NHL Playoffs: Bruins win Game 5 over Panthers, Oilers beat Canucks to even series

The Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Second Round on Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena, winning with a score of 2-1 to stay alive in the series. Jeremy Swayman had 28 saves, while Charlie McAvoy and Morgan Geekie scored for the Bruins, while Sam Reinhart scored for Florida, with …

NBA Playoffs: Knicks beat Pacers, Nuggets defeat Timberwolves in Game 5 matchups

The NY Knicks beat the Indiana Pacers with a score of 121-91 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night in NYC to take a 3-2 series lead. The Knicks’ Jalen Brunson dominated the game with 44 points, while Josh Hart (18), Alec Burks (18) and Miles McBride …

Post Malone, Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani among second round of performers announced for 59th ACM Awards

The Academy of Country Music has announced additional performers as well as presenters for the Academy of Country Music Awards, set to take place on Thursday, May 16th. The ACM Awards posted on social media: “The 59th #ACMawards will be free to stream exclusively on @PrimeVideo from Ford Center at @thestarinfrisco, Texas LIVE May 16 …

Lainey Wilson scores her seventh consecutive No. 1 on country radio with “Wildflowers and Wild Horses”

Lainey Wilson earned her seventh consecutive No. 1 song on country radio with “Wildflowers and Wild Horses,” off her award-winning album Bell Bottom Country. The track, written by Wilson, Trannie Anderson and Paul Sikes and produced by  Jay Joyc, is the third single from Bell Bottom Country and has amassed over 125 million global streams. …

Rosie O’Donnell joins Season 3 cast of ‘And Just Like That’

Rosie O’Donnell has joined the cast off of Max’s ‘And Just Like That…’ for Season 3. On her Instagram, O’Donnell shared the front cover of the script for the upcoming season’s premiere episode of the Sex and the City sequel series. The photo reveals her character name is Mary, as well as the episode’s title, …

‘Cobra Kai’ to conclude with three-part final Season 6

Netflix announced that Cobra Kai will conclude with a three-part final season. Season 6 will be split into three parts, with each part to consist of five episodes.  Part 1 will premiere July 18, with Part 2 to follow Nov. 24 and Part 3 to be released in 2025. Cobra Kai, a sequel to the …

Melinda French Gates announces her resignation from the Gates Foundation

Billionaire philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced she is stepping down from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the charitable organization that she co-founded in 2000 with her now ex-husband, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Saying “this is not a decision I came to lightly,” French Gates, 59, wrote in a post on social media that under …

Canadian wildfire smoke triggers air quality alerts in 4 states across the U.S.

Smoke from wildfires in western Canada has led to air quality alerts in four U.S. states, with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre reporting that Canada has 146 active wildfires burning, including dozens in British Columbia and Alberta that are characterized as “out of control.” In the United States, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota and …

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Hurricanes beat Rangers in Game 5, Stars defeat Avalanche in Game 4

The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the NY Rangers in Game 5 with a 4-1 win on Monday night at Madison Square Garden in NY. The Hurricanes rallied in the third period to score four, led by Jordan Staal and Yevgeny Kuznetsov’s goals 3:06 apart in addition to goals by Jordan Martinook and Martin Necas, to help …

NBA Playoffs: Celtics defeat Cavaliers in Game 4; Thunder beat Mavericks to even series

The Boston Celtics defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-102 in Game 4 of the second-round, to take a 3-1 series lead. Jayson Tatum scored 33 points and Jaylen Brown added 27 to help seal the win against the Cavaliers, who were without point guard Donovan Mitchell who’s sidelined with a calf strain. The Cavs’ Darius Garland …