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Alex Trebek is releasing a memoir this summer — just in time for his 80th birthday. After more than three decades hosting “Jeopardy!” — and being begged to pen a tell-all about his own life and what it’s like behind the scenes — the beloved emcee is releasing a book on July 21. Trebek, who …
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I’ll take “predicting the future” for $1,000, Alex. “Jeopardy!” fans were bowled over on Tuesday night when a clue on the board seemed to reference the coronavirus pandemic. But the April 7 episode — in which three university students were competing as the storied ABC game show’s two-week-long College Championship — was filmed in early …
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Tobey Maguire wanted to take down Hollywood. Back in 2005, the “Spider-Man” star collaborated with a card cheat-turned-TV producer named Houston Curtis to create a regular poker game for themselves and their rich pals where as much as a few million bucks could be in play on any night. The alleged goal, according to Curtis’s …
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LA Rams coach Sean McVay is binge-watching “Game of Thrones” while staying home during the coronavirus crisis. The NFL guru apparently managed to miss the HBO sensation the first time around, and has been recently turned onto the hit by his fiancee Veronika Khomyn, he told his pal John Roa as the first guest on …
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Instead of watching their own finances crater, shut-in television viewers tuned in to the game show “Let’s Make a Deal” in record numbers last week. TV programs across the dial recorded superlatives last week with a captive audience of millions of Americans told to stay home because of the coronavirus. Few were as interesting as …
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People wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus next to the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo, Japan, February 26, 2020. The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23, 2021, about one year after the games were originally scheduled to take place. “The schedule for the games …
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The IOC is finally pushing back the 2020 Olympics. International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA Today on Monday the Summer Olympics in Tokyo will be postponed and probably won’t happen until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. “On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound told USA …
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Spoiler alert: Warning, spoilers for the season premiere of “Westworld” follow. Drogon, the largest of Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons on “Game of Thrones,” survived the end of the show even when his mom didn’t. So it’s a shocker that he now meets his demise on a different HBO show: “Westworld.” Again, spoilers below for the second …
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It’s never been better to be a gamer. Video game retail giant GameStop called itself “essential retail” in a memo to employees, instructing them to keep stores open — despite local governments nationwide issuing lockdowns amid the coronavirus crisis, Kotaku reported. “Due to the products we carry that enable and enhance our customers’ experience in …
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Could the Chinese virus outbreak be the catalyst that finally gives fans the next “Game of Thrones” book? Amid closures and quarantines all over the country, 71-year-old author George R.R. Martin says that in taking precautions, he’s been holed up and deep into writing. “I am off by myself in a remote isolated location, attended …
Alex Trebek is releasing a memoir this summer — just in time for his 80th birthday. After more than three decades hosting “Jeopardy!” — and being begged to pen a tell-all about his own life and what it’s like behind the scenes — the beloved emcee is releasing a book on July 21. Trebek, who …
