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.
If Baz Luhrmann had his way, the music of the Rolling Stones would have been featured in his 2001 movie, the cult favorite âMoulin Rouge,â 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, âRamy.â 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 weekâs cold open of âSaturday Night Liveâ are among them.
Jussie Smollett, the âEmpireâ 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.
Fox, the network that airs the show âEmpire,â is standing by Jussie Smollett, one of the dramaâs stars, amid a swirl of questions about whether the attack he reported late last month occurred as he said.
The Chicago Police Department said Saturday that it was seeking to speak further with âEmpireâ 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.
The brothers detained earlier this week by Chicago police in connection with the reported attack on âEmpireâ star Jussie Smollett were arrested and are now being treated as âpotential suspects,â a spokesman for the department said Friday. They have not yet been charged with any crime.
The brothers detained earlier this week by Chicago police in connection with the reported attack on âEmpireâ star Jussie Smollett were arrested and are now being treated as âpotential suspects,â a spokesman for the department said Friday. They have not yet been charged with any crime.
NEW YORK â One manâs trash really can be another manâs treasure. At least thatâs the lesson you might take from âStomp,â 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 âEmpireâ who said late last month that he had been assaulted by two men yelling homophobic and racial slurs in downtown Chicago, told âGood Morning Americaâ that he was âpissed offâ by the attack and those who doubted his story.
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 âEmpireâ who said he had been attacked by two men yelling racial and homophobic slurs, released his first public comments about the incident Friday.
Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the Fox television show âEmpire,â 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 âa possible hate crime.â
Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the Fox television show âEmpire,â 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 âa possible hate crime.â
Jussie Smollett, one of the stars of the Fox television show âEmpire,â 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 âa possible hate crime.â
âI get why cops donât like firefighters,â Roy Wood Jr. told a brunch crowd at the Comedy Cellar on a recent Sunday. âYouâve never seen a firefighter and wondered if heâs one of the good ones.â
âI get why cops donât like firefighters,â Roy Wood Jr. told a brunch crowd at the Comedy Cellar on a recent Sunday. âYouâve never seen a firefighter and wondered if heâs one of the good ones.â
The building that houses the Newseum â the financially troubled monument to journalism in Washington â 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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