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The 45th iteration of the Brit Awards featured an emotional tribute to One Direction’s Liam Payne, the late chart-topping Brits winner that died at age 31 in October.  Towards the end of the ceremony on Saturday night, host Jack Whitehall told the crowd it was time to honor “a very special person who meant so much […]

After a thrilling and dazzling Royal Rumble, WWE returns to “The Great White North” for WWE Elimination Chamber: Toronto, a premium live event on Saturday, Mar. 1. The event features two different “Elimination Chamber” matches where six wrestlers (six men in one match, six women in another) enter a steel cage, but only one can […]

Angie Stone, the soul singer who rose to fame as a member of pioneering female hip-hop trio the Sequence and later became a prominent soul singer, died at the age of 63. Stone died in a car crash in Montgomery, Alabama early Saturday morning. A rep for the singer confirmed to Variety that she was […]

The NHL Stadium Series 2025 features two NHL eastern conference rivals battling for ice cold glory on Saturday, Mar. 1. The outdoor pro hockey game has the Detroit Red Wings taking on the Columbus Blue Jackets at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. Puck drop is at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. The NHL Stadium Series […]

The Oscars have long been called a “horse race,” and in any such contest the horses are bound to shift position. One horse can pull ahead, and then fall behind. That said, I’m not sure I’ve ever encountered a switchback Oscar moment quite like the one that took place on Feb. 8, the day that […]

The 18th annual Women in Film Oscars party celebrated the achievements of the 65 women nominated at the 97th annual awards. The organization, Women in Film, has been advocating for gender equality since 1962 and has provided support during the #MeToo movement, COVID, the unions strikes, and more recently, the devastating wildfires. This year, WIF […]

Sunday might be billed as Hollywood’s biggest night, but it certainly won’t be outside of the Oscars ceremony. As the town readies for the last evening of awards season, theaters are seeing another muted weekend. Focus Features’ underwater thriller “Last Breath” is projecting a measured opening at $7.3 million. Meanwhile, Disney’s “Captain America: Brave New […]

Netflix has emerged victorious in the bidding war for Lena Dunham’s new rom-com “Good Sex,” starring Natalie Portman. The film was revealed to buyers at last month’s European Film Market by CAA Media Finance and FilmNation, and Netflix is now closing a worldwide deal around the $55 million mark — one of the largest to […]

President Trump wants to vindicate late baseball great Pete Rose, who was banned by Major League Baseball from eligibility to be inducted into the Hall of Fame legacy over his gambling activities. Late Friday, Trump’s thoughts turned toward seeking to exonerate Rose, with the president saying he plans to issue a “complete PARDON” of the […]

If at first you don’t succeed — and if, in fact, at first you misfire badly enough that it starts a national conversation — try, try again. After a healthy seven-month interval, in this case. Since singing what turned out to be a notorious version of the National Anthem at a high-profile ballgame last July, […]