollywood has been fascinated with Blackness. Not only are we the first subjects in early motion…
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Robert Downey Jr. Returns as Tony Stark for 2 Avengers Theme Park Attractions
As part of the D23 parks panel, it was announced that Robert Downey, Jr. will reprise his role as Tony Stark/Iron Man in a pair of Disney Parks attractions for Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure, part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Downey, Jr. was recently announced to be returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this time as baddie Doctor Doom in a pair of “Avengers” movies – 2026’s “Avengers: Doomsday” and 2027’s “Avengers: Secret Wars.” (Yes, this is getting a little confusing.) The big attraction is Avengers: Infinity Defense, which utilizes a ride vehicle technology similar to…
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Susan Wojcicki, Former YouTube CEO and Leading Google Exec, Dies at 56
Susan Wojcicki, the former longtime CEO of YouTube and a longtime leading Google executive intimately connected to the founding of the company, died Friday following a 2-year battle with cancer. She was 56. “It is with profound sadness that I share the news of Susan Wojcicki passing. My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children left us today after 2 years of living with non-small cell lung cancer. Susan was not just my best friend and partner in life, but a brilliant mind, a loving mother, and a dear friend to many. Her impact on our…
Friday, August 9, 2024
Netflix, Crunchyroll Impacted by Data Leak, With Full Episodes of Anime Titles, ‘Heartstopper’ Season 3 Released
Netflix and Crunchyroll titles leaked on social media Thursday, with full episodes of shows released on TikTok and X including the anticipated “Heartstopper” Season 3 and anime fare like “Arcane” and the Season 3 premiere of “Re:Zero.” The leak was first reported internationally, as fans spotted clips of unfinished footage on social media, as first reported by sites like IGN and What’s on Netflix. X users lamented the leaks, begging the streamers to release the shows early to counter the avalanche of spoilers. “One of our post-production partners has been compromised and footage from several of our titles has unfortunately…
Thursday, August 8, 2024
‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4 Review: Netflix Superhero Drama Wrecks Its Ending
For the Hargreeves siblings, the end of the world is getting a little old hat. After all, they’ve thwarted an impending apocalypse every season since “The Umbrella Academy” premiered on Netflix in 2019 (nevermind that they’ve also inadvertently caused all of them), so it makes sense that after sidestepping the kugelblitz at the end of Season 3, they’d be ready for a break. That’s where we meet them at the beginning of Season 4, which picks up six years after we last saw the dysfunctional family stumble into a new reality where none of them had superpowers. For some, such…
