HBO/John P. Johnson(NEW YORK) — HBO has announced that Emmy winner Larry David is returning as, well, Larry David on HBO’s acclaimed comedy Curb Your Enthusiasm, starting Sunday, January 19 at 10:30 p.m. Like David’s series Seinfeld before it, Curb has mined comedy gold from the banal, from “thank yous” to misbehaved dogs and mishandled grape juice, and the new season promises…
ABC/Ida Mae Astute(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) Hours after cementing his hand prints and footprints in front of the iconic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California Tuesday night, actor Kevin Hart reflected on his year in an emotional Instagram post. Writing that “words can’t explain my emotion right now,” Hart shared that 2019 has been “a…
Photo credit: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle SMPSP(NEW YORK) — The Fox News sex harassment battle movie Bombshell, with four nominations, leads the pack of potential winners for the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Also with four nominations are The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, each of which was also recognized for their…
Adult Swim/Kellogg Company(NEW YORK) — The animated hit Rick and Morty has just warped into a new dimension: snack food. Adult Swim show has partnered with Pringles to celebrate the Super Bowl as well as one of the absurdist show’s most beloved episodes by creating Pickle Rick flavored Pringles. For the uninitiated, the episode centers…
Credit: Michelle DayThe anonymous billionaire who won the auction for Olivia Newton-John’s iconic leather jacket from Grease had a plan when he placed the winning bid. The mysterious buyer, who is a physician and media tech entrepreneur, not only returned it to her, but also made a hefty donation to her cancer charity. According to Julien’s Auctions,…
Courtesy Amazon MusicChristmas is a few weeks away, and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has already reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. But it’s number one on another, equally significant chart. For the second holiday season in a row, according to Billboard, the song has topped the Streaming Songs…
MGM; Warner BrothersThe Martin Scorsese-directed concert film The Last Waltz, documenting The Band’s star-studded 1976 farewell show, and Prince’s semi-autobiographical 1984 movie Purple Rain are among the 25 films just added to the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. Each year the Library of Congress selects a number of films for preservation that are considered…
Rhino RecordsChicago’s latest album Chicago Christmas is the band’s fourth collection of holiday tunes and features their new hit version of “Sleigh Ride.” But as founding member Lee Loughnane explains, the band never actually planned to make another Christmas album — it just kinda happened. “Initially, it was going to be just a couple of bonus tracks to go…
kali9/iStock(JERSEY CITY, N.J.) — Security video confirms a police shootout in Jersey City, New Jersey, with a pair of rifle-wielding suspects who allegedly killed a detective and three victims was part of rapid series of crimes that included a deliberate attack on a Jewish deli, authorities said on Wednesday.Police declined to reveal the names of…
KTRK-TV(NASSAU BAY, Texas) — The mayor of Nassau Bay, Texas, is calling it a “nightmare scenario” after a police sergeant was killed Tuesday night when a suspect she was trying to arrest struck her with his vehicle.Sgt. Kaila Sullivan was one of several officers performing a traffic stop on a vehicle at an apartment complex…
iStock(WASHINGTON) — Administrator Stephen Dickson, head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is pushing back against the notion that the 737 Max crashes reveal that something is broken with the aircraft certification process.Dickson’s comments came during a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on Wednesday, focused on whether there was proper oversight by the FAA…
iStock(OAKVILLE, Mo.) — A Missouri teacher was placed on paid administrative leave after asking students to put a price on slaves for a school social studies assignment, a spokesperson for the school said.The assignment was handed out to fifth grade students at Blades Elementary School in Oakville in an effort to teach them about the…
iStock(WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday that later in the day the House would debate and then vote Thursday on a bill that she said would reduce prescription drug costs, the latest example of Democrats drawing attention to their legislative efforts while they pursue impeachment.”I have seen grown men cry about how they…
iStock(NEW YORK) — Intermittent fasting — eating only during a certain period of time — has become a buzzy wellness trend, pushing it into the top spot as the most searched diet of 2019, according to Google.The idea of fasting is, of course, thousands of years old but intermittent fasting, or IF, has captured the…
Casimiro/iStock(NEW YORK) — The majority of women who seek abortions each year do so at independent abortion clinics, which are closing at a precarious rate, according to a new report.The number of independent clinics fell 32% in recent years, from 510 clinics in 2012 to only 344 as of November, according to a report published…
magnetcreative/iStock(NEW YORK) — Alyse Parker shares messages of self-love and empowerment with YouTube videos about her lifestyle from diet and exercise to home tours.But now, the YouTuber with over 700,000 subscribers and thousands of Instagram followers has ruffled some feathers — especially among her largely vegan following.After four-and-a-half years of being vegan, Parker shared a…
