Most stories explore the basics: who, what, where, when and <em xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">especially</em> why. But some movies skip that last one.Entertainment7 Aug 2024
If Baz Luhrmann had his way, the music of the Rolling Stones would have been featured in his 2001 movie, the cult favorite “Moulin Rouge,” alongside David Bowie, Sting and Madonna.
Ramy Youssef was home, in a manner of speaking. The Egyptian-American stand-up comedian had just finished shooting several takes of a scene for his new Hulu show, “Ramy.” The set was a mock-up of his childhood New Jersey home and the scene took place inside the dining room. Pictures of Youssef and his sister were hanging on the wall.
There are certain guarantees in life. Death, the rising sun and Ben Stiller returning to play Michael Cohen in this week’s cold open of “Saturday Night Live” are among them.World6 Aug 2024
Jussie Smollett, the “Empire” actor who said he was the victim of a hate crime, was charged Wednesday night with staging the assault he reported to Chicago police in January.Entertainment6 Aug 2024
Fox, the network that airs the show “Empire,” is standing by Jussie Smollett, one of the drama’s stars, amid a swirl of questions about whether the attack he reported late last month occurred as he said.World6 Aug 2024
The Chicago Police Department said Saturday that it was seeking to speak further with “Empire” star Jussie Smollett amid reports that two brothers who were arrested and once considered potential suspects in an attack on the actor have told investigators they were paid to take part in a hoax.World6 Aug 2024
The brothers detained earlier this week by Chicago police in connection with the reported attack on “Empire” star Jussie Smollett were arrested and are now being treated as “potential suspects,” a spokesman for the department said Friday. They have not yet been charged with any crime.World6 Aug 2024
The brothers detained earlier this week by Chicago police in connection with the reported attack on “Empire” star Jussie Smollett were arrested and are now being treated as “potential suspects,” a spokesman for the department said Friday. They have not yet been charged with any crime.Entertainment6 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — One man’s trash really can be another man’s treasure. At least that’s the lesson you might take from “Stomp,” the durable New York-based stage show that has become a long-running institution in a city where sticking power can be hard to come by.
Jussie Smollett, a star of the Fox television show “Empire” who said late last month that he had been assaulted by two men yelling homophobic and racial slurs in downtown Chicago, told “Good Morning America” that he was “pissed off” by the attack and those who doubted his story.Entertainment6 Aug 2024
Aziz Ansari has spent much of his recent stand-up comedy tour only peripherally referencing the accusation of sexual misconduct early last year that took him out of the public eye.
Jussie Smollett, star of the Fox television show “Empire” who said he had been attacked by two men yelling racial and homophobic slurs, released his first public comments about the incident Friday.World5 Aug 2024
Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the Fox television show “Empire,” was attacked in Chicago early Tuesday morning by two people who yelled racial and homophobic slurs and wrapped a rope around his neck, according to police, who said they were investigating the incident as “a possible hate crime.”
Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the Fox television show “Empire,” was attacked in Chicago early Tuesday morning by two people who yelled racial and homophobic slurs and wrapped a rope around his neck, according to police, who said they were investigating the incident as “a possible hate crime.”
Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the Fox television show “Empire,” was attacked in Chicago early Tuesday morning by two people who yelled racial and homophobic slurs and wrapped a rope around his neck, according to police, who said they were investigating the incident as “a possible hate crime.”
“I get why cops don’t like firefighters,” Roy Wood Jr. told a brunch crowd at the Comedy Cellar on a recent Sunday. “You’ve never seen a firefighter and wondered if he’s one of the good ones.”
“I get why cops don’t like firefighters,” Roy Wood Jr. told a brunch crowd at the Comedy Cellar on a recent Sunday. “You’ve never seen a firefighter and wondered if he’s one of the good ones.”
The building that houses the Newseum — the financially troubled monument to journalism in Washington — is being sold to Johns Hopkins University for $372.5 million by the Freedom Forum, the foundation that created the museum.
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