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Ask any astrologer if the absolute suckitude of 2020 was a surprise, and their answer will be “not really.” In terms of celestial traffic jams and nastiness, 2020 was a disaster that’s only now starting to untangle and calm down. (Jupiter and Saturn are out of Capricorn, yay!) But some things will get worse before

Dustin Diamond, the actor who played beloved nerd Screech on the original Saved By the Bell TV series, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, his rep confirmed on Thursday. Diamond, 44, was admitted to a Florida hospital earlier this week after he began experiencing pain all over his body. Read more: Bruce Willis speaks

Earlier this week, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar announced that the federal government would start releasing COVID-19 doses that had been held in reserve for second shots, as part of an effort to ramp up a distribution process that has been plagued by chaos and delay. “This new system gives states a strong

The first installment of Disney+’s long and expansive slate of Marvel shows arrives today in the form of WandaVision, which stars Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff, a superhuman with telekinesis, telepathy, and reality-bending powers, and Vision (Paul Bettany), Tony Stark’s trusted A.I. sidekick turned sentient android. In the films, the two ex-Avengers fell in love;

Lawyers for Mossimo Giannulli, husband of Lori Loughlin, have filed a motion for the fashion designer to serve the remainder of his five-month prison sentence in home confinement. Giannulli, 57, is currently in jail for his involvement in the college admissions bribery scandal; he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud in mid-2020. In addition

Like a superhero brawl that bursts onto the streets, then repeatedly dives back underground and resurfaces, the battle between Cyborg actor Ray Fisher and Warner Bros. Studios has played out only partially in public. Now there is a new eruption. Fisher, 33, who made his breakthrough as the half-man, half-robot hero in 2016’s Batman v

Corb Lund, perhaps Canada’s pre-eminent singer about rural life and cowboy culture, is warning Albertans. “I’ve seen this coming for a while,” he said from his home in Lethbridge, Alta., the day after posting a Facebook video lambasting the province’s plans to open a vast stretch of its Rocky Mountains to open-pit coal mining. Read

Selena Gomez’s new music era started tonight—and well before midnight with the 7 PM EST release of her first Spanish single “De Una Vez” (“At Once” in English). The song, focused on healing after heartache, is Gomez’s foray in Spanish pop music ahead of the release of her upcoming new album Baila Conmigo (Dance With

Jessica Campbell, an actor who starred in TV show Freaks and Geeks and 1999 movie Election, died in late December at the age of 38 in Portland, Ore. Campbell’s cousin, Sarah Wessling, confirmed the news to media, and announced a GoFundMe for Campbell’s son, 10-year-old Oliver. No cause of death has been revealed, though multiple

In the aftermath of last week’s storming of the Capitol, during which Donald Trump supporters attempted to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory, tech platforms have taken unprecedented steps to ban the kinds of far-right activists and organizers involved in the attack. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram were used by the pro-Trump

[embedded content] Netflix dropped it’s first trailer for I Care a Lot, starring Rosamund Pike and Peter Dinklage, and it’s deliciously twisted. Women, like the one Pike plays in this movie, are often get given the role of carer. They are the ones who step up, take care of the young and elderly, and make

Siegfried Fischbacher, half of the illusionist duo Siegfried & Roy — who at their peak were the most popular act on the Las Vegas Strip — died on Wednesday at age 81. Fischbacher announced he had terminal pancreatic cancer in early January, and he died of the disease at his Las Vegas home. German publication

On a biting Wednesday afternoon in mid-November, Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a dark gray suit behind a table awkwardly small for his gangly six-foot-five-inch frame, running five hours behind schedule, leveled a blow to parents across New York City. After months of keeping COVID largely collared, the city had kissed the 3 percent test-positivity

Wine in hand, Butler tried to answer his own question by talking about his ambitions and, more insightfully, all the things he loves. First and foremost, Jimmy Butler loves his daughter. He can’t get enough of her. She’s taught him that unconditional love does exist, even if she sometimes slaps him in the face in

Fans of Canadian music legend Neil Young are wondering what a massive business deal will mean for his songs. Young has sold a half stake in his songs to British investment company Hipgnosis Songs Fund. Hipgnosis lets people invest in hit songs. Company owner Merck Mercuriatis says it specializes in placing popular music in different

A Montreal rapper just won a new Canadian music award that recognizes up-and-coming Black artists. NDG’s Naya Ali has become one of the inaugural winners of the SOCAN Foundation’s SiriusXM Black Canadian Music Awards. It’s the latest accomplishment in her quickly rising career. “It’s been wild. I think even towards the end of this past

On Wednesday afternoon, Donald Trump became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached for a second time, after inciting a violent mob to attack the Capitol in an attempt to overthrow democracy. Clearly this is all uncharted territory, but there should probably be a rule that if someone is impeached twice—for whatever reason,

Attention, Upper East Siders: Former Gossip Girl star Jessica Szohr is now a mother. Szohr, who played Vanessa Abrams on the hit CW series, welcomed a daughter with longtime boyfriend Brad Richardson at the start of 2021. She announced the news on Instagram Wednesday and revealed her child’s unique name. “Added a little special sweetness

The following article contains spoilers about Bridgerton Season 2. Read at your own discretion. Bridgerton, Netflix’s latest most-watched drama, has become a binge-worthy favourite for millions around the world. The series explores the themes of love and marriage among wealthy families in the Regency area of London, paired with beautiful costumes and a diverse cast.

The last time Democrats brought articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, the Republican Party reliably lined up to block any and all efforts at justice despite the fact that the president tried to get another country to dig up dirt on his political rival‘s son. In particular, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said at the

FEAR NOT! Deadpool 3 is still going to be just as raunchy as we hoped. Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige assured a worried public that the movie will still be rated R, and if you know anything about Wade Wilson, then you know that’s the only rating that really makes sense. Talking with Collider for WandaVision, Feige

The first message came on Christmas morning which, if the Trump administration has its way, will be Dustin Higgs’ last holiday. “I would like to do whatever I can do to shine a light on this most horrific thing named the death penalty,” Higgs wrote to me in an email from federal death row. “To

For the past five years, there’s been a constant debate inside the halls of Twitter. It has taken place on the company’s online corporate channels and in-person in the halls of its San Francisco headquarters. It’s a debate that has driven some employees to want to leave the company, and others to become more recalcitrant

John Reilly, a beloved soap-opera actor who’d spent decades in the genre, died on Saturday at the age of 84. Reilly played Sean Donely on General Hospital for almost 30 years, starting in 1984, and starred in wacky soap opera Passions for eight years, from 2000 to 2008. He also appeared on As the World

One was Wednesday, when Donald Trump incited a violent fascist-type mob to storm the Capitol, violating law, order, decency, and protocol in an attempt to overturn his indisputable loss in the November election. In Moscow for the holidays, I regretted being away from my hometown, New York, ready to hit the streets in defense of

Vanessa Hudgens is ringing in 2021 with a new boyfriend, according to E!. A source told the outlet that Hudgens, 32, is exclusively dating Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player Cole Tucker, 24. “They are boyfriend and girlfriend,” a source told the outlet. “They rang in the New Year together.” News of their romance arrives about a

Considering the glaring lack of official briefings from law enforcement, many of the stories from last week’s putsch at the Capitol are still emerging. Reports of the events that transpired have been pieced together from video, social media posts, and interviews with reporters, eyewitnesses, and participants. Rumors have run rampant, and a social media rumor

The pandemic has made its mark in the world of Willow. Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights filmmaker Jon M. Chu has announced he is leaving the Disney+ followup series to Ron Howard‘s beloved fantasy film due to scheduling changes brought about by the quarantine. “I’m heartbroken to let you all know that I