Drakeo the Ruler, a West Coast rapper known for his offbeat cadence and jerky rhythm, was fatally stabbed on Saturday night during an altercation at a Los Angeles festival where several artists were scheduled to perform. …Read the full story
That is because coronavirus cases are surging, and officials around the world are bracing for a new wave stoked by the Omicron variant, which appears to be most contagious version yet and is playing a major role in the sharp increase of infections in recent days. The threat of Omicron is particularly acute in Britain, […]
The odd keepsake remains a tangible reminder of the unusual production in which the three fantasy epics, adapted from the J.R.R. The first chapter, “The Fellowship of the Ring,” which was recently added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry, won four statuettes after its release on Dec. Often what I think about is […]
Henry Orenstein, a Holocaust survivor who built a major American toy company, later persuaded Hasbro to start its line of Transformers action figures, and who in his 70s patented an ingenious way to better televise poker tournaments, died on Tuesday at a hospital in Livingston, N.J. The Topper Corporation, which he started in the 1950s, […]
Since the beginning of the 2020-21 season, in October 2020, “S.N.L.” has aired a full run of live shows from its Manhattan home in Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Plaza with many new protocols in place but little apparent interruption. The onset of the coronavirus had forced the cancellation of several live broadcasts in its […]
Tina Fey, a former cast member, and Kenan Thompson, a current cast member, then joined him to induct Mr. Rudd into the so-called Five-Timers Club for hosts. The show was supposed to have included a musical performance by the English pop artist Charli XCX. “I know it wasn’t the Christmas show you expected, but that’s […]
Kangol Kid, who as a rapper in the group UTFO was a key contributor to the 1984 single “Roxanne, Roxanne,” one of the most influential and widely imitated songs of commercial hip-hop’s early years, died on Saturday morning at a hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., on Long Island. 77 on the Hot 100, but its influence […]
They comprise an extraordinarily fuzzy and vast category, including seven of the world’s 10 most populous countries: China, India, Russia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Brazil and Mexico, plus a host of other economically and geopolitically crucial places, like South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey and Poland. Numerous studies, including those by Vanguard and Morgan Stanley, show that over extended […]
But it did not make it to Christmas, or even to the vacation many city schoolchildren will begin next week. Four of the 32 current shows running on Broadway canceled their performances Friday night, including “Moulin Rouge!,” which hopes to resume on Saturday; “Hamilton” and “Mrs. In a sign of the increasing level of concern […]
Godzilla gave it his best, along with Shang-Chi, James Bond, Venom and the “Fast and Furious” crew. “No Way Home” collected $50 million from Thursday “preview” screenings that started at 3 p.m., according to Sony Pictures Entertainment, which financed and produced the movie in partnership with Disney-owned Marvel Studios. For the weekend in North America, […]
Ms. Holmes, who founded the blood testing start-up Theranos, is on trial for fleecing investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars and misleading patients and doctors. After closing arguments are completed and jury instructions are given, jurors — eight men and four women — will begin deliberating whether Ms. Holmes committed 11 counts of […]
Marvel, with its armies of true believers and domination of both movie theaters and a click-baiting media, rendered its product line critic proof long ago. With his compact size and bright, easy smile, Holland still looks and sounds more like a kid than an adult, and he radiates the same sweet, earnest decency that has […]
21, the day of the fatal shooting in New Mexico, that the gun discharged while he was preparing for a scene in which he takes the old-fashioned Colt revolver out of his shoulder holster and cocks the hammer, according to an affidavit filed in the application for the search warrant. In a statement Thursday night, […]
After the allegations surfaced, Peloton, the stationary-bike maker, removed a widely viewed online ad featuring Noth. One woman told The Hollywood Reporter that Noth, 67, raped her in 2004, when she was 22, after inviting her to his apartment building’s pool in West Hollywood; the woman said that after the assault, a friend took her […]
Marvel, with its armies of true believers and domination of both movie theaters and a click-baiting media, rendered its product line critic proof long ago. With his compact size and bright, easy smile, Holland still looks and sounds more like a kid than an adult, and he radiates the same sweet, earnest decency that has […]
In late 2019, it was by some measures the most popular television show in the world, and it was Netflix’s second most-viewed TV debut to that point. That’s impressive, and a little surprising, for a “Game of Thrones”-on-a-budget sword-and-sorcery adventure whose visual and dramatic quality ranged from “hey, not bad” to “.” Maybe it was […]
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked Britons on Wednesday to think twice about holiday socializing as the Omicron variant rampages through the country. The queen’s decision to call off the lunch for the second year in a row comes as Britain reported a record 78,610 new infections from the virus on Wednesday. Elizabeth, 95, […]
If you picked up on a bit of flirtation between her and Che right after their decidedly uncute meet in Episode 2, you might have been onto something. In a sexy, showstopping move, Che shotguns a drag of weed smoke into Miranda’s mouth, nearly kissing her, and quite possibly shaking her to the core. Che’s […]
No public announcement has been made about the transaction, which closed in recent weeks, and specific terms were unknown. Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks, Shakira, Neil Young and many other stars have sold all or parts of their work for prices reaching into the hundreds of millions. Springsteen, 72, has been with Columbia Records, […]
