Taylor Swift made a rare social media appearance Monday night to congratulate Russell Westbrook on being named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player. Taylor recorded a congratulatory video, which was later shared by the Oklahoma City Thunder, in which she jokingly recalls the time she taught him how to play basketball and remembers the first time […]
British authorities can now confirm that 79 people are dead or missing after last week’s fire at a high-rise apartment building in London. The police commander released a statement putting the death toll number at 79, which was up from an earlier figure of 58. Investigators are considering criminal charges against the building’s managers who […]
The new Tupac bio-pic, All Eyez on Me, hits theaters today (Friday). The film stars Demetrius Shipp Junior as Tupac Shakur. His co-stars include Danai Gurira, Lauren Cohan and Jamal Woolard as Biggie Smalls. ALL EYEZ ON ME: Tupac Shakur (Demetrius Shipp Junior) records “California Love.” OC: [music fades] :51 Demetrius Shipp Junior talks about reflecting the […]
Republican Congressman Steve Scalise was critically wounded at his Republican team’s baseball practice Wednesday morning, but by the afternoon, GOP and Democratic lawmakers joined forces to announce the game will go as scheduled Thursday night at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. Democratic Congressman Mike Doyle added, “We’re not going to let incidents like this […]
A terminal at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina was evacuated and closed last night after a report of a “dirty bomb” inside a shipping container. Authorities received a warning that there was a bomb on board the ship, Maersk Memphis. The terminal was evacuated as federal authorities and bomb squads investigated. Nothing suspicious was […]
A freshman football player at Kent State in Ohio died yesterday (Tuesday) after working out at the football stadium. Tyler Heintz, an offensive lineman recruit from Kenton, Ohio, was found unresponsive Tuesday morning at the stadium. He was pronounced dead about two hours later. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. […]
The Golden State Warriors won their second NBA title in three years on Monday night by closing out the Cleveland Cavaliers 129-120 on Monday night. The Warriors won the title over the Cavs in 2015, but LeBron James and the Cavs came back to take the trophy in 2016. In the rubber match, Kevin Durant […]
The city of Orlando is marking the one-year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. 49 people were killed and more than 50 others were injured on June 12th last year when 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire inside the club. Shortly before the attack, he called 911 and pledged his allegiance to ISIS. Mateen was later shot dead by […]
DJ Khaled is everywhere these days — even popping up in a new commercial for Spider-Man: Homecoming. A spot advertising the new Marvel movie aired during Game Three of the NBA Finals last (Wednesday) night. In the clip, Khaled runs into Spidey at a bodega. The Snapchat star helps take a few pictures of the […]
During the fourth day of Bill Cosby‘s sexual assault trial, the comedian finally gave his side of the story. Cosby didn’t take the stand, though. He had his 2005 deposition in the Andrea Constand civil suit read aloud. (The civil suit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.) Constand is also at the center […]
It appears there’s no stopping with Golden State Warriors with Kevin Durant. The summer free-agent addition provided the dagger that took out the Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night, hitting a three-pointer with 45 seconds left to put the Warriors up 114-113. Golden State went on to win the game 118-113 to take a three-games-to-nothing lead in […]
We’re getting more details on the deal that went down to get Gucci Mane and Keyshia Ka’oir’s reality show on the air. TMZ reports that BET paid him $400,000 and her $250,000 to get commitments from the future Mr. and Mrs. Mane. The network will also foot the bill for an extravagant wedding, with an […]