Country singer-songwriter Granger Smith said he used his 10th studio album “Country Things” as a way to heal. He and his wife, Amber, experienced every parent’s worst nightmare when they lost their three-year-old son, River, in a drowning accident in 2019. The couple has used social media to share their …
Read More »Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley are engaged, she confirms
Shailene Woodley has confirmed that she’s engaged to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The actor discussed her relationship with Rodgers on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday, saying they got engaged “a while ago.” The 37-year-old Rodgers mentioned his engagement and thanked his fiancée while accepting his …
Read More »Ailing theater chain AMC sees stock soar 274% in one day
The nation’s largest movie theater chain seemed on the verge of collapse a few months ago. Now AMC Entertainment has one of the hottest stocks of 2021, with its shares soaring nearly 300% Wednesday. AMC is the latest beneficiary of a movement being powered by amateur investors on Reddit who …
Read More »The New Season in theater: The show will go on, some day
Broadway theaters have been dark since March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic. In all, 31 shows shut down, including “Hadestown” at the Walter Kerr Theatre, illuminated now only by the traditional ghost light. When might theatres re-open with no need for masks? Actress Jennifer Garner recently posed that question …
Read More »Takuma Sato clinches second Indy 500 win
Takuma Sato scored his second Indianapolis 500 victory on Sunday as the Japanese racer held off Scott Dixon and ultimately won under caution at an Indianapolis Motor Speedway left empty because of the coronavirus pandemic. IndyCar officials declined to throw a red flag after a violent crash by Spencer Pigot …
Read More »Book excerpt: “The Vanishing Half” by Brit Bennett
In “The Vanishing Half” (Riverhead Books), the new novel by Brit Bennett (author of the New York Times bestselling “The Mothers”), twin sisters living in the Deep South in the 1960s choose separate lives as one secretly passes for White. Read an excerpt below. The morning one of the lost …
Read More »Miley Cyrus reveals she’s been sober for six months
Miley Cyrus revealed this week that she has been sober for the past six months. In an interview with Variety on Tuesday, the pop star said she has struggled with the “stigma” around sobriety and youth. Speaking on The Big Ticket podcast, Cyrus said she decided to quit drugs following …
Read More »Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner and George Takei with advice for the “Next
Nate ‘n Al’s Delicatessen in Beverly Hills, which has served show-biz folk like Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner for 75 years now, is closed this week. It’s just few of blocks away from where Brooks hosts his weekly lunch; that is also suspended for now, as are millions of other …
Read More »The Bella Twins, Nikki and Brie, to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame
Nikki and Brie Bella — known as the “Bella Twins” in the wrestling world — have spent their whole lives celebrating milestones together. Both sisters are currently pregnant and are due within two weeks of each other, Entertainment Tonight, a CBS News partner, reports. But that’s not the only life …
Read More »Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder, dies at 78
The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, the state broadcaster reported Tuesday. He was 78. Shabalala died at a hospital in the capital, Pretoria, Tuesday morning, his family confirmed to local media. The group confirmed the news on social media, saying: “Through your …
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