Richard Roundtree, who starred as the memorable detective in 1971’s Shaft, died Tuesday. He was 81. His manager Patrick McMinn confirmed his death. “Richard’s work and career served as a turning point for African American leading men in film,” McMinn, who was his manager since 1987, said in a statement. McMinn told the Hollywood Reporter
Month: October 2023
When Kanye West grabbed the mic at a Thanksgiving event serving homeless people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row two years ago, Elijah Graham was there to film it. Now Graham, who was working as a volunteer event planner at the Los Angeles Mission at the time, is suing the “Believe What I Say” rapper for
The artist made the announcement during a Instagram live on Tuesday After revealing the title for her upcoming LP in June, Nicki Minaj has once again pushed back the arrival of Pink Friday 2. The rapper took to Instagram live on Tuesday to announce that her new record will now drop on Dec. 8, her
You don’t need me to tell you that everything is more expensive in 2023, but what would you say if I told you that books might not be as expensive as they should be? That’s the case Brooke Warner makes in this piece about publishing’s retail price problem. Whereas the general cost of goods in
Qualcomm announced its latest flagship mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, on Tuesday at the Snapdragon Summit. The successor to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC promises to bring a host of new upgrades and claims to be the first mobile platform focusing on generative AI. The SoC’s AI engine supports multi-modal generative AI
The cap on bankers’ bonuses is to be abolished, the financial services regulatory body has announced. From 31 October, EU rules that limit bonus payments to twice a banker’s salary will be removed, the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) said. The policy change was initially announced by former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng in the infamous September mini-budget
A view from the San Fernando Valley: Untitled fanciful-shaped sculptures by Lars Hawks at the Sherman Way off-ramp of the 170 Freeway in North Hollywood on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. A “Clean California Beautification Project” is planned for North Hollywood along the 170 freeway which will include installing a rock cobble ground cover, new decorative
Donald Trump compared himself to Nelson Mandela as he addressed his legal issues in a speech at his latest campaign rally. The former US president likened himself to the anti-apartheid activist on Monday as he claimed he is being targeted by federal and state prosecutors because of his politics. Mr Trump is currently facing four
A former Tory MP failed to declare where he received £39,000 in political donations from, a crown court jury has heard. David Mackintosh, who represented Northampton South between 2015 and 2017, is alleged to have accepted three donations of £10,000 and six of £1,500 that were made in an allegedly “underhand way”, Warwick Crown Court
House Minority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) won the Republican nomination to be the next speaker of the House, but he now faces the uphill challenge of garnering the 217 votes needed on the floor. Emmer is the third GOP nominee in as many weeks, as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Rep. Jim Jordan
Oct 24, 2023NewsroomCyber Fraud / Cyber Crime Spanish law enforcement officials have announced the arrest of 34 members of a criminal group that carried out various online scams, netting the gang about €3 million ($3.2 million) in illegal profits. Authorities conducted searches across 16 locations Madrid, Malaga, Huelva, Alicante, and Murcia, seizing two simulated firearms,
I can’t get enough of these live performance videos. Charles Wesley Godwin recorded his major label debut album Family Ties at Echo Mountain in Asheville, North Carolina, and has been putting out some awesome, live performances over the last several months from inside the studio that are incredible. And today, he released one for “Willing And
Play video content SplashNews.com Scottie Pippen hates Michael Jordan‘s guts right now, but not all hope is lost for the legendary Bulls duo’s friendship … so says their former teammate, Dennis Rodman, who believes the two will eventually bury the hatchet. It’s no secret — Pippen was pissed over the ‘Last Dance’ documentary that dropped
No Saviors Here The song will appear on the band’s upcoming album Saviors, produced by American Idiot and Dookie collaborator Rob Cavallo, which arrives January 19 Green Day have been singing about the collapse of the modern world on their albums for years. There’s never been a shortage of source material or inspiration, so they
Survival Mode The film based on Rumaan Alan’s novel of the same name arrives to Netflix on December 8 In the Netflix film Leave the World Behind, the apocalypse doesn’t look like brain-hungry zombies or Earth-invading aliens. For the Sanford and Scott families, it looks like blackouts, cyber-attacks, and unlikely (though deeply untrustworthy) unions with
COURTS AND CRIME The “Chandelier” singer claims someone is emailing people in the music industry, posing as her and demanding material that’s not publicly available Sia is hoping the Los Angeles legal system can help her expose an alleged identity thief posing as the famously private pop star to gain access to her unreleased material.
The Jonathan Majors domestic violence case now involves police in London, according to an explosive new motion filed by New York prosecutors obtained by Rolling Stone. It’s unclear the nature of the police report, but prosecutors have disclosed in court documents that they are seeking to obtain the woman’s medical records and subsequent treatment related
Attorneys for the former president filed a slew of legal motions Monday night arguing the DOJ’s case against Trump has no standing Donald Trump’s legal team has filed a flurry of legal motions attempting to throw a wrench in the Justice Department’s 2020 election interference case against him. The former president’s lawyers submitted four motions
Over the past handful of years, Thom Zimny has emerged as one of the most prolific music documentarians around. A former editor on The Wire, Zimny won an Emmy for directing the Netflix film Springsteen on Broadway, reunited with Bruce for Letter to You, chronicled the life of Elvis Presley in Elvis Presley: The Searcher,
In Sofia Coppola’s eighth feature, Priscilla, she shoots tail-finned Cadillacs as lovingly as she does her latest extraordinary lead actress (Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley), capturing the beauty and hidden darkness inside Graceland — and in America writ large. Along the way, Coppola tells her most haunting coming-of-age tale since her exquisite directorial debut, 1999’s
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