The turbulent exit of reporter Donald McNeil Jr., a 45-year New York Times veteran owning the biggest story in the world, has unraveled the Times newsroom and set social media ablaze, with private discussions taking place among employees of color on Slack, alumni jumping into the fray on Facebook, and polarizing takes flowing freely on
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The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame has revealed the list of nominees up for induction in 2021. This year’s list features singer-songwriters, rock bands, R&B icons, and more, including Foo Fighters, Mary J. Blige, LL Cool J, Rage Against The Machine, Iron Maiden, and Jay-Z. Other names on the list include Todd Rundgren, Fela
By now many are aware of the humble origins of Eminem. Young man with a passion, works hard on his craft and invests in himself, comes close to stardom but not quite until he’s discovered and is now in control of his own work and his own legacy. Whereas he came from a rough childhood,
What’s the best advice he gave you? I was asking him questions about how to handle the media and press when I was getting news articles written about me whenever I lost. And that was really stressful. I remember he told me, “Imagine that you’re a lion and you’re hunting your prey. So you see
Ron Fitzgerald, Master of the Dark Realm, is an Actor and Gothic Illusionist who delivers what he calls ” dark, sticky fun”! Ron is the only dark/shock illusionist that has actually acted in multiple Horror movies, which gives him his unique place in the entertainment industry. Fitzgerald has appeared as a lead and supporting actor
Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original Supreme, has died at 76 years old. Wilson died Monday night at her home in Las Vegas and the cause was not immediately clear, said publicist Jay Schwartz. Wilson, Diana Ross and Florence Ballard made up the first successful configuration of The Supremes. Ballard was replaced by Cindy Birdsong in
Hello and welcome to day one of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. As you may recall, the 45th president struggled to find lawyers to represent him against charges that he incited an insurrection, and on Tuesday it showed. After Democrats used their opening statement to show a harrowing, graphic video featuring Trump’s own words and
The company behind the long-delayed and controversial Cyberpunk 2077 video game has been hit by a ransomware attack, it announced this week. CD Projekt Red, the Poland-based game developer behind Cyberpunk and Witcher 3, revealed the cyberattack in a tweet on Tuesday. The company says an “unidentified actor” gained access to its network, collected a
Max Mumby/IndigoGetty Images The UK has a new royal baby! Buckingham Palace just confirmed the happy news that Princess Eugenie gave birth to her son this morning at the Portland Hospital in London. “Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie was safely delivered of a son today, 9th February 2021, at 0855hrs at The Portland Hospital. Jack
Alex Rodriguez is going to have to address allegations of racketeering and embezzlement made against him by the brother of his ex-wife, Cynthia Scurtis, after a judge denied his request to have the claims dismissed. According to the Daily Mail, almost seven years after the initial $50 million lawsuit was filed, a Miami judge ruled
Months after a racial reckoning spanned North America in response to George Floyd’s death, Black Canadian artists say there’s been progress in their field — but there is still a long way to go. Global News spoke to four emerging members of Toronto’s Black arts community to gauge whether there had been a shift in
James Dean is one of those actors who we cherish both because of his amazing work and because of the tragic way we lost him. Dean died at the age of 24 and had only just begun to get his film career off the ground when a car accident claimed his life. Today would have
The question of how to best represent what Black heroism is and — most importantly — how it reflects the era we live in, is one that the comic book world has been answering for decades. Marvel’s Luke Cage, for example, was a 1970s Blaxploitation riff, DC’s Static felt grounded in a 1990s hip-hop cool,
Earlier this month, the Biden administration said it was alarmed to learn that the Trump administration had left it with no vaccine distribution plan whatsoever. “There is nothing for us to rework. We are going to have to build everything from scratch,” a person familiar said at the time, with another adding that the reaction
This past weekend, Aaron Rodgers accepted his third MVP award with a minute-long speech in which he dropped a number of newsworthy tidbits in less time than it takes for an Oscar winner to get played offstage. The most discussed was the fact that he got engaged at some point last year. Though he chose
A Quebec short film that shines a light on anti-immigration extremism in the province has made it into the Oscar conversation. Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s Rebel grabs the audience’s attention by addressing the topic through the eyes of a child. “I thought it would be interesting to tell the story of right-wing extremism in Quebec, but through
Since they released the song “Flames” together at the end of last month, rumors have been circulating that Mod Sun and Avril Lavigne are officially an item. And it seems the rapper may have just taken their relationship to the next level, making their connection neck tattoo official. The rapper and the pop star were
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton may be getting married — soon, it seems — but they’re still learning things about each other, and that includes some of their songs. For example, Shelton, a talented musician who (according to Stefani) is constantly singing songs to her, has only just learned No Doubt classic Don’t Speak. They’re
The Weeknd—like Super Bowl performers Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Beyoncé, and more before him—is no strangers to commanding the stage, selling out arenas for thousands of fans and grossing big bucks every tour stop. But this past Sunday, the 30-year-old singer took the stage for the biggest performance of his career, the coveted Super Bowl halftime
For the last two years, Jay-Z has organized halftime entertainment as a part of a partnership between the NFL and his company Roc Nation; that partnership has coincided with a more open embrace of politics as a part of the show. Last year, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira made headlines when their halftime show put a
⚡️ New God of Thunder ⚡️📹 @taylorstphens pic.twitter.com/35adBnzIUJ — Jack Black (@jackblack) February 7, 2021 Jack Black took to the streets to deliver us some Marvel Thor content with him dressed as the new God of Thunder. Complete with Mjölnir and Led Zepplin’s Immigrant Song the video is great. Jack Black is a delight and
Sometimes actions have consequences, even for a successful white man in Nashville. That’s the conclusion you might draw after the country music industry’s apparently swift and unequivocal response to a video showing Morgan Wallen using the phrase “pussy-ass n****r” as he returned home with friends after a night out. The video, taken by the 27-year-old
In 1976 Nicolas Roeg directed one of the greatest, freakiest, and most surreal science fiction films ever made, The Man Who Fell To Earth. It starred a brilliant David Bowie as a visitor from outer space, proving once again that actors are always on sure footing when they draw from their own experience. The whole
Saturday Night Live took aim at Super Bowl LV with their newest cold-open, spoofing a CBS hosted pre-game show that previewed ads that featured differing views on racial equality, COVID-19 vaccines and QAnon. Hosted by cast members Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, Beck Bennett and Chris Redd, the program welcomed everyone to the game that
Only someone as winning and magical as Dolly Parton could make hyping up a forthcoming advertising campaign exhilarating and charming. The singer, composer, actress, author, and not-inconsequential funding resource of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, has cleverly reworked a classic tune for a commercial, and got into the details on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on
It’s no secret that the Kardashian-Jenner family has had a real zest for travel lately—despite the fact that the pandemic is still very much present in the U.S. and in other parts of the world. In August, she and her sister Kendall traveled to Turks and Caicos for Kylie’s 23rd birthday. Kylie’s daughter, Stormi, turned
The Stratford Festival is mourning the loss of an iconic actor that it says helped build the theatre’s international profile. In a release, the Stratford, Ont., theatre festival said it is “shocked and deeply saddened” by Christopher Plummer’s passing. “Christopher (was) our North Star,” said Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino. “His talent, wit and verve set
[embedded content] The Flash has been the tentpole show for the Arrowverse, even before Arrow ended. It has consistently maintained its high viewership and seasons five/six felt like a step back in the right direction narratively. Despite COVID-19 forcing season six to end early, it did leave us with a cliffhanger and stakes with Iris still trapped
Cathy Yan, whose Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) was one of the final pre-pandemic films of 2020, will write and direct the science fiction project The Freshening, according to a report in Variety. Ali Wong is one of the producers. The Freshening will adapt a Rachel Khong short story
Super Bowl Sunday is ready for the Weeknd. Capping off a wildly unpredictable year of pandemic twists and turns, the Toronto-raised R&B singer will take one of the world’s biggest stages to perform his trademark dystopian pop tunes. This year’s broadcast from Tampa, Fla. will look unlike any other with the stadium limited to 25,000