On his first full day representing himself in his federal trial against charges that he stole money from his former client Stormy Daniels, attorney Michael Avenatti got spectacularly upstaged by his own former lawyer and helluva showman Sean Macias, a witness for the prosecution. Wednesday’s proceedings began deep in money matters and investigative procedure, just
The head of America’s central bank has declared there is “quite a lot of room to raise interest rates” as it stepped closer to a March hike. Jerome Powell, chair of the US Federal Reserve, made the remarks in a news conference after the bank declared that a hike would “soon be appropriate” – as
I think if Kacey Musgraves showed up at a random bar in my town and started singing Fleetwood Mac, I would actually die. I mean, not to be dramatic or anything… but for some very lucky people in Philadelphia, they got to live out my exact dream last night. Kacey was in the city of
Ian Noe is back with his first new music since 2019. The Kentucky native’s upcoming album, River Fools and Mountain Saints, is out on March 25 via Thirty Tigers, and fans can hear a sneak peek of what’s to come via his first single, “Pine Grove (Madhouse).” It feels a bit more upbeat for Noe, whose
This article contains Superman & Lois spoilers. Superman & Lois Season 2 Episode 2 For a show that still manages to do a ton of small town, teen soap, and general family drama in every episode, Superman & Lois still somehow manages to squeeze about two hours worth of Man of Steel lore and DC
OnePlus 10 Ultra is reportedly undergoing testing, as shared by tipster Yogesh Brar. OnePlus is said to be working on an “ultra flagship” smartphone that could get launched in the second half of this year. When it is launched, it will slot in higher than the recently launched OnePlus 10 Pro in the company’s lineup.
Play video content TMZ.com You could say Chuck Palahniuk saw the Chinese government’s censorship of “Fight Club” coming … because the new ending is closer to the original one he wrote 25 years ago. The famed author — who penned the OG novel that became the 1999 movie — joined us Wednesday on “TMZ Live”
EXCLUSIVE: The long-in-coming return of the musical based on Jerry Lewis’ The Nutty Professor, and a new musical adaptation of the Richard Dreyfuss 1995 film Mr. Holland’s Opus, will receive major regional theater stagings this year, with Maine’s nationally recognized Ogunquit Playhouse announcing the productions for its 2022 season. This summer’s staging of The Nutty
The United States Artists (USA) announced its 2022 Class of Fellows today. Last year, the class was the largest it has ever been, and this year, the cohort is even larger. 63 artists have received USA fellowships to continue their artistic practice. The fellows will receive $50,000 unrestricted awards to use however they see fit
Bill Cosby has responded to the release of We Need to Talk About Cosby, W. Kamau Bell’s docuseries, which was screened at Sundance Film Festival last weekend. Over the course of four parts, Bell examines the complicated legacy of the actor-comedian, who was simultaneously known as “America’s Dad” as well as an accused sexual predator
Now in its third week of second semester, COVID-19 test-positivity and student attendance rates are trending in the right direction in the nation’s second-largest school district, though conditions still aren’t back to pre-winter surge levels. The week before second semester began on Jan. 11, when students and staff underwent baseline testing, the percentage testing positive for
A woman has been handed a restraining order after allegedly sending Apple boss, Tim Cook, hundreds of “threatening” messages and turning up at his condo. The temporary order, that demands the 45-year-old woman stop harassing, stalking, and contacting the tech firm’s chief executive, was issued by a court on Friday. In a petition for the
Whistleblower emails have raised further questions over Boris Johnson’s insistence that he did not intervene to assist animal charities during the evacuation of Afghanistan. Last December the prime minister dismissed claims made by a former Foreign Office official that the government prioritised animals over people as “complete nonsense”. But new emails released by the Foreign
An initial access broker group tracked as Prophet Spider has been linked to a set of malicious activities that exploits the Log4Shell vulnerability in unpatched VMware Horizon Servers. According to new research published by BlackBerry Research & Intelligence and Incident Response (IR) teams today, the cybercrime actor has been opportunistically weaponizing the shortcoming to download
At first, it seemed like harmless fun, a plotline directly lifted from female buddy romcoms like The Other Woman or John Tucker Must Die: a group of women discovered, via the power of social media, that they had all been dating the same man. West Elm Caleb, as he soon came to be known, was said to
The chief executive of a major household energy supplier has cast doubt on whether the sector and government will be able to spare households from a huge spike in bills from April. Greg Jackson, the founder of Octopus Energy, used a letter to the three million households on its books to explain the options facing
If you haven’t listened to Sturgill Simpson on Joe Rogan’s podcast, you need to pause whatever you’re listening to and get on that. He’s been on the show a handful of times, but the more recent episode from back in 2019 was a special one. In addition to talking about his record, announcing his tour
Anthony Daniels has revealed a behind-the-scenes photograph of himself in a motion capture suit, revealing to fans that he will be returning to the role of C-3PO in an upcoming project. The obvious choice is A Droid Story, an upcoming, animated special for Disney+. While Daniels has not previously been announced as part of the
When you think of Marvel fighting games, your mind probably goes to Capcom’s library (everything from their initial X-Men game to the latest Marvel vs. Capcom crossover battle). Or maybe you think about the X-Men: Mutant Academy games Activision used to make. Perhaps the weird one-off that is Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (Johnny
Motorola is reportedly working on a new flagship smartphone codenamed ‘Frontier 22’. The handset is yet to be officially confirmed by the Lenovo-owned company, but some renders along with specifications of the phone have now surfaced online. The leaked renders of the rumoured Motorola phone show a hole-punch display and triple rear camera unit. Motorola