-
Pete Rose, already banned from Major League Baseball for gambling, is now accused of breaking another of the sport’s rules. A former groundskeeper for the Montreal Expos recently told the Montreal Gazette that Rose routinely had an Olympic Stadium staffer cork his bats in 1984. Rose played most of the 1984 season for the Expos …
-
Republican members of the House Oversight Committee on Monday announced a probe into Chinese funding of programs at American universities and colleges. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education, the representatives requested “information, documents, and communications” pertaining to “acceptance or reporting of foreign gifts” by university professors and departments. “This joint inquiry is …
-
Quarantined DJs kept music going all weekend on Instagram Live. The Originals — D-Nice, Stretch Armstrong, Clark Kent, Tony Touch and Rich Medina — took over D-Nice’s Club Quarantine and spun an hour each on Saturday for a crowd including Diplo, Nile Rodgers, Donnie Wahlberg, Diddy, Jody Watley, Melba Moore and Fat Joe. On Sunday, …
-
Tom Thibodeau has quarantined in Connecticut — unclear of his next move, just like everyone else in the NBA. Since being ingloriously ousted in Minnesota amid his third season as coach/president, Thibodeau had attended various NBA/college practices. He has spent lots of hours imbedded with the Clippers, Warriors and Celtics, among others, trying to keep …
-
Hulu’s new ‘toon “Solar Opposites” will benefit from the fandom of “Rick and Morty,” Adult Swim’s extremely popular animated series that’s stamped itself into pop culture and even has its own line of merchandising — the mark of a keeper. “Solar Opposites,” premiering Friday, springs from the minds of “Rick and Morty” co-creator Justin Roiland …
-
Patti LuPone is the reigning queen of the ladies who punch. When she’s not scolding audiences for disruptive behavior, the 71-year-old Broadway legend — currently starring in Ryan Murphy’s “Hollywood” on Netflix — is serving shade to other stars in her orbit. Whether sizing up composer and oft-nemesis Andrew Lloyd Webber as “a jerk” and “a …
-
Even a global pandemic can’t stop Germany from a rave. After the World Club Dome festival was postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus, BigCityBeats, the team behind the festival, found a way to give people their party fix while still upholding social-distancing rules. They brought fans to Autokino Düsseldorf Drive-In Cinema Stadium, filling the …
-
Kristin Cavallari and Jay Cutler are finally on the same page. Cavallari, 33, and Cutler, 37, reached agreements on two contentious points of their divorce: their children and their money. Cavallari and Cutler agreed that the former “Laguna Beach” star can use their marital funds to purchase a new home, a source told People on …
-
He’s uncaged now. It was only a matter of time before a big Hollywood star became the Tiger King, and now it’s happened: Joe Exotic will be played by Nicolas Cage. The smash hit Netflix docuseries following zoo owner and aspiring politician Joe Exotic and his feud with animal rights activist Carole Baskin took the …
-
Luxury sports-car maker Ferrari still expects to make more than $1 billion in core profit this year, providing a relative beacon of stability in an auto industry ravaged by the coronavirus crisis. The company, known for its red Formula One racing cars and its prancing horse logo, cut its 2020 core earnings forecast on Monday, …
Pete Rose, already banned from Major League Baseball for gambling, is now accused of breaking another of the sport’s rules. A former groundskeeper for the Montreal Expos recently told the Montreal Gazette that Rose routinely had an Olympic Stadium staffer cork his bats in 1984. Rose played most of the 1984 season for the Expos …
