Monday, January 8, 2024
It only took two awards for a winner to address the elephant in the room at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night. Robert Downey Jr., who won the supporting-actor award for “Oppenheimer,” thanked a variety of folks in his sardonically witty way, and then turned to the voters who’d put him on the stage of the Beverly Hilton. “To the Golden Globe journalists,” he said, drawing out that last word, “thanks for changing your game, and therefore changing your name.” This year’s Golden Globes changed the name of their voting body (the old Hollywood Foreign Press Association has…
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Before ultimately convincing Nicholas Godejohn to kill her abusive mother, Gypsy Rose says, she shot at her with a BB gun she mistook for a deadly weapon. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy had three words to share on the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 Insurrection. He tweeted, “Happy Entrapment Day.” Unfortunately for Ramaswamy, a few people on Twitter had evidence that three years ago he had distinctly different feelings about the attack on the Capitol. Policy expert Ed Tarnowski was quick to remind Ramaswamy of an interview he gave on Jan. 27, 2021. Tarnowski tweeted in response, quoting Ramaswamy. The now presidential candidate said in full, “This might be controversial to say, but I think that when I saw the disgrace that unfolded at the footsteps of the Capitol…
Saturday, January 6, 2024
Do you want to play guitar for one of the biggest rock bands of the last 30 years? Today is the greatest day you’ve ever known, because on Friday, Smashing Pumpkins announced an open call for a new guitarist — and we do mean Open. “The Smashing Pumpkins are in search of an additional guitarist. The application process is open to anyone who might be interested. Applicants may submit a resume and related materials to SPGuitar@redlightmanagement.com,” the bad said in a message posted on social media Friday morning. In other news, the band has a definite article in the name….
Friday, January 5, 2024
Two people were charged with manslaughter after their daughter allegedly swallowed brightly colored pills known as “rainbow fentanyl.” Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Friday, January 5, 2024
After a year that saw actors hit the picket lines for four months, it’s no surprise that the awards season has felt more urgent and emotional than previous years. That was no more apparent than at the 35th annual Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards Thursday. The event, hosted by Mary Hart, honored 9 acting nominees and one feature film (Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon”) that, no doubt, we’ll be hearing more of in the coming months. The night was filled with tears and laughter, starting with Danielle Brooks, who won the Spotlight Actress Award for her role…
Friday, January 5, 2024
Thomas Ebersole, 31, reportedly told detectives he drove thousands of miles from Florida to pick up a 16-year-old girl in Ohio. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Instead of shunning martial arts as cliché or stereotypical, many Asian creatives have leaned into that audience familiarity to help tell complex stories surrounding their experiences in this country and beyond. Michelle Yeoh has played a role in some of these recent efforts, including Disney+’s “American Born Chinese” and Marvel’s box office smash “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.” Now the “Everything Everywhere All At Once” star and historic Oscar winner is back at it, bringing her Hollywood clout to “The Brothers Sun” on Netflix. Newcomer Byron Wu’s dark action comedy (reportedly in the works since at least…
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Family identified Taya Grimes as the 19-year-old who was struck by a car after she was ejected from her vehicle in a New Year’s Day accident in Wisconsin. Source: Huffingtonpost feed
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Appearing Tuesday on “Meet the Press,” MSNBC contributor Symone Sanders-Townsend explained that in her view, the resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay is “a race issue just as much as it is an issue about antisemitism and Islam.” While Sanders-Townsend harshly criticized Gay for her testimony in early December at a Republican-led congressional hearing ostensibly about antisemitism, which Sanders-Townsend called “horrific,” she argued that looking at the chain of events leading to Gay’s resignation, “it looks it looks as though she was targeted.” Watch the video here now: WATCH: Fmr. Harvard Pres. "Gay's testimony was the worst … I've seen…