Authorities said Saturday the search for Naya Rivera continued for the fourth day. The 33-year-old “Glee” actress went missing while on a lake with her 4-year-old son in the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County this week. CBS Los Angeles reports search crews were expected to continue to use …
Read More »Cirque du Soleil, theatrical high flyer, files for bankruptcy protection
Cirque du Soleil has filed for bankruptcy protection just three months after temporarily canceling dozens of its flashy acrobatic shows worldwide because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Canadian company said it plans to fire about 3,500 circus workers and back-office employees as part of a restructuring plan. A group of investors …
Read More »Brian Dennehy, prolific stage and screen actor, dies at 81
Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller, has died. He was 81. Dennehy died Wednesday night of natural causes in New …
Read More »Courteney Cox says she doesn’t remember “Friends”
Could Courteney Cox BE any more forgetful? Appearing via video call on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Wednesday, Cox said she doesn’t remember much about playing the “mother hen” of the group, Monica Geller, on the hit TV show “Friends.” Blaming her “bad memory” Cox laughed, adding, “I remember obviously loving …
Read More »Disney actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa dies aged 15 from brain tumor
Nikita Pearl Waligwa, a 15-year-old rising star from Uganda who was featured in Disney’s “Queen of Katwe,” has died after a brain tumor diagnosis, according to local media. The 2016 film starred Waligwa alongside Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, who described the young star as “a ball of …
Read More »Take Five (February 7): Check out the “Sunday Morning” listings of events this coming week
Check out these events around the country this coming week: LOS ANGELES: 25th Annual L.A. Art Show (through February 9) The most comprehensive international contemporary art show in America officially kicks off the city’s 2020 art season. This year marks a milestone both for the art show and the entire …
Read More »DeAndre Arnold: “Hair Love” producers Matthew A. Cherry, Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade invite teen to Oscars
Matthew A. Cherry, the creator of the Oscar-nominated short film “Hair Love,” along with former NBA player Dwyane Wade and actress Gabrielle Union, who are producers of the animated film, have invited Texas high school student DeAndre Arnold to the award ceremony. Arnold has received a wave of support after …
Read More »Eminem album: Eminem drops surprise new album with video calling for changes to gun laws
Rapper Eminem once again dropped a surprise album, releasing “Music To Be Murdered By” on Friday — along with a video that calls for changes to gun laws. The follow-up to 2018’s “Kamikaze” — also released without warning — was announced on Twitter just after midnight. The Detroit rapper’s new …
Read More »Sharon Stone blocked on Bumble after users report her account as “fake”
Sharon Stone was blocked on Bumble after users on the online dating application reported her profile for being “fake.” The “Basic Instinct” actress went on Twitter to get back on the popular app. Stone, 61, pleaded her case to Bumble on the social platform to reinstate her account early …
Read More »Five black women now hold the top pageant crowns—Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Teen USA
Another week, another history-making milestone in the beauty pageant world. For the first time ever, black women wear the crowns of Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Miss Universe and now Miss World. Miss Jamaica, Toni-Ann Singh, was crowned the 69th Miss World at a ceremony at the Exhibition …
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