James Murdoch, the youngest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, severed his last corporate link to the family business on Friday, resigning from the board of directors of News Corp. due to “disagreements over certain editorial content” and “certain other strategic decisions.” He had already left Fox Corp., the television and entertainment side of the
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[Warning: The following contains spoilers from Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy. Read at your own risk!] The Umbrella Academy may have avoided the apocalypse for the second time at the end of Season 2, but the adopted siblings face a potentially more menacing threat in Season 3. After causing havoc in early 1960s Dallas
R&B singer Brian McKnight is opening up EXCLUSIVELY about Kobe Bryant’s musical talents after dropping his latest album EXODUS! Brian McKnight, 51, has worked with some of the music industry’s biggest names like Boyz II Men, Celine Dion, 52, and Mariah Carey, 50 just to name a few. It’s no surprise that he knows talent when
NEW YORK — More than three years after the highly publicized Fyre Festival famously fizzled out in the Bahamas, merchandise and other “minor assets” are up for sale — courtesy of the U.S. Marshals Service. In a release Thursday, the U.S. Marshals announced that 126 items from the festival will be auctioned off, with proceeds
All of popular culture has gone topsy-turvy in 2020 due to the relentless coronavirus pandemic. Some things are impervious to change, however, and among them is the gifting suite. This sacred chamber, in which a nominated celebrity enters empty-handed and emerges with a swag bag of high-price gifts from brands eager for an endorsing photograph
Dominique Rem’mie Fells was remembered at a vigil with candles, flowers and a mural bearing her name. (Facebook) Philadelphia’s Black LGBT+ community has remembered murdered trans woman Dominique ‘Rem’mie’ Fells with flowers, candles and a vigil. Fells, a Black trans woman whose dismembered body was found in a river in June, was 27 when she
Exclusive J. Cole is currently training his ass off in hopes of getting a shot to make an NBA roster … so says Master P, who offered the rap star some pretty sound advice. First, let’s talk J. Cole — the “No Role Models” rapper was a solid hooper back in high school and famously
China’s second Friday with cinemas back to business in low-risk areas rang up another $4M at local turnstiles, a 39% increase versus the same day last week. About 60% of movie theaters are now operating, with capacity limits and social distancing still in place, so all numbers are to be taken with a grain of
Ellen DeGeneres kicked off what is now a wildly popular talk show in September 2003 after she was, in her own words, “at rock bottom and out of money, with no work in sight.” In 1997, she came out on her eponymous sitcom and received so much backlash from the entertainment industry that she no
Jason Momoa showed some skin once again during a video of him being gifted with something truly amazing. Jason Momoa ended his 40th year on a wonderful high note. The Aquaman hunk posted a video of him receiving an incredible Fender guitar on Friday, July 31, hours before he turned 41. He and the man
NECA has been having a lot of fun this year making Gremlins toys based on vintage marketing materials for the film, and the latest one celebrates Christmas… Gremlins style. Based on classic marketing and newspaper ads, the figure puts Stripe in a Santa suit! The figure looks to include a sack, a candy cane and
We all want to claim something. To have a little purchase on the land in this lifetime. It’s the American dream, you know. Things threaten that airtight American dream, of course, which is fine. It’s not a dream if it doesn’t take some grist to get. For example, people already living on the one you
Kylie Jenner’s baby girl Stormi Webster looked to be having a blast during a bright & sunny day in her very expensive toy car! Vroom vroom! Kylie Jenner, 22, captured yet another precious moment with her daughter Stormi Webster, 2, that the world is ogling over. The beauty mogul got all in her feelings while
As we head into Grey’s Anatomy Season 17, there has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding the future of the ABC juggernaut. Earlier in the year, reports emerged that it would be the last for the primetime medical drama that has gone through a lot of cast changes through the years. Now, Grey’s Anatomy Seasons
With the coronavirus crisis raging in the United States, mail-in voting is expected to play an outsize role in this fall’s elections. But that could give Donald Trump, trailing Joe Biden badly in the polls and increasingly brazen in his efforts to undermine the integrity of the vote, an opportunity to sow chaos in the
Larsa Pippen is telling Kanye West to MYOB when it comes to women’s reproductive rights, saying that if he can’t get pregnant, he shouldn’t be dissing a woman’s right to choose. Kanye West resurfaced on Twitter on July 31 with more abortion tweets, and Larsa Pippen isn’t having it. The 43-year-old rapper wrote, “Over 22,500,000
Exclusive Tekashi 6ix9ine is enjoying his first taste of freedom in about 21 months — his home confinement and GPS-monitored days are officially ending. The rapper’s attorney, Lance Lazzaro, tells TMZ … Tekashi’s federal probation officer is going to the rapper’s home Saturday to remove his ankle monitor. We’re told 6ix9ine will also be provided
A queer independent filmmaker has accused an Amazon Prime series of ripping off his 2011 anthology film without any credit or acknowledgement. Indian film and TV director and screenwriter Onir accused the creators behind Amazon series Made in Heaven of copying his award-winning film I Am in a series of tweets. Onir spoke out about the similarities following a
Arrow de Wilde said she was told that the incident was orchestrated by Brooks Nielsen and cost the band “a few hundred bucks,” calling it “a pretty expensive joke.” Starcrawler guitarist Henri Cash corroborated de Wilde’s story in a statement to Pitchfork. “Everything Arrow said in her statement is true,” Cash wrote. “We were locked
Happy Friday … here’s a filthy, but happy, Jason Momoa getting hosed down after riding on a dune buggy. The Hollywood hunk and star of the upcoming “Dune” remake flaunted his hot bod in a series of photos … where he’s caked in mud … giving a thumbs up while trying to clean him off.
James Baldwin books entered my life three years ago. I was in the bookstore searching for new reads and spied a copy of The Fire Next Time. Immediately intrigued, I browsed through its contents. What did this small book have to offer? Quite a lot! Raw honestly about a modern world suffering from intolerance. Sharing
In the wake of Troy Young’s defenestration after two years as president of Hearst Magazines, where a New York Times investigation found that he fostered a “toxic” workplace environment, and had been making wildly inappropriate sexual remarks to employees, the division is awash in questions about its future—and how it ended up in this crisis
Any time Lovecraft is involved in video games, you know that it’s worth at least a look. And in the case of Ares Dragonis’ The Shore, that goes double for the graphics. Seriously, this looks gorgeous. Originally available on itch.io (where you can download a free demo), the full game is getting the Steam treatment
Many Americans could be in for a rude awakening by not being able to post dance videos to TikTok. President Trump said he’s banning the Chinese owned video-sharing app from U.S. operations. What are Americans going to do without viral TikTok dance challenges? We may soon find out as President Donald Trump, 74, said he’s
After years of back-and-forth between lawyers for alleged Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre, a judge allowed documents from a 2015 civil case to be unsealed on Thursday night. Giuffre had sued Maxwell for defamation after Maxwell said her allegations of Epstein’s sexual abuse were false, and Maxwell’s depositions in the
Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik’s fans are losing over the first photo she’s posted with the singer since she announced they’re expecting their first child. Gigi kissed him and called Zayn her ‘baby daddy.’ When it rains it pours for Zayn Malik‘s fans. 18 hours after he sharing the first Instagram photo of himself in
TORONTO – Ryan Reynolds is using his Hollywood superstar status to launch an on-set film production inclusivity program for marginalized communities. The Vancouver-born “Deadpool” actor announced plans on Friday for the Group Effort Initiative, which will recruit 10 to 20 trainees from Black, Indigenous and “all other marginalized communities” to work alongside experienced professionals on
It’s been 20 years since Bryan Singer directed X-Men, a blockbuster that would usher in a new wave of superhero movies. A new report from the Hollywood Reporter sheds light on the film’s deeply troubled production, including the alleged sexual abuse of a cast member whom Singer hired—and the explosive moment in the director’s trailer
1:57 PM PT — While the teenager might be the ringleader of the hack, 2 others have been arrested for it as well — 19-year-old Mason Sheppard from the U.K., and 22-year-old Nima Fazeli of Orlando. The 2 men were charged in California federal court, though it’s unclear if they are facing as many felonies