Harry How/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Shohei Ohtani, Major League Baseball’s highest-paid player, broke his silence Monday afternoon about a gambling scandal that prompted his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, to fire his interpreter last week. In a prepared statement, through an interpreter, Ohtani said, “I am very saddened and shocked that someone who I …
Shohei Ohtani set to break silence today on gambling scandal
Harry How/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Shohei Ohtani, Major League Baseball’s highest-paid player, is expected to break his silence Monday afternoon about a gambling scandal that prompted his team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, to fire his interpreter last week. The 29-year-old pitching and home-run-hitting star, who signed a $700 million deal in the offseason to …
Kevin Hart accepts Mark Twain Prize for humor
Photo: Kevin Kwan – 2022 Kevin Hart received one of comedy’s highest honors, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, at a ceremony held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. “Life without a gamble is a weird thing, man,” he said in his speech, per USA Today. “‘Cause that’s acting as if …
Apple TV+ renews “limited” series ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’
Apple TV+ While it was originally billed as a limited series, Apple TV+ announced on Monday it is bringing back the Jennifer Garner-led mystery series The Last Thing He Told Me for a second season. The series, co-produced by Garner and Reese Witherspoon, follows the bestseller of the same name by author Laura Dave, who …
Anne Hathaway on how “angel” Christopher Nolan kept her career on track after post-Oscar win “hate”
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua While winning an Oscar is considered a career apex for an actor, Anne Hathaway has said it led to an explosion of “hate” against her. In 2021, she admitted to The Sun she was shocked to once see an article titled “Why does everyone hate Anne Hathaway?” Now, in a new cover story, …
HBO delays production on ‘Euphoria”s third season
HBO ABC Audio has confirmed that HBO has decided to delay production on the third season of its Emmy-winning drama Euphoria. Cast members — including its Emmy winners Zendaya and Colman Domingo, as well as Sydney Sweeney and Storm Reid — were informed they have been temporarily released from their commitments to the drama. The …
Karen Gillan on what she’d like *IF* James Gunn casts her as Poison Ivy in the DCU
ABC Audio She’s currently in theaters in the “twisty” thriller Sleeping Dogs opposite the “brilliant” Russell Crowe, but fans are already hoping Karen Gillan gets the call from Guardians of the Galaxy writer-director James Gunn for another comics-based role. Ever since an artist posted a rendition of the flame-haired Scot as DC Comics’ plant-controlling baddie …
In Brief: New trailer for ‘Doctor Who’, and more
Disney+ has dropped the official trailer for Doctor Who season 14, which finds Ncuti Gatwa assuming the role of the 15th Doctor on the British show. The upcoming season, per the streaming service, “follows the Doctor and his companion Ruby Sunday — played by Millie Gibson — as they travel across time and space, with …
‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ ices the competition with $45.2 million box office debut
Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise, and the sequel to 2021’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife, delivered an estimated $45.2 million at the domestic box office in its opening weekend. Internationally, the film brought in $16.4 million, for a global haul of $61.6 million. That raises the total gross of …
MLB opens investigation into Shohei Ohtani interpreter allegations
Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Major League Baseball said Friday it has begun formally investigating the scandal involving Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhari from the news media,” MLB said in a statement Friday. …