NEW YORK — Describing an interview with Gary Busey is nearly impossible. On one hand, the experience is exactly what you might think: Frenetic. Unfocused. The works. His sentences are sprinkled with what he calls “Buseyisms”: acronyms he’s spelled out for decades that hint at his philosophy on life. B.I.B.L.E., for example, is “Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth,” and partially the title of his memoir.
NEWARK, N.J. — In the month before officially becoming a presidential candidate, Sen. Cory Booker spent his nights rewatching all 172 episodes of “Star Trek: Voyager.”
A special visitor showed up several days ago at 930 E. 50th St., a former synagogue now known in Chicago and beyond as the headquarters of Rainbow/Push, Rev. Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization.
In a stunning move on Tuesday that angered Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police superintendent, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of staging a hate crime attack in the city’s downtown in January.
In a stunning move on Tuesday that angered Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his police superintendent, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of staging a hate crime attack in the city’s downtown in January.
In a stunning move on Tuesday morning, prosecutors in Chicago dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of staging a hate crime attack in the city’s downtown in January.
In a stunning move on Tuesday morning, Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of staging an attack in downtown Chicago earlier this year.
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 “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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
