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Recently was the Telluride Film Festival, to which practically nobody came. The thing had to come to you. Makeshift drive-in for “Nomadland,” a modern road picture thing with Frances McDormand. McDormand, under a mask, inside a golf cart, fires burning in the distance, yelled: “Get your Kleenex out. Have hamburgers and milkshakes at our sanitized …

Jerry Harris from Netflix’s hit docu-series “Cheer” is reportedly being investigated by the FBI for allegedly soliciting minors. Harris, 21, allegedly asked for sexually explicit photos and for sex from minors, USA Today reported on Monday. FBI agents reportedly executed a search warrant the same at his Naperville, Illinois home as part of the investigation. …

Chris Evans isn’t the only celebrity to run afoul of his smartphone while attempting to negotiate social media. The “Captain America” actor, 39, inadvertently posted a picture of his penis to Instagram Saturday, but at least he can take comfort in the fact that he’s not alone. Chris Cuomo Chris Cuomo was apparently caught naked …

Yankees rookie hurler Deivi Garcia likely lived out his childhood dream when he received a call from his idol Pedro Martinez after his MLB debut on Aug. 30. Garcia held the Mets to one unearned run over six innings in a no-decision, and Martinez took to Twitter to commend the 21-year-old on his “excellent” outing. …

Software giant Oracle confirmed Monday that it has reached a deal with TikTok parent ByteDance to become the Chinese firm’s “trusted technology provider” in the US. The California-based company said Beijing-based ByteDance had submitted the proposed deal to the US Treasury Department over the weekend as it faced a Sept. 20 deadline to dump TikTok’s …

Verizon Communications said Monday it will buy prepaid mobile phones provider Tracfone, a unit of Mexican telecoms giant America Movil, in a $6.25 billion cash and stock deal. Tracfone, which serves about 21 million subscribers through more than 90,000 retail locations across the United States, said more than 13 million of its subscribers rely on …

YouTube is rolling out a short-form video feature called “YouTube Shorts” to compete with the popular social media platform TikTok. YouTube said Monday that YouTube Shorts — set to launch in the next few weeks — will allow creators and artists to shoot short, catchy videos up to 15 seconds long using their mobile phones. …

Mark Ruffalo and Chrissy Teigen served as Chris Evans’ support system after he accidentally leaked a photo of his penis. “.@ChrisEvans Bro, while Trump is in office there is NOTHING you could possibly do to embarrass yourself,” Ruffalo, who co-starred in the “Avengers” with 39-year-old Evans, tweeted. “See… silver lining.” Always finding the humor in …

Jeremy Tardy, who appears in Netflix’s “Dear White People,” has announced that he’s exiting the show, citing “racial discrimination” as the reason for the move. Tardy, 29, has appeared in the show’s first three seasons in varying capacities. He made the announcement on Twitter on Friday. “Unfortunately I will not be joining NETFLIX’s Dear White …

ViacomCBS said it is offloading CNET Media Group for $500 million to digital-marketing company Red Ventures. The Monday deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020, also includes foodie site Chowhound, the tech site ZDNet, GameSpot, the Metacritic reviews-aggregation site and TVGuide.com. Red Ventures already owns and operates more than 100 …