Monday, March 9, 2020
Famed trainer Jason Servis is among those accused of doping his horses, including Maximum Security, who briefly won last year’s Kentucky Derby. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Monday, March 9, 2020
Mart Crowley, the Tony Award-winning playwright whose pioneering 1968 play “The Boys in the Band” became a groundbreaking landmark in representing gay life, has died at age 84. Veteran journalist Michael Musto announced Crowley’s death via Facebook on Sunday. Crowley had worked in the 1960s as an assistant to actress Natalie Wood, who encouraged him to write about the experiences of gay and bisexual men in what would become “The Boys in the Band,” depicting a Manhattan party that goes horribly wrong. Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2020 (Photos) The play opened Off Broadway before the Stonewall riots brought…
Sunday, March 8, 2020
A 48-year-old man is dead and 17 others wounded following the shooting in Cleveland, according to police. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Jussie Smollet’s alleged “attackers” Abel and Ola Osundairo are showing off their acting skills in a new sketch that’s supposed to be comedic … but really just looks weird as hell. Our sources tell us, Abel and Ola recently shot the sketch as a… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Coronavirus might be freaking everyone out, but the latest episode of “SNL” at least had the perfect way to cope with it — the unexpected return of of the great Rachel Dratch as “Debbie Downer” to talk about it. In the sketch, Debbie shows up at a wedding, decked out to prevent herself from contracting coronavirus and coming down with covid-19. From there, she speaks all sorts of uncomfortable truths that totally ruin the party for everyone else, such as feline AIDS and the possible extinction of honeybees. Every time she drops some uncomfortable science, the soundtrack drops a ‘womp-womp’…
Saturday, March 7, 2020
Bill Maher came to Chris Matthews’ defense Friday night, excusing the MSNBC “Hardball” host for making “kind of creepy” flirtatious remarks to women over the years. “A friend of mine lost his job this week, Chris Matthews. I wanted to give him a shout out because I will miss him and a lot of other people will too,” Maher said on his Friday HBO show, “Real Time.” “I thought we would talk about it because MSNBC used to run this thing, ‘This is who we are.’ Well, I don’t like who you were this week, and I don’t think a…
Friday, March 6, 2020
Abdul Razak Alhassan — a budding MMA star who scored a crazy knockout at UFC 228 in Sept. 2018 — was just found not guilty in his sexual assault case … TMZ Sports has confirmed. Alhassan was facing two charges after he was accused of raping two… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Friday, March 6, 2020
Starz is the latest entertainment company to pull the plug on their plans for SXSW. Citing concerns over coronavirus, Variety reported Thursday night that the company canceled its screening and activation for Cape Cod crime drama series “Hightown” and its featured panel session for “Power.” The panel session was slated to include executive producer “50 Cent” Jackson, “Power” creator Courtney Kemp and Starz President and CEO Jeffrey A. Hirsch. So far, Texas health officials have confirmed 14 cases of the respiratory virus as more Hollywood studios and tech giants bow out of the two-week Austin event that runs from March…
Friday, March 6, 2020
The state executed Nathaniel Woods, 43, after unsuccessful appeals from supporters who said Woods was innocent. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Megan is standing up to J. Prince and Carl Crawford. She tells TMZ … “I’m extremely pleased that 1501 and Carl Crawford were denied the request to dissolve the Court order and try to stop my music from being released. I will proceed with the… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed