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The story of Aaron Hernandez, the New England Patriots star turned convicted murderer, always comes down to why. Why would Hernandez kill his friend Odin Lloyd, when he was on top of the world after signing a $40 million contract extension with the Patriots? By what means did he avoid accountability for violent outbursts dating …
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Comic Patton Oswalt hosted the 24th Webby Awards digitally Tuesday, and joked of confusing coronavirus stats and treatments: “Back when [the awards] started, most people didn’t understand concepts like broadband and memes. Now it’s 2020, and people don’t understand things like vaccines and math.” Tom Hanks, John Krasinski, Miley Cyrus and Kristen Bell were honored …
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Broadway types are fuming after CBS announced that a singalong version of the 1978 film “Grease” will replace the Tony Awards on the network next month. One theater insider even sent us an email with the eye-catching subject line “Grease is the turd!” — adding, “a rough season for Broadway types just got a whole …
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It’s not so much the one that we want, but the one that we got saddled with. CBS announced Friday that a musical will, indeed, fill the June 7 time slot vacated by the 2020 Tony Awards this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It just won’t be live — or new. Instead, the network …
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The NFL is expected to release the official schedule for its 2020 season imminently, with a plan for its grand finale at the Super Bowl on Feb. 7, 2021, airing this cycle on CBS. Business as usual. Of course we know all about “plans” in the age of the coronavirus pandemic, and as one event after …
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For the past seven decades, the show has always gone on for the Tony Awards, which honor the best Broadway performances and productions. But with the 74th edition being postponed from its planned June 7 date due to the coronavirus, there’s a real chance that the ceremony will be scrapped altogether this year, multiple sources …
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After being postponed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Kids’ Choice Awards held a virtual telecast to dole out the slime and the awards. “Victorious” star Victoria Justice hosted the show on Saturday, about six weeks after the original date. In addition to the awards and slime given out, the show made a $1 million donation …
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The 47th annual Daytime Emmy Awards will carry on without an in-person ceremony this year, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences confirmed on Wednesday. Instead, the org is moving forward with at-home remote video productions for various Emmy awards in 2020, including Daytime, Sports, News & Documentary, and Technology & Engineering. Originally scheduled …
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LOS ANGELES — The Kids’ Choice Awards will be bringing the slime home. Nickelodeon’s annual show and the signature green slime it pours on celebrities will now air on May 2 with host Victoria Justice, former star of the channel’s shows “Zoey 101” and “Victorious.” On Friday the kids’ channel announced that the rebooted virtual …
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The 2020 Tony Awards, originally scheduled to air Sunday, June 7, on CBS, will be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, a spokeswoman announced Wednesday. The statement said that a new date for the telecast, live from Radio City Music Hall, would be decided once Broadway reopens. Like the entire entertainment industry, Broadway has been …
The story of Aaron Hernandez, the New England Patriots star turned convicted murderer, always comes down to why. Why would Hernandez kill his friend Odin Lloyd, when he was on top of the world after signing a $40 million contract extension with the Patriots? By what means did he avoid accountability for violent outbursts dating …
