Tag: Entertainment

The NFL has hired former Securities and Exchange Commission chair Mary Jo White to investigate an allegation that Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder sexually harassed a team employee more than a decade ago. White will detail her findings in a written report, which will be released to the public because the allegation against Snyder was made in a public forum, NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Friday. Following the probe, McCarthy said Commissioner Roger Goodell will determine “any appropriate action” against Snyder, who last year was fined $10 million after a previous investigation into widespread sexual harassment and mistreatment of women by high-ranking team employees. Snyder also temporarily ceded day-to-day operations of the franchise to his wife, Tanya. The findings of that inv...

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball canceled the first week of spring training games through March 4 in the first public acknowledgment of the disruption caused by the lockout. The announcement Friday came with the work stoppage in its 79th day, and a day after economic talks between the management and the Major League Baseball Players Association lasted just 15 minutes. Negotiators are set to resume bargaining on core economics on Monday, and MLB said members of the owners’ negotiating committee will attend the session, just the seventh on the central issues of the dispute since the lockout began Dec. 2. Spring training was to have started this week, and the exhibition schedule had been set to begin on Feb. 26. There were 16 games set for that day, including the World Series champion Atlan...

Olivia Rodrigo announced that a new documentary showing the making of her debut album “Sour,” which finished as the third highest-selling album of 2021, will be available on Disney+ March 25.  Rodrigo announced the new show, titled “driving home 2 u,” on Instagram and included a short trailer for the video Thursday.  “This is a unique film experience where for the first-time fans will understand how her album came to be and why it was such a personal journey for Olivia,” President of Disney Branded Television Ayo Davis said in a statement. “This is not a concert film per se, but an opportunity to experience first-hand how Olivia Rodrigo became one of the biggest music stars of the day – and a chance to see her perform the songs from SOUR like never before.” The film will featur...

TikTok star Huey Haha, whose real name is Hieu Minh Ngoc Ha, died by suicide, the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office told People Magazine. Mr. Ha, a rising comedian, died from a self-inflicted gunshot Oct. 25, according to the Coroner’s Office. “He loved and appreciated every single one of his supporters,” a post from his Instagram account read shortly after his death, directing followers to a GoFundMe set up by friend Coby Jdn. The GoFundMe has raised just over $46,000 of its $50,000 goal as of Friday. Mr. Jdn posted a touching tribute to his friend on his Instagram account shortly after Mr. Ha’s death, which included a revealing video of Mr. Ha speaking about life as a dad. “It’s just great dude, I just love it so much. I love it when I come home and then my daughter, she just comes ru...

Singer Kelly Clarkson has filed paperwork to change her name to Kelly Brianne, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly. The change follows Ms. Clarkson’s divorce from music manager Brandon Blackstock.  Ms. Clarkson wrote in court documents that she is going by her first and middle names because “my new name more fully reflects who I am,” according to the filing. Ms. Clarkson and Mr. Blackstock divorced in 2020 after being married for almost seven years. The couple met through Mr. Blackstock’s father Narvel, who is Ms. Clarkson’s manager. In the divorce, Ms. Clarkson gave her now-ex 5.12% ownership of their Montana ranch. “Everyone thought Kelly and Brandon had the perfect marriage, but they definitely didn’t. Brandon’s very laid-back, whereas Kelly’s pretty high-strung,” ...

LONDON — Lawyers for Prince Harry told a court hearing on Friday that the British royal is unwilling to bring his children to his homeland because it is not safe. Harry has launched a legal challenge to the U.K. government’s refusal to let him personally pay for police protection when he comes to Britain. His legal team says Harry wants to bring his children — Archie, who is almost 3, and 8-month-old Lilibet — to visit his home country from the United States but thinks it would be too risky without police protection. Harry, who lives in Santa Barbara, California, with the children and his wife, Megan, did not attend Friday’s preliminary hearing. The court considered requests by both sides in the case for parts of some legal documents to be kept private. Senior members of Britain’s royal ...

NEW YORK — Chelsea Clinton has a lot of publishing plans - for her own books, and for books by others. The Penguin Young Readers imprint Philomel Books announced Friday that Clinton has a new picture story, “Welcome to the Big Kids Club: What Every Older Sibling Needs to Know!”, coming Sept. 13. The book is illustrated by Tania de Regil. At the same time, she will launch and provide introductions for a nonfiction chapter book series for kids ages 6-9, “Save The …”, about animal conservation. “’Welcome to the Big Kids Club’ is a reflection of conversations I’ve had with my kids and so many other kids about what it means to have a baby in the family,” Clinton, the mother of three, said in a statement. “I couldn’t be more excited about this book and the newest ‘Save The’ series. My hope is ...

Here’s a look at a pair of new movie releases to the Blu-ray disc format with award-winning performances. Man on the Moon: Special Edition (Kino Lorber, rated R, 2.39:1 aspect ratio, 118 minutes, $29.95) — Arguably one of the best performances of actor Jim Carrey’s career debuts on the Blu-ray disc format to allow American home theater audiences to appreciate his uncanny transformation into the legendary Andy Kaufman. For those unaware Kaufman was a fearless stand-up comic turned performance artist that got laughs through making humans as uncomfortable as possible. His characters were legendary, ranging from his impersonations of Elvis, the lounge singer Tony Clifton, Latka on “Taxi” and culminating with him acting as a professional wrestling champion, with the caveat of only fighting fe...

Thursday night’s hockey game between the Seattle Kraken and the Winnipeg Jets will feature a first in NHL history.  Kraken announcers JT Brown and Everett Fitzhugh will team up to host the NHL’s first-ever all-Black television broadcast. Brown, the Kraken’s regular color commentator, will be joined by Fitzhugh, the team’s radio play-by-play announcer, for the game because Seattle’s normal lead television voice, John Forslund, will be on a different network.  “It all goes back to representation matters, that’s the overarching theme here,” Fitzhugh told NHL.com. “I didn’t have Black broadcasters [and] play-by-play people to look up to when I was growing up. I didn’t know play-by-play was an option until I got to college, as far as a career goes. So to have that stage, to have tha...

Two senators are proposing to write legislation to protect children online after a series of hearings with tech executives spotlighted social media’s alleged danger to children regarding substance abuse, suicide and eating disorders.  Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, and Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican, unveiled Wednesday the Kids Online Safety Act, which aims to help by requiring platforms to provide choices about what the kids see and by obligating the platforms to mitigate risks to children.  “Big Tech has brazenly failed children and betrayed its trust, putting profits above safety,” Mr. Blumenthal said in a statement. “Seared in my memory — and motivating my passion — are countless harrowing stories from Connecticut and across the country about heartbre...