May 20 2019 — CNN — Some say the world will end in fire. / Some say in ice. And so, our song of ice and fire ends as we all said it would: In extended council meetings and elective monarchy! Congratulations to anyone who correctly called King Bran in their “Game of Thrones” office pool. You definitely earned that Starbucks […]
May 19 2019 — Global News — Saturday Night Live aired its final cold open for its 44th season with a grand musical number that spoofed rock band Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now” with a parody of U.S. President Donald Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, and gang singing.
May 18 2019 — BBC — The team behind Rocketman have pulled off the most astonishing feat. Against all the odds, they have managed to produce a two-hour greatest hits musical that turns one of the most flamboyant, gifted and charismatic performing artists of the modern era into a bit of a bore. A lot of words have been written and […]
May 17 2019 — CTV News — Former WWE star Ashley Massaro has died at the age of 39, according to the wrestling organization. “We are saddened to learn of the tragic death of former WWE Superstar Ashley Massaro,” WWE said in a statement. “WWE offers its condolences to Ashley’s family and friends.”
May 16 2019 — Associated Press — Woodstock 50 organizers have won a court order against Dentsu Aegis, the investor that dropped out of the festival earlier this month and subsequently attempted to cancel it.
May 16 2019 — The Canadian Press — The Rolling Stones are sticking to their Canada Day weekend concert date after all. The British rockers say they’ve put the only Canadian stop on their North American tour back on their schedule as planned, after it was postponed when Mick Jagger underwent heart surgery earlier this year. The Stones will perform on June 29 […]
May 14 2019 — CNN — Actor and comedian Tim Conway, best known for his work on “The Carol Burnett Show,” died on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, according to his publicist. Conway was 85. He had been battling a longtime illness prior to his death, Howard Bragman, Conway’s representative, told CNN. He was not suffering from dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, […]
May 13 2019 — Associated Press — Actor Felicity Huffman has pleaded guilty to paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT score in a U.S. college admissions scheme that involved wealthy parents and athletic coaches at some of the country’s top schools. The 56-year-old Desperate Housewives star didn’t speak as she walked into a federal courthouse in Boston on Monday with her […]
May 13 2019 — Associated Press — Doris Day, the honey-voiced singer and actress whose film dramas, musicals and innocent sex comedies made her a top star in the 1950s and ’60s and among the most popular screen actresses in history, has died. She was 97. The Doris Day Animal Foundation confirmed Day died early Monday at her Carmel Valley, California, home. […]
May 12 2019 — CBC — he Toronto Raptors are going to the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals.
May 12 2019 — Global News — Peggy Lipton, a star of the groundbreaking late 1960s TV show The Mod Squad and the 1990s show Twin Peaks, died of cancer Saturday. She was 72.
May 12 2019 — Global News — Saturday Night Live returned this week with a cold open that featured a parody of the show Meet the Press with Chuck Todd.
May 9 2019 — Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Caroline Dhavernas didn't think she would cry. The Montreal-based star of the Canadian assisted-suicide drama "Mary Kills People" says she knew going into filming for season 3 that it would be the last and figured she would have a handle on her emotions. But when the director yelled "cut" for the final time, ending the […]
May 7 2019 — Global News — Pamela Anderson says Julian Assange “does not deserve to be in a supermax prison” after visiting the WikiLeaks founder in jail.
May 7 2019 — Global News — It’s likely that Don McLean was feeling Wonderful Baby when offered the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement on Monday morning.