Reflecting on the life of Kirk Douglas, who died earlier this week at the age of 103, Jamie Lee Curtis took to Instagram to talk about her parents’ friend and co-star. In doing so, she recalled how the Hollywood legend also saved her life. “I just remembered this morning that Kirk saved my life when
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Welcome to Watches of the Week, where we’ll track the rarest, wildest, and most covetable watches spotted on celebrities. Much to the dismay of…me, a watch columnist, Kanye West is not much of a watch guy. Unlike most celebrities, he often appears in public with wrists fully naked. Admittedly, a watch doesn’t necessarily go with
A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside. Wreckage examined by experts at the scene showed no sign of engine failure as well, federal investigators said in a report released Friday. The Jan. 26 crash occurred in cloudy
Democrats are quick to point out too, that they never stopped legislating during the impeachment inquiry. It is Republicans, they argue, who have failed to act. “We have 275 bipartisan bills sitting in a huge wobbly stack on Mitch McConnell’s desk right now,” Congressman Jamie Raskin said, emphatically. “We need to press the Republicans to
Only 11 days after the release of Letter to Nipsey — a recent tribute song penned about fallen rapper Nipsey Hussle — Meek Mill has released his second single of 2020. It’s called Believe. The 3-minute and 30-second track dropped on Friday and features Justin Timberlake. Its release was accompanied by a music video which stars
Historically, women have needed to be convinced to enter politics. But since the 2016 presidential election, thousands of women announced their plans to run for public office. And we want them to win. So we’re giving them examples of women who have run. The point: You can too. Morgan Harper wants you to see her
Kesha was ordered to pay Dr. Luke $373,000 on Thursday in the defamation case the music producer filed against the performer. According to court documents, obtained by Entertainment Tonight (ET), Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Schecter ruled that Kesha defamed Dr. Luke when she sent a text message to Lady Gaga in 2016 claiming that
Ever since her star turn in 2015’s Broadway revival of The Color Purple, Cynthia Erivo has been a mainstay on the red carpet, favoring risk-taking beauty looks and striking ball gowns. Sunday night won’t be her first time at the Oscars—she sang at the Governors Ball following the 2017 ceremony—but it will be the first
(image: Warner Bros./Marvel Entertainment/Netflix/The CW/20th Century Fox) In a shocking twist in 2020: nerds are hot! With the recent off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors (and a possible movie remake starring Taron Egerton), a conversation has surfaced surrounding “hunky” Seymour. There’s a lot of unease that the most recent influx of Seymours taking to the
The cause of death of Nick Gordon, the former boyfriend of late pop icon Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, has been revealed. According to an autopsy report, Gordon’s cause of death was heroin toxicity. 0:40 Bobbi Kristina’s fiancé tells all about her final days Bobbi Kristina’s fiancé tells all about her final days Gordon
As President Donald Trump and his administration navigated the Ukraine saga at the heart of his recent impeachment, the president was—unsurprisingly—helped out tremendously by Fox News, whose programming has largely pushed the Trump administration’s false narrative that the president did nothing wrong and Joe Biden is the one whose Ukraine dealings actually deserve scrutiny. While
In a week that saw the Knicks fire yet another general manager, a flurry of multi-team deals erupt just before the trade deadline, and the All-Star three-point contest add a needless new wrinkle, there was one question that dominated NBA Twitter discourse above all others: WHAT ABOUT SCARVES THO? If you haven’t yet witnessed the
Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial rested their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women, including some who said he ignored pleas of “no, no, no” and justified his behaviour as the cost of getting ahead in Hollywood. Now Weinstein’s lawyers will start calling witnesses of
For the first time in nearly five years, Virginia-based metal outfit Lamb of God is set to release a brand-new album. After being teased a few days beforehand, news of the self-titled record was announced on Thursday morning along with a new single, Checkmate. The album will serve as Lamb of God’s eighth studio effort
It’s a common refrain by now that this year’s Oscars will be short on surprises, what with Renée Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix, Laura Dern, and Brad Pitt picking up nearly every other statue this season; Bong Joon Ho’s and Taika Waititi’s wins at the WGA Awards last weekend seemingly sealing the screenplay races; and best-picture threat
James DevaneyGetty Images Maybe it’s low-key Kardashian drama, maybe it’s just a cleaning of the feed: Sofia Richie quietly unfollowed her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian on Instagram, just months after she made headlines for following Kardashian in September. Kardashian never followed Richie back, so there was no mutual unfollowing to be had. Richie still follows
NOTE: This article contains graphic, sexual language that some readers may find offensive and disturbing. Please read at your own discretion. Prosecutors at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial are on schedule to rest their case Thursday after more than two weeks of testimony, including graphic accounts from six among scores of women who’ve accused him of
The United States Senate officially voted to acquit President Donald Trump of the articles of impeachment against him Wednesday, bringing the months-long impeachment saga to an unsurprising end. The president was acquitted in a 52-48 vote that, with the exception of Senator Mitt Romney, fell largely along party lines. And after Republican senators lined up
We’re ignoring, well, everything going on in the news for the rest of the day and we’re choosing instead to focus on this. The beautiful beacon of goodness and weirdness that is…John Boyega’s face on the Cats trailer. I don’t know how or why he did this…but I’m glad he did. I think it’s clear
Good Vibrations seem to be coming to a halt between some of the original members of The Beach Boys, after former keyboardist and co-founder Brian Wilson publicly denounced the current iteration of the classic rock band. On Monday afternoon, after it was announced that the current touring lineup of The Beach Boys would soon play a
If you’re hunting for the best gifts for men to spoil the truly deserving dudes around you—and let’s face it, conduct some naughty-but-needed online ordering yourself too—you are in the right place. Discover unique, stylish, and crowd-pleasing gifts for men in this, the mother of all gift guides, including a chef-quality pepper grinder (gifts for
Posted February 5, 2020 6:50 pm Updated February 5, 2020 6:54 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas has died. He was 103. The Spartacus actor’s death was confirmed by his son, actor Michael Douglas in a statement from Instagram. “It is with tremendous sadness
I asked Doctor how it got to this point. Once upon a time, he explained, newspaper chains were predominantly owned by wealthy and powerful families—the Chandlers, the Medills, the Knights, the Newhouses (who continue to own Condé Nast, which owns Vanity Fair). Newspapers were a good investment, owing to a largely captive market of local
(Photo: Getty Images) The Super Bowl LIV halftime show, which featured performances by musical icons Shakira and Jennifer Lopez this year, was major in so many ways. JLo pulled out a huge cape with the American flag on one side and the Puerto Rican flag on the other! Shakira played the drums like a badass! They
A day after breaking down in tears under cross-examination, a key accuser at Harvey Weinstein’s trial returned to the witness stand Tuesday and told the jurors: “I want the jury to know that he is my rapist.” The woman is expected to be on the stand much of the day as Weinstein’s lawyers continue a
President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address may have been a more buttoned-up affair than his freewheeling campaign rallies—but the president didn’t veer too far from his talking points on the stump. Sandwiched between the Iowa caucus and Wednesday’s Senate impeachment vote, Trump’s State of the Union was a dramatically partisan affair with an
“Keep going until you get it right. And then, you keep going ‘til you can’t get it wrong.” That’s the Monica Aldama way. A few months ago, that name may not have registered. But now, its synonymous with the winningest squad in National Cheerleaders Association history: the Navarro College Bulldog Cheer Team. We fell in
It’s been six months since Slipknot last played in Canada, however, it seems they’ll be re-Surfacing in the country yet again this June. That’s right, on Tuesday, the nine-piece heavy metal act announced its second-ever North American leg of the critically acclaimed Knotfest Roadshow, along with its star-studded lineup. Joining the Psychosocial headbangers for the 2020
(image: Disney) Disney+ may be going back to the vault to resurrect one of its beloved franchises: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. For those of you who didn’t grow up in the 1980s, HISTK starred Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski, an eccentric inventor who develops an electromagnetic shrinking ray. Like the title says, the invention
On Jan. 31 — more than three and a half years after voting to do so — Britain officially left the European Union. Now, less than a week later, one of the U.K.’s most beloved residents, Stormzy, the London-born grime musician, has opened up further about his views on British politics. Though he did not