‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Review: Nanny Doesn’t Know Best

With music and lyrics by the brothers Wayne and Karey Kirkpatrick and a book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell, “Mrs. And speaking of shadows, there is the outsize one of the incomparable Robin Williams. In the film, Williams brought his endearing playfulness to the role of Daniel Hillard, a struggling actor who lacks discipline […]

Tradition again: Biden celebrates Bette Midler, Joni Mitchell at Kennedy Center Honors

Kennedy Center Honorees, operatic bass-baritone Justino Diaz, Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, actress and singer-songwriter Bette Midler, and Motown founder, songwriter, producer, and director Berry Gordy, pose for the 44th Kennedy Center Honors class photo following the Medallion Ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., U.S. The arts community […]

Experts weigh in on NFT craze during Art Basel Miami Beach

NFT’s made headlines in March when Mike Winkelmann, better known as digital artist Beeple, made history. For those who didn’t understand its significance at Art Basel Miami Beach, NFTs were this year’s banana duct-taped to a wall. What is non-fungible is an asset that you cannot exchange for another asset, so the non-fungible token is […]

My role in clearing the man wrongly convicted for rape of Alice Sebold

Anthony Broadwater, a 61-year-old resident of Syracuse, New York state, and former marine, was exonerated last week of the brutal rape, assault and robbery of best-selling author Alice Sebold. On my first reading of the book, the portion regarding Sebold’s attempted identification of her assailant at a police lineup disturbed me. Even with the lack […]

CNN terminates anchor Chris Cuomo after aiding brother Andrew amid sexual harassment allegations

According to dozens of transcripts, video interviews and text messages released Monday by the New York Attorney General’s Office. And I understand why some people feel the way they do about what I did. “When Chris admitted to us that he had offered advice to his brother’s staff, he broke our rules and we acknowledged that […]

Country singer Stonewall Jackson, a longtime Opry member, dies at 89

The D.J,” as well as “A Wound Time Can’t Erase,” “Don’t Be Angry” and his 1958 debut single “Life To Go,” written by a young George Jones. Raised on a south Georgia farm, Jackson at age 10 traded his bike for a guitar and began learning songs, according to his biography. “I came into town, stopped at a little […]

Spotify removes popular comedians’ content over royalties dispute

Spotify has pulled the works of some of the most popular comedians, including Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, John Mulaney, and Jim Gaffigan due to a royalties dispute. As the WSJ notes, comedians are typically paid by their label or distributor — along with digital performance rights organization SoundExchange — when a digital service plays their […]

CNN fires Chris Cuomo after law firm probes involvement in brother’s harassment scandal

“We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately. Later in the week, an outside law firm was brought in to review the 1,500 pages of testimony by Chris Cuomo and other materials, such as text messages. His coverage of the television industry has appeared in TV Guide, […]

Tom Holland and Zendaya joke about doing ‘Spider-Man’ stunts with their height difference

During an appearance on “The Graham Norton Show” this week, the two “Spider-Man: No Way Home” actors told a story about having to accommodate for their height difference when doing stunts, specifically for a scene where Spider-Man, played by Holland, is supposed to hold MJ and swing them onto a bridge. “Because of our height […]