Television
Surprise! 60s Activist Angela Davis Discovers She’s Descended from the Mayflower Thanks to Henry Louis Gates and History Gets a Proper Jolt
I'm a huge fan of Angela Davis, the great activist and educator. I was honored to sit at her table at a lunch for...
Books
Box Office: “Ant Man Quantumania” Falls 45% on First Monday, and No One is Buying Scott Lang’s Memoir Because of It
It's a mixed bag for Scott Lang aka the Ant Man.
On Monday, box office for "Ant Man and WASP Quantumania" fell 45% from Sunday--...
Television
CBS Renews NCIS For Season 225, Plus, Of Course, 60 Minutes, NCIS Hawai’i, 48 Hours and More, Plus Notes on a Hilarious “Bachelor”
"NCIS" is coming back for its 400th season. Actually it's 21st, and third without Mark Harmon.
CBS also renewed a bunch of shows including NCIS...
Music
Pop: American Idol Contestant Brings Judges to Tears and Gives James Blunt His First Hit In 13 Years
It's been 19 years since James Blunt hit it big with his song, "You're Beautiful." That was 2004. He's struggled since then to find...
Music
Justin Bieber Makes Catalog Deal I Told You About on January 24th, Youngest Star to Cash in His Chips
I told you on January 24th that Justin Bieber was selling the rights to his catalog etc to Hipgnosis Songs. It was announced a...
Crime
UPDATE Alec Baldwin Isn’t Off the Hook on “Rust” Shooting, But the Worst Charges Against Him Are Gone
Alec Baldwin isn't off the hook in the "Rust" killing of cinemaographer Halyna Hutchins.
But the worst charges against him have been dropped by the...
Music
RIP The Great R&B Singer Chuck Jackson, Hits Included “I Keep Forgetting,” “Any Day Now,” Age 85
One of the great heroes of classic R&B and soul, Chuck Jackson, has died at age 85. He was living in Atlanta.
Chuck was a...
Movies
Cannes Exclusive: Scorsese In, Indiana Jones, Almodovar, Depp, Nolan Oppenheimer, All Point to Blow Out Festival This Spring
Cannes do!
The next Cannes Film Festival, set for mid- May on the Cote d'Azur, will be fairly sensational from what I hear.
Sources tell me...