Saturday, June 2, 2018
The suspect flagged down a motorist and told them his passenger tried to attack him. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Bill Maher responded to an effort to get his show taken off the air as payback for the cancellation of “Roseanne” earlier in the week — with a segment he calls “explaining jokes to idiots.” ABC canceled “Roseanne” after star Roseanne Barr compared former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to the apes from “Planet of the Apes.” She later apologized. But some conservative social media users, noting that Maher once compared Donald Trump to an orangutan, claimed that a double standard was at play and called for HBO to cancel “Real Time.” Also Read: Michael Moore: Roseanne Is 'Totally Nuts,' But Trump's…
Friday, June 1, 2018
Accepting a Television Academy Honors award Thursday night, Samantha Bee acknowledged that she erred on Wednesday’s episode of her TBS show, when she called Ivanka Trump a “feckless c—.” But Bee defended her criticism of Ivanka and Donald Trump, and the work by her “Full Frontal” staff, telling the Academy that they “will never stop shouting [about] the inhumanities of this world from the rooftops and striving to make it a better place. But in a comedy way.” The speech came at the end of a bitter day for the comedian, whose comments about Trump ignited a backlash, with calls…
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Lyle Burgess, 79, may serve his 90-day sentence under house arrest and isn’t required to register as a sex offender. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Michael Rotondo — the 30-year-old man who was taken to court by his mom and dad to get him booted out of their house — is packing up to leave … but it has not gone smoothly. Rotondo tells TMZ … he called the cops on his father in the midst of the… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Thursday, May 31, 2018
What’s in a name? Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Kathy Griffin went on a marathon Twitter session Wednesday night while warning against the dangers of the U.S. having a president who “decided to punch down and use his following to go after” her. “One year ago today my Trump photo was released. I have planned on doing this thread for a while but the fact that Sarah Sanders brought my name up at the podium today makes it even more appropriate for me to share some thoughts on what happened,” she said. The comedian said that the infamous photo shoot last year involving a bloody Donald Trump head was…
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Melissa McCarthy and her cast of raunchy puppets are free to use their “Sesame Street”-inspired tagline — ’cause a judge says the 2 ideas are clearly not the same thing. A judge in NYC handed down a ruling Wedenesday in favor of STX Productions — which… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
An employee on Steve Harvey’s radio morning show died this weekend after being found unresponsive in his hotel room by one of Steve’s famous co-hosts … TMZ has learned. According to an incident report, obtained by TMZ, cops were called to the W Hotel… Permalink Source: TMZ Feed
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
After having tweeted a racist remark and then apologizing for it on Tuesday morning, actress Roseanne Barr got on the phone with a group of executives who would decide her fate. The group included her longtime agent John Burnham, her manager James Moore, Disney-ABC Group President Ben Sherwood and “Roseanne” executive producer Tom Werner. They wanted to know something simple: what was she thinking in comparing former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett to the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes” on her Twitter account? Barr admitted that she was wrong. “I was stupid. Ignorant. It was a mistake. I feel…