Hollywood writers went on strike on Tuesday after negotiations between the writers union and the studios fell through. The union said in a statement that the board of directors for the Writers Guild of America (“WGA”) voted unanimously to call for a walkout effective just after midnight; picketing began Tuesday afternoon. The strike will bring …
Monthly Archives: May 2023
2023 Tony Award nominations: ‘Some Like It Hot’ leads with 13 nods
During a livestream on Tuesday, actors Lea Michele and Myles Frost announced the nominations for the 2023 Tony Awards, which recognize excellence in live Broadway theatre. Some Like It Hot (a musical adaptation of the comedy film starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) leads the nominations this year with 13, including Best Musical. The show follows two friends/musicians …
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NHL Playoffs: NJ Devils defeat NY Rangers to advance to second round
The New Jersey Devils finalized their amazing comeback on Monday night, defeating the New York Rangers by a score of 4-0 in Game 7 and advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Devils Michael McLeod put New Jersey ahead with a goal midway through the second, with Tomas Tatar extending New …
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76ers defeat Celtics in Game 1; Nuggets take 2-0 series lead against Suns
* The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Boston Celtics 119-115 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup on Monday night. James Harden tied his playoff career high with 45 points and scored the go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds left, Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and Tobias Harris finished with 18 for the Sixers, who made 17 3-pointers …
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy vows support of Israel in speech to legislative body Knesset
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy delivered remarks before the Israeli Knesset, the national legislature of Israel. McCarthy led a bipartisan congressional delegation, consisting of 20 lawmakers, to the country to celebrate its 75th anniversary of independence. The trip is McCarthy’s first foreign trip as House speaker and marks the second time a sitting speaker traveled to Israel …
Judge denies Trump’s mistrial motion in E. Jean Carroll case
On Monday, a federal judge in New York denied former President Donald Trump’s bid for a mistrial in writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit alleging that Trump raped her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. Trump’s lawyer Joe Tacopina filed an 18-page motion hours ahead of his second day of cross-examining Carroll, which accused …
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2023 ACM Awards: Dolly Parton, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen among those performing
The Academy of Country Music announced the first round of performers for the upcoming 58th ACM Awards set to take place on Thursday, May 11, streaming live from the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The lineup of performers include Jason Aldean, Kane Brown, Luke Combs, Cody Johnson, Miranda Lambert, Jo Dee Messina, Ashley McBryde, …
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Tracy Lawrence to release ‘Live at Billy Bob’s Texas’ album
Tracy Lawrence will release the album ‘Live at Billy Bob’s Texas’ everywhere on May 12th. The 18-track LP, recorded on October 8, 2022 inside the iconic Fort Worth, Texas venue, boasts a number of fan favorites and two encores including “Alibis,” “Find Out Who Your Friends Are,” “Paint Me A Birmingham” and “Time Marches On.” …
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie becomes first film of 2023 to gross $1 billion
The Super Mario Bros. Movie has become the first film released in 2023 to gross over $1 billion at the worldwide box office. The film is now just the fifth movie (and first animated film) since before the COVID-19 pandemic to gross $1 billion worldwide. It is among the most successful animated films in history and only …
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Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘Red Table Talk’ officially canceled by Meta
Red Table Talk—the celebrity talk show co-hosted by Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow Smith, and her mother Adrienne Banfield-Norris—has been canceled after five seasons. The cancellation of the series (which launched in 2018 on Meta’s streaming service Facebook Watch) comes amid Facebook’s shift away from original programming to Virtual Reality experiences. The 51-year-old Pinkett Smith …
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