ABC NEWS/MICHAEL LE BRECHT II (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump called his rally at Madison Square Garden a “lovefest” on Tuesday as backlash continues over racist and crude comments made by some speakers at the iconic New York City venue. Trump spoke about the rally near the end of remarks at Mar-a-Lago […]
WABC (NEW YORK) — The owner of a day care where a 1-year-old boy died of fentanyl poisoning and three other children were sickened pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges, resolving a case that horrified New York City and underscored the scourge of the nation’s fentanyl epidemic. Grei Mendez pleaded guilty to one count of […]
John Parra/Getty Images Daniel Hernandez — the rapper known as Tekashi 6ix9ine — is back in custody and due in federal court in New York Tuesday The rapper, 28, was arrested for an unspecified alleged violation of his supervised release. He was released from prison in 2020 and put on supervised release after a 2018 arrest on charges of […]
Universal As a kid, Ariana Grande was obsessed with the musical Wicked, and at age 10, she got to go backstage and meet the cast, including Kristin Chenoweth, who originated the role of Glinda on Broadway. In a full-circle moment, Ariana, who plays Glinda in the new Wicked film, recently hosted a screening attended by Chenoweth. […]
L-R: Shawn, Marlon, Keenen and Damon Wayans in 2000 — David Keeler/Online USA A month after Marlon Wayans decried how Harvey Weinstein “stole” the Scary Movie franchise from Keenen Ivory Wayans and his family, ABC Audio has confirmed the fam will be back with a new installment in the horror spoof films. Weinstein’s former company Miramax has […]
Mobile Fidelity/Columbia Records As we all know, we can’t start playing Christmas music until Mariah Carey says it’s OK. But now she’s offered a clue as to when that announcement might happen. On her Instagram Story, Mariah posted footage of Drew Barrymore wandering the halls of her talk show in a Halloween outfit. She hears […]
Live Nation Usher‘s Past, Present, Future is now two shows longer, as he’s returning to Brooklyn for two nights in December. Following his four-show run at the Barclays Center in September, he’ll make his way back to the venue on Dec. 5 and Dec. 6. The shows will follow his three-night stay in Houston and […]
Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images The Grammy Museum in LA is placing a spotlight on Luther Vandross in a new exhibit called Luther Vandross: Artistry and Elegance. It will feature glimpses of his career, including hand-beaded suits and jumpsuits worn during his 1991 Power of Love tour; handwritten lyrics, studio notes and an exclusive recording of Luther […]
ESPN/Disney The Simpsons will once again tackle the NFL with an ESPN team-up on Dec. 9 with the return of The Simpsons Funday Football. Using Sony’s Beyond Sports Technology, the Monday Night Football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys will be “transformed in real time” into a gridiron face-off set at Springfield’s Atoms Stadium, promising […]
One World Tina Knowles may be the Matriarch of the Knowles family that gave us Beyoncé and Solange, but her new memoir delves into more than her motherhood experience. In Matriarch, Tina will share her life story, one that started as a girl in 1950s Galveston, whose dream, instincts and special gifts took her beyond Texas — but not […]