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Surprise! Scarlett Johansson, Colin Jost Welcome Baby Boy

Scarlett Johansson is a mom to two now. The “Black Widow” star recently gave birth to a son, Cosmo, with husband Colin Jost, the “Saturday Night Live” star wrote on Instagram Wednesday. This is the first child for the couple, who were married last October. “Ok, OK, we had a baby. His name is Cosmo….


NFL’s Jay Cutler Pulled From Uber Promo Over Stance Against Masking Children

Former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler lost his appearance on an Uber Eats-NFL partnered commercial after voicing his opinion on CCP virus health regulations and mask mandates set on schoolchildren. “Lost a commercial with Uber eats partnering with the NFL,” Cutler said on social media. “Was going to film in LA, ‘views aren’t aligned.’ Guess they don’t like…


South Florida Film Producer Duped Investors With Lies, SEC Suit Says

By Ron Hurtibise From South Florida Sun Sentinel FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—They say the movie business is about the art of creating illusion—making an audience believe what cannot possibly be real. A complaint filed Aug. 13 by the Securities and Exchange Commission accuses a Fort Lauderdale-based movie producer of duping investors by creating an illusion that…


Grammy-Winning Folk Singer-Songwriter Nanci Griffith Dies

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like “Love at the Five and Dime” celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. Her management company, Gold Mountain Entertainment, said Griffith died Friday but did not provide a cause of death. “It was Nanci’s wish that no further formal statement or…


New Zealand Loses Its Precious ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series to the UK

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand has long been associated with “The Lord of the Rings” but with the filming of a major new television series suddenly snatched away, the nation has become more like Mordor than the Shire for hundreds of workers. In a major blow to the nation’s small but vibrant screen industry, Amazon Studios…


Jamie Spears Agrees to Step Down as Conservator of Britney Spears

LOS ANGELES —Jamie Spears has agreed to step down from his longtime role as conservator of his daughter Britney Spears’ estate, the pop star’s attorney said on Thursday. “We are pleased that Mr. Spears and his lawyer have today conceded in a filing that he must be removed,” the singer’s lawyer Mathew Rosengart said in…


Singer Stevie Nicks Cancels Concerts Over COVID Fears

Legendary singer Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac fame announced Tuesday her entire 2021 concert tour has been canceled over concerns about catching COVID-19. “I’m devastated and I know the fans are disappointed,” the 73-year-old Phoenix native wrote in a tweet. “But we will look forward to a brighter 2022.” Nicks had planned five concerts at…


Pat Hitchcock, Daughter of Alfred Hitchcock, Dead at 93

NEW YORK—Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and an actor herself who made a memorable appearance in her father’s “Strangers on a Train” and championed his work in the decades following his death, has died at age 93. Hitchcock died Monday in her sleep at home in Thousand Oaks, California, her daughter…


Christina Applegate Reveals She Has Multiple Sclerosis

Emmy Award-winner Christina Applegate has announced that she has multiple sclerosis, describing her diagnosis as a “tough road.” The 49-year-old actor known for her roles in “Married… with Children” and “Dead to Me,” said in a Twitter post late Monday that she was diagnosed “a few months ago.” “It’s been a strange journey. But I have…


Actress Julie Bowen, Sister Help Rescue Woman Who Fainted and Hit Head on Rock

Actress Julie Bowen and her sister helped rescue a woman who fainted and hit her head on a rock in Utah’s Arches National Park last week. In an Aug. 3 three-part post on Facebook, Minnie John of Oradell, New Jersey, said she had been on a “bucket list” trip to Arches and hiking to see Delicate Arch,…