• ‘Tiger King’ had a ferocious 64M viewers so far, Netflix says

    ‘Tiger King’ had a ferocious 64M viewers so far, Netflix says

    As the streaming wars kick it up to the next level with Peacock and soon HBO Max on the battlefield, a surging Netflix made it very apparent who is still king, in no small part thanks to the success of “Tiger King” and the return of “Money Heist.” In an investor letter released today for …
  • Chipotle pays record $25M to settle criminal DOJ charges over food safety

    Chipotle pays record $25M to settle criminal DOJ charges over food safety

    Chipotle is paying a record $25 million fine to settle criminal charges that its burrito joints sickened more than 1,100 people over a three-year period because of lax food-safety practices, the Department of Justice said Tuesday. The fast-food chain made headlines repeatedly between 2015 and 2018 for multi-state food-borne illness outbreaks — including one that …
  • Nick Saban warns NFL teams not to make his Drew Brees mistake with Tua Tagovailoa

    Nick Saban warns NFL teams not to make his Drew Brees mistake with Tua Tagovailoa

    Nick Saban doesn’t want NFL teams to make the same mistake with Tua Tagovailoa that he made with Drew Brees 14 years ago. Saban was the head coach of the Miami Dolphins in 2006 when they considered signing Brees as a free agent but ultimately passed due to injury concerns. Tagovailoa was Saban’s quarterback the …
  • Cecily Strong opens up about grieving her cousin while in quarantine

    Cecily Strong opens up about grieving her cousin while in quarantine

    Cecily Strong penned an essay about mourning her cousin Owen, who died of brain cancer this year, as well as navigating a new romantic relationship, while in quarantine amid the coronavirus pandemic. “I’m in the middle of my two-week quarantine in my tiny apartment in New York. I’ve cried every day,” she wrote in the …
  • Pop stars who soared in movies — and the ones who bombed

    Pop stars who soared in movies — and the ones who bombed

    We knew they could sing, but how long did it take some singers to “pop” on the big screen? Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley and other movie stars of yore were able to do a little bit of everything: singin’, dancin’, actin’. These days, such talent is rarer than hand sanitizer at Duane Reade. …
  • Meryl Streep joins all-star virtual Stephen Sondheim 90th birthday concert

    Meryl Streep joins all-star virtual Stephen Sondheim 90th birthday concert

    Meryl Streep, Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone and Audra McDonald are set to join an all-star line-up in a special virtual concert to celebrate Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday. “Take Me To The World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration,” hosted by Raúl Esparza, will take place this Sunday, April 26, the 50th anniversary of the opening night …
  • More Than Half of DNC’s $32 Million March Fundraising Haul Came from Bloomberg

    More Than Half of DNC’s $32 Million March Fundraising Haul Came from Bloomberg

    Over 50 percent of the $32.7 million raised by the Democratic National Committee in March came from an $18 million transfer from the failed presidential campaign of Michael Bloomberg, according to FEC records. Bloomberg’s gift comes after the former New York City mayor decided in March to shelve plans to reorganize his $500-million campaign into …
  • Prince William, Kate Middleton lead Queen Elizabeth’s 94th birthday tributes

    Prince William, Kate Middleton lead Queen Elizabeth’s 94th birthday tributes

    Prince William and wife Kate Middleton lead the birthday tributes to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, as the monarch turned 94. “Wishing Her Majesty The Queen a very happy 94th birthday today,” Kensington Palace’s official Instagram account posted, sharing a photo of the royal trio together. Clarence House, the office of Prince Charles and his …
  • Trudeau Says Canada ‘On the Verge’ of Banning Semi-Automatic Rifles Following Deadly Shooting

    Trudeau Says Canada ‘On the Verge’ of Banning Semi-Automatic Rifles Following Deadly Shooting

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to “ensure that we’re strengthening gun control in this country” following the killing of at least 18 people by a gunman in Nova Scotia over the weekend, the deadliest shooting in Canadian history. Speaking to reporters, Trudeau said he was “on the verge” of banning semi-automatic rifles, and could …
  • Trump Announces Executive Order to Suspend Immigration Due to Coronavirus

    Trump Announces Executive Order to Suspend Immigration Due to Coronavirus

    President Trump on Monday said he plans to issue and executive order suspending immigration to the U.S. over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily …