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(Vanity Fair) – When is a commercial not just a commercial? Fast food brand KFC and Lifetime answered that question on Monday with news of a project called A Recipe for Seduction, a parody short film done in the spirit of the network’s soapy thrillers—with Mario Lopez as Colonel Harland Sanders. A trailer for the “film,” which debuts […]
(BBC News) – US singer Jeremih has said he will be “forever grateful” to doctors for saving his life after he became seriously ill with Covid-19. The R&B star, 33, is now recovering at home following several weeks spent in a Chicago hospital with the virus. He was reportedly in intensive care on a ventilator, […]
(CNN) – Dionne Warwick had some fun on Twitter this past weekend. The singer had some questions about the names of Chance the Rapper and singer The Weeknd and posed them on Twitter — much to their delight. She began with Chance the Rapper. “Hi, @chancetherapper. If you are very obviously a rapper why did […]
(Page Six) – Letitia Wright has gone dark on social media after facing backlash for sharing a video that expressed skepticism about a coronavirus vaccine. The “Black Panther” star, 27, appears to have deleted her Instagram and Twitter accounts following the controversy, which saw internet trolls asking Marvel to fire her for being a “stupid bitch.” […]
(CNN) – Hollywood fantasy action movie “Monster Hunter” has been pulled from theaters in China days after its release, following uproar on social media about a pun in the script that some viewers said was racist. The film, written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and based on the popular video game series of […]
YouTuber Logan Paul has struck a deal to fight former boxing megastar Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a “special exhibition” match on February 20th. The bout will be streamed as a pay-per-view on Fanmio. Mayweather is an undefeated champion with a 50-0 record, multiple world titles in five weight classes, and an Olympic bronze medal. Paul is […]
(Fox News) – A member of Pretty Ricky, Spectacular Blue Smith, was arrested on Monday after allegedly assaulting an employee at Walt Disney World. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Fox News, the performer and business mogul, 35, was at the park’s Animal Kingdom when he pretended to sneeze and said “coronavirus” as he walked past […]
As previously announced, the Quibi app as of Tuesday (Dec. 1) is no longer operable — marking the quick and quiet end of Jeffrey Katzenberg’s ill-fated $1.75 billion quest to carve out a new corner of the subscription streaming-video market. The Quibi app will remain on users’ devices until they delete it. However, the app no longer allows users […]
(Variety) – The Thanksgiving break has done little to calm the anger over the Grammy Awards’ baffling shutout of The Weeknd and several other artists from the 2021 nominations, and on Saturday Halsey — who was herself shut out from nominations — took to Instagram to air her feelings on the issue, as have Drake, Elton John, Kid Cudi, Charlie Puth […]
(Variety) – Disney Plus has updated the Marvel logo introduction to “Black Panther” in honor of what would have been Chadwick Boseman’s 44th birthday. Disney Plus redesigned the Marvel logo intro to “Black Panther” to honor Boseman on Nov. 29. Boseman, who played T’Challa/Black Panther, died on Aug. 28 following a four-year battle with colon cancer. Walt […]
