Actor Frank Vallelonga Jr., famous for his work in the Oscar-winning “Green Book,” has died … TMZ has confirmed. The NYPD tells TMZ … police responded Monday morning to a 911 call about an unconscious man in the Bronx, and when they got there they found a dead body in the street, which was later
Collapsed fashion retailer Joules will live on after Next agreed a £34m cash rescue deal that preserves most of its stores and jobs. Under the deal Next will pick up 100 of its 132 stores and only 133 of 1,600 staff will lose their jobs. Nineteen shops are to immediately close in: CarmarthenCheltenhamChichesterEdinburghExeterGatesheadLyme RegisNewburyNorthcote Road,
The New Orleans-based band Ever More Nest never rests on its laurels. Part of the city’s rising Americana scene and the ever-growing queer country scene, the outfit, led by Kelcy Mae Wilburn, crafts a dense folk-leaning sound that swirls with moody atmosphere and incongruous optimism. That duality is captured in the band’s new single, “Happy New Year,”
A large group of Walt Disney World employees marched near — but not on — Walt Disney World property today, holding signs that said “Magic Doesn’t Pay The Bills” and chanting “need a raise.” The Services Trades Council Union (STCU), which is a coalition of six unions representing close to 42,000 WDW cast members, is
Prince William and Kate Middleton may have flown commercial into Boston, but they were hardly slumming it. Britain’s Prince William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales, arrive at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachussetts, on November 30, 2022. (Photo by John TLUMACKI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN TLUMACKI/POOL/AFP via Getty
A 10-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed his mother because she would not buy him a virtual reality headset. The boy at first claimed the shooting was an accident, but later said he intentionally aimed at his mother. He is said to have logged into her Amazon account and ordered a headset the morning after
Ian Blackford has announced he is stepping down from his role as Westminster leader of the SNP. “After more than five years in the role, now is the right time for fresh leadership at Westminster as we head towards a general election and the next steps in winning Scotland’s independence,” he said. The SNP is
Medibank on Thursday confirmed that the threat actors behind the devastating cyber attack have posted another dump of data stolen from its systems on the dark web after its refusal to pay a ransom. “We are in the process of analyzing the data, but the data released appears to be the data we believed the
From the archives. Man, I wish we still lived in a time when there were good country music TV shows. The Johnny Cash Show, The Dolly Parton Show, The George Jones Show…things were different back then. One of my favorite clips from this era was when George Jones took the stage during a 1998 episode
Bye-Bye Birdie From Trent Reznor and Whoopi Goldberg to Gigi Hadid and Jack White, our updating list of the stars who are saying bye to the app The arrival of Elon Musk to Twitter has meant full chaos. From (failed) paid Twitter verification to the reinstatement of accounts run by bigots to the layoffs of
Are you a pun lover or are you a grinch? I am the first, and even if it is a groaner —like the worst imaginable pun possible — I am still going to appreciate it because of the way language can tell several stories at one time. It should come as little surprise then that
‘I Will Miss Her’ The former president paid tribute to Fleetwood Mac’s McVie, saying he is “grateful” to her and the band Former President Bill Clinton paid tribute to Fleetwood Mac singer and keyboardist, Christine McVie following her death Wednesday at the age of 79. In a statement posted to his Twitter account, Clinton honored McVie and shared
Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are getting free access to the company’s Google One VPN, according to a report. Owners of the flagship Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro handsets can now connect to Google’s VPN for free, as Google promised at its Made by Google event earlier this year. The VPN can
The scooter rider who fatally struck “Gone Girl” actress Lisa Banes in a hit-and-run accident will do hard time … a judge just sentenced him to at least a year behind bars. Lisa’s killer, 27-year-old Brian Boyd, was sentenced Wednesday to 1 to 3 years in prison in New York County Supreme Court. Boyd had
A crypto entrepreneur says his net worth has fallen from $26.5bn to $100,000 after his company imploded. Sam Bankman-Fried admitted it has been a “bad month” after FTX collapsed into bankruptcy, leaving thousands of people frozen out of their savings. The 30-year-old – who once positioned himself as a saviour for stricken firms – has
Lainey Wilson managed to pull a fast one on her fans in the most recent episode of Yellowstone, as she debuted another new song. However, this time around she wasn’t on camera singing. During Episode 4 on Sunday (Nov. 27), a previously unheard song titled “New Friends” plays during a scene featuring Jamie Dutton (Wes
Los Angeles looks to be in the midst of a new winter Covid surge that’s so far hitting earlier and harder than it did last year. Today’s 24-hour case count for L.A. County rose to 4,353, which is the highest daily total in nearly four months. The last time a single-day case count topped today’s
The visiting royals enjoyed something of a Boston tea party with Mayor Michelle Wu and Gov.-Elect Maura Healey in City Hall before a brief and soggy address about the climate to a crowd outside. Prince William thanked “all the hearty Bostonians” who spent the Wednesday afternoon getting rained on as they waited for him to
A new drug is making headlines around the world for being the first ever to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. After an 18-month trial of 1,800 patients, lecanemab slowed patients’ mental decline by 27%. Although scientists are hailing a “new era” in treatment, strains on the NHS and the scale and complexity of the
The government is running out of prison places and has had to ask police for 400 cells to make sure there is enough accommodation for the prison population. Prisons minister Damian Hinds told MPs there had been an “acute and sudden increase in the prison population” in recent months and, as a result, the Operation