Mike Mattina/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Friends and family members of Brittney Griner gathered for a vigil outside the Russian Consulate in New York City on Wednesday evening, calling for the WNBA star’s release ahead of her trial in Russia. “Feb 17 was the last time I talked to my sister,” said Janell Roy, Griner’s childhood …
Rob Verhorst/Redferns The late Frank Zappa‘s entire song publishing and recording catalog, his film archives and the full contents of his expansive storage facility, known as The Vault, have been acquired by Universal Music Group from the Zappa Trust, the family company overseen by Frank’s four children. In addition, the agreement, which also includes Zappa’s …
Apple TV+ At the Apple TV+ show’s premiere in Los Angeles Wednesday night, the cast and other creatives behind the forthcoming series Black Bird paid tribute to their fallen co-star Ray Liotta. The acclaimed actor passed away unexpectedly May 26 at the age of 67. “He’s a magnificent actor and a magnificent person. He was …
D Dipasupil/BET/Getty Images for BET The TV series inspired by The Best Man franchise will premiere just in time for Christmas. The Best Man: Final Chapters will premiere December 22 on Peacock, Entertainment Tonight reports. All the of the two movies, The Best Man in 1999 and The Best Man Holiday in 2013, have returned. Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Taye Diggs, Harold Perrineau, Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan, Regina Hall and Melissa De Sousa have been shooting in …
TXDPSSouth twitter (ENCINAL, Texas) — Four people were killed and three others are in critical condition Thursday following a car crash involving an alleged migrant smuggling operation in Texas, police said. The incident took place on Interstate 35 in Encinal, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. “The driver suspected of human smuggling evaded …
Courtesy of The Peach Music Festival The 10th anniversary edition of the Allman Brothers Band-founded Peach Music Festival got underway Thursday. The four-day event, which runs through Sunday, July 3, is taking place at its usual location, Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It will include headlining sets from The Black Crowes and Phish singer/guitarist Trey …
U.S. Marshals Service (NEW YORK) — Kaitlin Armstrong, a fugitive wanted in the murder of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson, has been captured in Costa Rica after a 43-day search, authorities announced Thursday. Armstrong, 34, was arrested Wednesday at a hostel on Santa Teresa Beach in Provincia de Puntarenas, the U.S. Marshals Service said. She will …
GlaxoSmithKline (WASHINGTON) — Eli Lilly has announced the U.S. government is buying an additional 150,000 courses of the only monoclonal antibody therapy left that still holds up against all COVID-19 variants of concern, including BA.2. The new purchase of the therapy, called bebtelovimab, is costing the government roughly $275 million. This comes after the White House …
Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This Fourth of July is expected to be the second-busiest for travel since 2000, with 47.9 million Americans taking trips, according to AAA. Here’s what to know before you head to the airport or hit the highways. Air travel Friday, July 1 is shaping up to be the busiest …
Netflix With Volume 2 of Stranger Things‘ fourth season dropping on Netflix Friday, some fans are trying to save their favorite character. In a move reminiscent of Walking Dead fans declaring, “If Daryl dies, we riot,” #Protect Steve! has been popping up in an effort to try to spare Joe Keery‘s character from a possibly …
