Business
UPDATE Billy Crystal Ignores Friars Club Scandals Including Sex Harassment Suit, Will Accept Icons Award
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 13TH, 7PM: Billy Crystal will ignore the scandals at the Friars Club, and accept the Icon Award in November. Let's hope Federal...
Books
“Fear” on the Rise: Bob Woodward Take Out on Trump White House Number 1 A Week Before Publication
Tuesday was a crazy day in almost every respect thanks to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
But the bigger news is that Bob Woodward's evisceration of...
Celebrity
Respect! Aretha Franklin Honored with Detroit Amphitheater Tribute, Replacing Name of 18th Century Slave Owners
Detroit's Chene Park on the Detroit River is no more.
Detroit's City Council unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday that will rename Chene Park in...
Celebrity
“Coyote Ugly” Star Piper Perabo Among Those Arrested for Protesting at Kavanaugh Hearing
Piper Perabo, maybe best known for the movie "Coyote Ugly," tweeted this afternoon that she was arrested at the Brett Kavanaugh hearing for peaceful...
Media
The New Yorker Disinvites Steve Bannon from Festival After Jim Carrey, Jack Antonoff Pull Out, Other Celebs Protest
UPDATE: David Remnick has disinvited Bannon from the Festival. He wrote to the staff: ""I don’t want well-meaning readers and staff members to think...
Celebrity
Jerry Lewis’s Labor Day Telethon Long Gone, Muscular Dystrophy Association Continues Yearly Drops in Revenue
It was 2011 when MDA, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, committed fundraising suicide. They ousted their standard bearer, Jerry Lewis, and instigated the end of...
Celebrity
Diana Ross’s Tiny Memorial Arrangement for Aretha Franklin’s Funeral Was Dwarfed by Other Celebs Including Barbra Streisand, Beyonce and Jay Z, Mariah Carey
Diana Ross had better check with her florist. The plant with her name and card on it was the smallest of the two dozen...
Movies
“Crazy Rich Asians” Hits $111 Million, A Milestone for Original Non-Sequel Comedy-Drama
Every hit this summer was either a comic book movie, a sequel to a comic book or a sequel to something.
Not "Crazy Rich Asians."...