2026
NAACP Image Awards: Michelle Obama, Will Packer, Kendrick Lamar Among Night 1 Winners
Books by Michelle Obama and producer Will Packer and Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance a year ago were among the winners on the first night of the 2026 NAACP Image Awards. The winners in the literary, short-form and creator categories were revealed Monday during the first of three streaming presentations this week honoring…
Milan Cortina Olympics Deliver Most-Watched Winter Games Since 2014 Across NBCUniversal Platforms
It appears NBCUniversal gets the gold for its presentation of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, which were the most-watched Winter Games in more than a decade. From the opening through closing ceremonies, this year’s games averaged 23.5 million viewers on NBC, Peacock, NBCUniversal Digital Platforms and Versant’s CNBC and USA Network across the…
Jill Basinger Joins Stris & Maher LLP As Partner To Lead Its Media, Entertainment & Sports Practice
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent media and entertainment litigator Jill Basinger has joined Stris & Maher LLP to lead its Media, Entertainment and Sports Litigation practice from the Los Angeles office. She will work to leverage the firm’s nationwide platform to serve clients wherever needed. Basinger spent more than a decade as a partner at Glaser Weil LLP,…
Matthew Lillard Says Quentin Tarantino’s Diss “Sucked” & It Was “Really Lovely” Seeing Support From Hollywood: “I Felt Like I Had Died”
Matthew Lillard is opening up about the positive outcome after director Quentin Tarantino publicly dissed him. In a new interview, the Scream actor revisited the time that the Kill Bill filmmaker said he didn’t “care for” the actor, as well as Paul Dano and Owen Wilson. “It felt like I had died and was in…
Maksim Chmerkovskiy To Lead Vertical Series ‘Wild Silence’ For Holywater Microdrama Platform My Drama
EXCLUSIVE: Maksim Chmerkovskiy is now the leading man in a vertical drama series. The former Dancing with the Stars pro will star in Wild Silence, Holywater Tech’s latest offering on its My Drama platform. Marking Chmerkovskiy’s first leading role in a scripted vertical series, Wild Silence is also the first U.S. vertical series to feature…
Taylor Frankie Paul Gets Real About Mental Health Struggles
Reading Time: 3 minutes Taylor Frankie Paul isn’t afraid to get candid. About a month before she makes her national debut as the lead on The Bachelorette, the veteran reality star got honest about her recent mental health struggles, stressing the importance of checking in on others… even when they’re the ones reaching out. Everyone…
Jamie Foxx Blasts Tourette’s Activist For Using Racial Slur: ‘He Meant That …
Reading Time: 3 minutes As we previously reported, a man named John Davidson shouted a racial slur at Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo during Sunday night’s BAFTA Awards. Davidson has dealt with Tourette’s Syndrome for most of his life, and he was in the audience because a film based on his life…
Maria Rita Rodrigues da Silva Cause of Death: How Did the 25-Year-Old Brazilian Beauty …
Reading Time: 3 minutes Beauty influencer Maria Rita Rodrigues da Silva has tragically passed away. She was only 25 years old. Fans, friends, and family are all reacting with shock. She had seemed fine, posting just days before. Followers are asking what happened. How did she die? In addition to modeling her looks, Maria Rita…
Nick Reiner Appears Gaunt, Confused In Court as He Enters Not Guilty Plea For …
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s been over two months since Rob and Michele Reiner were found stabbed to death in their Los Angeles home. Their son, Nick Reiner, was arrested for their murders, and today, he finally appeared in court for his arraignment. Nick entered a plea of not guilty, as expected. But what might…
Katie Bates to Enter “Intensive Therapy” in Wake of Husband Cheating Scandal
Reading Time: 3 minutes Katie Bates can’t do this on her own, you guys. Last month, not long after his wife announced to the world that she had suffered a miscarriage, Travis Clark came out and dropped a very different kind of bombshell of his own: He had been unfaithful to Katie. (Instagram) “This is…