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In a Saturday speech that Donald Trump called “dark,” the Republican presidential nominee again hurled personal attacks toward his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. This time, he called her “very dumb,” claimed only a “mentally disabled” person could have done her job the way she has, and said she was born “mentally impaired.” “Joe Biden

Image Credit: Getty Images Maggie Smith was a Hollywood legend who took on numerous iconic roles in classic films that continue to be cherished and watched today. She leaves behind her two sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, both of whom followed in her footsteps into the acting world. On Friday, September 27, 2024, her

Dame Maggie Smith, best known for her roles in the Harry Potter franchise and Downton Abbey, has died. She was 89 years old. The prolific star’s family issued a statement about Smith’s death through her publicist. Smith died on Friday morning in hospital, though a cause of death has not yet been announced. “It is

It’s generally thought of as the worst traffic fortnight in Manhattan: the weeks-long proceedings of the United Nations General Assembly, which ensnares all travel patterns on the east side of the island. Road closures, idling black cars, and battalions of cops and Secret Service agents make swaths of Midtown impossible-to-transverse hellscapes for a few days

Image Credit: Boston Globe via Getty Images The National Weather Service issued a warning on Friday, September 27, for North Carolina residents near the Lake Lure Dam, which is located about 30 miles away from Asheville. The alert comes amid the ongoing destruction and havoc that Hurricane Helene is causing throughout the South. It officially

Legendary supermodel Naomi Campbell has been banned from serving as a charity trustee for five years following a U.K. watchdog investigation that uncovered evidence of financial misconduct at her charity, Fashion for Relief. Though the group was billed as a charitable organization that provided grants to help fund various environmental and humanitarian causes, officials said

The special screening of The Red Shoes, which was restored in 2009 by UCLA Film and Television Archive, in association with the BFI, received enthusiastic applause from the audience, an exclusive group comprised of first-time viewers as well as longtime fans. Attendees included cohost Barbara Broccoli, the James Bond franchise producer and board director of

Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images Lyle Menéndez and Erik Menéndez killed their parents, José and Kitty Menéndez, in August 1989 after suffering from alleged physical, emotional and sexual abuse in their household. Though the brothers initially weren’t suspects in the case, police received a tip from one person whom the siblings hadn’t met before.

NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Another woman sued Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday, alleging the music mogul and his head of security raped her and recorded it on video at his New York recording studio in 2001. The lawsuit filed in federal court in New York, the

On stage at the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual summit on Tuesday, Prince Harry stood in front of a screen that showed photographs of children on phone screens. During the speech’s most emotional moment, he pulled his phone out of his pocket and mentioned his own children, Archie and Lilibet. “My lock screen is a picture

View gallery Image Credit: Disney Channel/Kobal/Shutterstock Everything is just as it seems now that Wizards of Waverly Place got a sequel series! The hit Disney Channel sitcom made such a magical impact on viewers, that it is now getting the reboot treatment during this ongoing era of sequels, prequels and re-quels! The plot of Wizards

The ending of the original Planet of the Apes shook me. When Charlton Heston — SPOILER ALERT! — discovered the ruins of the Statute of Liberty on that beach, he realized that he’d never left Earth. Instead, he was the survivor of an ancient extinct civilization that left almost no trace of its existence. Stories

Elon Musk took to X on Sunday to tell people that if they vote for Donald Trump, he’ll take them to Mars within several years—and if they vote for Kamala Harris, they can kiss a trip to outer space goodbye. (And humanity as well, but it’s the outer space stuff that’s important here.) In a

Image Credit: Dave Benett/Getty Images Congratulations are in order for Olivia Munn and John Mulaney as they expand their family! On September 22, the actress, 44, and the comedian, 42, took to social media to share photos of their new baby girl, born via surrogate on September 14. They included images of themselves holding her

By Staff The Associated Press Posted September 22, 2024 10:57 am Updated September 22, 2024 11:07 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Kate, the Princess of Wales, made her first public appearance Sunday since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties. Kate and

Even though he’s bowed out of the 2024 race for the White House, the headlines about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. keep coming. The latest scandal involving whale-beheading, bear-dumping, Trump-endorsing RFK, Jr., is an allegedly inappropriate relationship with New York magazine’s Washington, D.C. correspondent Olivia Nuzzi, which has kept Kennedy in the news after the alleged

Image Credit: Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs has been placed on suicide watch as he awaits trial on three felony counts related to more than a decade of alleged abuse. The music mogul is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, where a judge denied his bail appeal on Wednesday. The 54-year-old faces

The Tragically Hip, from L-R: Johnny Fay, Gord Downie, Rob Baker, Gord Sinclair and Paul Langlois, pictured in front of a tour bus. Gordon Hawkins/Prime Video It’s been almost exactly seven years since Canadians lost The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, and more than eight years since the band played their last-ever show in Kingston,

They say you can’t go home again, but second gentleman Doug Emhoff did just that with Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan, setting out to his old stomping grounds in Matawan, New Jersey, for an interview. The two had a conversation, released Friday, at an area diner, and even found his brother Andy’s initials still on

Image Credit: Getty Images for Amazon’s Crown MrBeast (real name: Jimmy Donaldson) was recently hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit regarding his reality competition series. Multiple contestants are suing the YouTube creator’s production company and Amazon over several accusations. Some of the allegations include perpetuating an unsafe workplace and sexual harassment. Learn all about the

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Metallica has announced dates and cities for its M72 World Tour with 21 North American shows next year, including two shows in Toronto — the only Canadian stop. Toronto will see Metallica perform on April 24 and April 26, 2025 at the Rogers Centre. Tickets go on

To this day, the strangest thing about WandaVision is that Marvel never bothered to make anything else like it. Emerging from the anxiety-fueled chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 hit was a surprise even for Marvel skeptics. The superhero factory’s first TV effort delighted early on with its nostalgic trip through the medium’s history,

View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson) reportedly sold a docuseries about Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ controversies to a streaming giant. The project is expected to explore the allegations against Diddy. Jackson has been outspoken about Combs’ legal battles, including his sex trafficking investigation and multiple sexual abuse accusations. In 2024

NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested Monday night and indicted on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges that accuse him of hitting and abusing women for over a decade and presiding over an empire of sexual crimes. In a federal indictment

Prince Harry was reportedly the honoree of a “low-key” birthday party thrown by wife Meghan Markle in celebration of the big 4-0 over the weekend, but his bank account balance also reportedly got higher as he marked the milestone. Harry, the Duke of Sussex, received $10 million from a trust set up by his great-grandmother,

Image Credit: Getty Images for Sean Diddy Comb Sean “Diddy” Combs was recently arrested in New York City. Following a grand jury indictment, the rapper was apprehended by police at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Manhattan. While the charges against him are still unclear, Combs was previously under a sex trafficking investigation earlier this year.

Just days before they were to take the stage in Toronto, Jane’s Addiction have cancelled the remainder of their Imminent Redemption tour. The band, whose members exchanged blows on stage in Boston on Friday, said in a post on Facebook that they had “made the difficult decision to take time some time away as a

Never count out Deborah Vance. In a stunning upset, the Max original comedy Hacks beat out heavy favorite and reigning champion The Bear to win the outstanding-comedy trophy at the Emmys 2024. “I have no thoughts in my brain,” said Hacks cocreator Paul W. Downs when accepting the award. The visibly shocked Downs went on

Image Credit: Patrick McMullan via Getty Image After the delayed 2023 Emmys ceremony in January, the 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards are back and set for Sunday. Hollywood will celebrate the best in television that aired between June 2023 and May 2024, with the awards show hosted by legendary comedy actor Eugene Levy and his

By Aaron Sousa The Canadian Press Posted September 14, 2024 12:46 pm Updated September 14, 2024 12:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The return of k.d. lang and the Reclines is expected to be a highlight as the Canadian Country Music Association hands out its annual hardware tonight