Play video content TMZ.com Affion Crockett is remembering late actor Sidney Poitier as a “king” … and thanking him for kicking open the door and paving the way for Black entertainers. We got the comedian at LAX and asked how he’s remembering Sidney … and Affion says he wouldn’t have a platform today without Poitier
Michael Lang, the co-creator and organizer of the 1969 music festival Woodstock, has died at the age of 77, Variety reports. He passed away on Saturday at Sloan Kettering in New York City. The cause of death was a rare form of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to family spokesperson Michael Pagnotta. Born in Brooklyn in 1944, Lang
An elusive, nocturnal parrot disappeared for more than a century. An unlikely rediscovery led to ornithological scandal — and then hope. There had been no confirmed sightings of a live night parrot for nearly 140 years. So when the naturalist John Young produced evidence of the near-mythic bird in a remote corner of Australia’s outback
Prison censorship is nothing new, and with ever-shifting regulations about what books can and cannot be donated to libraries and individuals who are incarcerated, even organizations with the mission of getting books into those places are finding themselves surprised. South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF), a private prison managed by the Tennessee-based CoreCivic, rejected a donation
Late last year, Netflix made the surprise announcement that the Fede Alvarez-produced Texas Chainsaw Massacre, a sequel to Tobe Hooper’s original classic, will be slicing its way onto the streaming service on February 18, 2022, and we’ve since been provided with a teaser trailer and a couple of images. Today brings a new image, and it’s particularly exciting. The
Nicolas Cage is one of the most unforgettable actors of his generation. With good reason, too – the Oscar winner’s career trajectory has been a mixture of blockbuster action classics and obscure, so-bad-they’re-good films. He’s approached each role he takes with a unique combination of authenticity and eccentricity. So it’s not surprising that he would
The old Verdansk is gone now; the new game is Warzone Pacific. This game does not have overpowered weapons and easy field upgrades to enhance your weapons. The game has become more attractive, designed with new color schemes. Overall, it received a good reception from the gamers. Today we will tell you about the changes
Public pleas to reconcile, real estate drama and two famous rebounds: The mega-couple’s news cycle continues even in divorce. By Grant Rindner January 7, 2022 Kanye West in Chelsea on January 05, 2022 in New York City.Courtesy of Gotham/Getty. We’re creeping up on a year since Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from Kanye West, but
Play video content Jeopardy! Amy Schneider is on a roll … she just became the 4th player in “Jeopardy!” history to rake in more than $1 mil in non-tournament play, and she’s still in the game!!! Amy, the first transgender contestant to qualify for the show’s Tournament of Champions, won her 28th game on the
Miranda Lambert and Little Big Town will revive their popular Bandwagon Tour in 2022 with a spate of co-headlining shows running through May and June. The country artists, who once collaborated on “Smokin’ and Drinkin’” from Lambert’s album Platinum, put together the first iteration of the Bandwagon Tour back in 2018. Kicking off May 6
The long-awaited sequel to a Halloween favorite, Hocus Pocus 2 is on the way for the Disney+ streaming service, currently set to arrive sometime during the Halloween ’22 season. The film is being billed as “the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic,” with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all back as the beloved Sanderson Sisters. Check out a tiny
Cardi B and Cuban Doll are at it again — once again arguing over a would-be affair Offset was allegedly trying orchestrate years ago … and CD seems adamant, he was after her. The online war of words appears to have started with would-be subs Cuban threw Cardi’s way — at least that’s how CB
Thirty-nine years ago today, on Jan. 8, 1983, Reba McEntire earned her first No. 1 hit with “Can’t Even Get the Blues.” The song, McEntire’s 14th single, was from her fifth studio album, Unlimited, which was released on Mercury Records. “Can’t Even Get the Blues,” which was written by Tom Damphier and Rick Carnes, was one
Universal and FilmNation’s greatly panned (24% on Rotten Tomatoes), but star-studded female spy movie The 355 is not off to the best of starts with $350K from Thursday night previews which started at 7PM yesterday at 2,300 theaters. This will result in likely a single digit opening for the weekend for the Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz,
Calvin Simon, a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic, died on Thursday. “We lost another Original member of Parliament/Funkadelic,” former P-Funk bassist Bootsy Collins wrote in a statement on Twitter. “A friend, bandmate & a cool classic guy, Mr. Calvin Simon was a former member of Parliament/Funkadelic. He’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in
Kanye West‘s Presidential campaign was a total bust — and cost him serious points in his marriage — but that doesn’t mean he’s not keeping his political friends close … dining with Jared Kushner in Miami. Ye donned a neon hoodie, as he met up with Kushner — the former Senior Advisor to President Trump,
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There is so much excitement coming this week. There are several new series coming your way and a boatload of returns. Read on to find out what we suggest you watch this week! Saturday, January 8 A Discovery of Witches (Shudder/AMC+) Diana and Matthew’s story is coming to an end! Before they go, they’ll use
The long-awaited sequel to a Halloween favorite, Hocus Pocus 2 is on the way for the Disney+ streaming service, currently set to arrive sometime during the Halloween ’22 season. The film is being billed as “the spooky sequel to the 1993 Halloween classic,” with Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all back as the beloved Sanderson Sisters. Check out a tiny
Shawn Mendes may be something of a poser, but give the guy a pass!!! Shawn looked great as he emerged from the ocean blue Friday in Miami. He spent about 2 hours on the sand … outside the Soho House. One sunbather tells TMZ Shawn looked “pensive, almost like he was meditating.” Apparently, he went
Eric Church isn’t afraid to raise a little hell and be an outsider — and with that attitude and his outlaw country vibes, he’s been able to build an incredibly successful country music career from the ground up. But there are three people that get him to show his tender side: his two sons, Boone and Hawk,
Betty White was a known animal lover who supported a number of organizations throughout her life … now one of them is stepping up to honor her in one of the best ways possible! The CEO for Guide Dogs for the Blind, Christine Benninger, tells TMZ … Betty was a true friend of the org
On Wednesday night, Selena Gomez stepped out for dinner at Carbone in NYC wearing a silky button-up white shirt with a panel across the front. She paired the interesting take on a classic wardrobe staple with a pair of light jeans and carried a wool camel coat over her arm in case of chilly weather.
Are network sitcoms making a comeback? Not too long ago, things looked dire for the genre — NBC didn’t even bother to put a single comedy on its fall primetime lineup — but CBS’ Ghosts, ABC’s Abbott Elementary and NBC’s Grand Crew have proven to be reliable sources of laughs already this season. And that hot
The Navy has a perplexing mystery on its hands. For several weeks in 2019, unknown objects stalked U.S. warships off the coast of southern California. While the bizarre “drone” encounters remain unsolved, the incidents occurred in an area with a long history of UFO sightings, including two of the most credible encounters on record. According
January 7, 2022 Trailer: Netflix Debut’s ‘All Of Us Are Dead’ All of us are Dead Park Ji-hu as Nam On-jo in All of us are Dead Cr. Yang Hae-sung/Netflix © 2021 Directed by: Lee JQ, Kim Nam-su Written by: Chun Sung-il Based on: Naver webtoon All Of Us Are Dead by Joo Dong-geun Starring: Park Ji-hu, Yoon Chan-young,
Have you seen daily posts from people you follow on social media that look like a bar graph made of green squares? Welcome to Wordle, the daily game taking the word nerd world by storm. But what is Wordle and how do you play it? What strategies help you decipher what the word of the
Writing my top records for 2021 proved to be a challenge considering all the good music that came out last year – and 2022 already looks to be just as exciting. Across death metal, doom, ambient, avant-garde, nu metal, and even more, there’s a lot to be on the lookout for. An important note that
The Scream franchise is returning to the big screen next week, and with it, much of the original cast, including Neve Campbell’s Sidney Prescott, David Arquette’s Dewey Riley and Courtney Cox’s Gale Weathers. The core trio have always been a fun dynamic to see in the horror film series, and as we wait for their