krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The parents of 13-year-old Easton Oliverson are speaking out about a simple fix they say could have saved their son from a life-threatening accident at the Little League World Series last year. In August 2022, Easton was part of the first team out of Utah to make it to …
Patricia Arquette goes undercover in Apple TV+’s ‘High Desert’
Apple TV+ It’s Patricia Arquette, Private Eye. The award winning actress plays an on-again, off-again addict in search of purpose after the death of her mother in the new Apple TV+ series High Desert, out Wednesday. That search leads her to a private investigator’s office, where her knack for figuring stuff out comes in handy. But in real life, …
Scoreboard roundup — 5/16/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Oakland 9, Arizona 8 (12) Detroit 4, Pittsburgh 0 Tampa Bay 8, NY Mets 5 Texas 7, Atlanta 4 Houston 7, Chi Cubs 3 Kansas City 5, San Diego 4 Minnesota 5, LA Dodgers 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 7, …
Daytime Emmys postponed over writers strike
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images The 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards have become the latest awards ceremony to be affected by the writers strike. The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that the ceremony, slated for Friday, June 16, is being postponed, along with the Creative Arts & Lifestyle event planned for the following day, …
Be a Barbie Girl (or guy) in the Barbie World of the Malibu Barbie Café
Courtesy Bucket Listers Bucket Listers, the media brand that brought pop culture fans pop-up experiences like The Golden Girls Kitchen, the 90210 hangout The Peach Pit and Saved by the Bell-inspired diner Saved by the Max, has stepped into Barbie’s world. The brand has cooked up The Malibu Barbie Café. Starting May 17 in New …
Settlement reached after dispute over Lisa Marie Presley’s estate
Lisa Marie and Priscilla in June, 2022 – Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images A settlement has been reached for the estate of Lisa Marie Presley, who died January 12. Priscilla Presley‘s lawyer, Ronson Shamoun, told reporters outside of court on May 16 that the “families are happy” and that “everybody is happy and unified and together and …
Netflix unveils trailer to ‘Extraction 2’
Netflix/Jasin Boland On Tuesday, Netflix unveiled the full trailer to hard-hitting sequel Extraction 2. Once again, Chris Hemsworth stars as Tyler Rake, the not-quite-dead mercenary who survived being “clinically dead” at the original’s climax, only to take on another risky mission. This time around, he needs to rescue “the battered family of a ruthless Georgian …
ABC will showcase “a second chance at love” with ‘The Golden Bachelor’ this fall
ABC The Bachelor is getting a spin-off for the senior set. “After more than 20 years of fostering young love on The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise,” ABC announced Tuesday its plans for its upcoming reality dating show for the “golden years.” “The Golden Bachelor showcases a whole new kind of love story,” the network teased, one in which “one hopeless …
Funko salutes the ‘Queer Eye’ gang for a good cause
Funko Jonathan Van Ness, Antoni Porowski, Karamo Brown, Tan France and Bobby Berk, better known as the Queer Eye crew, are being immortalized in plastic — for a good cause. They’ve been made into Funko collectibles, part of the company’s Pops! With Purpose charity line, timed for release ahead of Pride Month. The figures reflect …
‘Forrest Gump IX’? Tom Hanks says “right now” he could pitch deepfake movies starring his younger self
ABC/Christopher Willard While de-aging digital technology is now commonly being deployed for flashbacks in Hollywood movies — and also, confidentially, to tweak certain stars’ looks on screen — Tom Hanks says this is only the beginning. In a conversation on the Adam Buxton Podcast, the two-time Oscar winner said he saw the changes coming when …