Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) On stage on Thursday night, Dave Chappelle mourned the loss of his friend and fellow stand-up Bob Saget, who was found dead in his Orlando hotel room on Sunday. His comments during a performance, which TMZ said was at West Hollywood’s Peppermint Club, were posted by the gossip site. “I didn’t see Bob coming,” admitted Chappelle of …
Man charged with storming Capitol made rap videos about riot
A South Dakota man charged this week with storming the U.S. Capitol last year performed rap songs about the riot in videos posted on his YouTube channel, federal authorities say. A relative told the FBI [Read More…]
Tribal chairman gives South Dakota lawmakers history lesson
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The chairman of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate offered South Dakota’s Legislature a history lesson on Thursday during the annual State of the Tribes address, as he emphasized tribal sovereignty and government-to-government [Read More…]
Ryan Reynolds’ “ugly” Christmas sweater helps net $850,000 for kids charity
ABC/Randy Holmes As they say, “lemons to lemonade”: An ugly Christmas sweater that was park of a prank on Ryan Reynolds from his pals Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal back in 2018 has helped raise some $850,000 for a children’s charity. The hideous jumper — made to look like a wearable present, complete with an obnoxious gold bow at the center — was …
Jake Gyllenhaal recalls awkward first meeting with Brad Pitt
Rich Fury/Getty Images for LACMA Even the biggest celebrities can get starstruck when meeting their idols for the first time, and Jake Gyllenhaal recently recalled a disastrous run-in with Brad Pitt. It didn’t help that the meeting took place while Gyllenhaal was filming 2002’s The Good Girl, which featured “a lot of racy scenes” with Pitt’s ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston. “I …
Did Lisa Bonet hint at split with Jason Momoa weeks before?
Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for TOM FORD: AUTUMN/WINTER 2020 RUNWAY SHOW Lisa Bonet may have dropped a hint about her split with Jason Momoa in an interview published weeks ago. Bonet interviewed her fellow A Different World alum Marisa Tomei for Interview and had a cryptic response when the Spider-Man: No Way Home star asked “What’s calling you?” “Definitely learning how to be authentically me, learning to …
Zendaya hopes to make the late Ronnie Spector proud with her portrayal in upcoming biopic
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for HBO As the entertainment world continues to mourn the passing of Ronnie Spector, Zendaya, who will portray The Ronettes‘ lead singer an an upcoming biopic, paid tribute to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. “This news just breaks my heart. To speak about her as if she’s not with us feels strange as …
Authorities in ‘Rust’ shooting case insist Alec Baldwin still hasn’t turned over his cellphone
(NOTE LANGUAGE) Days after Alec Baldwin called claims he wasn’t cooperating with authorities “a lie,” the Santa Fe County, New Mexico, Sheriff’s Office announced that the actor still hasn’t surrendered his cellphone in the Rust shooting investigation. Authorities had issued a search warrant for the device back in December, to aid in the analysis of Baldwin’s fatal shooting of camerawoman Halyna Hutchins back on October 21. Despite negotiations between the …
Halle Berry remembers her idol Sidney Poitier, Ariana DeBose says ‘SNL’ will be a “surprise,” and more
LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP via Getty Images As Hollywood continues to mourn the late Sidney Poitier, Halle Berry wrote a tribute to her idol for Variety. As a biracial child, she said watching Poitier in the 1967 classic, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, about an interracial couple, changed her life. “For the first time in my childhood, I felt seen. Understood. Validated,” she …
‘Secrets of Sulphur Springs’ creators explain how time-traveling mystery series tackles racism
Courtesy of Disney The wait for season two of Secrets of Sulphur Springs is finally over when Harper, Griffin and Savannah return to the Disney Channel on Friday. Ahead of the premiere, the cast chatted with ABC Audio about how the time-traveling paranormal series will explore the 1930s and how it approaches racism. Last season, the series saw the main …