Category Archives: Entertainment

Meghan and Prince Harry to appear in Oprah Winfrey primetime special

CBS announced the news Monday, revealing that “Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special,” will air on March 7. It will be the couple’s first extensive sit-down interview since their decision to step down as senior members of the royal family, or Brexit, as the media called it. The special will cover a […]

Johnny Pacheco, who popularized salsa music in the US, dies at 85

The Dominican-born multi-instrumentalist experimented with different Latin American musical styles, though he was particularly enamored with Afro-Cuban genres like charanga and pachanga. He was a bandleader, producer and record label head with an eye for talent, and his famed Fania Records would make stars out of Celia Cruz and other salsa legends. Pacheco, a pioneering […]

Brayden Smith: The final five-time ‘Jeopardy!’ champ during Trebek’s tenure has died at age 24

Brayden Smith, of Las Vegas, was 24 years old when he died on February 5. The family did not release the cause of death. “We are so grateful that Brayden was able to live out his dream on @jeopardy,” Smith’s mother, Debbie, tweeted Friday morning. Smith won $117,798 on the program, with his final appearance […]

Rapper Nicki Minaj’s father dies in hit-and-run, police say

Robert Maraj, 64, was walking in Mineola, Long Island, on Friday at 6:15 p.m. when he was “was struck by a northbound, undescribed, vehicle that left the scene of the accident,” the Nassau County Police Department said in a statement. Maraj was taken to a hospital in critical condition and died Saturday, police said. The […]

Cecil Hotel: What you need to know about the hotel in the Netflix crime show

“Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel,” which premiered this week, is a four-part docuseries about the mysterious death of Canadian college student and hotel guest Elisa Lam. After disappearing from her room in the Los Angeles hotel in February 2013, the 21-year-old’s body was found two weeks later drowned inside a water tank […]

John Oliver talks possibility of another pandemic on season premiere of ‘Last Week Tonight’

It was the first episode since his last show, which aired in November, and he covered a lot of ground, including former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, and a stark warning about the possibility of another pandemic. “If we’re not very careful, the next pandemic could be even worse,” Oliver […]

Chris Harrison controversy puts ‘Bachelor’ race issues back in the spotlight

Harrison was being interviewed by Rachel Lindsay, a current Extra host and former star of 2017’s “The Bachelorette,” when he defended a current contestant who was reportedly photographed at an antebellum plantation-themed fraternity formal in 2018. Harrison has since apologized, writing on his Instagram that he was “deeply remorseful” for the pain and damage his […]

For movie awards season, February is beginning to look a lot like Christmas

It’s around Christmas, traditionally, when studios and smaller distributors release their award contenders, hoping to be fresh in the minds of critics groups, guilds and most significantly members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Oscars, when they start voting. For the 2020 awards, however, the eligibility window has expanded […]