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Ryan Zimmerman is a two-time All-Star infielder who has played 15 years in the majors, all with the Washington Nationals. He holds most of the team’s career hitting records, and his two homers and seven RBIs last postseason helped the Nationals win their first World Series championship. Zimmerman has been offering his thoughts — as …
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The Bonnaroo 2020 festival has been officially canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the festival announced on Thursday. In March, the long-running festival, which is held in Manchester, Tenn., moved from its regular June dates to September in the hopes that the pandemic would have eased enough to allow for mass gatherings, but it has long …
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Halsey is preparing to release a very personal book. The “Without Me” singer is releasing a book of poetry titled “I Would Leave Me if I Could” on Nov. 10, 2020. Being published by Simon & Schuster, the book of poems will examine the highs and lows of doomed relationships, family ties, sexuality and mental …
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Like most festivals, the Roots Picnic — Philadelphia’s annual party in the park thrown by “The Tonight Show” band — has been spoiled by the coronavirus concert kibosh. But while the annual event won’t take over Fairmount Park in the City of Brotherly Love — the hometown of the Roots — the music and the …
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“Dirty Jobs” is back on Discovery Channel. Mike Rowe, who hosted the trailblazing series (2003-2012) in which he took a deep (often grimey) dive into everyday occupations, has reunited his old crew for “Dirty Jobs: Rowe’d Trip,” premiering July 7 at 9 p.m. on Discovery. In the four-part series, Rowe and company drive around in …
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Bill Cosby has won the right to appeal his 2018 sexual assault conviction. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review two aspects of the case that Cosby is challenging — the judge’s decision to allow prosecutors to call five other accusers and to introduce evidence that he’d given women Quaaludes in the past. The …
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Normally the summer music-festival season would be in full swing now, but this year it’s been put on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. So instead, the Governors Ball Music Festival is pressing rewind and replaying some memorable sets from over the years on Thursday and Friday on YouTube. On Thursday’s bill is Travis Scott …
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Broadway director Jerry Zaks. Drama Desk Awards. Four Tonys. Nominated for Bette Midler’s “Hello, Dolly!” in 2017. How smart is he? When I rehearsed my suggested one-woman show he yawned, “Forget it!” That’s how smart. He’s to direct — whenever that is — “The Music Man” starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster, with Warren Carlyle …
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He’s gone from “Holla Holla” to “Opa Opa!” Ja Rule has recorded his biggest hit in years — a bizarre, low-budget TV commercial for a Greek restaurant that has racked up millions of views. “Papa Cristo’s got the best motherf—ing gyros you ever f—ing ate in your life! S–t is so good!” the Queens-born rapper …
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Gilead Sciences announced plans Monday to start testing an inhaled version of its experimental coronavirus drug to determine whether it could treat the deadly disease sooner. The pharma giant will begin screening patients this week for early-stage trials of the breathable form of remdesivir, which has been shown to help COVID-19 patients recover faster, Gilead …
Ryan Zimmerman is a two-time All-Star infielder who has played 15 years in the majors, all with the Washington Nationals. He holds most of the team’s career hitting records, and his two homers and seven RBIs last postseason helped the Nationals win their first World Series championship. Zimmerman has been offering his thoughts — as …
