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Warning: This story contains sensitive content. Discretion advised. Stan Kirsch, best known for playing the role of Richie Ryan on the TV series Highlander, died on Jan. 11 due to apparent suicide, according to The Los Angeles Coroner’s office. He was 51. Kirsch’s wife, Kristyn Green, addressed the news on Facebook, writing, “I want to thank

Last year was the second hottest year on record globally, but for the world’s oceans, 2019 was even more punishing: It was, by a sizable margin, the hottest year ever recorded for oceanic environments, with a dramatic increase of underwater temperatures suggesting that the devastation wrought by coral bleaching and tropical storms will only continue

Global’s new series Nurses is a coming-of-age series that follows five young nurses working on the front lines of a busy downtown Toronto hospital. The nurses dedicate their lives to helping others while struggling to help themselves. Starring an ensemble cast of young talent, Nurses follows Grace Knight (played by Tiera Skovbye, Riverdale), a young nurse

All eyes were on Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren as the candidates took the stage at Tuesday’s Democratic debate, just one day after the progressive rivals made headlines for Sanders’ alleged 2018 comment to Warren that a woman could not beat President Donald Trump. Prior to the debate, Sanders vehemently denied having ever said

American runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists in the Black Power salute at the 1968 Olympics (Photo: Getty Images) On January 9, the International Olympics Committee announced that it’s banning all political protests at the 2020 Summer Games, which are set to be held in Tokyo, Japan from July 24 to August

Following in the footsteps of Madonna, Sam Smith, Adele and the late-Chris Cornell among many, many others, Billie Eilish has recorded the official title song for the upcoming James Bond film, No Time to Die. The news was announced on Tuesday afternoon by the Bad Guy singer via Twitter. It was later confirmed through the official James

On Monday, Queen Elizabeth signaled her desire to let Meghan Markle and Prince Harry leave their royal duties in a statement released soon after a Sandringham crisis summit that also involved Prince Charles and Prince William. Though the details aren’t final, it means that the first phase of the couple’s bombshell exit is coming to

Sussexit is in full effect: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced plans to divide their time between the UK and North America, and to wean themselves off of British taxpayer funding. “We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent,” the couple wrote on Instagram,

Model Gigi Hadid could potentially be a juror in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape trial after telling a judge Monday that she thinks she’d be able to “keep an open mind on the facts.” The 24-year-old Victoria’s Secret model was among 35 potential jurors asked to return to court on Thursday for additional questioning.

The wait for the conclusion to the CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths has felt, well, infinite. Be tonight we’ll finally see how our seven paragons—well, six paragons and Lex Luthor—find a way to save all of the multiverse, with some help from Oliver Queen in his new role as The Specter. One of the paragons fighting

Actress Issa Rae was ready with her quip, as if she had predicted the Oscar nominations that were announced Monday. “Congratulations to those men,” she said dryly, as the best director nominees — yes, five men — were announced. Rae’s expertly thrown shade echoed through social media as observers took stock of what was, yet

The 2020 election is now just months away—and Russia is reportedly once again making an effort to intervene. The New York Times reports that Russian military hackers in November successfully hacked into a server for Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company on whose board Hunter Biden previously sat and that stands at the center of President

Nominated for: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay How to watch: You can stream it on Netflix. Further reading: Read our interview with director Noah Baumbach, where he breaks down the film’s explosive fight scene. Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,

The Gallaghers will be coming back for Season 11, which will be Shameless‘ final season. The announcement of the renewal of Shameless, starring William H. Macy, was announced on Monday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. “The characters of Shameless have brought Showtime viewers more laughs and tears and pure enjoyment than any program in our

In the wake of Donald Trump’s decision to assassinate top Iran general Qasem Soleimani, many Democrats criticized the move not out of some kind of misguided loyalty to a terrorist as the president’s allies would have people believe, but out of concern that it would ratchet up tensions with yet another country that most people

Dina Lohan, mother of actor Lindsay Lohan, was arrested Saturday and charged with driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a crash in Nassau County, N.Y. According to CNN, Lohan also faces four other charges: operating an unregistered vehicle, operating an uninspected vehicle, driving without a licence and aggravated, unlicensed operation of a vehicle

Nominate Beyoncé for an award, and it’s no guarantee she’ll show up for the ceremony. The singer has a Critics’ Choice Awards nomination tonight for her The Lion King song “Spirit,” but it wasn’t enough to get her to honor the ceremony with her presence. Bey was nominated for the show’s Best Song category along

Actor Jason Momoa will be making his way to southwestern Ontario for several months of location shooting outside St. Thomas’s former psychiatric hospital on Sunset Drive. The production will also require the casting of hundreds of extras with a background casting call scheduled for Jan. 21. READ MORE: Actor Jason Momoa visits protesters blocking construction

One week after the Golden Globe awards—and after a period in which many of this year’s Oscar hopefuls flew directly to the east coast for the New York Film Critics Circle Awards and the National Board of Review Awards, then right back west again—stars including Cynthia Erivo and Billy Porter attended the Critics’ Choice Awards

Will the world ever tire of Peter Pan reboots? Not according to Syfy, which is banking on the beloved J.M. Barrie property in a new limited series called The League of Pan. Brian McCauley Johnson (Dominion) will write and produce the series, which follows an adult Wendy Darling and the Lost Boys, who have grown

Only two days after announcing the posthumous Mac Miller album Circles, the family of the late rapper has put out its first single, Good News. The sombre track was revealed on Instagram on Friday and accompanied by a colourfully animated music video directed by Anthony Gaddis and Eric Tilford. Previously unseen clips and photographs of

Whoever wins, we win, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. If you want to read between the lines, that is. “This president is impeached for life, regardless of any gamesmanship on the part of Mitch McConnell,” the California Representative said, firming up Rep. Adam Schiff’s suggestion from a month

The end of the 2010s saw a musical uprising: our means of listening changed, and as we discarded our libraries of digital downloads, so too went the rules of stardom. In 2019, a new generation of artists asserted themselves. But the changing of the guard has only just begun. It doesn’t take an oracle’s third

After four days wandering the Las Vegas Convention Center, I finally managed to escape the 2020 edition of CES the second-largest (there’s one in Frankfurt that’s slightly bigger) showcase of consumer electronics in the known universe. Each year, manufacturers, start-ups, inventors, vendors, and suppliers gather in the desert to show what’s next to both everyday

Zack Morris is coming back. Mark-Paul Gosselaar will return in the Saved by the Bell revival as the former king of Bayside High. Gosselaar will appear in three episodes and also be credited as a producer, according to the Hollywood Reporter. READ MORE: ‘Lizzie McGuire’ reboot put on hold as showrunner exits The original Saved by the

The Queen has summoned Prince Harry, Prince Charles, and Prince William to Sandringham for a family showdown on Monday, palace sources have revealed. Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex is expected to dial in on the call “time zones permitting to talk things through,” and a number of senior aides and courtiers will also be present.

In the recent history of the Golden Globes, the ceremony has featured comedian Ricky Gervais has host a total of five times. Many people watching last Sunday’s Globes might have wished Gervais had only hosted four times. The audience members who thought Gervais’s performance was awkward at best might be happy to hear that former

Queen Elizabeth has summoned her grandson Prince Harry for a crisis meeting to discuss future arrangements for him and his wife Meghan following the couple’s shock announcement that they want to step back from royal duties. Harry’s father Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, and his elder brother Prince William, will also attend the

A generation of air drummers crashed their imaginary cymbals as one Friday night upon learning that Neil Peart, part of the groundbreaking Canadian prog rock power trio of Rush, had died of brain cancer. He was 67. Surviving Rush members Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson called him their “friend, soul brother and band mate of