It was double trouble for celebrities competing on Fox TV’s costumed singing contest “The Masked Singer” on Wednesday — when, for the first time, two disguised famous faces were ousted from the show. The Rabbit and the Lion both were eliminated at the semifinals stage. The true identity of the Lion remained a secret until […]
CNN’s Chris Cuomo called Fox News host Sean Hannity “without question the most powerful person in the media.” The reason? “What he says, the president does,” Cuomo said on Thursday. “Not vice-versa. What Hannity says, the president does.” Cuomo’s guest, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) called Hannity a “transformational figure.” “We’ve never seen that before,” Cuomo […]
The scientific community is all abuzz about the discovery of a gigantic bee in Indonesia. Known as Wallace’s giant bee, it has a wingspan of 2.5 inches. Researchers last saw the bee in 1981 and feared it was extinct. That fear changed to elation last month after entomologist Eli Wyman and wildlife photographer Clay Bolt traveled […]
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire entrepreneur who was elected mayor of New York City as both a Republican and an independent, announced Tuesday that he will not run for president as a Democrat in the 2020 election. Bloomberg, 77, had been seriously weighing a presidential run in recent months but said in an opinion piece on his […]
The musician Ryan Adams has been accused of sexual misconduct and manipulative behavior by several women who say he promised to help further their careers, only to rebuff them when they declined his romantic overtures. Seven women told The New York Times that Adams, a prolific songwriter who has released 16 albums, had a long […]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) made light of her reputation for verbally abusing her staffers Saturday in remarks at the annual Gridiron Club dinner for journalists and Washington insiders. Klobuchar joked about the numerous staff mistreatment accusations that have quickly dogged her recently announced 2020 presidential campaign. “How did everyone like the salad? I thought it […]
Women incarcerated in a San Francisco jail say they were forced to strip naked in front of male deputies, in violation of state law, according to complaints released by the San Francisco public defender’s office. In California, strip searches of inmates must be conducted in an area with privacy, and with no one of the […]
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) took to the chamber floor on Thursday and unleashed against the Trump administration’s nomination of politically controversial, and young attorneys to lifetime federal judgeships. “This body yesterday confirmed a judge who would limit rights for a generation,” Brown, speaking for nearly 10 minutes, said to fellow lawmakers. “We used to pick […]
Christian Bale offered an amusing tip for how fellow actors could prepare to portray President Donald Trump on the big screen. The Oscar nominee asked reporters at the Berlin Film Festival on Monday if they remembered the instructional “For Dummies” series of books. “You’d start with that, wouldn’t you? “Dictatorship for Dummies.” That’d be the […]
Jimmy Kimmel conducted an interview with President Donald Trump’s “party planner” (a.k.a. comic Fred Willard) on Monday night. And the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host got the faux scoop on what Trump wants to see at his planned “Salute To America” bash to mark Independence Day. Per Willard, Trump seeks some “good old-fashioned American fun” at the […]