iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Memphis 123, Orlando 115 Boston 124, Dallas 95 Utah 131, Houston 114 Denver 122, LA Clippers 91 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE St. Louis 5, New Jersey 3 Philadelphia 6, Arizona 2 Seattle 5, Toronto 1 Washington 6, Columbus 2 NY Rangers 4, …
Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin starting to wake up, showing ‘substantial improvement’: Doctors
Dylan Buell/Getty Images (CINCINNATI, Ohio) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is starting to wake up after collapsing from cardiac arrest during a game against the Cincinnati Bengals, physicians treating him at University of Cincinnati Medical Center said. Hamlin has shown “substantial improvement” in the past 24 hours and it appears his neurological function is …
Nicole Kidman joining Zoe Saldaña in the Taylor Sheridan spy show ‘The Lioness’ for Paramount+
Ryan Pfluger Paramount+ has announced that Oscar winner Nicole Kidman has joined Zoe Saldaña and Laysla De Oliveira in Taylor Sheridan‘s spy series The Lioness. According to the streaming service, the show from the Yellowstone and Tulsa King creator is “based on a real-life CIA program and follows Cruz Manuelos (De Oliveira), a rough-around-the-edges but …
Aubrey Plaza, Michael B. Jordan to be ‘SNL”s first guest hosts of 2023
NBCUniversal Saturday Night Live has just announced its first guest hosts and musical guests of the new year. The White Lotus‘ Aubrey Plaza kicks things off on January 21, with Sam Smith as the musical guest. Creed III star and director Michael B. Jordan will step into the ring of Studio 8H on January 28, …
Nick Offerman, Chris Redd and more join Eddie Murphy’s holiday comedy ‘Candy Cane Lane’
ABC Audio More revelers have joined Eddie Murphy‘s holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane, which is bound for Prime Video. A day after it was announced that black-ish alumna Tracee Ellis Ross and 22 Jump Street‘s Jillian Bell have joined the cast, came word from the streaming service that A Black Lady Sketch Show creator Robin …
Comedy Central announces dates for ‘The Daily Show’ guest hosts
Comedy Central Following Trevor Noah‘s exit in December after a seven-year run on The Daily Show, Comedy Central has announced the dates for the series of guest hosts who will be taking his spot behind the anchor desk. Things kick off the week of January 17 at 11 p.m. with SNL vet Leslie Jones as …
See Nicolas Cage as Dracula in the trailer for the action comedy ‘Renfield’
Universal Being an assistant for a famous, powerful person is tough — but it’s even worse if your boss is Dracula. That’s what Nicholas Hoult is going through in the trailer for the action comedy Renfield, starring Nicolas Cage as the infamous bloodsucker. As the title character, Renfield is shown at a group therapy session …
‘Glass Onion’ co-star Dave Bautista says there’s “relief” in being done with Marvel Cinematic Universe
Netflix Dave Bautista, now starring in Netflix’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, tells GQ he’s relieved to be done playing Drax The Destroyer in Marvel’s The Guardians of the Galaxy movies. The former pro wrestler-turned-actor told the magazine the story of his rags-to-riches career, from broke wannabe wrestler to WWE superstar who gave it …
Ex-MMA fighter Phil Baroni charged in death of girlfriend in Mexico
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SAN FERNANDO, Mexico) — Former mixed martial arts fighter Phil Baroni was being held in a Mexican jail Thursday after he was arrested on suspicion of killing his girlfriend, whose body was discovered in a hotel room, authorities said. Baroni, 46, was taken into custody Wednesday in the beachside town of San …
On ‘Black Panther’ podcast, an emotional Ryan Coogler recalls finding out Chadwick Boseman had died
Marvel Studios On the first installment of the recently launched Wakanda Forever: The Official Black Panther Podcast, director Ryan Coogler gets emotional recalling Chadwick Boseman‘s last days. Host Ta-Nehisi Coates asked Coogler how the sequel took shape, both before and after their friend Boseman’s 2020 death at 43 following a private cancer battle. At times …