• Actor Wilford Brimley, known for ‘Cocoon’ and diabetes ads, dead at 85

    Actor Wilford Brimley, known for ‘Cocoon’ and diabetes ads, dead at 85

    Actor Wilford Brimley, known for his role in TV ads promoting diabetes awareness, died in a Utah hospital Saturday morning. He was 85. “Wilford Brimley was a man you could trust. He said what he meant and he meant what he said. I’m sad that I will no longer get to hear my friend’s wonderful …
  • Mets blow six-run lead as bullpen implodes for crushing loss

    Mets blow six-run lead as bullpen implodes for crushing loss

    ATLANTA — Meet the Mess, 2020 version. Just over a week into their 60-game season, the Mets have a glaring problem that will keep them socially distanced from even the expanded playoff format if they can’t find a fast solution. Just like old times, the bullpen is a raging inferno. Friday night it was Dellin …
  • Big Tech CEOs Bezos, Zuckerberg, others to appear before Congress

    Big Tech CEOs Bezos, Zuckerberg, others to appear before Congress

    Big Tech will be under the spotlight once again on Wednesday, as the CEOs of the largest companies in the industry will face a grilling before Congress. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple chief Tim Cook are scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust …
  • ‘No Limit Chronicles’ traces Master P’s rise to rap stardom

    ‘No Limit Chronicles’ traces Master P’s rise to rap stardom

    “It’s gon’ be no limit to your success when you dream big.” Those words of wisdom were instilled in hip-hop mogul Master P by his grandmother when he was a kid. And judging by how he built his No Limit Records empire — a journey that is covered in the new BET docuseries “No Limit …
  • Emmy nominations 2020 snubs: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Reese Witherspoon, more

    Emmy nominations 2020 snubs: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Reese Witherspoon, more

    The 2020 Emmy nominations were announced on Tuesday morning (check out the full list here), and along with them, some surprising snubs. HBO’s “Watchmen” led the pack with a whopping 26 nominations, while “The Mandalorian” on Disney+ racked up an unexpected 15 nods — never underestimate the force of Baby Yoda. But there were also …
  • Bethenny Frankel ‘stunned’ that fans want her back on ‘RHONY’

    Bethenny Frankel ‘stunned’ that fans want her back on ‘RHONY’

    Bethenny Frankel isn’t ready to hold an apple again, despite fans hoping she’ll return to the franchise that made her famous. The former “Real Housewives of New York” star, 49, told Fortune in a recent interview that while she is “humbled by the threads and comments” that beg for her return, she has no desire …
  • Harry and Meghan felt snubbed by Queen during her Christmas speech: book

    Harry and Meghan felt snubbed by Queen during her Christmas speech: book

    Prince Harry and Meghan Markle felt snubbed by Queen Elizabeth II during her high-profile Christmas speech — seeing it as proof they were being pushed out of the royal family, according to a new book. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex felt they were “noticeably absent” from the family photos surrounding the Queen as she …
  • New tell-all Meghan and Harry book describes royal jealousy, pre-Megxit tensions

    New tell-all Meghan and Harry book describes royal jealousy, pre-Megxit tensions

    As all hell broke loose from their now-notorious “Megxit,” Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle were so frustrated by being blocked from seeing the queen that they considered breaking protocol and ambushing her in a “surprise visit,” according to excerpts from a new biography. “Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal …
  • Mookie Betts kneels during national anthem after saying he’d never do so

    Mookie Betts kneels during national anthem after saying he’d never do so

    Four years ago, Mookie Betts said he would never kneel during the national anthem because of his father, Willie, an Air Force veteran who served in Vietnam. The 27-year-old’s stance has changed. Right before his first official game with the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday night, Betts took a knee during the anthem. Nearly every player …
  • Elisabeth Moss to star in ‘Shining Girls’ for Leonardo DiCaprio on Apple+

    Elisabeth Moss to star in ‘Shining Girls’ for Leonardo DiCaprio on Apple+

    Apple has given a series order to “Shining Girls,” a metaphysical thriller based on Lauren Beukes’ 2013 best-selling novel “The Shining Girls,” starring and executive produced by Elisabeth Moss, and executive produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way. MRC Television is the studio. Writer-creator Silka Luisa (“Strange Angel”) will pen the adaptation, executive produce and serve …