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(New York Post) – NYC pizza still reigns supreme — no matter how you slice it. A Manhattan culinary staple has reclaimed the title of having the best pies in the world, usurping two southern Italian icons. Una Pizza Napoletana, at 175 Orchard St. — which tied for the title in 2022 and was declared […]
(Variety) – Authorities in Nashville have confirmed Jon Bon Jovi helped save a woman’s life after persuading her not to jump from a bridge. The Metro Nashville Police Department said the musician helped persuade an unidentified pedestrian to safely come off the ledge of the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge (formerly the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge). The department […]
(USA Today) – No one is immune to bad reviews. Take it from Sir Ian McKellen, who bared all in a 1974 production of “King Lear” in Brooklyn. John Simon, a critic for New York magazine, was largely unimpressed. “When I took my clothes off, he gave my penis a review,” McKellen says with a grin […]
(BBC) – Star Wars and Trainspotting actor Ewan McGregor said he was “very touched” after being awarded a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 53-year-old Scot – who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy – was “particularly moved” that his award was placed beside that of the movie franchise’s […]
(CNN) – Social media influencers, reality stars and TV personalities were among the guests as the Norwegian king’s eldest child, Princess Märtha Louise, married an American self-professed shaman on Saturday in a wedding ceremony following three days of festivities. The 52-year-old Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett, who claims to be a sixth-generation shaman from California, tied the knot […]
(NY Post) – Jennifer Lopez cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for her split from Ben Affleck after two years of marriage. The “Marry Me” singer, 55, officially filed for divorce from Affleck, 52, on August 20, which just so happened to be the pair’s second anniversary of their Georgia ceremony. According to Daily Mail, that choice was intentional on […]
(ABC News) – A calf injury isn’t going to slow down Simone Biles. The American gymnastics star is in the lineup for all four events during Tuesday night’s Olympic team finals. Biles tweaked her left calf while warming up for floor exercise during qualifying on Sunday. She retreated briefly to have the calf taped but then returned and […]
(The Hollywood Reporter) – The Simpsons panel at San Diego Comic-Con saved a final surprise for last, as the event ended with a resurfaced video message from Vice President Kamala Harris. After introducing the final clip as coming from a “super fan,” Matt Groening — who created the animated Fox series that is soon to launch its 36th season — set up […]
(The Hollywood Reporter) – Sinéad O’Connor’s exact cause of the death has been revealed a year after her death. As reported by The New York Times and Irish Independent, the Irish singer died last year of “exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bronchial asthma together with low-grade lower respiratory-tract infection.” The information was made available for the […]
(People) – USA gymnastics star Sunisa “Suni” Lee is taking on the Olympics after an incurable kidney disease nearly derailed her career. Lee — who hasn’t shared her specific diagnosis (she has said it could change following additional testing) — first knew something was wrong when she began swelling to a point that doctors thought she was having an allergic […]
