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Meteorologist Rob Marciano reportedly fired by ABC News after complaints
NEW YORK — “ABC World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America” meteorologist Rob Marciano has been fired after 10 years with the network following alleged complaints, multiple outlets confirmed Tuesday.
“Multiple staffers had made complaints about Marciano’s behavior over the years and he was at least temporarily barred from main ...Read more
Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval counter 'Vanderpump' co-star Rachel Leviss' revenge-porn lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — "Vanderpump Rules" exes Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval fired back at former co-star Rachel Leviss, denying her allegations that they distributed sexually explicit videos without her consent.
Last week, Madix and Sandoval filed separate responses in Los Angeles County Superior Court to Leviss' February lawsuit, which accuses the ...Read more
Reality TV star convicted of sexual battery of teen at Southern California home
ANAHEIM, Calif. — A Texas real estate developer and reality TV personality pleaded guilty Monday, April 29, to misdemeanor sexual battery for assaulting an unconscious 16-year-old girl at his vacation home in Laguna Beach in 2021.
Four additional counts of sexual battery and one count of rape were dismissed for lack of evidence against ...Read more
'American Idol' pays tribute to late Grammy-winning former contestant Mandisa
"American Idol" paid tribute to former contestant Mandisa on Monday.
Former "Idol" contestants Melinda Doolittle, Colton Dixon and Danny Gokey performed a cover of "Shackles (Praise You)" by gospel duo Mary Mary. Mandisa memorably performed the song on Season 5 of the show and later included it on her CDs "Overcomer: The Greatest Hits" and "...Read more
It's another all-Taylor Swift edition of the Hot 100 chart this week
Once again, there's only one name on the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 this week — Taylor Swift.
Swift repeated — and bested — her own 2022 feat by claiming the 14 top slots on the singles' chart. She previously took out the entire top 10 after the debut of her 2022 album, "Midnights" — the first artist ever to do so.
With the ...Read more
Kendrick Lamar responds to Drake in new diss track 'Euphoria'
LOS ANGELES — Kendrick Lamar is having his say. Again.
A week and a half after Drake dropped two songs in which he insulted the Compton-born rapper — diss tracks Drake released after Lamar attacked him last month in the song "Like That" — Lamar returned to their beef Tuesday with a new track he posted on YouTube called "Euphoria."
It's a...Read more
The Slamdance Film Festival is moving to Los Angeles with its next edition
LOS ANGELES — The annual Slamdance Film Festival will permanently move to Los Angeles, beginning in 2025. The next edition of the festival will run Feb. 20-26, and be based at the Landmark Theatres Sunset and the DGA Theater Complex, both in West Hollywood.
Slamdance is leaving its longtime home in Park City, Utah, and also its spot on the ...Read more
Commentary: Tony nominations reflect a Broadway year in which long shots eclipsed safe bets
"Nobody knows anything."
William Goldman's refrain in "Adventures in the Screen Trade," his classic dissection of the movie business, has always held true for Broadway, but never more so than in a season in which long shots overshadowed safe bets.
The Tony nominations, announced in New York on Tuesday, paint a portrait of another year of ...Read more
Atlanta is pursuing prestigious Sundance Film Festival
ATLANTA — Atlanta is planning to bid to be the new home of the Sundance Film Festival starting in 2027, according to Christopher Escobar, owner of the Plaza and Tara cinemas.
“This could be huge for us,” Escobar told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week before the start of The Atlanta Film Festival, which he produces. “The city of...Read more
Jeff Daniels embodies Charlie Croker in Netflix's 'A Man in Full'
ATLANTA — Jeff Daniels has played a difficult TV anchor, a goofball opposite Jim Carrey and FBI news director James Comey. He’s been a menacing outlaw, a pretentious writer and a sweet malt shop owner.
Now on Netflix’s limited six-episode series “A Man in Full,” Daniels gets to embody Charlie Croker, a proud 60-year-old Atlanta real ...Read more
No joke, for 12 days Netflix is turning Los Angeles into the comedy capital of the world
ANAHEIM, Calif. — For 12 days Los Angeles may be the funniest place in the world as more than 300 comedians jump on various stages across the city and bring the laughs during the Netflix is a Joke Fest.
“It’s one of the biggest festivals ever put together celebrating comedy,” said Robbie Praw, Netflix’s vice president of stand-up and ...Read more
From Devo to women's soccer, Doc10 film fest shows us the real world
CHICAGO — They are older women now, their faces flashing across the screen in “Copa 71,” a film that corrects a terrible wrong and celebrates these women and others when they were young athletes out to change the world.
Especially potent in a time that now celebrates the accomplishments of such female athletes as Caitlin Clark, Simone ...Read more
'The Idea of You' director Michael Showalter can't help but go for the occasional laugh
It’s a line that sticks with you, Anne Hathaway’s character in “The Idea of You” being told, only somewhat sarcastically, that people don’t like happy women.
“Women who live their lives out loud, who are proud of who they are, going for whatever it is they want, whether that’s career or romance or anything — I think society ...Read more
San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival to debut, with seed money provided by Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs
SAN DIEGO — Irwin Jacobs, the founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm, is giving nearly $400,000 in seed money to help launch and sustain the San Diego Tijuana International Jazz Festival through its first three years.
The inaugural Oct. 4-6 event has been designated as an "impact project" in the yearlong World Design Capital San Diego...Read more
Movie review: 'The Fall Guy' a testament to star power, not stunts
In theory, “The Fall Guy” may be former stuntman David Leitch’s loving tribute to stunt professionals, but in practice, it’s a demonstration of the importance of movie star charisma. Loosely based on the 1980s TV show that starred Lee Majors as a stunt man moonlighting as a bounty hunter, “The Fall Guy” orbits around one person with ...Read more
What to stream: Crank up the adrenaline with these stunt-filled action films
With David Leitch’s love letter to stunt professionals, “The Fall Guy” hitting theaters, and rumblings of a potential Academy Award for stunts on the horizon (something Leitch has advocated for), it’s the perfect time to fire up some of the best movies with the finest stunts that you can find on streaming. Of course this is in no way a ...Read more
'The Idea of You' review: Boy band-flavored romance fails to keep the beat
Hot on the heels of the controversial 2024 erotic thriller “Miller’s Girl” landing on Netflix — causing lead Martin Freeman to offer a fresh defense of the movie and the age gap between him and his 31-years-younger co-star, Jenna Ortega — comes another movie built upon a May-December romance.
However, we expect no such fervor over the...Read more
Danny Gans: How an unknown impressionist became the biggest act on the Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS — It was easy to assume Las Vegas had seen it all, at least twice, during its first 90 years.
Performing bears. Topless ice skaters. For a while, people couldn’t get enough of watching the mushroom clouds from nearby atom bomb tests.
Seemingly everything that could possibly pass as entertainment had been tried.
Then came the ...Read more
2024 Tony Awards: 'Stereophonic' and 'Hell's Kitchen' lead nominations
Amid a particularly crowded Broadway season of new plays and musicals, "Stereophonic" and "Hell's Kitchen" rose to the top as the most-nominated productions for the 2024 Tony Awards on Tuesday.
David Adjmi's play about a 1970s band recording an album and Alicia's Keys' musical recounting her New York upbringing each earned 13 nominations.
...Read more
List of DVD release dates for April 30 and beyond
Following is a partial schedule of coming movies on DVD. Release dates are subject to change:
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30: Mean Girls (2024)
30: Mean Girls (2004)
30: Madame Web
30: Ordinary Angels
30: Andor: Season 1
30: Impulse
30: Lawmen: Bass Reeves
30: Marmalade
30: Moon Knight: Season 1
30: Obi-Wan Kenobi
30: Sweet Dreams
30: The Falcon and the ...Read more
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