It’s not uncommon for audiences at the Sundance Film Festival to give standing ovations, but the ceremonial act took on a solemn air as two men who accuse Michael Jackson of molesting them as boys walked onstage following the festival’s only screening of “Leaving Neverland,” a documentary about their stories. …
Read More »Stoney Westmoreland: Ex
Former Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been charged with six felony counts after authorities said he tried to have sex with a 13-year-old boy. Prosecutors said the 48-year-old Westmoreland was on the dating app Grindr when he found a profile operated by a police detective in Salt Lake City, …
Read More »Grammy Music Educator Award 2019: Semifinalists revealed
First on “CBS This Morning,” we’re revealing the 25 music teachers from across 16 states who were selected as the semifinalists for the 2019 Music Educator Award by the Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum. Selected from more than 2,800 initial nominations, these teachers are being recognized for making a …
Read More »Captain Marvel trailer: We just got our first glimpse of Brie Larson in action as Captain Marvel
Both Marvel and DC Comics – the giants of the cinematic superhero world – have had massive successes in recent years with blockbusters that shatter the mold of what a traditional superhero looks like. In 2017, Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot’s “Wonder Woman” took the world by storm, inspiring young …
Read More »The restless perfectionism of Alberto Giacometti
Can the stark and bare-bone sculptures of Alberto Giacometti reveal truths about our own times? Tony Dokoupil says, yes, they can: He pushed, prodded and gouged his masterpieces into existence. But for this hard-living, chain-smoking legend of 20th century art, the beauty he sought to create seemed almost unattainable. Alberto …
Read More »Post Malone: Plane carrying hip
A plane that blew two tires during takeoff at a small New Jersey airport safely made an emergency landing at a New York airport on Tuesday afternoon. The Gulfstream GLF-4 jet was carrying 16 passengers, including hip-hop artist Post Malone, when it left Teterboro Airport around 10:50 a.m. The jet …
Read More »Johnny Depp sued for allegedly punching location manager
LOS ANGELES — Months after a director denied that Johnny Depp attacked a film crew member, the actor is being sued for the alleged assault. Location manager Greg “Rocky” Brooks says in a lawsuit that Depp twice punched him on the Los Angeles set of a movie about the killing …
Read More »Arnold Schwarzenegger mocks Trump’s energy policy as outdated in new video
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger turned to his movie star past to attack President Trump’s coal-focused energy policy. In a new Facebook video, he compares coal to objects and companies that have become obsolete. “Coal is the Blockbuster Video of fuel sources,” he declares in a web video message uploaded …
Read More »Gina Rodriguez uses Emmys campaign money to fund scholarship for undocumented student
This year, “Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez is offering her name for Emmys consideration — but she won’t be putting any money behind it. Instead, the 33-year-old actress is funding a dream come true for an undocumented high school student. Rodriguez is using her “For Your Consideration” Emmys campaign …
Read More »Samantha Bee addresses Ivanka Trump controversy on “Full Frontal”
Comedian Samantha Bee used to the opening of her show Wednesday to apologize again for using a vulgar insult to describe Ivanka Trump, which had led to days of cable news discussion and even condemnation from the White House. “I should have known that a potty-mouthed insult would be inherently …
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