Kansas City deal with COVID-19 scare after Chiefs’ barber tests positive ahead of Super Bowl LV

The Kansas City Chiefs had 20 players and staff members scheduled for a haircut Sunday with a barber who just tested positive for COVID-19. League sources said on Wednesday that reserve offensive lineman Daniel Kilgore was in the chair getting a haircut Sunday when the organization informed the barber of his positive coronavirus test. Kansas …

Noah Centineo attached to Netflix project about GameStop drama

Streaming service Netflix is in talks to make a movie about the recent GameStop drama that hit Wall Street.  The film will center on the ongoing battle between hedge funds and the amateur Reddit traders who caused GameStop stock to skyrocket to more than 1,700 percent last week through investing apps like Robinhood.  Deadline reported …

2021 Golden Globes Nominations Announced: See The Full List Of Nominees

Nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced Wednesday, with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler returning to host the event for a fourth time.  The Golden Globes  Netflix led in both television and film nominations, including the drama “Mank,” which led with six nods. “The Trial of the Chicago 7” followed with five …

LA Angels suspend pitching coach Mickey Callaway due to investigation into multiple harassment allegations

Los Angeles Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway was suspended Tuesday after he was accused by multiple women of sending sexually suggestive messages and making inappropriate advances.  The Angels said in a statement they will continue working with Major League Baseball to conduct an investigation.  Callaway, 45, was hired as the Angels’ pitching coach in October 2019, weeks …

Miami Heat’s Meyers Leonard to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery

Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard will undergo shoulder surgery and miss the remainder of the 2020-21 season. Leonard has been dealing with a left shoulder strain since Jan. 9, when he was forced to leave a game against the Washington Wizards because of the injury. He hasn’t played since then, and he’s only appeared in …

‘Black Panther’ director developing Wakanda TV series for Disney+

“Black Panther” director and co-writer Ryan Coogler is developing a television series set in the movie’s fictional futuristic kingdom of Wakanda. The Walt Disney Co said that in a statement that the new series for the Disney+ streaming service will be created as part of a five-year television deal with Coogler’s Proximity Media production company.  …

Legendary Actor Hal Holbrook Passes Away at 95

Legendary actor, Hal Holbrook has passed away at the age of 95. Holbrook reportedly died back on January 23rd in his Beverly Hills home as revealed by his longtime assistant this week to the New York Times. Holbrook was a multi-Emmy winning actor, playing iconic figures such as Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln; he won …

Boston and NY flights canceled and vaccine distribution halted as major Nor’easter hits East Coast

A major storm hit the mid-Atlantic coast and northeast with a snow accumulation of more than a foot in some areas on Monday, and is expected to intensify Tuesday overnight. The National Weather Service said that areas from the northern Mid-Atlantic to southern New England experienced heavy snow and increasingly strong winds together with increasing …

SpaceX announces first mission with all-civilian crew

On Monday, SpaceX announced plans for the first all-civilian mission to space in late 2021.  The mission will be a days long orbit of the Earth, to be led by finance company executive and pilot Jared Isaacman. Isaacman has purchased a four-person mission in the SpaceX Dragon capsule Resilience to launch atop a Falcon 9 …