If Saturday Night Live founder Lorne Michaels thought he had settled the show’s diversity problems by hiring a black female comic he was sorely mistaken. The show has come under fire for years for its mostly white, mostly male casts
Alec Baldwin is back in the news despite his vow earlier this year to retreat from public life. The combustible actor is executive producing a new documentary on veteran liberal politician Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of Congress.
Gwyneth Paltrow says it’s hard being a mom who works long hours on a movie set. Working moms with 9-to-5 type jobs, she insinuated, have it easier. One New York City mom, who also works for a living, isn’t having
Toby Keith, Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice, Hunter Hayes, Tim McGraw, Kellie Pickler and Keith Urban have been added to The Academy of Country Music’s tribute concert for the U.S. Armed Forces next month. ACM Presents: An All-Star Salute To The
Miley Cyrus has twerked her way into academia. The shock songtress behind the rump-shaking dance is a quick study on pop culture outrage. Now, select college students in Saratoga Springs can learn more about Cyrus’ machinations and their impact via
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades after the publication of “Gone With the Wind,” Mammy is finally getting a back story. Simon & Schuster imprint Atria announced Thursday that it will publish Donald McCaig’s “Ruth’s Journey” in October. A prequel to
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues to narrow as two more satellites find debris fields in a remote location of the southwestern Indian Ocean. Search operations halted Thursday, however, as “severe icing” warnings put search teams at
Action star Steven Seagal is officially endorsing Russia’s annexation of Crimea, calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin like a “brother” to him. Seagal went further, dubbing U.S. foreign policy in the region “idiotic” and saying mainstream media outlets are promoting President
VATICAN CITY (AP) — President Barack Obama and the Vatican gave distinctly different accounts of the president’s audience with Pope Francis, with Obama stressing their common ground over issues of poverty and inequality and Vatican officials emphasizing sharp differences over
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Russia will set up its own payment system to rival Visa and MasterCard. The move comes barely a week after the two companies suspended services to Russian banks which were directly and
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police served more than two dozen search warrants and made multiple arrests as part of a months-long investigation into baggage theft at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said. Detectives and officers from the Los Angeles and
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George scored 23 points and Roy Hibbert had 21, leading the Indiana Pacers back from a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit for an 84-83 victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. The NBA’s best home team ended
From the Daily Mail: Five juveniles in Philadelphia have been taken into custody in connection the assault of a Temple University student with a brick on Friday evening. The five girls, ages 14, 15 and 17, were arrested early on
BOSTON (AP) — A fire driven by strong winds raced through a brownstone on Wednesday, trapping and killing two firefighters in the basement, where their colleagues could not rescue them. Thirteen other firefighters were injured in the blaze, and several
Wu-Tang Clan wants nothing less than to reboot the way our culture appreciates music. And it hopes to make a pretty penny along the way. The rap group will sell only one copy of its upcoming double album, The Wu–Once
On Sunday, speaking at the David Horowitz Freedom Center weekend retreat at the beautiful Terranea Resort in Southern California, Breitbart’s Sonnie Johnson explained to conservatives that hip-hop culture was a natural gateway for conservatism in the black community. She stated that hip-hop’s
Celebrities are routinely targeted by social media pranksters who want us to believe the star in question has died during a freak accident. Usually a confirmation tweet from the celebrity in question puts the matter to rest. Today, R&B singer
Candace Cameron Bure isn’t shy about sharing her faith with the world. The former Full House star, currently competing on Dancing with the Stars, did just that earlier this week. An insider on the show’s set reported the studio audience
Guinea battled Wednesday to contain an Ebola epidemic threatening neighbouring countries as fear and confusion gripped communities under siege from one of the deadliest viruses known to mankind.Global aid organisations have sent dozens of workers to help the poverty-hit west
With a turnover of 53 billion euros ($73 billion) in 2013, the ‘Ndrangheta mafia from southern Italy made more money last year than Deutsche Bank and McDonalds put together, a new study said Wednesday. The study by the Demoskopika research
The head of a major movie theater chain has had enough of all the changes swirling around the implementation of ObamaCare. AMC Entertainment CEO Gerry Lopez called the crush of health care delays and modifications “annoying,” but he was just warming
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state has the most segregated public schools in the nation, with many black and Latino students attending schools with virtually no white classmates, according to a report released Wednesday. The report by the Civil
WASHINGTON (AP) — People who’ve started applying for health insurance but aren’t able to finish before the March 31 enrollment deadline will get extra time, the Obama administration has announced. “We are experiencing a surge in demand and are making
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Secret Service agent found drunk by staff at a Dutch hotel was recalled to the U.S. along with two of his colleagues, the day before President Barack Obama was set to arrive in the Netherlands. Word
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian police said they had found a suspicious package on a public bus in Brussels and had called in the bomb squad to investigate on the day of the visit of U.S. President Barack Obama. The package
