Tag: Entertainment News

Broadway Theaters Drop Their Mask Mandate Starting in July

NEW YORK—In another sign that the world of entertainment is returning to pre-pandemic normal, Broadway theaters will no longer demand audiences wear masks starting in July. The Broadway League announced Tuesday that mask-wearing will be optional next month onward, a further loosening of restrictions. In May, most Broadway theaters lifted the requirement that audience members…


Woman Who Drove Man Who Killed Nipsey Hussle Testifies

LOS ANGELES—A woman testified Monday that she unwittingly drove the man now charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle to and from the scene of the shooting, not accepting that he had fired the deadly shots despite seeing him load a gun moments before. Bryannita Nicholson, 35, said that when she and Eric Holder, with whom…


Stephen Colbert Responds for First Time After Staffers Arrested Near US Capitol

TV host Stephen Colbert on June 20 downplayed his staff members breaking the law, resulting in their arrests. Staffers with “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” were taken into custody on June 16 at a U.S. House of Representatives building that is connected to the U.S. Capitol. According to the U.S. Capitol Police, the crew had been…


Why The Depp vs Heard Case Mattered

Commentary The mainstream media is working overtime to play down the Depp v Heard court case, dismissing it as a tawdry celebrity circus and attributing the massive public interest to sinister efforts by Johnny Depp fans to support their star and a win for yet another powerful man. But there are really significant issues at…


Florida Police Officers Disciplined Over Leak of Comedian Bob Saget’s Death Before Family Were Notified

Two Florida police officers who leaked news of comedian Bob Saget’s death before his family was informed were temporarily suspended, according to law enforcement officials. Saget was found dead in his hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando, Florida, on Jan. 9, just hours after performing in Jacksonville. He was 65 years old. According to an autopsy,…


Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Paul Haggis Arrested in Italy on Sexual Assault Charges

Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis is under house arrest in southern Italy on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury, accusations that the Canadian director denies, his lawyers said on Monday. “Mr Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday with an emergency measure issued by the Brindisi prosecutors and is now under house arrest in Ostuni….


Bill Cosby Civil Trial Jury Must Start Deliberations Over

SANTA MONICA, Calif.—After two days of deliberations in which they reached verdicts on nearly all of the questions put before them, jurors in a civil trial who were deciding on sexual abuse allegations against Bill Cosby will have to start from scratch on Monday. By the end of the court day Friday, the Los Angeles…


Britney Spears’ Father Jamie Fires Back Over Social Media Allegations

By Joseph Wilkinson From New York Daily News There will be no Father’s Day reconciliation in the Spears family. Jamie Spears has filed legal documents demanding his daughter Britney sit for a deposition in the ongoing court battle surrounding her terminated conservatorship. Jamie, 69, wants Britney questioned under oath about several things, TMZ reported. He…


Pioneering Pop Music Chart Analyst Joel Whitburn Dies at 82

NEW YORK—Joel Whitburn, who turned his fascination with the Billboard charts into a career cataloging the history of charted music that kept gatekeepers honest about the performance of hits, has died. He was 82. His Tuesday death at his home in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, was announced by Record Research, Whitburn’s publishing company. Employee Paul Haney…


Pop Music Chart Analyst Joel Whitburn Dies at 82

NEW YORK—Joel Whitburn, who turned his fascination with the Billboard charts into a career cataloging the history of charted music that kept gatekeepers honest about the performance of hits, has died. He was 82. His Tuesday death at his home in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, was announced by Record Research, Whitburn’s publishing company. Employee Paul Haney…