ABC late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel explained his controversial joke about First Lady Melania Trump, but declined to apologize for offending her. On Monday, President Trump repeated his demand that ABC fire the longtime show host over a joke that aired on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” two days before the White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner in Washington….
Lyle Lovett performed Friday evening in Stagecoach’s Palomino tent with the group of killers he calls his Large Band. After the show, I sat with the singer and actor in the front seats of what I’ll call his Large SUV. “It’s a rental,” he said. We’re in here because you want to protect your voice?You…
For Migos rapper Offset, the shooting that landed him in the hospital earlier this month is no match for his desire to get back to work. The “Bodies” and “Run It Up” musician, born Kiari Cephus, seemingly shrugged off the incident and his injury, noting in a recent appearance on “Creators Inc. Podcast” that he’s…
Who knew? LeBron James flying down the lane unchecked for a pumping over-the-shoulder slam. Marcus Smart diving and scrapping and leading cheers with a scream. Luke Kennard stepping to the free-throw line and hearing the chant, “MVP! … MVP! … MVP!” Who knew? Without their two best players, facing the quicker and more bruising Houston…
For disputed reasons, April 20, abbreviated to 420, has become a day to celebrate marijuana; even if this is nothing you mark on your calendar, the collective culture is bound to remind you. Weed is not what it used to be, which is to say illegal everywhere. (State laws may differ, but the federal government…
Paul W. Downs can’t help it that even on the weekends, his life intersects with “Hacks,” the HBO comedy he co-created and co-showruns with his wife, Lucia Aniello, and their friend Jen Statsky. (He also appears on the show as Jimmy LuSaque Jr., the besieged manager of its two stars, played by Emmy winners Jean…
A surprisingly shaky semifinal evening for UCLA gymnastics has the Bruins leaving Fort Worth early after finishing in third place in the NCAA national semifinals. An early fall from Jordan Chiles followed by some wobbly vaults in the final rotations were too much to overcome as No. 13 seed Minnesota stunned in their final rotation…
Paramount Skydance Chief Executive David Ellison made his case directly to theater owners Thursday, pledging to release a minimum of 30 films a year from the combined Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery company during a speech at the CinemaCon trade convention in Las Vegas. “I wanted to look every single one of you in the…
It’s been decades since “Faces of Death” stirred panic among parents of teens trading the 1978 pseudo-snuff VHS. The “video nasty” spawned a number of sequels, spinoffs and now a remake starring Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery that hit theaters this month. But back in the 1980s, the original film caused an uproar at Southern…
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The most unexpected of revelations unfolded Saturday at the Masters. It became a golf tournament. Rory McIlroy, who built the biggest 36-hole lead in history, wobbled and wilted — one shot in the water, another in the woods — while others surged and made a run at the reigning champion. Cameron Young, who was…
